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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1894
Page
10
Quaint verses urge little ones to persevere despite humble homes and meager clothes. The Tim's Jump tale recalls a brave snow adventure ending with rescue, while Aunt Patty's cow and Nellie at Sunday school add light anecdotes. The collection presents moral strands, playful scenes, and gentle humor through childlike vignettes.
A London silversmiths firm offers an electric teakettle for home use highlighting cleanliness as its key advantage since no fumes are produced by the electric heat. The kettle attaches to a room lighting cord, heats quickly, and pours without removing from its stand, reducing scalding risk.
Jeddo Pa nears completion on a five mile tunnel to free flooded Harleigh and Ebervale mines. Project cost two million dollars with twin headings meeting within six inches, enabling water release and mine reoccupation of Farleigh and Ebervale.
A fragment notes how grape seed talk and appendicitis myths lowered grape prices despite past popularity of grape cures. It mentions historical aluminum pricing at eight pounds per pound and describes the Washington Monument cap as a 100 ounce pyramid of aluminum. The term theater pit is traced to old parquet usage for crowds.
A brick parish church designed to seat 800 with open timber roof and tall stained glass windows. Features include a front gallery for choir, a bell tower, side porches, and interiors of pine with blue ceiling panels. Built to low cost using local granite, slate, and black mortar accents. total cost $7,000.
In the Alps, Andreas Seiler and guide Johann Biener, part of a five member party, were dashed to death after slipping on a steep ice alcove. Surviving climbers recount the moment they shot past, tied by rope, then fell from the Glacier du Lion. The cause remains unknown.
In a defense of women across ages and marital status, the piece argues that both married and single women feel abused by men who control business, politics, and courting. It traces reactions from housebound wives to shopgirls, noting widespread complaints about husbands, lack of romance, and burdens of duties, yet a persistent tendency toward matchmaking and gossip.
Slumber begins at the feet as senses wane in a fixed order the eyes taste smell hearing and touch fade and then return in reverse. Sleep starts in the extremities and spreads upward until unconsciousness completes, making cold feet a barrier to sleep.
The State Department in Washington bears concern over large packing cases of Columbus manuscripts and relics stored in the Vatican area cellar. Lent by the Pope for the Columbian Exposition, the items were brought to the U S on an American man of war with a pledge they would be repatriated by the same means. No orders have allowed naval transport near Rome, so keepers guard the relics around the clock while arrangements continue.
Citizen and Street Car Magnate clash over streetscape values in a terse Chicago exchange. The magnate dismisses views of the avenue as horrible while the citizen defends the area’s beauty noting the lack of even two horse cars.
Emperor Franz Joseph adores his grandchildren led by Archduchess Marie Valerie born April 22 1868 and wed July 31 1890 to Archduke Franz Salvator. Three children Elizabeth Franz Carl Salvator and a baby. A writer recalls the princesss sweet expression while the tale of a Kansas City beggar shows a nickel used for car fare to a cafe for meals.
For about two centuries Belfast has held a weekly linen sale in the Brown Linen Hall where a single bale of unbleached linen is auctioned each Friday by Mr McNicholl. The sale draws no buyers as most locals are unaware of the enduring ritual.
Americans import about 40 million pounds of tea from Japan and 45 million from China annually. If the tea market is unsettled, interest will grow in tea growing experiments in South Carolina and Florida. A spring water source on an Oklahoma claim adds $500 to its value.
A Harper's Young People article discusses the purpose of a government insect research facility. It explains why studying bugs matters for agriculture, notes dramatic insect transformations, and describes a Chinese worm specimen tracked daily, illustrating careful observation of an unwelcome visitor.
A French savant notes easy illusions in perception of heat and pressure. An experiment with two silver dollars shows the rubbed warmer coin feels heavier when placed on the forehead, as the warmer metal blends with body heat and confuses touch with pressure.
The World notes a stone under Washington’s statue at the subtreasury steps marked by a wire grate. The inscription recalls April 30, 1789, when Washington took the oath as first U S president in Federal Hall. After Federal Hall’s demolition the sacred stone was saved and placed near the statue’s base as a relic of the nation’s birth.
The article notes how各 nations greet each other with distinct phrases and gestures. English say How do you do Good by Farewell while Dutch say Varr wel and Swedes Far yal French say Bonjour Au Plaisir, Italian Buon giorno Addio A rivederci, Spaniards Buenos dias Adios Hasta la vista, and Turks bow with arms crossed. Arabs say Salem aleikum and place hands on the breast to show heartfelt wishes.
A quip from New York Weekly notes the Mikado never willingly agrees to be photographed. A mother laments her son is a born rover while a neighbor suggests changing him into a Methodist minister.
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