Mitchell Weekly Capital Item
Mitchell South Dakota edition of the Weekly Capital prints local notices and brief community items from Mitchell and surrounding area.
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Mitchell, South Dakota
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1892
Page
2
Don't Take an Age Too Thun Corsets Have Killed Laughter
A feature extols staying active in old age for women, urging not to retire from education, charity work, and social pursuits. It contrasts a 55 year old grandmother who halted activity with elderly women at 75 who remain lively, dress nicely, sew, and attend philanthropic events. It notes skepticism about women’s throwing ability and suggests physical differences affect technique.
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Christopher Columbus
Missionary Society
Women must master home duties and education for equality
A 19th century call argues that women should be trained in domestic arts and educated minds to share household leadership. It condemns idleness and insists marriage and family depend on frugality, industry, and thoughtful, equal partnership with men. Names appear as Wimothy Dwieht. In the Porn. No Woman Can Throw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Labor Tribune
Mrs Christopher Columbus a Key Factor in His Life
The article recalls Mrs Christopher Columbus as a pivotal supporter of her husband, crediting her with encouragement. It notes she was Miss Palestrello of Lisbon, a well educated daughter of a navigator who accompanied him on voyages and received as dowry a collection of charts snaps and memoranda from his journeys.
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Christopher Columbus
Palestrello
Lisbon
Arkansaw
Bronze Cathedral Doors Attributed to Sabina Steinbach
The famous bronze doors of the Strasboro Cathedral were designed and wrought by Sabina Steinbach sister of the architect, serving as assistant and adviser. Her skill also credits the grand bronze column in the cathedral. Mrs Potter Palmer seeks German permission to reproduce the doors for the Woman's Building at the Columbian Exposition.
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Strasboro Cathedral
Sabina Steinbach
Potter Palmer
Faithful to the End in Milwaukee Forgery Case
A Wisconsin woman joined a Milwaukee household as a domestic to raise funds to defend her husband accused of petty forgery. She remained steadfast despite public scrutiny and financial strain.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Notes About Women from a Curious Era
A collection of anecdotes on women from different locales and eras. It mentions Turkish rose leaves for plumpness, New Guinea and American pricing of women, Diss Debar and a Chicago editor, New York’s widow count, Paris and San Francisco beauty, Marie Moran volunteering at a Newark smallpox hospital, Mrs Gladstone’s Hawarden orphanage, Dolly Madison portraits for Congress, Womankind fashion trends, and a Massacutsitts landlady using a chalkboard debt reminder.
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New Guinea
America
Diss Debar
Chicago
New York
London
Paris
Non Deschanel
Francis Tratn
Ann Piper
Glen County
Georgia
Miss Piper
Dolly Madison
Congress
E. .F. Andrews
Martha Washington
White House
Yrbow
Massacutsitts
A Whirlwind Stole a Vest and a Watch
An Indianapolis Journal interview recounts a yarn about a man who lost his vest and watch to a whirl wind on the Kanakee river fifteen years earlier. The tale returns with a later river trip and the watch found on a log.
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Kankakee
Indianapolis Journal
Amy
The Greatest Ships From Many Nations in 1891
A survey of world ships highlights fastest Atlantic passages by the Teutonic in 1891, the Great Eastern’s size, Hood as largest turret ship, Miantonomoh as American harbor defences, and La France as top French sailing vessel, with other record breakers across steamers, warships, and sailing ships.
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Atlantic
Great Britain
New York
Queenstown
Teutonic
White Star Line
Atlantic Ocean
Savannah
Liverpool
Sirius
Great Western
Cork
Bristol
Great Eastern
Hoot
Chatham
Hood
South Pacific
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Jersey City
United States Navy
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
China
Glen Ogle
Glen Line
Glasgow
Amoy
Glenshiel
United States
Mary Powell
New York City
Albany
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Navigation Company
Abbots Bridge
Governor Ames
Waldaboro
Brooklyn
Norman L. Monro
Norwood
Pacific
North America
Hudson Bay Company
Beaver
Chicago
Great Lakes
Auburn Prison
N. Y
Australia
Karlsruhe
Charles W. Wetmore
Sugar fleet and ocean liner tale from the era
The excerpt notes the yacht Livadia designed for Emperor Alexander I by Admiral Popoff, at 240 feet, alongside a vast sugar fleet at Delaware Breakwater. The fleet comprised twenty five vessels carrying 12 000 tons of sugar from the West Indies, reported by the New York Sun.
