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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1899
Page
9
Utilizing the Goat It Has Power to Soothe the Man
A Chicago Inter Ocean anecdote tells of a man with a cracked shoe who learns to cope with poverty by joking about a goat in the top of his friend’s shoe. He enlarges the imagined hole to a goat opening and walks downtown with confidence, reading the paper as if investing in stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Noisy Farm Story On A Passenger Car
An irate farmer aboard a train confronts a silent passenger in a tense exchange. The farmer boasts about killing a hog for winter meat and probes the other man for his guess on the hog’s weight, only to reveal he did not weigh it at all.
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Indianapolis
Figures of the Past tale on Justice Story and rain
In Josiah Quincey's 1862 journey from Boston to Washington he recalls Justice Story describing the Supreme Court social life. He notes their ascetic dinners and wine abstinence in wet weather. Story adds jokes about rain confirming their broad jurisdiction and the doctrine of chances.
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Josiah Quincey
Boston
Washington
Justice Story
Federal Supreme Court
Marshall
On the Minister and a Stagecoach Driver
A Massachusetts clergyman recalls a tramp through the White Mountains with a fellow minister. They rode in a stagecoach with an engaging driver whose storytelling sparked friendly banter. As they parted the driver joked he had not seen a man all summer except ministers.
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Massachusetts
White Mountains
Candy Man Window Inspires Wishful Lick
A Troy Times sentence recalls a boy named Tommy who spots a confectioners shop candy man and wistfully says he could lick him with hands tied. A Chicago Tribune quip jokes about a tough bachelor Wellup marrying a tender widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Alamma
Troy Times
Isis
Wellup
Chicago Tribune
Captain's Sentiment Recounts Whiskey Vanishing Indian Encounter
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer account, Cavalry sergeant recalls a brush with Indians on No Man's creek. After driving troops off, attackers aimed for a hidden cache of whisky rather than a wounded foe, prompting a failed salvo by Company D and a late captain’s order to fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No Man's Creek
Company D
Uncle Sam
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wonders of the Steam Engine
A Chicago Inter Ocean report explains engine motion at speed. It notes a passenger locomotive at 60 mph with a 5 14 foot driving wheel rotating five times per second. It details piston movement, mass of moving parts, a 18 inch diameter piston, and 150 psi steam yielding about 35 175 pounds force applied alternately ten times per second.
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Chicago
Maryland Superstitions Across Counties
The Baltimore Sun notes beliefs in Maryland about crossroads and running water as witch haunts. Witches are said to dwell at road crossings and appear at midnight, while running water protects against nocturnal prowlers. Other rules warn that sweeping at night wastes wealth, and washing with egg-water invites warts.
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Maryland
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Commodore Vanderbilt and the obstinate directors
A New York Central official recalls how Commodore Vanderbilt could steer through ideas by presenting them to the board, which he described as hard to manage and obstinate. The board would often promptly reject proposals, confirming the commodore’s quip about his directors’ stubbornness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Vanderbilt
New York Central
New York Herald
Road to Wealth by Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie argues five keys to wealth are push honesty clear head economy and strict limits on work. He warns ten hours daily is enough for any man and warns against greed favoring small certain profits over risky large gains.
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Andrew Carnegie
Water and drink totals in London crowd 1900s scene
The article estimates Londoners consume 275 million gallons of water annually while not all is drunk. They use 25 million pounds of tea, drink 158 million gallons of beer and 4.4 million gallons of spirits, plus 50 million gallons of mineral waters.
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London
Awe and Authors in an Editor’s Office
In a Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post piece Jesse Lynch Williams recalls his first Scribner’s Magazine visit. He describes the intimidating editor, the swift letters to famous authors, and the moment his awe toward Howells fades as he learns the magazine’s true business: authors.
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Williams
Jesse Lynch Williams
Scribner's Magazine
Kipling
Meredith
Stockton
James
Howells
Mhip- Ung
Mr. Howells
A Victorian Breakfast Reimagined in 2080
In 2080 meals evolve from fat rich carne to edible pastes and cakes with bright designs. Food arrives on rail slides from a box and sits on oxidized metal tables, cleansable instantly. Myres enjoys an elegant repast as an invisible orchestra resumes.
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Myres
Pall Mall Magazine
Mars Fourth Planet Misnomer Sparks Telephone Gaffe
A humorous exchange recounts a misidentified call with Mars the fourth planet. The dialogue illustrates a mix up over planetary names and distance from the sun, ending with a comment on misperceptions about science and communication.
Are you seriously ill quoted by a witty speaker
A Washington Star quote shows a dyspeptic patient deriding sympathy with a sarcastic joke. The speaker claims widespread symptoms without meaning any single one and rejects the idea of being seriously ill despite the mood.
