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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1892
Page
5
A collection of anecdotes and advice on feminine behavior in society. Kate Field advocates listening over talking to avoid egotism, with tales of a court case where a witness's poised presence changes outcomes, plus social commentary on women’s roles, beauty, and marriage dynamics.
The new whaleback passenger steamer under construction in Wilmington aims to cross New York to Queenstown in five days. It features a steel barge hull with twenty one water tight compartments, triple expansion engines, electric lighting, and rooms for 720 first class passengers plus extensive leisure facilities.
Mrs Florence E Maybrick, an American woman, was found guilty of murdering her husband James Maybrick in 1889 and hanged, later commuted to life imprisonment. Public petitions in America seek a new trial, arguing insufficient evidence and bias from the judge, now said to be insane.
Influential Americans reportedly prepared to intervene to secure her release as public attention grows on the case.
The piece recalls the birth of the Republican Party on March 20, 1854 in Ripon Wisconsin with A E Bovay credited for naming it. It notes the Whig party was dead after its decisive 1852 defeat and that a Ripon Herald call by fifty four citizens helped spark the new party.
The piece recounts the dissolution of Whig and Free Soil town committees and the naming of the Republican party at a meeting in the old schoolhouse with A. E. Bovay and others acting as godfathers. Bovay, born July 12 1818 in New York, helped shape the party's identity and later aided its spread from Ripon to Wisconsin and Illinois.
Reports from Hazelwood Indiana describe Henry Gantz’s new unicycle nearing completion. The inventor claims speeds up to eighty three miles an hour and that cost equals an ordinary bicycle.
The piece explains the term bank from Italian banco and notes Venice’s 1157 establishment as Europe’s first public bank. It then questions a judge’s inconsistency for censuring a man for carrying a firearm yet holding him in $100 to keep the piece for six months.
The piece details a shift in attitude toward treated broken legs in horses, citing Uncle Bob the 1890 Derby winner as proof splints and veterinary care can save a horse. It quotes Chicago veterinary staff on bone healing and the success of casts and slings for fractures below the knee or hock.
A horse mare is described in old narration as reacting with moans and fright during a dental procedure. The tooth removal ends the pain and the horse is led to its stall with the wound dressed. It notes that teeth filling and extraction are common equine procedures.
A summary of the article outlines melancholia as a grave mental illness with fatal self harm risk, its difference from ordinary sadness, forms such as simple melancholia and melancholia agitata, early symptoms including sleeplessness and back head pain, and the need for early physician intervention to control the disease. It recounts case examples and emphasizes recognizing signs promptly.
A reflective piece argues shy men suffer social torture at parties with cold hands and trembling feet while women’s laughter worsens the strain. Bashfulness is framed as a herald of potential virtue, a knightly prelude, shaping later charm for some into public appeal. It notes that hauteur masks fear and shields many until confidence grows.
A short conversational piece styled as a domestic quip. Mrs. McBride questions why she did not let her spouse help with a heavy burden, recalling their brief marriage. The exchange ends with a light, humorous miscommunication about sharing burdens.
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