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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
3
A collection of light pieces from a 19th century youth section includes a Noah’s Ark tale explaining why dogs’ noses are cold, a magnet well-retrieval story, playful crafts like the revolving man, and vignettes about Pierre and Maurice, church, charity, and child humor.
Five children born in the White House besides baby Esther Cleveland were girls. One granddaughter of a president, Harper Bayor, now works in a Washington department, continuing her service to the Government from childhood.
Little Mary wrote on The Cow then read to the minister. The revision adds that the cow is the most useful animal except religion, altering the original simple praise.
Marshall Field offered to donate 1,000,000 dollars for a Chicago museum if 500,000 could be raised by others. The goal was secured as the World’s Fair closed. Field, born in 1835 in Massachusetts, built Marshall Field & Co. after arriving in Chicago in 1856. The firm faced a 3.5 million loss in the fire, with 2.5 million insurance paid. Field employs 3,500 people and remains a trusted benefactor.
A well known Dublin mayor Sir Patrick Hamilton is praised for his caution with money. His wife, frugal to a fault, rejects a new gown until he lies about its cost. He misleads her about a silk priced at 55 shillings to 40, then witnesses the silk taken by a confidant buyer who overhears the claim. The piece ends noting ZovA’s slumming in ’I don. ’The slums should be stened at once.
A humorous antiquated piece describes a Chinese barber performing a strenuous scalp shave, head punching, long queue plaiting, and arm joint cracking to refresh a client. It notes the client then exits as a self-contained, roaming householder, evading tax and bills.
The Corinth Canal will boost coast trade for Greece and Athens and cut sea routes by 250 miles from the Adriatic, Sicily, or Malta to Constantinople. Nero began a similar project centuries ago. the modern canal is under four miles long, cut through sandstone, with 72 foot bottom width and 27 foot depth, now needing minor depth work, and illuminated by electricity along its two masonry-faced sides.
A whimsical portrait of a snail as its own landlord with no ground rent or furnishings beyond its back. The creature lives solitary, has no chattels, and remains untouched by creditors or tax collectors who find no levy to seize.
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train reached Louisville after noon yesterday with the engineer believing a man lay on the track ahead. The object proved to be a dummy with a pumpkin head, fashioned to look lifelike, causing panic before the truth was learned.
The article explains why the passion flower was named by Spanish settlers who saw in it symbols of Christ's passion. Filaments symbolize the crown of thorns, nails, wounds, and other crucifixion elements. It mentions Calvary clover as another image of the crucifixion and notes viewers may see a cross and a man on the petals.
A humorous exchange inside an apartment house shows a boy reporting his father’s wish that no more carpet laying occur tonight so the tenants can sleep. The father urges gratitude for the carpet, for the new tenant, and for sending the boy instead of coming in person.
The nation sees growing use of long distance calls. The longest continuous line runs 1300 miles from Boston to Milwaukee. Pricing uses five minute units with $8 from New York to Washington and $9 from New York to Chicago. Operators claim clear reception over long distances with less buzzing than local service.
The Infanta Eulalia has enjoyed a summer at Royal to the delight of visitors and guests. She is expected to return to England with her children under a governess before traveling to Madrid and then spend the winter in Paris.
The text argues that habit forms through brain eye cooperation and that constant attention creates lasting impressions. When the mind is vacant, the eyes lose value and perception diminishes.
A concise remark from the Atchiso Globe comments on PerixoTo as a fighter, praising his pluck while critiquing his judgment and noting the danger of complications in illness.
Maude A. Murray argues for modern dentistry's advances over extraction, stressing preserving facial shape and dental health. The piece advises regular cleaning, anti-microbial mouth rinses, and early care for children's teeth including gentle fillings to prevent jaw shrinkage and maintain facial contours.
General J M Lewis selected Miss Katherine Turner of Columbia as Missouri’s representative in the Confederate reunion tableaux at Birmingham in October. Turner, daughter of Hon Turner of Columbia and niece to Gov Stone, studied at Woodlawn College and Stephen's College and served as church soloist in Columbia.
The granddaughter of Delacroix received a curious marriage proposal from Champffeury. He likened an unmarried person to a hat of scissors and offered to cut life together. She replied with a pair of scissors and the couple married three weeks later.
A London correspondent recalls a canary kept in youth that rushed to the fireplace mirror when freed from the cage. The bird would fly up and down before its image, peck at the glass and sing as it moved, its gaze fixed on the reflection.
The text reflects on England's royal crown as magnificent and considers Irraman aware of public perception. It suggests that in high absence he might become modest, implying a contrast between public pomp and private restraint.
A historic stone mansion near Amsterdam in Montgomery County, built about 1744 by Sir William Johnson and later fortified as Fort Johnson, remains occupied by Ethan Akin and preserved with notable paneling and wainscoting. The piece also urges dispatcher examinations for railroad safety and notes high designer salaries in London as well as a Greek costuming anecdote from San Diego.
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