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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1897
Page
7
In India the Irrepressibles subalterns plotted a prank using a cobra placed in a box. The plan backfired when the reptile escaped, leaving two officers dead with horrific, shockingly staged deaths. The Junior Subaltern confessed the gag and revealed the cobra remained in his room.
The 1838 Minots Ledge octagonal lighthouse built on eight iron piles withstood a 1851 storm until waves broke the platform and toppled the structure. Two keepers perished after the bell tolled at 1 am and the light went out, leaving eight iron stumps remaining.
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls a Second Avenue resident recounting a dustman sharing an apple with his child. The tale follows the father’s humble day and the warmth of the boy’s gratitude, illustrating how a simple act lights a family’s evening.
Mrs Hunniker frets over her son Will doubting his greatness after two years in college. Mr Hunniker dismisses the worry, insisting the handwriting and letters show promise. The exchange appears in a Cleveland Leader excerpt.
A householder in a Washington Star excerpt sighs at the irony of life comparing freedom to tacks on a carpet and a bicycle tire. The fragment hints at a reflective, lyrical mood and domestic observation.
A brief dialogue frames a voter identity test as a college graduate disputes his literacy claim. The exchange underscores tensions around eligibility and self perception in civic participation.
A collection of anecdotes and humorous vignettes spanning politicians, explorers, and social foibles. Includes Leti against history, Rhodes and gambling on opportunity, charity misfires, Canon Ringer’s misdirected entry, Nelson and the San Josef, Baron Rothschild humor, a bread bonanza hoax, and early sand blast invention lessons.
General Benjamin C. Tilghman of Philadelphia popularized the sand blast as a cutting and boring method. The brief note credits his device with enabling finer work and broader industrial applications.
A visitor describes a room of employed women in a city government office. He notes most are widows or daughters of men who spent beyond means. He cites examples of educated women from affluent backgrounds now supporting households on modest wages. The discussion contrasts American wealth illusion with social ambition.
Violin soloist Willard Weihe found a rock in City Creek Canyon that assayed at 8500 in gold and 40 in silver per ton. He staked many claims after carrying the rock to town and returning to the site, with a sizeable mining coup developing around the discovery.
Some crab species craft camouflage by gathering seaweed, chewing ends, and adhering pieces to their shells to resemble stone covered with weed. They match colors symmetrically, spend hours perfecting the fit, and their outfits age as the weed grows on them.
P B Weare of Chicago proposes extending civil authority over Alaska's Yukon mining region. Circle City lacks law while Fort Cudahy in Canada has officials and customs. Nearest US court is 1100 miles away, with 4800 miles by Yukon boats. Weare urges a US official presence at Circle City, including a commissioner and marshal, to protect life and property and collect revenues. The Yukon is vast and rich, drawing a stampede of miners this spring.
From Wadena Minnesota via the St Paul Dispatch comes a farmer and family story of a January snowstorm near their country home. They became lost while returning from church, crawled under a tipped sleigh box with robes and wraps, and waited till dawn. The horses were found sheltered nearby in a grove. Woman and politics quip conclude the item.
Dialogues reveal misfit ambitions, a chemist author who writes drugs, and a love triangle with a third proposal accepted. The Wife mocks the pace of relationships while the Husband praises the outcome, in a harsh view of romance and social roles.
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