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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1886
Page
2
A Chicago theater reminiscence reveals Sheridan’s sobriety after a bout of heavy drinking. He recalls a turning point prompted by a doctor’s insistence on abstinence and a successful recovery, leaving him sharper and calmer on stage.
Boucicault recalls large profits from The Shanghraun and Rip Van Winkle with figures around $250,000 to $500,000. He notes top actors can earn about $4,000 weekly, cites Booth and Jefferson as leading stars, and shares a humorous anecdote about Bret Harte and Lawrence Barrett. Reports also mention Cannes Moreux, and a disrupted marriage narrative involving Adelina Patti in Wales.
A plan to build a civic theatre complex to host political conventions mass meetings and opera in Chicago gains momentum. The Commercial Club sparked the effort with the American Opera Company's visit boosting local interest and a syndicate rumored to back the project aims to realize a premier venue in Chicago.
The San Francisco Argonaut notes a shift in beauty on stage with burlesque stars expanding in size. Veterans like Lillian Russell and Pauline Hall appear matronly, while Sadie Martinot, Miss Summerville and Miss Cameron deliver heavy, expansive presences that redefine burlesque charm.
A sermon synopsis contains Sabbath reading urging faith and action. It contrasts a man’s card playing with spiritual duty, recounts a Sunday school boy praying for his wicked father leading to reform, and frames Christianity’s progress as redemption steeped in belief and moral change.
The sermon links Judas and Peter to a timeless Christian struggle. It contrasts early Christianity with Christendom and laments atheism's rise. It warns against relying on scholastic belief without a living, personal God ruling in us, urging steadfast faith amid change and upheaval.
A long column of anecdotes recounts fashion whims in New York, like watch chains and pantaloons, and stories of Carl Schurz. It then catalogs public figures from Sir Philip Crampton to Daniel Webster and Gen. Sherman, Hayes, and others with satirical vignettes about politics and media. It closes with a column on happy accidents and inventions sparked by everyday misfortunes and chance observations.
A column argues for equal physical and educational opportunities for girls and boys, urging mothers to allow girls to engage in similar activities as boys. It champions practical skills like climbing, fishing, and carpentry, while cautioning against excessive roughness, and calls for recognizing girls as capable and independent beings with rights to play, learn, and grow.
French geographer Jules Marcode argues continents derive their names from gimerie meaning a chain of steep hills rather than from Amerigo Vespus. He notes Nicarazna ridges Colunbus cited near Las Huertas harbor and explains a German publisher misread the term as a tribute to Vespes.
A terse obituary notes the death of Gen Pietro Roselli in Ancona Italy. A peer of the stoics and member of the 1849 revolutionary committee he lived frugally in a garret and cooked his own meals. He spurned charity and died a stranger in his homeland.
Mono Lake in Mono County California is described as highly alkaline with skin harming water and no living creatures. The shores are barren and winds may leave a worm layer on the leeward shore. a historic Bodie steamer once operated there but is now idle. The lake spans about thirty miles long and eighteen wide, framed by Bloody Canyon and the Sierra, offering a grand yet sobering vista.
An anecdote portrays Clint as reserved. His sole pupil was Giovanni Domenico, a deformed but bright student who studied in Claude Lorraine's studio for 25 years. At 40 Domenico claimed Claude stole his works, demanded pay, and died soon after, proving the falsity of his accusation.
A dialogue notes treatment steps for a patient including milk diet wine electrical treatment and quinine. The exchange ends with a quip about ice as a final measure and a humorous aside about house-cleaning time and death. Mentions Utah and hotel mail in a fragmented closing line.
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