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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1893
Page
6
A recounting of a bell ringer's terror as a muffled bell, a concealed cradle of danger, and a near fatal fall ensue during a routine noon ringing. The narrator describes visions of monsters, fear of broken pulleys, and the drive to flee the swing's perils.
Mrs. Andrew Crosse recounts in Temple Bar a humorous Browning anecdote. A visitor posing as the artist’s guest enters Browning’s room and, after his handshake, calls herself the cook. He leads her about the pictures with courteous ease, then remarks on a husband’s joke about pin money.
Faulkton citizens held a public meeting to organize actions promoting Faulk County resources for new settlers. They plan to cooperate with the Grain and Stock Belt Association, anticipate immigration, and push building Saint Augusta Cathedral in Sioux Falls.
The article details rapid growth of cattle, sheep and horse farming west of Pierre after the Sioux ceded land in 1889. It notes 10,000 to 12,000 fat steers shipped from Pierre in Oct–Nov, 550–600 cars, and over forty special trains to Chicago. Prices ranged 30 to 60 dollars. Pierre banks see over 300,000 dollars.
Bishop W. Wi. Hage of Sioux Falls orders Dean Trimble to mail a petition for a divorce law change to every clergyman in the state. The document bears Sioux Falls ministers' signatures and the bishop plans to lobby in Pierre. He is linked to the Astor family who reportedly donated $25,000.
South Dakota briefs report T I Langland failed to return from a Nov 21 departure aboard the Norway of the Thingvalla Line. No word has reached relatives since the ship's Dec arrival, prompting alarm. The item also summarizes state mining, agriculture and debt stats, noting Harney Peak tin, mining dividends, bullion value, land and school data, livestock growth, and cattle shipments from Pierre.
The legislature opens with debate on Foote's bill to raise personal property tax exemption from 25 to 200. Bills target tax or licensing reforms, district realignment, insurance and rail oversight, and per diem pay for lawmakers. In Senate and House January 12 13 16 see new measures from Kennedy Star Lawrence Muatthieson Stuyverud Price and others.
Louisa and Joseph Galiano of Norford Conn have married and divorced each other twice. Mrs Robert Gunnson receives many letters mostly religious in nature. A A Tiupson of Fort Worth organized a strong drilled military group of colored girls in Dallas. Mrs Groves Hearst widow of Senator Hearst of California is the world’s most insured woman with policies totaling 500000. Mrs 8 Gross, superintendent of Salem Oregon public schools earns 1200 yearly. Isaac Pitman, famed shorthand inventor, marked his eightieth birthday in London, brother of Ben Pitman of Cincinnati. Canada sent about one hundred tons of poultry to Liverpool at year end, selling around 14 cents per pound.
In Chicago hundreds of workers across offices, telegraph rooms, presses, markets, and streets toil through the night. Journalists, printers, street cleaners, farmers, and transport crews sustain the city as dawn approaches, about 20 000 laboring to ready life for a million residents.
A Prussian general confronts cadets whose youths refuse strict decorum at a ball. The general demands manners changes, but the cadets respond with a marching corps entry and orderly exit led by their young officer, finally prompting the general to order them away.
A Philadelphia Times piece praises the Buchanan memorial window at St James Episcopal Church Lancaster. It notes parish records dating to 1745 under Rev Percy L Rowbottom and lists ministers Muhlenberg White Bowman Knight. The window is hailed as one of America’s finest in effect and beauty, depicting Christ with the wise men in the temple and the line about being about his father's business.
Over twenty thousand people visited Shakespeare's birthplace in the last year. About three quarters signed the visitors book. 9,549 were British, 5,385 Americans, and only ninety-one were Germans. The article notes Germany buys many copies of Shakespeare. Buffalo Brut, renowned and once a scout, rejects the idea.
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