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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1892
Page
4
An 1850s style remedy suggests using a hot sponge on the neck and behind the ears to relieve anxious headaches, then cooling the face. The text discusses sisterly affection shaping family life, the eldest daughter’s influence, and the value of quiet country living over city temptations. It surveys female roles, education, and notable women from Europe and America, including poets, musicians, and leaders.
A remark praising a wife’s husband as exceedingly clever is answered with a counter that he is not cleverer than many others, reflecting a sharp, witty exchange.
A young reporter notes a storm wrecking a factory as the old editor questions the claim. The piece contrasts vivid prose with a moral about manners as a mother teaches her son to speak up.
A Sunday lesson commentary on Acts many details of the apostles arrest and teachings. It emphasizes obedience to God over human authority, the joy of suffering for Christ, and the call for faithful church obedience. It includes related notes on domestic care and a brief reflection on faith’s merit.
A historical overview traces Samuel Morse and the telegraph’s birth from congressional test funding in 1833 to public use by 1845. It notes investments, stock, early line routes from Baltimore to Washington and New York to Philadelphia, and the high costs and impediments of early telegraph deployment. It highlights early perceptions of telegrams as omens of death and the transition to practical importance across commerce and society.
A French noble prank at the Invalides ends with the countryman exposing the lords lack of brains. Jacques Inaudi, aged 24, astonishes Paris with rapid mental calculations on numbers up to twenty four digits, performing multiplications and cube roots in seconds and recalling every result.
A profile of Sequoyah the Cherokee inventor of the syllabary, tracing his life from birth in the Cherokee nation to the creation of a complete writing system. It notes eighty five characters and the spread of written Cherokee through the Advocate newspaper.
The Kossuth party in parliament remains a band of irreconcilables of white-haired elders. Each year they refuse attendance when the king’s delegates are to meet the assembly, pledging not to attend after the palace flag is raised. Kossuth, aged ninety, prides himself on earning a living unaided and has declined pensions offered by governments.
The piece surveys various theories on the first language spoken by Adam. It notes that some claim Hebrew or other ancient tongues, while Goropius argued Dutch in Eden. Kemp imagined God spoke to Adam in Swedish and Eve answered in Danish with French for Eve.
An Egyptian merchant in Alexandria ran a lucrative fake mummy business using donkey skin and a scent to fake antiquity. Investigators linked his shop to a cemetery, leading to his conviction. The public note ends with a quip about idle talk.
The article details popcorn anatomy, noting the germ center and surrounding starch layers, and explains heat expands the water in starch causing the hull to burst and grain to invert. It contrasts popcorn with common corn, cites New England production, a Massachusetts barn story, and mentions large scale buttered popcorn manufacturing in Chicago and nationwide distribution.
A quarter-gunner named Smith polishes cannon brass after a visiting group of ladies admire the gun deck. When a young guest touches the brass, he scolds and continues scrubbing, lamenting that flattery drew dirty hands. The deck officer notes his reaction to the ladies’ compliment.
A railroad man invents a clock that aids operations as trains pass stations. As a train rushes through a station the hour and minute hands whirl, a red bull’s eye flashes, five minutes later the light turns green, and after five more minutes the green light vanishes. The engineer of the following train can tell exactly how many minutes ahead the preceding train is, and the clock drops the final light when the train passes.
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