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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
4
In the Appleby mansion cellar Richard, Jack, and Madge flee a ponying force of British dragoons. The window shutters matter, a loyal ally betrays them, and Tarleton orders Tybee to seize the hiding pair, while Madge urges swift escape. The scene ends with the promise of a continuation next week.
A speaker argues electricity will replace coal, with power transmitted by wires from mines and waterpower tapped worldwide. He cites California tests sending 275 miles of power by wire, predicting rapid adoption and city lighting via electric transmission.
A man clings to a framed picture of an unknown beloved, gazing at her eyes daily. He declares love in memory yet grows restless, wondering who she is as life and war time pressures pull him away. His search resumes only after a long interval as he contemplates fate and identity.
Captain Otway meets Mrs. Dumaine and her daughter Louise on a Cape trip. A mistaken photograph leads to recognition of a past, and Otway declares his intent to marry Louise, dropping his royal bearing for a simpler life. The voyage ends with a proposed union and a promise of a single cherished portrait.
The article explains that foam appears white because its many reflecting surfaces bounce light without absorbing it. Even dark liquids create white froth, since the tiny bubbles reflect all incoming light, and only slight tint from the liquid may color the foam. The same principle makes fine powdered substances look white despite their original color.
Victor Smith in the New York Press argues against early vanity wigs warning men to avoid lifelong wig use. The piece notes football players lose strength as hair grows and cites children recovering health when hair is clipped along with medical practice removing hair in fever cases. It ends with a religious remark about God.
Y M C A worker Tred B. Smith returns from around the world and shares a London to Sydney tale. Friends in England India and Australia remark that Americans feel at home abroad. The punchline lands: Australians brag just as Americans do.
The Port Huron tale centers on Jed Spalding a 6 5 530 pound jokester from Michigan whose prank misfired during a mayoral campaign. A Scotch minister repeated Jed s line suggesting the brother in law funded the rival s bid inciting a ministerial uproar. The piece notes Baptist women supporting 300 missionaries and Alpine girls wearing trousers while coasting.
Edward B. Clark writes in Technical World Magazine that the gray plover’s southward migration parallels the proposed Pan American railway route. The piece envisions a future unbroken Alaska to Patagonia rail journey revealing vast climates, landscapes, and peoples along the way.
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