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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1894
Page
5
The Ladies Corner weighs in on why women clothe themselves, arguing fashion serves feminine nature, not male admiration. It cites widow popularity, social regimes for widows, and a Boston Globe question on dress motives, concluding tasteful dress affirms refinement and feminine charm.
On a windy dusty day veils may hide untidiness while shielding eyes from dust yet the fad fabric styles harm sight. Watered and floored designs intensify glare and may worsen eye comfort. Researchers note the close link between sight and the nervous system and warn of a condition described as sight tiredness.
Practical tips urge mending clothes before washing and using cold water for greasetone cleaning. Home hygiene advice covers cockroach control with hellebore, child encouragement to laugh, and early lessons in personal care and responsibility.
Colonel Joe Dowling recalls a career trotting through Friday named events as he secures the Cincinnati collector ship. He notes appointments and life milestones tied to Fridays and jokes about dying or drawing pay on that day, listing several pivotal moments from his political service.
A temperance worker argues against selling liquor to an habitual drunkard while a saloon keeper resists, with a punchy Truth remark challenging counterfeit ideas and a humorous line about an imitation baseball diamond.
A fashion column surveys theater wraps and capes in wool ottoman, velvet, and ermine with yokes and high collars. It notes practical warm options for theatergoers, novelty boas, two-point satin capes, fur shoulder pieces, and varied outer silhouettes. It also addresses changing street colors, visiting dresses in green and brown tones, and the use of padding to shape gowns.
A Sunday School lesson on Genesis 4:3-13 contrasts Abel’s righteous altar with Cain’s worldly offering. It links Abel to Christ, cites Hebrews and Peter, warns against self righteousness, and urges devotion to the blood of Christ while previewing Noah’s covenant.
The British Museum houses the finest collection of antiquities while the Kremlin in Moscow holds the world’s largest bell weighing 432000 pounds. The Washington Monument in Washington stands as the tallest stone tower at five hundred fifty five feet. The St Gothard tunnel stretches nine and a half miles, and the Caspian Sea is the world’s greatest inland sea at about 700 miles long and 270 wide.
A compendium of sermon snippets urging faithfulness and prayer. It argues that honest prayer aligns actions with conscience, warns against hypocrisy, and notes how faithfulness and Bible promises sustain believers. It mocks worldly greed and urges steadfastness through church prayer and personal integrity.
Two physiologists, Profs. Nichols and Browne, tested four odors with 44 men and 38 women. Women failed to detect lemon beyond 100,000 dilution while men found it to 250,000. Prussic acid was detectable by men to 100,000, but only two men identified it to 2,000,000. two noses were exceptional.
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