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Tance
Livadia
Popoff
Alexander I
Russia
Delaware
West Indies
New York Sun
Fire From Cigarette Stub Devours Gros Ventre Range
In August 1889 hunters in the Gros Ventre Range Wyoming started a grass fire with a discarded cigarette. The blaze burned hundreds of square miles, forcing ranchers to ride miles to protect cattle and leaving elk starving in winter, with thousands of carcasses and scorched landscape along canyons and mountains.
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Gros Ventre Range
Wyoming
Gros Ventre
Forgetful President Roberts Pays Fare on Rail Trip
A Philadelphia Record item recounts President Roberts of the Pennsylvania Railroad insisting on tickets and passes from a conductor during a Harrisburg trip. When Roberts realized he had left his pass at home, he meekly paid the fare after a 10 cent rebate, while the conductor kept a straight face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Mr. Roberts
Nexu
Mr. Roberta
Roberts
Philadelphia
Spanish Dance and Walk Styles in Fortnightly Review
The Fortnightly Review notes Spanish dancing derives eastern Moorish color and emphasizes whole body motion with hip action from a distinct spinal curve in Spaniards. It also comments on the famed walk of Spanish women, contrasting it with the bustle mimicry seen in other nations.
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Venus Callipugas
Too Much About Germs in Medical Debate
Dr Howle argues germ theory has not improved treatment of consumption, noting explicit germ descriptions offer little patient benefit and recalling old conclusions about consumption outcomes. The excerpt questions practical gains from germ research versus patient care.
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Howle
Western Medical Reporter
Farmer Martin Duped Twice By Confidence Tricks
A Bordentown, New Jersey farmer, Patrick Martin, is swindled first by a New York con man posing as Hayes selling a fake gold brick and again by a second supposed inspector. He pays $200 for alleged police help, then learns the scam was a ruse and his money is gone.
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Martin
Patrick Martin
Bordentown
N. J
New York
Mr. Martin
Mr. Hayes
John Martin
Montana
Hayes
Byrnes
Maria Martin
Annie Martin
Police Headquarters
Martis
Vegetarians to Study On Ancient South American Diets
The article cites Sir Francis Head on Pampas Indians who subsist entirely on mare flesh, living naked in tribes led by caciques. It notes his claim that beef and water boosted endurance, allowing days of long rides while the diet lacks bread fruit or vegetables.
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Gentleman’s Magazine
Francis Head
Sir Francis
South America
Argentine Gouachos Live On Roast Beef And Salt Diet
The Gouachos of the Argentine Republic subsist mainly on roast beef and salt, rarely eat farinaceous foods or vegetables, and drink mate or Paraguay tea without sugar as their only beverage.
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Argentine Republic
Paraguay
Charms life survivor of Anaconda mine disaster
Frank Agassin the sole survivor of a fifty five hour cave in at the Anaconda mine remains in the general ward at Sister's Hospital in Helena. He reports soreness across his right shoulder and left hip from muscular strain and cramped relief. He is expected to recover in a few days and retains his mental clarity.
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Frank Agassin
Anaconda
Helena
Agassin
Paris
Georgetown
Collie
Future on Earth Says Sun Finite in Time
The article notes that the sun’s heat is limited and may last 4 to 5 million years more, with 18 million years of total radiation at today’s rate. Langley’s research suggests no replenishing heat source is possible, and a speculative reinvigoration would require a catastrophic collision, likely fatal to life. The human race is described as mortal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Langley
Robert Ball
Vermont Lady Seeks San Francisco Doctor for California Weight
A Vermont woman moved to Oakland California and faced sleeplessness nervousness and mood loss. She consulted a physician and paid a five dollar consultation fee after asking what ails me.
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California
Vermont
Oakland
Laughter at a Quaker Visitor Stirs College Folly
An English Quaker visitor among university students was misidentified by three youths in Hebrew Greek and Latin lines. The elder replied in a dignified tone revealing he was Saul son of Kish seeking his father’s ashes, not Abraham Isaac or Jacob.
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Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Saul
Kish
How They Devour Rabbits and the Impact of Wealth
A grim description notes the predatory sequence used by animals to consume rabbits, detailing how cat, weasel, fox, dog, and birds perform specific dismembers and the brain, head, blood, fur, and eyes are targeted first. It also asserts wealth extends a man’s bondage by lengthening the chain of his condition.
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