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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1903
Page
2
The New York Evening Post argues a federal bill to gather facts on national corporations is not punitive but essential. It urges publicity to inform investors and guide intelligent legislation, comparing to rail and steel disclosures and predicting national incorporation norms.
A two month old marriage ends as the groom asks his best man to assist in filing for divorce. The best man, once a confidant at the ceremony, is now involved in formal proceedings following the separation. The article notes the unusual post wedding use of the best man’s services.
A nervous woman explains chronic weakness and nervousness from a delicate female condition. She credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with stopping her tremors, improving sleep, restoring weight, and enabling daily activity after prior doctor visits failed. Free medical adviser offer noted.
Robe dresses for children trend toward light mull swiss and chiffon fabrics with embroidery on the fabric. The featured frock shows an embroidered vest, ruffles over the shoulders and mull bands, plus accordion pleats and pale blue chiffon rosettes at the shoulder folds.
Lace becomes dominant trimming and accessory in garments with collars jabots rosettes and scarves. White and black lace shawls drape over low gowns while antique collars and berthas are revived to trim both low and high cut waists. Despite lace piracy the trend aims to preserve whole pieces and reuse cherished fabrics.
Long crape veils dominate mourning attire with English and French influence. Widows and even young women wear heavy crape veils for mothers, fathers, siblings, and even small children, marking a widespread revival of somber fashion.
The article describes a delicate gown titled as pretty and Frenchy. A sun plaited white nun's veiling skirt features a hem that is hemstitched and drawn. The blouse uses suime material, kilting at body and sleeves, with drawnwork wristbands and center plaiting. White crocheted buttons fasten features. The round neck lacks a choker or stock.
White linen wash blouses with heavy damask figures are styled like tablecloths. The design features a plaited front with four large removable buttons along the center and detachable straight cuffs. Two waist sizes are suggested, with two copies recommended for each blouse.
Gun metal necklaces and long water chains are now more elaborately set with semiprecious stones. The stones rival costly gems in beauty, with Oriental stones offering practical advantages. Jade and baroque pearl decorate many of the latest chains in this style.
At Mrs Etta Hall’s instance, William S Hall was arrested on bigamy charges and indicted by the grand jury within a day. He allegedly married Lottie M Hall in Topeka in 1886 and to Etta Hall on Sept 15 1900 while not legally separated. He is jailed in Lawrence County with $1000 bond, claiming a divorce from his first wife at the time of the second marriage.
The Iroquois Chief notes friends of Thomas W. Bishop, editor of the Salem Special, push for him to become commandant of the Soldiers' Home. The paper endorses Bishop, citing his veteran war record, business skill, and popular, jovial temper, urging timely selection before he changes his mind.
The Elk Point Leader rails at proposed taxes on bachelors amid wide tax levies in Dakota. The piece mocks editors and social pressures, defending bachelor liberty, and denounces calls to force marriages as intrusive and ill advised satire.
A mistress taught a servant to stone plums for a pudding. The servant returned claiming completion, revealing only a plate of plum stones. The maid confessed she had eaten the plums, thinking she had done as shown.
A New York Times item describes three children debating their ancestry. Eva claims descent from Mary Queen of Scots, Willie asserts the same, while the third child points out Willie is a boy. The exchange highlights imagined lineage and sibling rivalry.
In a New York Herald item a man recalls a doctor’s past positive prediction of his death in six weeks. He asks the doctor to tell a despondent friend there is no hope, highlighting the tension between medical prophecy and personal desperation.
Anaxagoras of Ionia, born about 500 B C, first taught the causes of solar and lunar eclipses and instructed followers to distinguish planets from fixed stars. He faced punishment for declaring the sun was not a god.
University students enjoyed a Monday evening event with a formal debate on the motion that Jabur is a greater menace to the Commonwealth than organized capital. Six speakers participated with Loevinger McDonald and Gust for the affirmative and Williams Miller and Vessey for the negative. Judges favored the affirmative. The evening concluded with an oyster supper in the dining room.
L. O. Gale writes that DeWitt's Little Early Risers do not gripe or weaken the system. They cure biliousness jaundice constipation and inactive livers by arousing secretions moving the bowels gently and toning the stomach liver and bowels. Continued use prevents return of trouble and restores gland strength.
Describe a Roumanian custom where a large cross of lice is carried before a public procession to bless the River Danube on Christmas day. The tale notes the ritual's public nature and the cross’s prominent role in the ceremony.
J B Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois endured a four year ulcer that baffled doctors until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it. The ad claims success for burns bruises skin eruptions and piles. Available for 25 cents at S H Scallin’s drug store.
Sheridan the scholar and wit, famed as a spendthrift, is fitted by a tailor to settle at least the interest on his bill. He answers that it is not his interest to pay the principal, nor his principle to pay the interest.
Better Than Gold. Chronic indigestion and nervous debility troubled F J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire for years until Electric Bitters. The tonic also keeps his wife healthy and strong claiming they are splendid for female troubles and a grand invigorator for weak women. 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by H Scalinn.
Cooper wrote The Spy in under six months, drawing on legends well known in his neighborhood for most of his stories.
An advertisement by S. H. Scallin touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a sleep aid that boosts vitality, develops muscular and nervous strength, and restores youthful courage.
In Leeds England a Methodist chapel plans to install theater style fauteuils replacing the old high backed pews. The change follows a push for modern seating to improve comfort and visibility for congregants and guests.
An advertorial note offers Rocky Mountain Tea claiming to restore vim and vigor of youth. It promises mental and physical power from bygone days, with a free trial if it fails and a price of 85 cents. Sceallin is listed as the contact.
Engravings by Chodo wieck drew top prices in Leipsic recently with single pictures sold for 300 406 and 500 marks respectively. The strong demand and high bids underscore renewed interest in fine line engravings among collectors and connoisseurs.
An old remedy praised for teething relief from over sixty years of use. It soothes the child children gums and pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea, is pleasant tasting, and sold by druggists worldwide for twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and take no other kind.
A roundup of prominent honors and biographical notes includes Jean de Reszke’s Legion of Honor induction, W. B. Heyburn’s Idaho senatorial birth in Delaware County, Pa., and Will Jordan arriving in Omaha to study shorthand. Also listed are retirements, appointments, birthdays, and notable figures such as Prof. Hans Virchow, ex secretaries of war in the Senate, landholder John Bilby, and other cultural and scientific figures with brief career updates.
A European miscellany notes military police in Austria now wear cork helmets. It also reports Irish nationals among Edinburgh vagrants, a Swiss Italian rail link, and historic shipwrecks causing mass loss of life. A Russian expert doubts Baghdad railway value to Turkey in war, while conscripts at Cuneo include Battista Ugo, 7 ft 7 in, 30 stone, rejected for height. Swiss council proposes penal code changes to curb public praise of crimes, targeting anarchists.
The piece reviews current fashion trends with mesh veils in cluster effects, velours and velveteens for winter wear, and beaver hats adorned with lace motifs. It notes the color Pisces as a debutante favorite and contrasts modern lace data with traditional imagery, quoting Dr. Lyman Abbott on changing sentiments.
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