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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1891
Page
3
A historical overview on railway safety emphasizes air brakes over handbrakes, signaling, and crew discipline. It cites fatal English and American accidents to illustrate how miscommunication, switches, or slow responses can cause disasters, urging precise norms for engineers, conductors, and telegraph operators.
The Salem Statesman notes the decline of Oregon Indian tribes as consuming illness and cultural change dim the chiefs. It highlights Sconchin of the Modocs, Choctaw of the Snakes, and Allen David of the Klamaths as aging figures facing blindness and dependence.
Dr. H Schlichter compares two maps built from Ptolemy data with modern knowledge to test accuracy in northeastern Africa. East coast locations align with current names while interior features identify Victoria Nyanza as the Eastern Nile lake and Lake Albert as the Western Nile lake, with mountain ends matching Mount Kenya and Ruwenzori.
A collection of light anecdotes and quips about fashion, manners, and everyday mishaps. Jokes range from domestic scenes to social faux pas, including a playful jab at outfits and household misdeeds. Characters tease, lament, and laugh at curio and folly in a style reminiscent of early 20th century humor pages.
A dialogue on preparation for a civil service exam. Mr. Complex notes he studies by answering questions asked by his ten year old son. The exchange highlights a practical, plain-spoken training approach.
Dialogue depicts a conversation in a counting room where a man pursues pecuniary help, hints at a desire to become an actor, and jokes about how travel broadens the mind yet wears the actor’s worn shoes. The piece reflects themes of aspiration, economy, and the costs of pursuing fame.
In a dialogue from the Somerville Journal, Jack and Marie discuss Marie’s father, who reportedly felt there was not enough to Jack to inspire any strong feeling of approval or disapproval. The exchange hints at familial tensions and social expectation.
A statistician notes that eight hundred thousand official prayers are offered annually for the Prince of Wales. The piece suggests that prayers from others could influence his safety and that public participation in exercises might raise his chances of safety.
A quirky musing questions whether a fortune predictor in markets is a financier. It notes collective involvement in life, with some likening it to soup as a metaphor for shared fate.
Isaac Dement, age 86 and Chicago based stenographer, claims of being the fastest shorthand writer on the continent. He ranges from 200 to 350 words a minute, leads the Chicago Stenographers' Association, and has served as an official court reporter in Michigan.
A famed singer avoided a duel by performing a graceful song in a hotel room. The offended suitor sought satisfaction but Incledon replied with humor and a sharp put down, claiming the performance already settled the matter for thousands.
The Boston Transcript notes a new edition tracing familiar sayings to Greece and Egypt, highlighting Pilpay and Hesiod as antiquarian sources. It argues Terence, Theognus and others supplied modern quotations, with the line that nothing is new under the sun.
A misaligned letter in a cardboard sign at a Boston furnishing store altered the final word from Shirts Store to Shirts Tore. Passersby were surprised by the accidental message as they read Blank's Shirts Tore.
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