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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1898
Page
6
Random Southeast South Dakota era brief reports cover weather, illnesses, cattle handling, hay and millet losses, trapper thefts, Thanksgiving events, dances and social gatherings, farm moves, school activities, and local trades across Beulah Ethan Plano Badger Plano West Perry Blendon and nearby areas.
Gentlemen of the Bar Association of Davison County are thanked for their kindness to our husband and father. Their support softened sorrow and renewed courage. We extend sincerest thanks to the gentlemen and to friends who comforted us. May God reward you. MRS. GOODYKOONTZ Grace Goodykoontz.
A clever quip about deciphering an illegible letter from Edward S. Morse to Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Aldrich replies with wit noting Morse’s words endure, unread yet cherished, while other letters fade. The anecdote highlights the lasting charm of Morse’s correspondence.
A dated round of anecdotes from the Spectator and London Globe. A clergyman’s quips on Adam and Eve, a hotel porter’s quip about carriages, and a workman’s dead friend line follow a pensioner’s copper-claim placard tale. Bishop Blomfield replies to a rector about dozing parishioners and swapped sermons.
Naval experts estimate modern battleships stay in active service about 15 years while 100 years ago ships remained in commission much longer. The Victory was 40 at Trafalgar and Royal William served from 1670 to 1813 with multiple rebuilds. Wax-work figures require remaking every four or five years. In Paris about 150000 people, one in eighteen, rely on charity with a rising crime tendency, and in London one in thirty.
The Washington Star reviews Japanese music, noting its alienIntervals and intonation demand a new musical sensibility. It compares Japanese art and music to reveal mysteries through omission, silence, and inner feeling, as the singer illuminates an unknown world.
In a Detroit Free Press exchange, Uncle Chris asks what rapid transit is. The response defines rapid transit as electric cars that run so fast they never stop to pick up passengers.
A Philadelphia North American clipping recalls an inept Florist mishap when friends of a deceased Pleader ordered a fitting tribute. The clerk delivered a floral lyre, prompting amusement over the poor taste and the bungled arrangement.
The New York Tribune notes a newly discovered peak in Alaska thought taller than Mount St. Elias, situated on the American side of the boundary and thus considered American. The piece hints Elias may lose pre-eminence as the great landmark of the international line.
Government station lists weekly temperatures ending December 22 with max and min readings for six days plus mean and range. Snow depth noted as 1.5 inches equaling 16 inches of water. Lone Star Medicine Co hosts first pay night with a full house and Dr Oppenheimer giving away ten prizes.
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