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Washington Star
Where They Went and the Tail Question at Lecture
A professor dismantling Darwin asked whose tails humans lack if we are monkeys. An audience member retorted that people have sat on their tails so long they are worn off, ending the hourlong lecture with a sharp quip.
Handsome Stranger Stirs Storeroom Jealousies
A flirtatious young man at a large store wins attention from four girl attendants with varied gestures. Nellie Norries defends her gaze as jealous chatter erupts about a floorwalker and family troubles. The elated suitor departs as the quarrel simmers and ends.
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Nellie Norries
Marion Crawford Encounters Major Earthquake in San Francisco
During his 1898 lecture tour in America Marion Crawford the novelist experienced a severe San Francisco earthquake. He was lunching with his lecture manager when the building trembled and dishes clattered causing panic. Crawford calmly reassured the manager and downplayed the quake saying they have earthquakes in Italy.
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Marion Crawford
San Francisco
Crawford
Mr. Crawford
Italy
Philadelphia Post
Dropped Eggs Method for Perfect Poached Servings
In New England called dropped eggs, this recipe uses a quart of boiling water with salt and vinegar in a frying pan. Drop eggs into muffin rings, cook until whites set, lift with a cake turner, and serve on buttered toast.
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New England
The Highest Windmill in England at Great Yarmouth
The High Mill in Great Yarmouth is described as England’s tallest windmill and possibly the world’s tallest. Built in 1812 at a cost of 50000 dollars, it stands 100 feet high in brick with a ten foot wooden summit cage. In strong winds it can develop 30 horsepower and grind nine combs of wheat or ten combs of oats per hour.
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England
Great Yarmouth
Balzac’s Tailor Comments on Extraordinary Trousers
A Detroit Journal excerpt notes Balzac’s habit of wearing peculiar trousers. The tailor recalls nut brown cloth, wide straps, and 60 degree cuts to form voluminous folds. The piece contrasts society and art with a milkmaid remark on milking an art cow.
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Balzac
Detroit Journal
Punctured Tires and Final Requests Highlight Split Page
A brief column juxtaposes a grim note from a husband asking his wife to keep quiet about a large life insurance, with a light exchange about a punctured tire. The Chicago Tribune line appears beside a Toronto World cartoon gag.
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Amanda
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Girl’s Travel Album of Self Portraits
The Chicago girl compiles a personal gallery of self portraits, each taken in a different town with violet ink stamps noting town, artist, and date. The collection reads as a miniature travelogue with margins for incidents, making a demographic of a globe trotter in photo form.
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Chicago
Trom
New York
Niagara
Chicago Times-Herald
Footwear fiasco at Lyceum curtain call sparks gossip
In a Detroit Free Press note, theatergoers at the Lyceum recount a final bow scene where a woman leaves with her shoes under her arm after a tight fit. Rumor lingers whether Nell and the wearer are the same woman, and how she escaped the dilemma remains untold.
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Lyceum
Mary
Nell
Detroit Free Press
Cruel Rubber Band Confession From Cab Driver
A kind old woman questions a cab driver about a broad rubber band around a horse’s leg. The driver admits the band is painful to the horse, but worse is the process of forcing it on, stretching it over the animal’s head and body. The woman leaves shocked.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Begging Letters for the Rich from a Wealthy Neighbor
A New York area lady examined 42 days of begging letters she received. Totals show that granting every request would have spent 1.6 million dollars in six weeks, a striking measure of donor fatigue and monetary appeals.
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New York
Harper’s Bazar
Kansas Husbands: A woman contemplates unseen forgiveness
A woman finds solace in imagining her husband repenting at her grave. She envisions him weeping over the sod and begging forgiveness, yet the forecast is harsh as she believes he will instead seek another woman. The Atchison Globe quotes this sentiment on marriage and remorse.
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Kansas
Atchison Globe
Centrafrica cruciform copper ingot used as weapon
The article describes a large cruciform copper ore ingot over 10 inches long, weighing heavy enough to serve as a weapon, noted among Central African money forms.
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Central
Africa
Last Hippos Extinct in Natal Reservation
The Natal herd of hippos, once protected on a government reserve near Durban, caused heavy damage to nearby sugar plantations. Orders were issued to destroy the animals after efforts to restrain them failed. The item also notes a fictional dialogue about divorce and dietary restrictions.
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Natal
Durban
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. L. Hannett
Shitowell
S&s, D
A. E. Aitchcook
Mitchell
South Dakota
West Second St
H. Perry
J. E. Wells
Harker Bros
Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell Iron Works
Geo. H. Summers
May &Suchy
Tailors, Mitchell, S. D
Milwaukee
W. #. Webster
Broadbent’s
Tam
Mandeville & King’s
J. W. Broadbent &Co
Klmost
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mara
Ciildren
Nellie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Toronto
Mr. Newlywed
Harper’s Buzar
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