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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1894
Page
2
A nostalgic poem recalling autumn scenes and memories of pumpkins in corn fields. The speaker reflects on youth, family traditions, and the fleeting beauty of harvest time as life moves toward death. A rural, reflective tone frames love, memories, and seasonal imagery.
Dora Trafford, posing as Dorcas Travers, arrives at St Aloysius Square and becomes nurse to Richard Mainwaring after borrowing from relatives and selling items to pay debts. She learns her own identity and commits to repay kindness, only to leave once her debt is acknowledged by Mainwaring and Dr Hope.
An article from St. Nicholas portrays Indian music and instruments with vivid imagery. It highlights the vina, its bamboo body, carved gourds, and bird or animal heads, plus eight wire strings and plectra. It also details the soorsringa banjo like instrument and the sawod guitar with dark green sides and gold figures.
A young man returns from South Africa claiming to have bought a silver mine for 5000. His father suspects a swindle but the youth explains he formed a company and sold half the stock to a Londoner for 7400. The father realizes he may have bought the mine himself.
A prisoner in a Colorado jail prefers to stay in his quarters beyond his sentence. He argues he may reject the monthly good behavior rebate and cannot be released until the original twelve months are served. The case has been referred to the Governor for decision.
A Sunday feature describes the Loyola Jesuit monastery in LoyOLA Spain as a vast fortress like complex with a sacred relic chamber and unlocked doors. It highlights the emphasis on small, daily duties as true Christian life, citing St Ignatius, the monastic life, and sermons by Dr Bonav eral and Rev. R K S MacArthur.
A crowded church observes a ceremonial service as Powell disrupts the event with a bomb. the Archbishop proceeds with dignified verses while twelve poor men receive foot washing before entering the cathedral, their feather slippers symbolizing seabathers.
Reverend D Rainsford argues that mud reflects divine creation. He cites sand forming opals, clay yielding sapphires, soot becoming diamonds, and water distilled into dewdrops, suggesting the human soul contains opals sapphires diamonds and dewdrops awaiting God’s discovery.
The Rev. Stephen R. Beggs of Joliet Il completes 72 years in ministry at age 93. Presbyterian Brazil work focuses on education with a Protestant college. Y M C A reports over 20 000 American students converted, 4 000 entering ministry, 600 plus in foreign missions. Catholic growth in Norway rises from 0 to 105 000, largely from conversions. Germany Sunday school teachers reach 45 134, with Prussia leading. Unity Church Cleveland has two women co pastors, Marion Murdock and Florence Buck, Oxford educated. European Catholic emigration to the U S reaches 946 100 in three years ending 1891 with Ireland 156 000, Italy 151 000, Germany 107 000, Austria Hungary 104 000.
The exchange turns on self mockery as one speaker notes calling a neighbor a fool and considers admitting equal folly. A remark about catching cold leads to a joke about a Boston girl’s letter nearly giving pneumonia.
A reflection on a man’s nerves during a social call as he sits in the drawing room awaiting the person he visits. The piece notes how waiting elevates his self consciousness and how decor and reading matter reveal tastes to guests. It traces shifts from Lalla Rookh to Lucille to modern parlor ornaments.
An elderly woman received an owl from a dear friend and named it Judge So-and-So after a local Cook County judge. The servant and guests learned the bird laid an egg, exposing the humorous mix up and the lady’s mistaken belief in the owl's gender.
A famed living surgeon uses an umbrella as a splint after a street accident. He later visits the hospital to recover the umbrella and meets a smug house surgeon who jokes about ambulance work. The surgeon declines to seek the porter and mentions his card, revealing the surgeon’s own famous name.
An old bedridden fisherman at a fashionable watering-place is visited by a benevolent clergyman. On the brink of death the man reveals only one concern none other than questioning how the clergyman fits into his vest. The exchange ends with relief and humor as the old man jokes about the waistcoat.
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