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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
12
A memory returns thirteen years later as the speaker recalls a bashful farewell. The verse contrasts English and German phrases, noting how the final line Auf wiedersehen carries a tender, heartful meaning. The speaker lingeringly meditates on parting, longing, and the scent of lilacs.
Wilhelmina Thurston applies for a demanding newspaper position by claiming to be 31, disguising her age with a dull gray gown and unadorned hair, and later discovers editor Spencer, aged 28, appreciates honesty as she confesses she is 23. He invites her to stay when she fears exposure, and a bond forms.
European governments adopt an automatic revolver and publish medical tests. Experiments covered pine wood, iron plates, a living horse, and human corpses at 11 to 330 yards. Bullets carve smooth channels, bones splinter, skulls shatter, and penetration shows two human trunks and pine wood sixteen inches plus three iron plates.
A Chicago newsboy is set upon by several youths in a West Side neighborhood filled with foreign speech. He defends himself until reinforcements arrive and he asks if any English speaker will join him. A stocky local boy steps up and together they drive off the group.
A Southern town placard proclaims Step inside and get the greatest bar gains you'll ever get again. A Russian shopkeeper explains he can keep prices low because he is a bachelor, but warns marriage will end the advantage as he plans to marry soon, urging immediate purchases at the old rate.
The text presents a simple rule to estimate life expectancy: subtract current age from eighty, take two thirds of the remainder, and use this as the approximate remaining years. It notes the rule is close to actuarial tables, citing examples: age twenty yields about forty more years, age forty about twenty seven, and age sixty just over thirteen, all near table values.
Twenty eight post offices in as many states have been named Dewey in honor of the Manila hero. The count is only four fewer than the number named after Washington, reflecting the popular tribute to Admiral Dewey across the nation.
A survey of curious places includes Tupuselel on Lake Huron with houses on piles and ice road fishing in winter. Athos Macedonia, the Mountain of the Monks, has 80 monasteries and a female ban. Caryes town lacks women, even in garrison and animals, due to a legend tied to a Virgin image and an Empress.
A dated cultural analysis describes Cuban honesty as situational and policy driven. It argues many Cubans tell the truth only when it serves personal interests, with frequent equivocation and a preference for presenting favorable impressions to Americans.
A reflection on Cuban descriptions of military prowess from Atlantic Monthly notes that praise is passionate and often embellished. It argues Cubans are susceptible to grand self-mythology, valuing image and bravado over factual accuracy.
Sir Walter Besant will publish The Orange Girl this summer. Mrs Desmond Humphreys, known as Rita, finishes An Old Rogue's Tragedy to appear soon. Frank Stockton relocates from Madison to Claybourne West Virginia to own a colonial mansion. Marie Corelli preps an undetermined novel set in Rome on Roman Catholic themes. Richard Le Gallienne works on two volumes including Sleeping Beauty and a tragic fairy tale The Worshiper of the Image. L Clarke Davis recalls his fame as Rebecca Harding Davis’s husband, now father of Richard Harding Davis. GC J Moulton Barrett reports Browning letters publication and comments on his sister's illness and paternal loss.
In Leslie's Weekly account from Manila, newcomers discover hotel beds with no mattresses or linens while locals adapt to humid, mattressless bamboo beds. The piece contrasts tropical climate needs with Western comfort, noting perforated cane foundations aid cooling and rest. The Maine tramp law section notes jail terms for vagrants and states line escapes, with quips about a singer’s husband and public kisses.
A magazine style piece outlines the disputed ownership of Clipperton Island in the western Pacific. Mexico United States France and Great Britain claim it while sea birds guano deposits and potential new islands lure adventurers and possible clashes. The story recounts voyages by Moonlight and Vine expeditions and notes a nearby suspected isle rich in phosphates and pirate legends.
The terrace offers a grand view of Westminster and Waterloo bridges with night lamps reflecting on the river. Tea on the terrace is a cherished London society ritual where MPs host friends constituents and families in a series of ten fashionable and varied tables.
A gentleman who stammered from childhood proposes a simple cure. Retreat to a quiet room, pick an engaging but calming book, and read aloud for two hours to train speech and reduce stammering.
A survey of curious scientific notes reports iguanas preying on lambs in South Australia, altitude effects shrinking climbers by up to an inch and a half on Mont Rosa, pearl production experiments in oysters, buzzard egg hatching feats, and a detailed layout of lightning conductors on the Washington Monument designed to resist storms.
Two short humor sketches unfold at a seaside town. An old fisherman skinning eels explains to a visiting young woman that he earns nothing for eels, then completes his thought with a bemused twist. In another quip, Harry jokes about his wife’s reception, contrasting his late return with a playful line about open hands.
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