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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1891
Page
9
The speaker reflects on human endurance facing extreme pain and loss. Death's timing is inevitable yet chosen by fate, while the body and soul endure surgery, famine, bereavement, and sorrow. The heart clings to life, finding meaning in others’ suffering and the struggle not to die despite immense agony.
In mid 1686 Indiana a clerks recalls guarding a small crossroads store with a church and blacksmith shop. After robbers threaten the safe he lies in wait, triggers a spring gun, then shoots as three intruders advance, ending with a deadly quiet. The close calls, traps, and moral strain of defending the place are revealed through his tense account.
A store owner recounts a fatal break in by a Chicago burglar known as Chinhammer Disk who hid inside the store and used a back door pass. The trio in the building were shot during the attempt to rob the safe and goods. one victim’s head was blown off and another wounded in the chest. The intruder was later captured and jailed.
In a Massachusetts town a couple who have eight sons plus a new baby girl face a blunt reaction from the eight brothers. Eight year old Tommy blasts the news, saying the baby sister spoils their baseball nine as laughter follows.
An early Tacoma visit leads a young man to buy several town lots for little money, turning into a sudden fortune. Mark Sheldon, a San Francisco real estate figure, acquired sand lots in Market Street to settle a debt and held them until they became highly valuable real estate in the city. His persistence transformed a poor debt into enduring wealth.
A Boston Post writer notes a family overusing adverbs to describe absurdity and everyday events. The father explains adopting trendy words like deliciously and divinely rancid to fit the fashion, while another daughter jokes about his head.
A Liverpool man has devised a compact disinfector using a bottle of disinfecting fluid and a discharge pipe installed in a house drainage basin. During flushing the fluid is released into the water, delivering a tea spoonful each time. The mechanism stays inactive at other times, and several English health officers have tested and approved the idea.
An antiquated note describes Emperor William and all Hohenzollern ancestors born since 1822 along with siblings as sharing a single cradle. A heavy oak cradle bears four sides inscribed with the Bible verse He hath given his angels charge over thee and they keep thee in all thy ways.
The census tallies show the U S population at about 62.5 million in June, marking a rise of 12.3 million and nearly 25 percent since the first count. Westward movement concentrates growth, with states like Colorado now more populous than 1790 New York. Nebraska posts the sharpest gain, while overall national greatness extends beyond numbers.
A discussion on aging trees notes rings counting is unreliable for old trees and that outer girth measurements provide a cross century method. It cites a 1812 oak with 710 rings and 300 additional uncounted years, then argues using growth rates from the first century to model later centuries. The London Arboretum data is referenced as a guide, acknowledging continued conjecture in older ages.
The author notes a method estimating an oak's age by growth, stating twelve feet in the first century, four feet as a steady rate, and a forty foot oak around a thousand years old. He cautions the third figure may overstate rapid growth, favoring a lower likelihood of excess speed.
A gentleman riding with a stylish companion confronts a leering ornamental man. The insult escalates until the other man theatrically reveals a crumpled stocking from the girlfriend’s laundry. The embarrassed offender pockets the garment and ejects the girl at the next stop. New York Sun.
The Niagara River froze in 1848 when winds pushed ice into the lake and created a solid barrier at the falls. Water halted, spectators gathered to witness the blockage, then the wall broke and Niagara resumed its roar. The article also notes medical superstition about illness and the healing power of nature.
A sweeping summary notes record speeds and feats across ships, electric lights, athletics, swimming, horse racing, and coin values. It cites the Toutonio voyage, a 2000000 candle power lamp, Salvator and Maude records in horse trots, Cambridge student Philippa Fawcett and other athletes, and a long catalog of U.S. coin issue values from 1793 to 1880s. It mentions Maude’s speed, Gracious racing marks, and prices of largely rare coins.
A schoolteacher who has passed her thirtieth birthday explains to a puzzled child that she has entered subtraction after noting she has passed addition. The moment captures a quiet, humorous exchange about ages and arithmetic.
A Spaniard named Don Dorens Assento arrived in Odessa from Constantinople, then repeatedly fled at night by train and vanished after looping through Moscow and St. Petersburg. He claims insomnia drove him to travel and has lived on railway carriages, ships, and carriages for six years, planning to move toward Siberia. The tale, framed with notes on vision limits, appears in the St. Louis Republic as a quirky transit vignette.
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