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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1898
Page
9
A Chicago Times-Herald account recalls a Civil War camp crisis in which a captain threatened to kill his adjutant and a colonel, and the adjutant's intervention averted murder. The tale ends with reconciliation and the adjutant preserving the officer’s career.
A fragment from a Chicago News item shows a 4 year old asking a mother if she likes candy. The child expresses wanting the mother to hold candy while she dresses a doll, revealing a quaint domestic moment.
The article notes a growing U S diamond industry with rising value and American cutting innovations. It cites Amsterdam as a historic center and details the shift to domestic methods improving yield, while highlighting vast inventories and ownership complexities within the United States.
A London Sketch note recounts Payn a writer of Home Sweet Home buried far from home. It details the 1855 monument at Tunis and the 1853 reburial in Washington with inscriptions and poetical lines, contrasting exile and memory in a quiet graveyard scene.
An Ecclesiastes discussion at a Scottish catechism session prompts an elderly Scotswoman to challenge a verse about men and women. She argues the verse reflected on Solomon’s company, defining a “dacent woman” by her presence, drawing sharp reaction from the crowd.
Alfred and Helen spar over love in a rapid spoken exchange. He declares he cannot endure platonic affection. Helen reveals a secret that shifts the mood and sets their relationship on a different path.
Inventors unveil a telegraph wire built with a paper wrapped interior conductor. The interior cable is lead covered, and thin spirals of paper wind around each wire. The cost is claimed to be one fifteenth of rubber insulated cable.
A brief exchange warns that a man who smiles when angry is dangerous and a man who looks glam when glad may be a humorist, reflecting social caution about appearances.
The wardroom houses senior officers led by the commander with a separate mess and servants. Daily life mixes drills with meals as officers balance duty and camaraderie, stars, laughter, and early bedtimes in a routine that ends with midnight bugles signaling readiness for action.
The text notes that old expressions like By Bacchus and By Diana survive in Tuscan speech. It observes how phrases meaning By Jove shift to similar equivalents, and how references to Tara, Dick, and Harry become Ti tus Caius and Sempronius in local usage.
An anecdote from a Detroit Free piece recounts Bill Nye applying liquid white makeup and appearing with a frosted top effect, provoking roaring laughter from the audience. Nye’s wife intervenes, cleans him up, and Riley’s entrance continues with no further disturbance.
The Brooklyn Citizen notes Russia’s strict army marriage rules bar officers from marrying under certain ages and income thresholds. It contrasts with Austrian Hungarian limits and Italian provisions, which are seen as more rational, though Italian practice often relies on civil law loopholes. The piece calls for reconsideration as Russian officers near 40,000, a key state class.
The Forum argues that higher respect for teaching follows extended professional training similar to medicine. It notes public opinion and law now demand more schooling, and respect for a profession rises with required education across countries and school systems.
An English woman in Honolulu declares her servants must not call her Mary and trains them in her presence. Her cook later asks about dinner vegetables with the phrase my love, having heard it used, appearing proud to remember not to say Mary.
A Chicago Record brief quotes a man and woman in a tense exchange about marriage. The man asserts persistence while the woman resists, highlighting a volatile personal moment.
A Cin Sunati mule reportedly counted fifty trips before resting, showing counting behavior amid a work shift. An 1889 chimpanzee could count to three, handing over the correct number of marbles when asked. Sources include Romane and citations from Wolf Darwin Forbes and Hartman via James Weir in Lippincott's Magazine.
A Philadelphia Press account recalls Commodore Dewey subduing drunken sailors aboard a vessel. He warned them to surrender to irons, then drew revolvers and counted to three. The sailors, terrified and sobered, surrendered just before the shot could fire, leaving Dewey to finish his letter.
A short sketch traces the rise of the Duke of Fife from a northern Scotland farmer two centuries ago. A market trip by a thrifty matron and the family hoarding to save in merks are described, leading to estates for three sons and William becoming the first Earl of Fife.
The Netherlands queen Wilhelmina is engaged to 20 year old Prince Bernhard, second son of the late hereditary Prince of Weimar. She has been in Paris selecting a trousseau and enjoying sights. Paris journals note her Paris shopping as significant and view her as a valuable future queen.
A Chicago Record quip recalls a cashier who fled leaving a message: he transferred to his employer a paid up membership in a Don't Worry club hidden in the cash box. The anecdote blends wit with a hint of financial mischief.
Fragmented verse depicts intense love and longing as a speaker recalls a summer day and a vow felt like a sacred ritual. The narrator compares passion to ancient law and myth while reflecting on devotion and spiritual quest.
A Washington Star excerpt notes a paleontologist proposing the human vermiform appendix is a vestigial gizzard remnant from ancestral birds. The piece links Darwinian ideas, suggesting the appendix as the long sought missing link between man and earlier life forms, with caveats about its current function.
A young lawyer from a leading fake city visits a rural hamlet and jokes with an old man about local business. The man notes the lawyer’s brother Jim runs a large hotel and quips that Jim needs more hired help, highlighting small town outlooks.
Sarah Bernhardt told a persistent newspaper correspondent she had nothing more to say and criticized Pierre Loti for seeking her acquaintance. Loti replied by noting he had written to express admiration and dedicated a book to her, but she did not invite him to call.
After three costly failures, an associate asks Edison to worry, only for Edison to reply that he does not. He says there is no need to worry when another person bears the tension. The exchange highlights Edison’s calm mindset amid repeated setbacks.
An era snapshot notes an optician quip about correcting double vision, a Jewelers' Weekly exchange on twins, and a claim about the British 5 sovereign coin as the world’s largest, plus Persia’s smallest coin at 44 cents. It mentions George Eliot’s line on mercy and a Kansas City note stating 9,000 workers in packing houses and stockyards.
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