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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1892
Page
6
A tale intertwines Cupid and Venus with a motherly rose, then shifts to Squire Kavanagh’s hard choices. Dorothy leaves her home for love, faces poverty, illness and loss, and a dramatic night in the woods ends in tragedy revealing Dorothy’s fate and the Squire’s enduring grief.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant visited Japan and was received with great hospitality. On the way inland, he crossed the used bridge while the sacred bridge, once opened by a prince who died soon after, was opened for him but he crossed the common bridge and bowed to officials.
The article describes charging pure cottonseed oil with lead by pouring twenty pounds of lead into one gallon of oil and heating it. After stirring, seventeen pounds of lead remain in the oil, three pounds are absorbed. Repeating the pour reduces lead absorption to about ten pounds total after five pours. The oil is then used as a paint for metallic surfaces, forming a hard protective film.
The term quarantine derives from Italian Quarantina and was later shaped by late Latin and Anglo Saxon usage. Early practice counted forties for ships from diseased ports with no shore contact for forty days. Venetians are credited by some with introducing the custom and the word. The text ends with a reflection on affection and the fear of loss.
The article surveys Salviati glassmaking in England with Dr. Guilio Salviati guiding visitors through a furnace that consumes three tons of oak daily. It highlights Benvenuto Barovier crafting a dragon vase, the secret glaze, and the peril of blindness from furnace glare, noting craftsmanship and looming costs to vision.
A 900 year old tale recalls King Edgar the Peaceable demanding wolves heads as tribute from Wales, illustrating tribute as a display of power. Meanwhile Colorado and Tennessee coal producers seek a local combine to rival the anthracite trust, warning that monopoly aims will push coal settings into jewelry.
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