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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1891
Page
4
A speech by Franlin Lepper claims tea as a sedative and alcohol as a stimulant, with warnings against a Chinese herb. Meanwhile an Irish Times tale alleges Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia uses two maids to tighten her corset to extreme pressure for a slim waist.
The aristocratic ladies and nobles of Vienna operate Volkskuchen, a charity network with ten kitchens where over 10,000 people dine daily. Dinners cost four cents, breakfast one cent, and supper two cents, funded by an initial 800 dollar contribution per member. Cooks and volunteers serve soup meat vegetables pudding and bread in large bright rooms.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox cautions both sexes about secrecy and gossip in social conduct while Fraulein Lepper from Melbourne leads a crusade against tea drinking, arguing tea harms vitality after highlighting alcohol as a greater risk. The remarks occur amid social clubroom anecdotes and public speeches.
In a Ladies' Home Journal note Mrs Mallon counsels women to choose practical hats. She discourages overly ornate headwear and urges simple cloth turbans or black felt styles trimmed with a wing and ribbon for winter wear and easy maintenance.
A collage of remarks on women, dignity, and social roles spans praise and satire. It cites a Milan candidate, a Springfield grandmother, and Mrs. Lems in twenty six societies. Reporter quips and dress judgments punctuate the slice of life.
Johannes Guttzeit, a former Prussian army officer, known as the preacher of nature in Leipzig, wears a peculiar costume with heavy shoes and a white wool gown. Born 1853 in Koenigsberg, he served as a lieutenant from 1871, then quit to preach simple living, vegetarianism, and early Christian norms.
An eighty year old king crab eight inches thick and eleven feet from claw to claw, known as a lion crab, was captured from Hakodate while the Euphrates brought tea from Japan. Valued at 250 dollars, the creature died in the fight to escape and will be sent to the London Zoo. Captain James Edwards and crew described the rare specimen and its legendary calm reverence in Japanese culture.
The article notes cow pox as a protective measure and suggests its extension to animal diseases and possibly some human illnesses. It discusses gout and dyspepsia, attributing gout to excessive mental activity and a brain hungry for nervous energy, while dyspepsia is described as less disruptive to daily work.
The text explains two forms of sick headache linked to brain and stomach overwork with hereditary tendency. It notes diet and reduced mental strain can lessen attacks. Acute rheumatism may lead to heart trouble, while chronic rheumatism can be harmless or even beneficial for heart patients by limiting activity and joint strain.
Albuquerque correspondent reports discovery of ancient Spanish Aztec mines at Las Placitas about twenty miles from Albuquerque. Evidence shows extensive underground works, furnaces, slag, and tools. Ore yields 50 to 60 dollars per ton, with an aqueduct ruin and a buried camp, suggesting an earthquake ended centuries of mining activity.
A near exact facsimile of Columbus’s caravel will sail at the Columbian Exposition. Spanish sailors in period dress will crew the vessel with 15th century rigging and instruments. An Englishman and an Irishman may join the crew per historian Navarrette. The ship will debut at New York harbor naval review, then transfer to the U S president and travel to Chicago by canal.
A lively dialogue where a courteous yet crowded scenario unfolds with a maiden repeatedly rising to let others pass, illustrating social friction at a social gathering and the clash between gallantry and bustle. The snippets hint at manners, impatience, and the humorous tension of crowded rooms.
To prevent accidents on the Lauffen Frankfort line carrying 25 000 volt current, all poles over 112 miles display skull and crossbones banners with a warning notice.
A Detroit Free Press account describes a staged Zulu sham fight with ornate costumes and disciplined formation. Warriors wield assegais and shields while officers wear ostrich coronets and tiger skin adornments. women act as attackers of the wounded as revelry follows the mock combat.
Seventeen years after John W. Keeley stunned the world with his enigmatic motor the inventor remains shrouded in mystery and luxurious obscurity in Philadelphia. In the past a Brooklyn man and reporter sought a demonstration but Keeley declined, sparking a cascade of unanswered questions about the so called reduplication theory. The sole translator of Keeleyese is a University of Pennsylvania scholar who alone can render a fragment into plain language while visitors still wait to see gravity vanish.
A Lincoln anecdote set contrasts between a levee contractor from New Orleans and the president humor to expose shared ground on sociability. Another tale shows Lincoln advising a young farmer unfit for law, signaling the humane but candid assessment of the vocation fit.
Fragmentary text describes filial duty and care for an aged mother. It mentions a speaker’s earnest manner and the impact on a listener, stressing devotion and duty toward parents in a moral lesson context. The source reflects a period tone in discussing filial affection and selflessness.
A boy from Andover Massachusetts rose from a shoemaker family to seize control of the nation’s two main shoestring manufacturers. He secured exclusive contracts with a Boston area factory and a Newark, New Jersey firm, cornering supply for the year. Within three months he sold these contracts for a net profit of 45000 dollars and could have earned far more with continued effort.
A satirical survey of Chinese life portraying pigs as social dignitaries and dogs as outcasts. The piece notes pigs named by their owners, sleeping with families, and roaming urban and suburban streets. It describes pigs dining with humans, visiting other pigs, stealing from gardens, and feeding on oysters and wrecked fish at the beach.
George Burns, 60, former Essex engineer and Libby Prison inmate, applied at Detroit Central Station for lodging. After surviving shipwrecks and a severe 1884 Gay Head collision, he bears extensive injuries including a displaced heart beating on the right side, with several severe bone and organ damages but remains alive and describes his condition.
The entry describes a practice where two people alternate riding and walking a single horse along a journey. Beginning with a ride, the rider dismounts, ties the horse, and walks to the next exchange point where the other person finds the horse ready. The phrase ride and tie and go to Boston appears in an old account book with a charge of four and sixpence.
Dialogue highlights Mrs Cobwigger criticizing thrift while noting the quilt is made from leftover fabric. She explains she saves extra yardage from new dresses for the project, contrasting that with a man’s view of cost.
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