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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1893
Page
2
Curated excerpts discuss social wit, charm, and tips for women to cultivate conversation and appeal. It covers memory aids, flattering remarks, witty remarks, and ways to enliven dull partners. It includes fashion and beauty notes like lemon to lighten hands and manicure advice.
At a recent Board of Trustees meeting in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama adopted a resolution to open its doors. The action signals expanded access or a new admissions policy as part of ongoing governance decisions.
The institution plans to admit daughters of Tennessee households to share equally with sons in the State University under age and readiness rules. Girls over 17 may enter the sophomore class with the same regulations as men, but dormitory housing is restricted to faculty families and approved private boards.
The text argues each child should have personal property to prevent disputes and support fair play. It emphasizes careful sharing, development, and equality while avoiding interference with free display of toys and treasures.
A caterery note warns that poor pouring order can curdle cream in coffee. The advised method is to add cream first, then coffee and sugar, to avoid curdling and improve taste.
The text outlines infant feeding with emphasis on principal first year nutrition and gradual expansion in the second year. It mentions Graham meal, rice, small portions of seeds, fruits like peaches and apples, and warns of potential harm if not followed.
A fragmented passage discusses the duties of women to their homes and the world, mentioning a woman and a furniture touch of the world. It references personal loss and a broader sense of purpose tied to domestic roles and societal expectations.
Vague lines mention buttermilk uses and summer remedies for sunburn. The readable text hints at home cures and poultice ideas but provides no clear actions, dates, or sources. Entities like products or places are unclear, leaving minimal concrete facts to extract.
A garbled reminiscence recalls childhood moments and a family room scene. The voice hints at memory gaps and faded details from a logbook or diary, mentioning numbers and distant events without clear context.
A damaged OCR passage contains a fragmentary biblical phrase amid jumbled words and stray letters. The legible parts hint at a spiritual or religious context but lack coherent structure or identifiable names, dates, or places.
A juror in a murder trial faces a seven day wait while confined in a hot courtroom as the long deliberation period continues.
Dr Dodge of Hamilton Illinois shares a long standing remedy for hog cholera with Iowa Homestead. Instructions include arsenic cape alo es blue vitrol and antimony mixed and used to treat sick hogs by feeding dry medicine then medicated slop until cure. Emphasizes separating hogs and careful access control.
Fragmentary notes discuss raspberry cultivation including fruit ripening issues and frost sensitivity. The text mentions healthy growth, leaves, and attempts at cultivation methods with unclear terms and many garbled phrases.
A fragmented note argues that farm youth who abandon practical hands-on work for years will unlikely become practical farmers and warns against long-term disengagement from farm tasks. The text emphasizes the value of ongoing, direct farming experience.
The Australian Agriculturist notes a record 208 bushels of wheat from two acres in the last season on Seaview estate. Owned by Messrs. Jenery and Henry, the plot once yielded 33 tons of potatoes six years ago, later used as a pig paddock with boiled peas as feed, before cropping with wheat.
The article emphasizes pure water and clean, well ventilated bowl quarters for health. It discusses proper feeding timing for carrots and hay, the value of good bedding, and the need for careful management of livestock to prevent disease. It highlights home farming training and animal care, noting rat control and cat protection in farm layouts.
A fragment describes a Dew aerial invention sustaining itself through reduced currents acting on slats or laths of wood arranged similarly to a Venetian blind, rather than using the traditional flying machine’s plane wing. The passage implies an early concept of an airborne apparatus leveraging passive surfaces to manage air flow.
The article describes life aboard a large ocean liner in port, detailing officers duties from unloading to log keeping and purser responsibilities. It notes social invitations and dining dynamics, crew and passenger provisions, clubs, and the captain’s host role, with a contrast to sea fiction.
The excerpt notes Edgar Poe as a celebrated but debated figure and mentions a New York serial hosting a reader competition. Subscribers pick ten best American books with a prize of $10 for guessing with average taste. The text shows fragmentary praise from France and Europe.
During a snowbound retreat toward Wilna, a small company of grenadiers carried Colonel Kobilinski after heavy injuries. Despite Cossack ambushes and deadly cold, they pressed on, a sentinel alerting Marshal Davoust. The heroes endured storms, deaths, and exhaustion until Kobilinski reached safety where the marshal embraced Jacques Dufour and awarded him promotion and a red ribbon before the colonel died from his wounds.
Meehan's Monthly notes that the peach is an improved almond, with the thin almond shell becoming the flesh of the peach. It recalls Babylonian history of peach cultivation nearly 4,000 years ago and suggests ancient gardens housed almonds, apricots, figs, grapes, olives, peas, and other fruits.
A discussion on antiwar sentiment links humane progress to civilization and religious teaching. Tolstoi and Bromson influence their nations by pushing peace through reform, while Hugo’s words condemn killing. Prominent figures like Penn Franklin and Lowell are cited as working to erase war sentiment.
The article discusses the hand loom as an ancient invention likely arising in Hindostan Egypt or China. It notes woven fabrics in the Old Testament and mentions Pliny attributing the invention to Egyptians. It also suggests the Romans in England used woollen and linen cloth at Winchester before Caesar's conquest.
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