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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1891
Page
6
In the serialized tale, Beauchampe is abducted after a staged assault and taken to Dr. Varek's private asylum. The tall, cold physician and Hawkins control the artist, who resists and improvises. Drawings on broken ware reveal Hawkins' likenesses, signaling Beauchampe's keen, dangerous pursuit of escape.
A Philadelphia Inquirer note highlights Dr D W Poor secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Education as a sharp punster and witty after-dinner speaker. It recalls two anecdotes about mistaken names and drafts, ending with a Bible reference on forgetting the Poor.
A dramatized exchange shows a dressed stranger claiming a rich uncle left him wealth after returning a cigar once given to his late uncle. The scene shifts to a clothier and a narrator notes Johns Hopkins University’s rising interest in history and politics, reflecting broader educational trends.
A children’s column describes doublets a word ladder game, a door draft experiment with a candle, catch as catch can ball, and a joke about a boy wishing a lion would eat him for a joke on the lion. It cites Lewis Carroll and the New York Herald as sources.
A brief guide describes drawing a pug by starting with a sack shaped figure at the top left, tying its ends, adding a coal-like middle piece, then adding ears, tail, and doubled legs to form a dignified pug. The text hints at completing a lifelike picture of three fishes beyond.
An oral miscellany on tobacco with playful asides about cabbage leaves cigars and a wooden Indian storefront. Anecdotes touch on Walter Raleigh and a girl named Nancy with Leroy a suitor, ending with a gripe about snuff. The tone mixes humor with schoolyard caricature and rustic observation.
Marshal Canrobert praised Gen. de Miribel as a worthy match for Moltke upon his death. De Miribel, born 1831 at Montbonnet, is chief of the French army staff with campaigns in Crimea Italy Mexico and the Franco Prussian war. He was wounded at Solferino in 1859 and Puebla in 1863. The piece also notes pumice stone sources, mainly Lipari Island, and includes a critique of Western contact with Japan by Rev. J. R. Porter, citing erosion of Japanese morals and Western vices.
Lieutenant C J W Grant of Manipur fame earned the Victoria Cross and was promoted to major after defending a fortified position near Thobal with fifty Se poys and forty Ghoorkas against a large Manipuri force. With ninety men he defeated 4 000 troops, captured Fort Thobal, held it three days, and repulsed a three hour assault at Alongtaing.
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