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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1910
Page
8
An exploration of women’s superstitions from signs and charms to dress colors and dreams. The piece traces traditions from childhood tales, mirror omens, shoe rhymes, and wedding rites to Julia Clairvoyant and aura beliefs, noting their persistence and social lure.
Major Andrew Summers Rowan, famed for delivering the message to Garcia during the Spanish American War, resigns from the U S Army after serving with the Fifteenth and then the Eighteenth Infantry. He became a symbol of obedience and duty, later serving at Fort Douglas Utah before his December 1 resignation.
A historical anecdote recounts General James Watson Webb aiding Louis Napoleon Bonaparte when penniless in New York. Webb's generosity funded the young exile and later, Napoleon III sent a breakfast invitation via telegram, recalling the promised repayment on his rise to power.
Reports from Spalding weekly market note activity around tubers and arrivals. Statements mention W T Scarlett visiting, and Mr Mindlay promoting the Northers Star and E Dorado varieties. A transaction cites a single tuber sold for 100 dollars and later a contested offer of 35 dollars, indicating a lively but unclear record of market events.
A stray line recalls Sadie answering what a gentleman is in a spelling lesson. She says a gentleman is a man you don't know very well, a remark shaded with cynicism and humor. The vignette frames the elusive, often debated idea of true gentility.
A western woman describes a 15 year career raising ornamental birds for income in New York. She details pheasants and swans, methods for housing, feeding, breeding, and “planting” birds, with prices, care practices, and the appeal of private parks and game preserves.
The memoir recounts Samuel J. Tilden describing his political intuition as infallible. He signals a Rochester convention plot to back a third-term for General Grant, with Conkling leading stalwarts to press for the nomination at the 1880 Republican National Convention.
A ghostly figure in black proclaims Remember the baker in a Vienna courtroom on the eve of a death sentence. The tale recalls a baker executed three centuries ago for a crime he did not commit, and the later overturning of the verdict by judges.
A donor provided funds to the city with the stipulation that interest be used to establish and perpetually burn a lamp in the Doges Palace. The arrangement centers on the creation of the lamp of expission and its ongoing illumination.
A fragment from the Delineator describes Little Prue noticing Miss D- who has lost her voice. Prue wonders if it will return and sits nearby hoping the voice may come back.
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