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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1886
Page
2
A long survey of season’s clothing from velvet and plush hats to felt varieties, trims with feathers and velvets, and styles for girls and children. It covers crown shapes, brims, turbans, and new bonnet designs, plus couture details for hairlines, buttons, and passementerie in silk, plush, and woolen outfits.
Congress approved a 30000 dollar test for Morse electro magnetic telegraphs to serve US government use. Morse and associates built a line between Washington and Baltimore underground then on poles. The Washington office opened in the Capitol. Louis St. Banitzinger led the first operators. Early Washington telegraphers included Lugenbeel, Linton, Koons, Towers, Washington, Macfeely, with Tree brothers as assistants. Conkling portrait anecdote closes the tale of 1877 electoral commission sketches.
The article describes fashionable jewelry pieces such as moonstone pins with wishbone motifs, enamelled daisies and roses, cat’s eye pins, and large bar pins. It notes new forms like hollow perfume balls for watch chains, horn-based devices, and diverse animal and nature shapes in finished metals, reflecting a shift from traditional long pin designs to decorative novelties.
A mix of literary critique and science tests: Edgar Allan Poe is praised as a strange genius while contemporaries like H P Tuckerman and T S Arthur are critiqued for style and originality. The piece touches on chirography, handwriting, and a science demonstration with solar spectrum effects on sounds from colored materials. A New York Sun quip on cow milking closes the excerpt.
The piece chronicles a Boston dentist's admonition to let a lively boy have his own way, leading to a peripatetic life across the nation. A Chicago man, then a San Francisco lawyer, after drifting into law and ranch life, confronts a pistol-wielding ranger. The standoff ends with an exchange of horses and a mutual, courteous departure.
A collection of old aphorisms praising honesty bravery humility and temperance. The quotes cover guilt conscience prayer rheumatism manners speech and social reciprocity with references to moral behavior and timeless proverbs.
A reflection on aging and youth in family life. The piece notes how old people and children benefit from each other, while criticizing sour elders who cling to harsh views. It recalls shared memories of school, courtship, and family routines, urging patience and kindness across generations.
A humorous depiction of a chronically absent minded man who misplaces eyeglasses constantly. In a cafe scene he searches pockets for glasses only to discover they are on his nose, prompting friends to reveal the gag and reinforce the tale of keenly absent minded behavior.
A New York Sun essay describes German women in provincial towns knitting at homes, cafes, and beer gardens, portraying knitting as part of outdoor life and social chatter. It compares stockings to a self-renewing symbol and notes public patience with idle talk while knitting.
A city gem lady loses a handsome opal pin sent as a wedding gift. It vanishes en route to New York, reappears at a tea, then disappears again, later found hidden in a Christmas card fringe. A mistaken trunk transfer complicates the tale as the couple vacations in the mountains.
A man crushed when a cave in at Fargo Dakota dies hours later. Neighbors recall his kindness and discuss his resignation in dying moments. Col Jones, Major Powers, and Alexander helped pull him out and stayed by him as he passed. The story notes a digression on Censure as a tax on eminent men.
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