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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1904
Page
4
The ad promises big savings on muslin underwear with superior material and style for less money. It invites customers to visit the Mitchell store to see the largest and brightest bargains ever shown in the city.
The Philadelphia Ledger urges slow offense, swift pardon, and overlooking faults to protect love and friendships. It argues misunderstandings drive most quarrels, suggests fair trials for offenses, and calls for remembering forgiveness as essential to lasting affection.
The article discusses surprising resuscitation feats across species. Infusoria lifelike after 27 years of inert dust, dried and moistened successfully revived eleven times on rotifers. Frogs and many fishes endure freezing and some warmblooded animals have been revived after apparent death.
A discussion notes a celebrated work titled The Story of the Eight Dogs that runs to 106 volumes, printed or written on a single page side. It comments on Japanese writers injecting vast, bewildering numbers of characters and the common practice of not leaving a single character alive at the end.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Miss Frappay carries a cool indifferent air and behaves as if unseen by onlookers. The piece recalls her mother baking pancakes in a quick lunch restaurant window as part of the inheritance.
A confidential friend recalls a Vassar girl rejecting a suitor for mere allusion to love and marriage. She says if he had spoken plainly she would not have let him escape. The exchange highlights wit and timing in courtship.
A sharp exchange contrasts a bystander questioning if a picture captures life with a critic who suggests the world might not suffer if the artist were. The dialogue highlights tension between realism and creative risk in art.
Rival business men hired experts to study Carnegie's methods but he revealed the key. He led them to a room with books and reports where a dozen clerks worked on documents costing $80,000 a year. The room symbolized the value of knowing every detail of the business.
The Athenisiu and Westeralian Society of Popular Studies reports medieval ecclesiastic anathemas aimed at animals. Noted examples include St Bernard cursing mosquitoes and a Dresden pastor cursing sparrows in 1559 to curb distractions from worship.
A historical column contrasts Chinese and Japanese perceptions in commerce. It claims Chinamen honor contracts even at personal ruin, while Japanese are labeled as crafty when profit wanes, suggesting differing moral reputations among foreign residents in business contexts.
An old travel note contrasts marriage practices across regions. It cites Tartary fathers demanding butter for daughters, Indian communities requiring rice and rupees, Mishimi men paying twenty oxen or a pig for a wife, and Unyoro suitors buying wives on credit yet barred from companionship until debts are cleared.
Red appears as a component in nineteen of twenty five leading national flags while other colors do not share this dominance. Notable red flags include the United States England France Germany Austria Italy Spain Denmark Belgium Sweden Switzerland Turkey Mexico Chile Portugal and Venezuela.
A nine year old girl raised in a strict Presbyterian home asks her mother to attend a Episcopal church with a friend while on a trip. She vows not to believe the minister's words and hopes to explore church life during the visit.
In a terse report, Tayleigh Old Lawless is credited with an acquittal in a murder trial. The jurors were told the prisoner chose him over others, and the verdict touched on a temporary insanity argument. The source notes social commentary from the New Orleans Times Democrat on domestic life.
The article discusses durability of timber with oak used in ancient canoes and Westminster Hall roofs. It notes teak lasting through ages and its use in ironclads. Observations include a 2000 year old Clyde canoe and a sun related bend in the Meni stant bridge. A Plymouth diving bell scene shows sun rays igniting clothes at twenty five feet.
The note traces tawdry to St Audrey or St Ethelreda famed East Anglia fair on October 17. It explains original use for a white pebble necklace at that fair, later shifting to gaudy, low value items. Some legends claim St Audrey’s death over a necklace led to the association with ornaments and later coarse meaning.
An explanation of ventriloquism defines it as a method of muffled voice that seems to come from another source. It details using the mouth and lips to alter sound direction and notes the performer breathes slowly to modulate voice while keeping lips still.
The text outlines the rise of iconoclasm in the eighth century, with Leo Isauricus issuing edicts against religious images and enforcing them in 736. It notes the controversy spurred the second council of Nice in 787, the eventual excommunication at the eighth Constantinople council, and the later destruction of images in England and Scotland during the English Reformation and Civil War.
The Sunday Magazine recounts a belief among people in Cavan and Tyrone that rats could be charmed away by verses and magic. A tale describes “billeting” rats moving from mill and granary to new lodging on a moonlit night, observed by many locals as they trailed the mass to its destination.
In the Fortnightly Review 4 Valuable Tooth humor recalls a Norwegian theatre in Hergen during Ibsen and Bjornson's era. A second old woman actress lost a front tooth. the management funded dentistry. She left after two seasons, taking the tooth with her as theater art. An unrelated final line shows a comic money dispute.
A royal feather cloak meant for King Walkina of Diwali caused a fashion stumble in Japan. Robert, a royal attendant, wore the cloak in transit and later misused wine at the palace. Disgraced, he was removed from the role of groom of the feather cloak.
A July to early August procession of sciara, tiny wormlike tipulid insects, forms a long serpentine mass up to fifty feet long as they migrate. They stick together with a glutinous substance, move slowly, split or circle when blocked, and a peasants’ obstacle test signals omens if the mass passes over.
A Boston Post snippet captures a joyful reunion at the door as a mother proclaims the baby’s first tooth and a cautious father vows careful handling. The light domestic exchange highlights family pride and parental amazement.
Sir John Macdonald, head of England's supreme court, notes regular crime waves lasting months. He cites 1902 with 787,676 trials versus 661,667 in 1901 and argues punishment fails to alter criminal habit.
C R Norris filed in the office an application for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at retail at lot 7 block 2 original plat in the Third ward of Mitchell Davison County South Dakota. The City Council will hear the application on June 29 1904 at 7 o clock p m at the Council Rooms. Any person may appear and speak against granting the license. Dated Mitchell S D June 6 1904 J G Markham City Auditor.
Chis Martin filed for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at retail at Lot 11 Block 12 Original Plat Second Ward Mitchell Davison County South Dakota The City Council will hear the application on June 29 1904 at 5 oclock PM in the City Council Rooms Any resident may appear and present reasons against granting the license Dated Mitchell S D June 6 1904 J G Markham City Auditor.
James Fogarty and L F Geiger filed an application to sell intoxicating liquors at retail for lot 18 block 12 original plat in Mitchell South Dakota Second ward. The City Council will hear the application on June 29 1904 at 9 o clock p m at the City Council Rooms. Any person may appear before the council and oppose the permit.
Philip I Tobin and T P Navin co partners have filed for retail liquor license for slot 13 original plat in Mitchell First ward Davison County South Dakota before the City Council on June 29, 1904 at 8 pm. Citizens may appear and object before the corporate authorities to the license permit. City Auditor J G Markham issued the notice.
Fred Widmann filed in the mayor’s office an application for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at retail for Lot 6, Block 18, Original Plat, First Ward, Mitchell South Dakota. The City Council will hear the application June 29 1904 at 8 o clock a m in City Council Rooms. Anyone may appear and present reasons against the license.
Don Sullivan filed an application to sell intoxicating liquors at retail for lot 4 block 13 original plat in Mitchell South Dakota First ward. The City Council will hear the petition June 29 1904 at 4:30 pm in City Council Rooms. Any interested party may appear and object. City Auditor J J Markham dated Mitchell S D June 6 1904.
In Davison County South Dakota the estate of Juniata E Bracy deceased is before the County Court. E B Bracy petitions for Letters of Administration and a hearing is set for June 20 1904 at 9 am at the County Judge office Mitchell. Any interested party may appear to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Dated May 20 194. Attest W Abbey Judge and S Cattrll Clerk.
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