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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1890
Page
8
A jumble of global curiosities and anecdotes includes population figures for Catholics, Brazil's size and wealth, a German empress riding in a carriage, a fingerboard warning pigs for sale, a firebreathing man in New York, and whimsical tales from Charleston to Wagner cars.
Daisy Dart reports on evolving women’s fashions from hats to skirts and head coverings. She notes practical shifts like clinging skirts amid mud, boxing dogs as a fad, and the revived interest in protective bonnet designs.
A Texas account notes six legged workers farming grain called ant rice within circular 10 to 12 foot nurseries. Ants harvest the crop and allow no other plants to sprout on the cleared patch, waging war on weeds more effectively than human agriculturists. Also included is a humorous cultural snippet about a pressing invitation to Johnny Williams ball.
An old speaker voices astonishment at a woman described with vivid, humorous details during a rural camp meeting. The fragment blends dialect and social comment, noting wedding-like adornments and a crowd reaction. The text shifts to aphorisms about virtue and mercy, concluding with a reflective line on goodness and judgment.
A London cable outlines sensational claims of assassination schemes against Isabel II and Infanta Isabella amid reports of clerical opposition and a push for royal guardianship. It notes revolts, a fatal opera house fire tied to a conspiracy, and broader political tension across Europe.
Rumors in New York trade say four New York area paper plants have signed to sell to an English investment firm represented by Giessenheimer and Untermyer. Plants named include Warner Mille, Hudson River Paper, Glens Falls Water town, George West’s Mills, and Remington Paper, though Remington denies signing. Total capacity about 100 tons daily. capitalization near $5 million. Also notes widespread mill struggles and possible relief needs for 130 starving families near Flower’s Cove after a rescue steamer’s icebound delay.
New England pork packing capacity expands as Swift & Co of Chicago acquires a major facility. North and partners reorganize into North Packing and Provision Co with C H North as local manager. The firm, once North, Merriam & Co, dates to 1868 and was once the largest east of the Mississippi. A prior failure in 1876 left creditors paid at half, and owner Daniel R Sortwell’s financial woes preceded the sale.
A storm drenched St Louis with rain sleet and snow turning the business district into an ice covered hazard. Wires sagging under ice sparked blue flames and dropped to sidewalks as police and utility crews battled the danger. Two street car horses were killed when a live wire burned near the tracks. no passengers were injured.
In Olathe Kansas the state presses its case against Lucy Tennison for poisoning her husband J D Tennison in 1887. Arsenic found in the coroner’s inquest, multiple trials reached the Kansas Supreme Court, and Tennison now nears 80 with a life sentence under appeal. Nearby, Hamilton Carter is arrested for burglary after stealing from a drug store and a missionary fund at Warren Ohio. Also reported, Mrs Hannah Southworth dies in New York after a long illness following her arrest for the Pettus killing.
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