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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1898
Page
2
A simple DIY device uses a pint tin cup and a long tube to spray insects or pests by blowing into the tube. The design is not patented and can be made by any smith, using kerosene sparingly for both cattle and house plants.
Florence Hull Winterburn argues in Woman's Home Companion that literary companions shape our inner life more than daily companions. Reading loosens the self, educates, and defines character, with literature reflecting rank among minds and influencing our deepest wishes.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch report recounts a Piute warrior making a poison by sealing rattlesnake heads with red ants in a water jar, heating it in a stone oven for a day, and testing a cut to prove venomous fumes and paste. The test showed the venom quickly burning through blood, allegedly fatal if ingested.
An eccentric London inventor boasts of supplying novel deaths for novels and plays. He claims to earn large sums by offering new endings and detailed poison tips after a week in a toxicologist’s lab. His clients are mostly novelists and theatre rights holders.
A bridesmaid’s quandary on wedding day prompts a critic’s quip about facial choices. A Greenland myth notes potatoes stay marble sized. An elderly aunt with money is likened to a real fairy godmother.
An account recounts Union soldiers waking routines and guard discipline from the Chickamauga siege to Gauley Ridge. It covers how early morning wakefulness was trained and anecdotes of sentries snoring under fire, with humor and stern military commentary.
Across several papers the Philippine question dominates, with editorials praising Dewey’s Manila victory and questioning imperial policy. References name Admiral Dewey and General Merritt, discuss Spain’s fate, and argue for retained Philippine possessions.
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