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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
2
Mabel Charlford faces family scandal as Caroline’s hospital surprise and a secret letter trail unfold. Dick Charlford discovers a faded note from a mysterious A Tilton suggesting his father’s hidden past while Uncle John manages a delicate crisis at the Charlford estate.
An account from General Miller’s expedition describes a water-boat assault by native crew on American guards, resulting in one stabbing and a fatal head wound. Harper’s Weekly calls it cold-blooded murder. The piece then details French President Loubet’s salary at £25,000 and high establishment costs, noting only Grevy balanced the finances.
Edith Davitt, a young actress at the Somossy Orpheum in Vienna, was fined 16 florins for appearing in a correct military uniform on stage. Austrian law bans military or ecclesiastical costumes and insignia unless purely fantastical. Germany allows stage uniforms only when perfectly correct to a button by imperial order.
A home for working women opens in Berlin and operates every evening from six to ten. Visitors may receive a sandwich and cocoa for two cents or a warm dish for four cents with no questions asked.
A brief note reports a cabmen strike in Barcelona where drivers refused paid rides except for priests taking dying persons to them. Clergy on such errands were transported at no charge. Also mentioned is Spain's national flower, the mignonette, and a matrimonial agency offering to supply a man with two wives for five dollars.
Sir William Garstin reports a hidden tribe along the Blue Nile called the Shillocks. They till riverbanks and mud islands, moving with the flood to grow rice and grain. Giants with long arms stand tall over Englishmen. attire is minimal and weapons feature ostrich plumes.
Extraordinary horsemanship feats in the Italian cavalry are described as almost unbelievable. Eye witnesses including the British military attaché in Rome confirm the climbs. Training strong, intelligent horses under skilled riders enables these Alpine ascents amid wartime tasks.
London Times reports an all English pocket chronometer with a mean daily rate variation of 1 3 seconds and a 4 second extreme difference. The device uses a revolving escapement or tourbillon to reduce positional errors with minimal added complexity. It shows strong temperature compensation of 18.7 in 20 readings and excellent small variation.
A German scientist warns distilled water is dangerous claiming it drains salts from animal tissues and swells cells leading to death. He states poisons occur when distilled water is consumed or exposed to stale laboratory water, noting taste and stomach irritation as early signs. In a separate item from New York Press, a tale describes a goat and puppy found together after the goat guides a search to their rescue, the animals sharing affection afterward.
The Church of Our Savior in Moscow is described as the most expensive church ever built, surpassing others worldwide. It commemorates Moscow's delivery from the French and reportedly cost about $4,000,000.
The Dead Sea area is described as one of the planet s hottest spots with the sea losing at least a million tons of water daily through evaporation. A separate warning notes risk for people living near glass homes and baseball grounds due to potential hazards.
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