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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1887
Page
6
A whimsical verse guides children to brew cheerfulness using heart, indulgence, patience, and humor. It instructs stirring with indigo vigor of Bulag and Lethe while adding confidence, courage, and hope. The lax, playful tone urges turning to Heaven for peace as tears dry and smiles rise.
A first person sketch in a rustic voice recounts a life of wandering, love affairs, and a hermit’s self view in Misery Grove, with anecdotes about youth, marriage, and a long voyage to this country. It also includes brief items on Indian Arabs as hunters and a light column on removing facial hair with electricity.
Faith agrees to wear a straight braided hairstyle for a month to push her brother Hugh toward earnest study. He keeps his promise, helps his sister, and his improved effort earns cheers at school, rekindling ambition and family pride.
A collage of quips and sketches from humorous verse and vaudeville prose. Anecdotes cover dogs, travel, carpenters, lovers, and daily life with light irony and playful misprints. Notable bits include a banking of jokes on manners and a churn lullaby from Good Housekeeping.
A Sunday school tale shows a boy asking the purpose of the ladder when angels have wings. James answers that angels were perhaps moultin and thus moving. The Whitehall Times notes the line as a humorous quip. The remark ends with a playful aside about Ananios as a potential theater manager.
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