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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1888
Page
2
The Chicago Times extols the school nurse as a vital, skilled helper in patient care. It details duties from wound care and bathing to record keeping, diet planning, medication administration debates, and the crucial role during contagion. Minimum wages, hours, attire, and moral standards are outlined.
A country groom orders elderberry wine for two at an uptown restaurant while the country bride agrees. A New York Sun note claims Italian residents in Elizabeth street ward have civilized, moving from daggers to razors and pistols for self defense as observed by Sergeant Young.
A young passenger recounts a steerage voyage to the River Plate with harsh conditions aboard a leading line. Bad weather in the Bay of Biscay, dreadful meals served from greasy utensils, crowded berths, and filthy washrooms mark the journey. The ship carries hundreds of ragtag passengers from France Spain and Portugal with scant amenities and persistent stench, prompting a half hour watch to deter theft.
The article discusses Prof. W E Brooks's theory that favorable environments yield more females while unfavorable ones yield more males. It cites Australia’s natives and foreigners, showing aborigines with 148.72 males per 100 females, and foreigners with 118.64 males per 100 females, despite similar overall male settlement.
The Paris critique of French youth describes two types of unyoung men. One serious, money‑minded, and uninterested in frivolity. the other dressy and dull, obsessed with tailoring and racing. The London News asks if England has similar figures to match.
Mr Assheton Smith marks her majesty’s jubilee by planting 630000 trees on Mor Rhiwen slopes. About 200 workers have labored since the site opened to create the word Jubilee 1857 with letters 200 yards long and 25 feet wide. The first tree was planted on jubilee day.
Andrew Hunter recounts John Brown's final hours at Harpers Ferry, noting Brown's rare temper, the gallows site chosen with Capt. Cockrell, and the later dismantling of the hangings. Strother Porte Crayon sketched the dying man, Lydia Maria Child admired such depictions, and Brown’s body was sent north. Hunter laments Brown bowing to him at the end.
Two young ladies stroll on lower Broadway with distinct styles as a messenger boy passes between them causing a brief quarrel. A New York Evening Sun note recalls fashion habits in Japan and a Brooklyn woman’s table cover woven from a dog’s hair. The piece also cites 400 Indian youths at Haskell Institute, including 125 girls.
A city resident wandered rural trees and found a hidden frog chorus at a water hollow. By whistling he lured the loud song from a tiny black frog, surprisingly potent in voice, rivaling canaries in volume. The New York Sun reports the curious natural scene.
The Atlanta Constitution recounts a single Georgia made locomotive named Sunshine built in wartime Atlanta to serve Macon and Western rails. After a fatal wreck, a baby found among the dead repeatedly cried Mam while cared for by refugees. The child died eight months later, buried under the name Child Without a Name, a grim wartime parable about war’s costs.
Mr. Webb, the most informed expert on sewer interiors, describes sewer rats as two feet long and eight to ten pounds. He notes distinct pure blooded sewer rats and smaller house rats with strong claws, nests in decayed walls, stealthy habits, and aggressive bites when cornered. He mentions rats respond to a humming call and can be tamed briefly by workers in sewers.
A Globe-Tamnerat letter argues city roofs can be converted into flower and vegetable gardens to improve air quality. It notes oxygen and ozone release, carbon gas reduction, and argues roof gardens would counteract tenement crowding effects and benefit ill or delicate residents, especially children.
Twenty Democratic postmasters sat as delegates to a single district convention in Ohio and the event was not a success for Democratic postmasters. The Philadelphia Press notes the reform push under Cleveland’s influence.
The Cobdenites push for a tariff bill that delivers cheap labor while the public favors a protective tariff that supports 60,000 Americans, including 80,000 paupers, over a free trade system aiding 85,000,000 Britons with 1,000,000 paupers, as cited by the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Kansas City Journal notes that no single clique will dominate the Chicago convention. Republicans nationwide are deeply interested and will likely set the choice by what they deem best for the party's interests.
A fragmented obituary recounts the peaceful funeral of a figure tied to Saxony and Bay areas. The ceremony featured solemn rites and affectionate farewells as dignitaries, including Victoria, observed the proceedings and departed with somber tribute.
Autopsy notes describe death from putrid bronchitis and extensive tracheal cartilage destruction. The report disputes perforation of the esophagus and attributes the choking sensation to collapse of the larynx. Gazette mourning continues as Cologne Zeitung notes black border for emperor’s death. Prince Vismareth meets the new emperor with tears, expressing hope for continuity.
Berlin announces three months of mourning ordered by court with eight days of general mourning. In Cuteso on June 19 Mrs. Emery A. Storrs widow of the famed orator and lawyer lies fatally ill at W. J. Guest’s home after paralysis struck Saturday evening. doctors say death may come within a day.
Washington reports Geo Sheridan’s condition shows ratifying improvement in heart and lungs. He has greater strength and natural appetite with healthier sleep. Periods of mental confusion causing anxiety have decreased.
A Burlington Quincy freight train derailed ten miles from Cricice killing two unknown men and seriously injuring five crew members. Grain and merchandise piled twenty feet high in the wreckage.
Pittsburg reports a cloud-burst at Titusville causing about 10000 dollars in losses as water rushed in a three foot wide brook swelling to 100 feet in an hour with tremendous fall. No live stock or people reported harmed. Rail disaster from Winchester city on the Virginian Midland line says the engine jumped the truck and several coaches were wrecked with two killed and many wounded.
The Bengal report of no president shows twenty six new churches completed and a population increase of four thousand five hundred. The Angustina synod of the Swedish Lutheran churches of North Annievicw held its annual meeting with such figures.
Exoneration concludes sixth board of supervision investigating alleged strike at the Northe Spital. Superintendent Yooth and Debar relations are noted in the June report with details of disciplinary actions and proceedings.
The piece critiques how notices and reviews are biased by advertisement size. It argues critics may rate works higher when funded by the publisher and warns that even poor plays can receive favorable reviews due to financial influence from major outlets. The Journalist.
A historical discussion portrays government restraint against abusive actions and the protection of society. Alderman Cullerton urges strict enforcement of the state dramshop law, warning that radical liquor elements may face "cold law" if they resist reasonable discipline.
It is pitched as matire’s own laxative, claimed to be the easiest taken and most effective remedy to cleanse the system. Advertises itself as useful for biliousness, costiveness, headaches, colds, fevers, habitual constipation, indigestion, and piles. Manufactured by the California Syrup Company, San Francisco, or sold by B. H. Seallin.
Jocikzan Bros. and Sear offer money loans on city property with special low interest rates for long term brick or plane business blocks.
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