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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
9
A mine rescue narrative reveals a survivor’s vow tied to a late friend as the miner recounts a deadly cave in six years ago. A brotherly bond, rings locked on a finger, and a vow to his friend’s fiancée explain why his wife wears two wedding bands.
At Tel-el-Kebir an Irish doctor named O'Reilly tends wounded British soldiers. A guardsman, new to active service, suffers a sword cut on his arm while Tommy Atkins cries out in fear. O'Reilly retorts that the man makes more noise than a head injury down below.
Japan plans to invest 40000 dollars to send twelve young students to England for a three year naval architecture and marine engineering program. They will act as gentlemen apprentices with major shipbuilding firms. The note on strawberries contrasts aging tastes with watery flavors.
The article describes a Bucharest Greek cemetery tomb where Prof Hasden believes he receives daily messages from his dead daughter Jula Hasden, a belief shared by some yet dismissed by many. It also outlines a Black Forest wedding scene with stark rooms, cherry tarts, solemn guests, and brides in dramatic headgear with glass bead crowns.
The article notes Havana’s Kept relic El Templete on the site of the first mass in 1519 and links Columbus to the island, though the navigator never visited this Havana spot. It describes the Grecian styled temple, its ceiba tree, and paintings of the mass and its 16th century gathering.
A brief London Pick-Me-Up quip shows a would-be buyer asking price for fowls and a facetious reply from the poulterer’s boy that they sell them for profits, with the buyer joking that they are patriarchs.
A fragment from Pick Me Up notes a sarcastic remark about advice and marriage. Maud quips that the Lord ordained marriage but He never married, while Cynthia wonders if Frank will love her as she grows old.
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