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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
6
The Mitchell Capital bill restricting immigration, introduced by Senator Lodge, clears the senate 42 to 22 with an amendment by Mr Spooner that literacy can be tested by either reading or writing. A Spooner amendment requires returning accompanying family members rejected under the bill to their country by steamship companies.
In St Nicholas F Fitz Roy Dixon describes a baby elephant whose trunk astonishes with extreme delicacy and great strength. The animal moves constantly, senses, and carries, while guarding its trunk tip as a protective sensibility. Natives say losing the trunk tip leaves an elephant like a man sightless and hopeless.
Davison County Farmers' Institute prepares for its first annual meeting at the court house in Mitchell on February 2 and 3. The program includes talks on cattle, fodders, mutual farm insurance, poultry, soil culture, dairy business, creameries, swine breeding, education of farmer's children, and social and financial prospects of South Dakota. Arrangements guarantee hospitality for visiting farmers from distant areas.
Charles G. D. Roberts argues in Forum that the poetry of earth is a living force. He notes it can arise from bleak pastures or blooming paradises and works through beauty, sublimity, or restraint. Descriptive verse without creative touch fails to move readers.
A Syracuse Post item describes a baby baptism where the father names the girl Dinah M and the minister asks what the M stands for. He jokes that it depends on how she turns out, potentially Dinah May or Dinah Might, reflecting a humorous anecdote from the era.
The account explains early omnibuses in London as long narrow vehicles without roof seats. Passengers were locked in until fares were paid, fare set at sixpence, and drivers hung by a leather loop. Buses rushed to fill routes, licensed per route, with various taxes and mileage duties.
A boy writes about a mean dog in a town out of town school. The mean teacher, hated by pupils, is described from his gleaming shoes to his pompadour hair. The story ends with the dog so mean his hair stands on end.
The excerpt debates style as the expression of mind and soul across arts and actions from architecture to puppetry. It cites Raleigh on art as gesture and personality, then Ziegler in Harper’s Magazine noting puppet shows’ ancient, religious roots and shadow theater links.
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