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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
12
Quaint sayings feature Dick and Elsie riding their papa’s engine and a wash and supper after a day of childish fun. Weather Frogs explain color changes and rain-anticipating behavior as nature’s small camouflagers.
Young naturalists can use ants to prepare clean skeletons. Leave a small animal near an ant hill and, within days, it turns into a neat, white skeletal frame as ants remove all flesh.
In John D Rockefeller's grounds at Tarrytown a flower bed forms a clock dial. Dandelions serve as stationary hands. Flowers include hawkweed closing at 2 pm, snow thistle opening 5 am and closing at noon, yellow goat's beard 4 am to 4 pm, blue chicory 4 am to noon, morning glory poppy water lily pimpernel marigold opening at 5 7 8 9 am, Star of Bethlehem closing at 1 pm, passion flower opening at noon, beauty of night opening at 5 pm, white lychnis 6 am, and blue convolvulus at 2 am.
A New York nursery keeper's sons Jim and Joe grow up after his death. Jim seizes opportunity, migrating to Colorado, buying land, and becoming wealthy. Joe stays near home, works hard yet remains poor and discontented. Their tale highlights initiative and timing shaping fortunes.
A fragment discusses courage as a trait that can be learned by parents shaping a boy through example. It argues that a boy who keeps his eyes open and acts promptly and boldly in emergencies can acquire the habit, implying education through daily conduct and responsive action.
Describes morocco leather production from goatskin to dyed final product. Covers soaking in water, lime treatment to open pores, hair removal, pounding, washing, red dye baths, tanning, drying, polishing, and grain textures such as broken grain barley grain and quadrille grain. Includes notes on early French origins and factory history.
A New York merchant suspected of smuggling diamonds evaded detection by hiding gems in the floor under his stateroom carpet. A partner would later sail in the same vessel, take the diamonds ashore, and pass through with no duties due to absence of customs officers aboard. The ruse hinged on the shipboard routine and concealed treasure.
Charles D. Poston known as The Father of Arizona holds the Territory’s pension of 25 dollars monthly. He was the first congressional delegate from Arizona and is famed for world travel and tales of China pirates and Tubac governance.
No cables in Paris. Twelve systems of mechanical traction operate on the street railways here. None of them is a cable. Most rely on electricity in some form or on compressed air.
The article recounts 19th century telescope growth since the Civil War, noting Mars has an atmosphere and polar ice, seas and deserts, with two tiny moons unseen before. It highlights close approaches in 1877, 1892, 1894 and a future emphasis on Mars north pole observations.
A West Africa study describes a village fire scare and a mother rescuing a baby from driver ants. The infant, found in a hut corner, is saved when the mother drops it into a water barrel with the father’s hoe held nearby, revealing the child was a ham.
A description of the origins of the House of Lords customs with the Lord Chancellor and twelve peer judges sitting on wool sacks. The practice is linked to when wool and cloth dominated English manufacture and raw wool growth was a key national aim.
The item notes roughly 2000 cheese factories in Canada. It presents this fact in a concise statistical form without delving into production details or regional distribution.
A New York Herald note recounts a sharp London salon tale of servants speaking openly about their employers. A well meaning woman overhears two men plotting to unmask her, prompting swift dismissal of the pair. The piece then shifts to varied items on seafaring wages, shipbuilding, and public notices including a Massachusetts tree-planting law and Cassell & Co dictionary disputes. It concludes with curios on a Franklin cent, Liverpool port clearances, a New York clothing store with staff facilities, a Boston electric light column, and a wood inlay portrait of McKinley.
A Maryland group buys partridges in Kansas for release in Maryland while a Sheridan photographer claims a rapid proof method. Reports describe Baltic canal herring spawning, an English actor shipped as theatrical properties, Italy’s Milan Monza rail use of storage batteries, and a six year donor average of over 35 million dollars yearly. Also notes Hawaiian planters test profit sharing, and a Paris Manila correspondent on volunteer regiments named by province.
An old portrait of Menelik II blends royal dignity with playful whimsy. It recalls how a boyish appetite for clever gifts, toys, and new machines shaped his courtly persona. From sugar loaves to watches, his curiosity grew, and even a silver soup tureen once ended up atop a warrior’s head.
A witty aphorism notes that patience serves many outcomes but may fail for the waiter who waits for his own order. It blends humor about delay and expectation with a cheeky reminder that timing matters for everyone involved.
An article in a London paper cites enormous values for city real estate and landmarks. Mansion House, Royal Exchange, bridges, tunnels, St Paul’s, Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, National Gallery, Tate, Nelson column, King George III statue, Albert Hall, Royal Aquarium, Crystal Palace, Earl's Court, towers, viaducts, markets, hospitals, schools, churches, and Hyde Park entrances are described as priceless or worth billions or millions, illustrating vast urban wealth and asset values.
Naturalists describe the South American toddy tree whose sap rouses beetles like oryctes hercules to gather thirty to forty companions. The beetles drink from the tree’s sap, while other plants lure with pitcher-shaped leaves, producing a bug juice that nourishes predators and sustains their life, sometimes at the drinkers’ cost.
A renowned local contractor’s son, under 20, has repeatedly run away since age 12. After a month away, a telegram from Hastings, Ned demanded $40 for a ticket home. The father replied with a curt “Eat the hog,” echoing the Washington Post anecdote.
The Fitzgerald machine battery gun claims eight shots per second with no overheating, praised as a success by the Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette after testing. It features two tiers of four Lee Metford barrels, weighs 150 pounds, and can be aimed at any angle. A curious line notes a smile travels farther than a sigh.
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