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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1892
Page
2
Virginia True chats on topics from parks to manners and fashion in London and America. The column covers dress classes, marriage finances, book critique, kisses in public, and women’s roles in work and society with multiple named figures and places.
The piece discusses a Sunday school lesson on Acts 14 8 22 focusing on faith to be healed and how genuine faith matters more than quantity. It warns against pagan influences, urges pastoral follow up, and stresses the need to confirm disciples after teaching.
A passenger in the Third Street depot in Detroit sang hymns despite staff orders and a police warning. Officer Button insisted no singing or boisterous talk, leading to the old man being escorted outside until he toned down.
The text notes a link between odor absence and color appreciation, citing barred owls favoring beech trees for nests and great horned owls choosing brown trunks, with Snowden showing a preference for gray backgrounds in their environments.
On the East Croft aboard a Liverpool to port voyage, drunken rats reportedly opened a wine cask by gnawing holes and consumed claret worth $2.30 a gallon. Two rats died in a frenzy, and crew fear more chaos as damage totals rise.
A Chicago resident built what is claimed to be the costliest doll house in the world for his four year old daughter. The brick structure features a tower, castle like design, four foot high oak door with a silver name plate, miniature gas lighting, and white enamel furniture with brocaded silk. The $8500 residence includes a grand parlor with chandeliers, gas fixtures, bric a brac, and carefully scaled racks and furnishings.
The article advises using tepid water and soap only on green spots when cleaning oilcloth. Wipe small areas at a time and dry thoroughly, then rub with linseed oil on a wet flannel and varnish annually. Proper treatment preserves color and longevity, while soap and drying can fade and damage the fabric.
A railway collision exhibit proposal suggests two circular tracks inside one another at the World's Fair. Two locomotives would run in opposite directions, then collide on the same track after a switch. The plan uses scrap engines and lacks details on daily show frequency and post collision survivability.
The report notes a rare female strike in a German garrison town. Unmarried ladies protested men who danced with their friends wives and acquaintances, leaving none of the single women present at a regimental ball.
In Woo-Chang on the Yangtze the triannual literary exam holds 20 000 to 30 000 observers. Candidates sit in square cells, writing essays over three 36 hour bouts on four books five classics and other topics. Deaths occur inside the hall and coffins must be carried over walls to exit.
The New York Sun reports a new perfumed tea called Fayham tea made from flat dried leaves of a white orchid, Augrecum fragranus, growing as a parasite in Mauritius forests. The orchid, already cultivated in Paris for commerce, may soon rival tea and tobacco and could become a crop of economic importance.
A new type of shears uses a capsule connected blades and a lever action to draw one blade under the other. The lower cheek supports and the upper cheek acts as the knife, claiming greater efficiency than ordinary scissors. The innovation is presented as a notable advance in tool design.
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