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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1892
Page
3
A wealthy convert visits a prison ward to give flowers and prayer. The transformative moment with a convicted woman leads to a shared motherly bond and a journey toward faith. The piece urges daily Bible study and church sociable organization while stressing personal divine love.
A collection of observations on religious demographics in Buffalo Vienna and Halifax. Notes Polish Catholics Cleveland St Stanislaus church cost 225000. West End Presbyterian New York grows with 600 members and 75 in a week. Also reports Benedictine Fr Baderys death at 83. Includes remarks on Anna Shaw temperance stance and Sabbath opening of World's Fair. Halifax soldiers attend church, French-Canadians in New England and New York with 400000 in New England, 100000 in New York State, real estate value 105000000 and wide occupational roles.
A German physician treated a noblewoman whose illness arose from excess living and little activity. Advice urged 5 o clock rising, walks in the park, tea, more walking, chocolate, and a proper breakfast. She rushed to his office declaring she had taken the chocolate first, prompting a swift emetic and new prescription. Her condition then improved.
Soapstone or steatite can become many products. Beautiful stoves and stationary wash tubs are made from it. Dust is used to adulterate rubber goods to dull finishes and to add weight in paper. Waste is repurposed into fireproof paint for mill interiors and roof coatings.
The Arizona Kicker mocks the New York World with a public circulation bet, disputes a 3600-copy claim, and taunts rivals while warning of postmaster tensions and a planned visit. It also notes a reader inquiry about churches, a retraction over stolen shirts, and a special sixteen-page Christmas issue with sensational content.
A lurid feature section promises death notices of men and vivid anecdotes. The piece satirically depicts lynching and street crime. An illustrated sketch by a former road agent adds auto dazzle with a warning tone. The reader is urged to imagine danger as the author recalls past exploits.
A Michigan Central train into Detroit features a baby’s two hour crying fit. Passengers pressure a mother as a cheerful would be rescuer tries to hush the infant, causing comic chaos before a conductor arrives and a calm, volunteer nurse takes over. Separate anecdote recalls an Easter greeting custom debated by a bishop and congregation.
Lord Rosebery relays a disputed account of Pitt’s last words claiming I think I could eat one of Bellamy's meat pies. The piece contrasts this with earlier versions cited by George Rose and Sidney Smith and ends by noting Revolution era butter once sold for $1.25 per pound, a remark attributed to George Washington.
A Dorippe crab from Japan’s Inland Sea bears a shell with a human face like eyes and a nose. Its face, eyelids, and cheekbones inspired legends of Samurai souls haunting beaches when the Dorippes appear. Some compare the faces to bleary tipplers, others to drowned warriors, linking superstition to the shell’s markings.
An American visitor in London portrays Queen Victoria as modest and dignified in church, noting her earnest directness and the visible melancholy on her face. The royal family sat in a cross pew, while the observer reflects on the queen’s refined conduct and enduring sadness.
Folk recount a crafty fox pretending to be dead to escape a beach launch. A group of Irish fishermen watch the fox dash away after being tossed ashore and infer a midnight island crossing to reach rabbits. A farmer notes a boy’s bee experiments coloring wings to test navigation and homing in urban streets.
The article describes a man releasing five bees at dawn from two roads far from home while his sister tended hives. A tired arrival at two in the afternoon followed by four more at five shows fatigue. Experiments with large black ants show marked ants returning home after being released over a mile away, suggesting wider travel patterns for ants and bees.
The article recalls 18th century imperial parades with 1260 elephants at Vizier Ali’s 1795 wedding, 100 with howdahs and a jeweled center nabob. It details Jehangir court displays, the Lord Elephant with rubies, and modern uses of elephants in India, from labor to limited warfare, as noted by St. Nicholas.
A travelogue fragment describes one Malta vendor pretending canaries are edible, then admitting the gag. It cites influenza spreading along rail networks from Siberia to Europe, deflected by mountains and following Danube routes to Africa and beyond, as noted by the New York Tribune.
A Lowell suburb man wants a deed from twenty years ago reversed. The document assigns his corpse to a surgeon in Great Falls New Hampshire for ten dollars and other terms, with burial now desired. The deed states the body be dissected and given to a medical university. lawyers say the deed stands, and the only remedy is payment to the doctor. The donor has offered a large sum, but the offer was refused. EcorisM is described as a collarless man with a two gold headed cane.
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