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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1886
Page
6
The text presents a fragmented poem about Saint John from Mitchell, Dakota, with lines describing stone wells, old ash trees, love, and tides. It references Harper's Magazine and notes local parish context in Nowtace Glascorcenshire, with observations on literary reputation and the ebb and flow of sentiment.
Amy Merlotte's affair with Oscar Rathmore triggers a murderous plot in which Rathmore betrays her, robs her of escape, and is slain after a brutal struggle with John Edson. Jerome Merlotte returns to find family tragedy as rain finally quenches the blaze and justice is served.
A visitor finds the English writer busy as he toils on another tale credited to Hugh Conway. The exchange highlights the prolific output expected of the author as he works.
A column mixes sketches and quips on love, home, and society. It contrasts bachelors with married life, notes African travel anecdotes, and includes humorous vignettes on women’s independence, the home as a center of life, and social manners with light satire. It also warns about rising tramp activity and ends with a miscellany of short items and jokes.
An old traveler from the far northwest describes trapping methods for foxes bears wolves and martins. He notes the silver gray fox value and winter trapping season the beaver’s appeal and the risks to other game. The piece ends with a tale of Maelzel’s automaton chess player and a later rival offer in New York.
A collection of short humorous items and sketches from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It includes quips about opium, beards, priests, a new father, aging, and jokes about newspapers, bees, ice water in Japan, and pickles. Names and places appear in scattered fragments without a single coherent event.
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