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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1889
Page
3
A reflective fragment evokes midnight moods and sleepless nights. The speaker recalls the clock’s tick and echoes of smiling faces now gone, watching and waiting in the darkened room as time drifts and memory lingers.
A tale of intrigue at the Grand Motel where a gleaming knife bearing the name Xavier de Yriarte links to a murder. Detective figures Leslie and Hasnip pursue clues, while Miss Bertram and Mrs Sarsfield reveal tensions and a hidden past involving Captain Fawcett and Spanish ties. The hunt centers on a hairpin and a ring, with suspects including a Cuban merchant family and a mysterious Spaniard.
Detective Hasnip confronts Leslie in private hotel office about the Fawcett murder case. They debate Miss Bertram as a possible suspect, hair-pin ownership, and whether to arrest without stronger evidence while Mrs Sarsfield’s testimony is sought to shield someone.
A Fall River correspondent recounts Peter Clark who moved to California in 1849 with soldiers from the 46th New York Regiment. He staked 40 acres near where San Francisco later grew, shared with Leidesdorff and Folsom, and endured killings and starvation before Leidesdorff took possession. The tract now figures into a $40,000,000 lawsuit as its value soars.
Domestic economy guide covering farm care, orchard tasks, stable management, parlor etiquette, and kitchen practice. Provides practical tips and routines for owners seeking efficient, economical household operations across seasons and settings.
A Progressive farmer writer lists reasons for farmer failure. Lacking attention to details, poor work attitudes, stingy budgeting, poor stock management, neglect of shelter and equipment, late planting, and bad farming habits are cited as key faults.
A Germantown Telegraph correspondent explains a manure system to maximize fertilizer value. He describes stable layout, frequent cleaning, urine collection, and direct field spreading, with straw mulch left on top. He notes wintering cows indoors and using guide poles to align spreading, claiming minimal loss and strong soil improvement.
A farmer advocates training grape vines on fruit trees instead of posts and wire, arguing natural growth and lower labor though pruning costs may offset savings. The piece also cites Cornell bulletin findings on tomato culture including transplant timing, early start under glass, heavy fertilizing, soil effects on fruit shape, variety lifespans, and ideal tomato traits.
The season's work identifies best market tomatoes as Ignorum, Beauty, Mikido, Perfection, Favorite, and Potato Leaf. Noted introductions with merits for market include Bay State, Atlantic, Brandywine, Jubilee, Matchless, Lorillard, Prelude, and Salter. For amateur cultivation, Dwarf Champion, Lorillard, Pench, and Prelude are highlighted.
A poultry column discusses using carbolic acid in whitewash to kill lice and protect coops, spring timing for whitewashing, and the payoff of clean yards. It compares Embden and Toulouse geese for market size, and notes soaked grain improves digestibility while not adding nutrients.
The Western Bee Keeper urges careful honey marketing and hive practices. It stresses timely queen cell destruction to prevent swarming, preserving fertile mother queens, aiding late swarms, and returning them to mother colonies. buyers prefer clean neat packing, proper sealing, and reliable packaging to avoid leaks.
A housekeeper realizes turpentine’s worth and keeps a supply. It offers quick relief for bites and rheumatism, protects fabrics from moths by scenting drawers, repels ants, and drives bedbugs. A spoonful in warm water cleans paint and aids household cleaning.
A study of piano care warns against excessive dryness, noting pianos resist heat less than dampness and that a too tight sounding board can cause a belly in the wood similar to a violin. It explains the sounding board is crucial to tone and that moisture balance preserves instrument health.
Dry rooms shrink pianos and rob their tone. keep a growing plant to regulate humidity and a wet sponge near pianos as a moisture source. Also shared are straw hat care with salt water, kitchen ergonomics, a potato diet for stomach issues, and recipes for walnut pudding and various cakes including fruit cake and custard eyes. A Walnut wagon carved in Maryland and a New York bank gold tug at physical feats close the page.
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