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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
4
Frederick M. Smith sketches a cozy scene as an older couple prepares for New Year. Betsy contemplates a new leaf of behavior while George and Betty share intimate talk by the fire. The clock ticks toward midnight amid plans for gatherings and gowns.
A tall man in faded black tests a Chicago book agent with a cheap Trollope edition. After ten minutes of talking points he reveals he was only practicing and leaves, saying good afternoon.
A compact, pointed paragraph piece from Chicago News reflecting on speech restraint, social behavior, and private regret. The prose hints at lessons about weighing words, avoiding hypocritical chatter, and the overlooked splinters of everyday life.
A writer reflects on how memories from Christmas endure far beyond material gifts. A generous act by a woman who financed a poor child’s Christmas for five dollars left an indelible, lifelong impression on both giver and recipient, illustrating true lasting joy.
A tired mother travels home from Christmas with five children while a sympathetic girl contemplates her own vows. The mother plans to please her husband and cook his favorites, while the girl resolves to stop helping others and to flirt more, turning away from selfless conduct in the new year.
A Washington report quotes Secretary Shaw remarking that the world is prosperous, noting the irony given regions lacking high protective tariffs. The remark frames tariff policy as a global issue and hints at protective measures being uneven worldwide.
A New York Times poem evokes dusk light, a hound’s cry, and grief. The piece contrasts a grieving mother, an empty nest, and a sleeping babe with a wrecked vessel and a spiritual lesson.
Godfrey and I assemble clippings to trace Tremaine's life from 1883 to 1896. The Frenchman, later Thompson, Tremaine, marries Edith Croydon in 1891, flee, robs, and reappears in Australia a decade later before a bank robbery scheme.
The conversation reconstructs Tremaine's likely plan to blackmail Mrs. Delroy and the confrontation with Thompson in a New York hotel suite. Tremaine intends to pin a fortune-wue on Delroy, while Jimmy the Dude and Miss Croydon enter the scene. A diamond from Jimmy’s ring links to the slain Thompson, tightening clues as Godfrey and the narrator anticipate further revelations next week.
A collection of humorous maxims on love, marriage, dogs, wealth, and curiosity. Observations include advice on leaping, carpet quality, widows, obedience, and the pace of breaking horses, with playful gendered quips and social commentary.
John Horgan, the champion pool player, joked at a St Louis dinner that billiards is mild beside pool. He recounted a Calcutta exchange where two Hindus describe billiards and the line bil liards causes amusement. He noted global differences in mile length outside Britain and America.
A reflective piece on time’s perception from youth to old age, noting that time felt long or short depending on perspective. It urges readiness and duty as a path to personal and societal betterment, citing Milton and the Providence guiding progress. It ends with a call to charity as worship.
A witty list of New Year resolutions from Puck urging self restraint and better conduct. It lampoons domestic and social foibles such as misreading a dinner clock, blaming others, and sermonizing neighbors, ending with a tongue in cheek aim to die before pride spoils one’s image.
The piece profiles Tanbark Worm aka Toxen Worm a top press agent who boosted Mrs. Patrick Campbell in New York by staging tan bark on Forty-second Street to muffle stage noise. Officials balked removing the bark while publicity surged. The act made Campbell famous and kept her dog Pinky-panky-poo in the spotlight.
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News notes New Year visitors and the return home as the bit turns to market chatter. Parisians pay substantially more for coal this year due to Courieres mine output losses totaling 700,000 long tons.
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