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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1892
Page
3
A Western journalist surveys marriage and divorce trends across the United States, noting high divorce rates despite strong female status and public admiration for women. The piece argues for reform, uniform laws, and patience in marriage, blaming ill considered unions rather than divorce.
A reflection on progress and limits in the last fifty years follows a dialogue about capturing a face in a portrait. Mr Blank seeks a true expression from Paris painter Prof Fuillermort. The painter notes the challenge of likeness and asks how to capture a face whose expression is elusive.
A New York Letter piece recalls Moore, a Mississippi gambler aboard a steamboat, who faced a brat of a challenger at cards. Moore wins without cheating, saves the boy from ruin, and reveals a quiet fatalism about a life of risk and shame. The essay ends with a meditation on wealth, fear, and the haunting future of ruined lives and armed guards.
A chilling note describes New York millionaires living in constant fear of waking to find a dynamite bomb in their stockings. The piece highlights the pervasive anxiety among wealthy residents during a period of high bomb threats and social unrest.
A New York pamphlet collector seeking weight loss was drawn to obesity cure ads. He lost 47 pounds in six months by exercise and diet, not medicine, and gave a false certificate to a druggist, who then printed a testimonial praising the pamphlet while excluding the medicine.
A village correspondent recalls Uncle Harry, once famed for laziness, who wed at age 70 after many failed “marriage feelin’s.” The squire asks how it happened. the bride Eunice stayed, prompting a happy reveal about his long-awaited union.
Sweden hosts the world’s oldest and largest match factory with exports surging. Machines with 200 revolutions per four minutes produce about 2.5 million matches daily, while U.S. use averages over five per person per day. France consumes 200 million matches daily. Europe quintuples factories to 50,000, valued at £10 million yearly.
A witty exchange mocks a three handed man with quips about a three handed wonder. Mrs. Broke is mentioned in relation to her husband and a banter about callous and reliefs. The joke ends with a tip about easing heartburn by drinking water with galt dissolved.
A traveler describes a perilous ride in Lucknow as a wild bay horse known as Kumewallah, the man eater, attacked a gig with a native child in its jaws. The narrator escaped into a yard by chance as the creature slammed against iron gates, then bolted away after failing to enter. New York Ledger.
A lady writes of her tame rock Jacko who for five years built a nest, fed by the owner with sticks for hours daily. Jacko befriends wild rooks in a small rookery, but is rebuffed. He even bows to his reflection and courts a shadow “love.” A acquaintance jokes of rook pie or stewed rooks.
An 2-3 year old incident from a Greek visit shows court etiquette's discomfort. The German Kaiser, Admiral of the British Navy, faced a missing knife and fork at a formal dinner aboard a British ship. After a fruitless search two hours in, Kaiser Wilhelm II produced the implement from his own uniform pocket, restoring the meal and underscoring faith in Germany's leadership.
The Swiss city of Sainte-Croix accepts a gift from English benefactor William Barbey to build a 15 mile rail line to Yverdon. No trains or work will occur between 12 Saturday night and 12 Sunday night for 25 years as a condition. Project costs total about $430,000 with each mile exceeding $30,000.
A Boston Journal anecdote uses a mallard tale to mock modern realism and morality. Cuay County, Missouri, plans to send a pair of unusually large mules to the World's Fair, eighteen hands high and weighing 3,800 pounds.
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