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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1893
Page
11
Silly talk on growing American women draws from New York Ledger and New York Journal. Notes on jelly making and household skills mingle with essays on old maids and female education, praising female enterprise and social progress amid satire about gender roles.
The Kurds and the Cossacks share a belief that Ararat is protected by supernatural beings and that ascent is fatal. They diverge on which spirits stand guard, with Kurds naming a devil as supreme guardian and Cossacks insisting angels watch.
A Russian case recounts Prince Dolgorouki placing a drunken doctor in a monk cell as a punishment for intemperance and anti monk attitudes. The trick aims to reform through severe monastic discipline and a mysterious awakening in a familiar room with friends present.
A London Telegraph note reports that parsons in question believed natural emotions could make words seem to issue from the lips after decapitation, reflecting vigilante or sensational reactions to the event.
A Basque gentleman in colonial Mexico bet twenty thousand dollars he could drive four spotted horses through the capital. He did so, parading by the vice regal palace, then offered a gift to the viceroy and pocketed seventeen thousand dollars profit after the stake was settled.
A fragmented description of jacana display behavior and spur-winged lapwing visits. It notes that jacanas usually pair and perform coordinated wing displays, while spur-winged lapwings conduct a three-member ritual. Birds transfer visits between pairs, with mutual signs of welcome and a looping, inspecting display observed at various times.
An English naturalist proposes a bold plan to prevent ivory extinction by importing elephants into Equatorial South America. He notes elephant slaughter rises yearly and Amazon basin lands could support a growing herd, with horses and oxen already introduced there.
The article discusses lead used to line tea chests, noting China's long history of pure lead regarded as the finest. It mentions widespread uses including solder and emphasizes the value of this lead in the tea trade, though the text contains garbled phrasing and uncertain details.
In 1836 amid no steam whistle on western river boats, rival steamboats used novel signals to attract cargo and passengers. A boy mounted the Champion’s walking beam to alert crowds, inspiring the captain to hire him as a permanent walking-beam boy. The tale blends river history with a note on early geology and time scales.
An old man with a bad cough dies in his sleeper berth on a night train to Buffalo. A man nicknamed the kicker berates the sleeping car passenger and later mocks the deceased before slipping away as the train stops, leaving fellow travelers stunned.
Fragments discuss eye infection germs and basic hygiene. The readable text hints at early medical notes or public health guidance, mentioning germs and eye health in a concise, instructional tone.
In Mammoth Cave Kentucky a guided cave excursion ends in total darkness near Echo Ring. Three explorers hear their own heartbeats clearly while waiting hours for rescue as others tremble in fear.
The passage discusses whether earth and sun act as magnets and probes if atoms themselves can be magnets. It questions if magnetic properties persist when dividing matter to atomic scales and suggests magnetic regions within atoms could influence chemical effects, linking vast and tiny scales.
An Electric Review report describes a plain mineral spring tapped by cups connected to brass and iron parts forming a crude electric circuit. Drinkers felt a tingling rush and believed they found a fountain of youth, though it was a staged device for a deceptive live demonstration.
A fragment discusses Chinese naming customs, noting newborns may receive names based on the time of birth such as Midnight Sunrise or Sunset. It mentions how trivial circumstances influence names and ends with a line about a woman’s bosom friend.
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