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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
9
Mitchell prepares for the state firemen tournament next week with a large turnout expected. No professional racers will be allowed and all departments compete on equal footing. Events run Tuesday through Thursday on Main Street with free admission and rail fare discounts encouraging visitors.
The Methodist congregation begins improvements at their church. Folding doors will be replaced with screens, interior repainted and papered, and old seats replaced by opera house chairs. Pastor Youngman estimates costs between 2500 and 3000 dollars. Services resume Sunday, then the church will close during ongoing work.
Mr. Frank Foley of the Grand Forks Water Works reports severe backache and kidney troubles until Doan's Kidney Pills provided complete relief. He describes months of struggle, then a decisive cure after using the remedy as directed. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Dean's.
The article discusses using family coat of arms on book plates. It notes heraldry’s precision and copyright issues, advising Americans generally not to place coat armor on book plates. It explains legal protection exists for book plate designs and the allure of a personal heraldic mark.
An article describes a mythical tree or wood called chijot in Mexico. It reportedly grows massive heavy trunks with spreading branches and yellow green leaves. The wood supposedly becomes harder after cutting and petrifies over years, potentially making fireproof stone like houses.
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio along with Dayton Volkszeitung readers trusts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for his wife back pain. After a few days the unbearable pains vanished and she could resume household duties. Sold by L O Gale Druggist.
The world contains 1 109 merchant steamships over 2000 tons and capable of twelve knots or more per hour. Britain leads in speed with 597 ships, followed by France 110 Germany 106 America 94 Japan 41 Italy 34 Netherlands 29 and Russia 21. In the fastest category over twenty knots Britain has 7 ships, Germany 5 America 4 France 2 and Russia 1.
The London Mail recounts brutal Caucasus acts as Ismail Ugli Oki dies after attempting to kidnap a woman, his ally kills him. A prince abducts a landowner’s daughter and is shot by the father, then the bride stabs the groom at the wedding and kills herself.
A census study highlights high internal migration with 13.8 million native-born moving to other states and 10.5 million foreign-born residents. New York sent 1.3 million residents outward while receiving 534,000. Vermont’s outflow equals half its population. A second note previews a wind powered umbrella via compressed air in hats, expanding outward to shed rain.
A wealthy eccentric dies in Berlin and his will with a post funeral codicil offshoot punishes nonattendance by paying 800 marks to attendees. Only the housekeeper and a distant cousin attend, prompting a dispute over the fortune as heirs challenge the provision.
Hartford Times notes Cecil Rhodes may or may not have intended a link to Alfred Lord Tennyson’s lines in In Memoriam. It quotes the idea so little done, so much to do and observes the vast readership of the poem versus the concise impact of the passage.
Excerpts from Max O'Rell in Her Royal Highness Woman offer marriage guidance for men. Warns against marrying richer or taller or older women, urges gentle superiority, and outlines roles from partner to protector. Recommends keeping collars visible, avoiding letting wife see you sleep, and waking first.
A Saturday Evening Post tale recalls Baron Hengermuller at a Berlin embassy dinner with Bismarck. Most guests toast, the baron abstains, and Bismarck jokes about a 10 000 bottle lifetime quota. The baron offers his share, but Bismarck notes he has already exceeded 20 000 bottles.
A Kensington Sunday school teacher Miss Frisbee faints after a rector orders hymn singing. The rector prompts ready sing as the organ plays. A precocious youth questions her, and smelling salts restore her. The Philadelphia Telegraph reports the episode.
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