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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1887
Page
6
A nostalgic verse about a spinner at work, weaving knots and memories as she toils beside a spinning wheel. Vivid imagery of daylight fading, bees returning home, and the sky turning to a pattern as a lover contemplates a future Sunday outfit. The piece blends rural life with dreamlike admiration for the spinner.
At a seaside hotel Philip Darkley pursues Star Lester amid jealous prickly passion. Star teases him with flirtations while denying true love, sparking a renewed crush that leads to threats of flight and a quest for revenge as their lively romance unfolds through social circles and country visits.
In a fireside reading scene Star Lester reads a long poem before Phil Darkley, who declares his love and asks her to marry him. She refuses, recalling past heartbreak and vows to resist, while other excerpts recount a comic pig dressing misadventure and varied anecdotes.
The piece surveys American nut cracking culture with praise for shell-bark hickory and its flavors, notes variations in shells, and traces an ancient lineage. It also offers poker psychology tips, warning against bluffing and urging steady play, followed by a brief remedy for tired eyes and eye strain with natural and therapeutic approaches.
Reading reflects on obedience as the core lesson a child learns from a father, cited through Canon Pynne’s words about a philosopher and his daughter. It urges disciplined grooming for girls, noting clean, smooth hands with pinky-tips as the standard of beauty and care.
A Alta Californian correspondent recounts Secretary Ramsey of Minnesota touring Fort Washington aboard Admiral Porter’s Falcon. Ramsey jokes about inspecting the decaying fort while an ordnance sergeant enforces orders, then quips about the magazine and avoids it. The sergeant jokes that no one can inspect the magazine, a reaction Ramsey notes with humor.
During a New York State canvass for Congress a young Van Wyck meets a couple and jokes about his candidacy. The wife dismisses him, says she will vote for the other man, and the scene ends with the couple leaving. In another brief joke a farmer’s wife jokes about love powder and a supper plan.
A curated collage of humorous snippets and quips from Tid-Bits, Carl Pretzel's Weekly, Chicago Ledger, and other sources. It features jokes about pawnbrokers, smoking in shops, a feisty aunt Angeline, a rainstorm train scare, and light verse. Includes cartoons, dialogue gags, and a mock dramatic anecdote about a round-trip ticket prank.
A new Marchant engine is hailed as a practical solution to reclaim wasted boiler steam. British engineers report fuel use of about 2 pounds of Welsh coal per indicated horsepower per hour, with claimed daily savings of $5,000 for a single steamship company. The condenser allegedly enables locomotives to travel 1,000 miles without refilling water.
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