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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1893
Page
2
In Mitchell Minnesota area style guidance highlights footwear fitting comfort and fashion trends. The piece cites Detroit Free Press on shoes from laced boots to patent leather vamps and points to fashionable wrist dresses, gowns, and accessories while noting the early women scholars and the Abbess Herrad compendium as historical context.
Observation shows teaching is among the most wearing occupations for women alongside clerks and journalists. Prolonged hours and nervous strain from managing unruly classes wear health, with rooms and ventilation impacting illness risk. It urges better physical comfort and care, noting the midday luncheon as essential to sustain afternoon duties.
A compilation of claims credits women with early inventions and crafts from sewing and textiles to pottery and basketry. It notes Matilda of Flanders and companions as key historical figures and mentions architectural sculpture linked to Sx lvia von steinlach, highlighting female influence in design and guild knowledge.
A Graphic essay ridicules the notion that marriage should be a rigid exam and that wives are mere servants or companions for great men. It contrasts colonial and London expectations, noting how roles shift with status. It suggests great men seek partners who balance cooking, companionship, and discretion, usually in someone else’s wife.
Susan B Anthony argues civilization is changing and unmarried women may become common as traditional roles fade. She notes factory labor replaces spinning and weaving, leaving women with work outside the home. She also cites economic pressures and a trend of men delaying marriage due to low wages and social unrest.
A collage of notes reports Chicago public schools employ 3000 teachers with over 2800 women. It notes Brooklyn Hospital for Women and Children staffed mainly by women physicians and a nurse training program. It mentions women explorers and the broader gains in height and health linked to sports and athletic activity among women.
The Sunday School lesson for Jan 29 explores Zechariah's visions, focusing on Zerubbabel and the olive trees as a symbol of divine supply. It urges believers to seek God, display His power through faithful living, and turn the study into a prayerful, practical effort that inspires revival and outreach.
Fragmentary note discusses Swonns produced in Toledo and Greek helmets protecting head and neck. Mentions partisan lances as precursors to bayonets, Axwern in the French army wearing heavy helmets and corselets, and a 14th century shield on lance shafts with shields not used in England during Hgary vit era.
A New York Evening Post piece describes delicate paper flowers crafted from crepe paper in French and English styles. It notes orchids and morning glories in silk like petals, with expert neatness required. Items include picture frames, lids, baskets, and decorative table spreads, plus a bazaar offering poems and book covers with Dresden brocades.
A Good Housekeeping inspired tale follows a woman who started a stock business delivering nutritious soup stock to a dozen families at 20 cents a quart. The venture grew to a soup house with daily menus, a delivery cart, and village depots, becoming a reliable income with low startup needs.
The article notes marble care is difficult with stains and grease spots common. It advises washing with clean water and a soft cloth to remove dust and gumminess before treating stains. Strong acids can remove stains but risk damaging marble. Chloroform may remove paint by blotting, though care is required.
The N Y Ledger describes stain removal on marble using chloroform to lift colored oils, followed by baking soda paste applied overnight and washed with water. If cleaned monthly, marble stays bright. neglect leads to dull spots and gray film.
The French art of hardening plaster for flooring uses six parts plaster to one part white lime, laid quickly without over troweling. After drying the floor is saturated with sulphate of iron or zinc, iron yielding a rust color while zinc keeps it white. linseed oil and opal varnish can enhance the mahogany hue.
Froken Skogstad, daughter of Vega's captain, showed remarkable endurance during the Vega wreck. Tied to the mast for forty eight hours as a Norwegian ship neared, she kept a vigil and later steered attempts to tow the vessel. She saved the ship's documents while the crew were saved, wearing sailor's clothes.
About eighty years ago Elizabeth Orby Hunter of Upper Seymour Street left 200 guineas an annuity to her parrot, described as her faithful companion of twenty five years, to be paid half yearly while the bird lived to its caregiver with a guardian to insure its welfare. Another case of a parrot annuity raised whether payments continued past the owner’s death or ended with the bird, and the court ruled in favor of the woman.
A food journal urges business men to diet for peak afternoon work. Eat plain soups cold chicken milk lettuce rice rice pudding sandwiches beef or lamb bread and butter to stay nourished without harming digestion. Avoid alcohol pastry and ice cream. Fifteen minutes of light reading or conversation before hard work, and a light cigar after lunch aid digestion. Evenings call for a substantial meal.
In the United States Government mint a scales device weighs weld coin. Two sheets of equal weight are placed on balances. When one sheet is removed and an autograph inscribed in real pencil is placed back, the second sheet is found to outweigh the other.
In northern Peru a desert area hosts a famed rain tree that condenses scarce atmospheric moisture to drip a mist from its leaves. A comic exchange follows with Dr Paresis and Mr Noopop about a supposed insomnia caused by the tree.
A Washington Star report contrasts U S notes with foreign currencies noting European efforts to beautify money. It highlights French, Prussian, Austrian, Russian and Irish notes, describing ornate imagery and intricate watermarks that hinder counterfeiters.
A fragment from North American Review extols chemistry as thrifty and universal. It describes repurposed street debris, ink precursors from discarded objects, blue dye from mixed scraps, and a sage view that every element has a destined role in the universe when knowledge enables efficient use.
The text explains how men fall after being shot varies by action and wound site. It notes common myths of dramatic poses and outlines that hips shots tend to drop quickly while wounds to weaker areas reduce resistance, causing sinking or reeling rather than staged reactions.
The article notes ongoing counterfeiting methods with new tricks defying easy identification. A physician cites that some fakes imitate features closely, making detection nearly impossible. The piece mentions resemblance aided by artificial coloring and materials that mimic real oysters, suggesting risks and ripple effects across markets.
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