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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1890
Page
3
A speaker recalls a fifty year old church, urging brethren to preserve the aging church building. He laments thinning lime and weathered pews, recalls beloved hymns and past congregations, and pleads that the old sanctuary remain rather than be replaced with a new grand edifice.
John Kelly the druggist escapes a legal scrape by fleeing to Metropolisville where his counterfeit remedies and a forged courtship letter end in exposure. Miss Winnie Wolfort seeks a wealthy match, but discovers a red haired Merriweather as the intended groom. Lawyer Jones uncovers the forgery, Kelly pays for peace, and Merriweather marries Miss Wolfort after a comic chase to the parson.
Four men in the Abbey debate what to do with a intoxicated fifth. One volunteers to call his wife to warn her he will not be home. A heated exchange ensues over whether to hide him or send him home, with suggestions to pour water on his head and shout fire in his ear.
The giant clam, the largest bivalve, hides in reefs with a blue green mantle. Reports by Mr. Denton of the United States Fish Commission note clams with 40 to 50 pounds of meat and individuals around 300 pounds. Its shell can crush a man’s foot. natives stab it to harvest meat, avoiding shell damage. This curious piece appears in a Baltimore Sun feature with a mused aside.
The piece recounts Geo W Peck, former La Crosse police chief, recalling his first arrest of Trish Mary. He describes kindness over force, arranging a public-spirited reform that led Mary to quit drinking. The narrative shifts to other anecdotes about telephonelike hoaxes, theater fashion, alpine coasting, and Dr Collyer’s American experience.
Experiments in instantaneous photography show shot from a gun spread comet like and string out behind the first as they travel. A charge reaching forty yards will still have the last shot ten yards behind, even with a cylinder gun. Ducks are hit as the leaden hail overtakes them, with only about five percent arriving simultaneously.
A Saint Paul Globe report on a Twilight Club discussion among young women about pursuing a college or university course. Debaters weighed whether advanced study reduces marriage rates, citing New England and New York data. Some argued for self reliance and career fit, others upheld marriage as ideal, noting higher education might dampen domestic appeal.
An exchange shows Birdie McGinnis proposing with Esmerelda Longeoffin replying yes though fear unsettles her. The scene captures nerves as she admits heart palpitations and the momentary confusion near an interruption.
A fragment from a death notice or epitaph discussion notes a widow seeking a tomb inscription for her husband. It hints he was a card player and jokes about waiting for the last trump, with other terse comments on humility and contentment. The text mentions East Bradford Pennsylvania and Asheville North Carolina in garbled youth.
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