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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1887
Page
8
A poem's speaker longs to escape the toil and bustle of city life and seek a simple dream by the river. He contrasts the enduring life of a dreamer with the fleeting fate of a laborer and laments the sorrow of the rich while praising the patient poor and childhood innocence.
In a Richmond Ocean View circle Basil Rose and Basil Lowe duel for Marjorie Paine's heart. Lowe's betrayal and a hasty marriage force Basil to seek justice and love, leading to revelations, remorse, and a final vow to reunite with Marjorie years later in Europe. Meanwhile Napoleon's suicide attempt at Fontainebleau narrates a separate historical note.
A satirical vignette mixes humor and economy themes as a wife debates pudding with her husband while a visitor, Pedder, encounters a receptionist declaring she is the mistress of the house and inviting him to the parlor to view goods.
In literature two women stand out as first class wits Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Miss Catherine Fanshawe. Lady Mary's prose sparkles with life and charm and her verse shows sharp wit. A cited highlight is her witty summary of Lord Lyttleton's Counsels of a Friend.
A Pioneer Press letter complains about brakemen in rail service overstepping boundaries with women passengers while boarding and alighting trains. The writer urges a school for brakemen to teach proper assistance and manners to protect ladies from unwanted advances.
Washington correspondent notes many women receive patents for housekeeping devices and dress items while several index more complex mechanisms. Examples include a clothes basket by Caroline Ferguson and a dish washer patent from Mary Hobson, with others earning patents for powder puffs, corset protectors, and a washing machine.
The article catalogs numerous women from cities like St. Louis Philadelphia New York and Chicago who received patents for diverse items from beefsteak cutters to sewing machine attachments ball bearing amalgams and dress elevating devices. It notes 334000 total patents with only about sixty yearly to women indicating gendered patenting disparity.
The article traces wooden clocks from the Black Forest in Germany, noting their rise from simple seventeenth century designs to diverse modern forms. It cites production, trade, and demand in Europe and the United States, including figures for 1880 and examples of cuckoo and trumpeter clocks.
A roving collection of quips and anecdotes from Carl Pretzel and various weekly pages. Jests touch on fashion, wit, clergy, science fancies, and social quirks with playful misreads and cartoonish dialogue. A breezy montage of light, bygone humor from era papers.
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