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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1904
Page
12
A brief excerpt from the Edinburgh Magazine dated October 1786 praises Robert Burns as a genius rising from poverty. It notes his rustic simplicity and untutored imagination, highlights sharp observations of human character, vivid descriptions, and the enduring appeal of his humorous and tender scenes.
A Chicago Tribune poem notes a girl who rejects long words for the shortest, claiming tiny terms are better yet finds the choice leaves her feeling blue. She resolves to cap her speech to the tiniest sort, trading length for brevity.
A brief comic exchange shows the Soubrette asking about ties while The Tragedian, absentminded, prefers walking beside a track. The snippet captures a playful theater style moment from the New York Evening Journal.
Judge Gary mocks a defense objection by recalling a judge who shortened a thirty year murder sentence to life. The column notes a Louisville girl receiving a bare coconut with stamps and address, highlighting quirky mail that Europe allows but U S postal rules discourage for curios.
The lace handkerchief owned by Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy is valued at ten thousand dollars. In New Jersey farmer Theodore Pidcocx claims to possess the oldest plow in America. The peak marrying age for Japanese girls is between twenty and twenty one. Andrew Carnegie holds the best autograph collection of crowned heads and notable figures.
A mix of notes reports on murder trials in Cape Town and oddities from Paris to New York. Items include a Malay trader with twenty seven wives, diamond values in the United States, and record depths at the Tamarack copper mine.
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