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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1887
Page
2
A destructive tornado hit Grand Forks on Thursday damaging the university, churches, mills, and homes. Several killed or injured including Mrs Follette and Cora Starbird, with trains blown from tracks and widespread wreckage across East and West Grand Forks. A relief meeting was planned at the Presbyterian church to aid survivors.
A student at the university was struck by lightning and killed. The university reports damage totaling 210000 with further losses to buildings residences and furniture estimated at 100000.
June 20 report from Grand Forks details tornado damage totaling 3150,000 with Keystone farm west of the city hardest hit. Mrs Davis reported killed yesterday remains alive. at Keystone two people, Mrs Henderson and Ole Halverson, died as buildings collapsed. A laborer on the same farm was carried half a mile by the wind. Eight Miles Point saw Halvor Soil struck by lightning and killed instantly. three others were stunned. Citizens formed aid committees to help the needy.
A midnight fire on the Champlain near Charlevoix Michigan kills at least one crew member and possibly more. The vessel, en route from Cheboygan with a light freight and typical passengers, carried a crew of fourteen to sixteen. Henry Brennan the Chicago clerk is the only confirmed death, with others missing but not burned per the captain's dispatch. Names include Mary Anderson Traverse City Ella Wilson Metalkey Mary Wakefield Charlevoix Will Lauson Mackenzie George Miller Mrs Belford Charlevoix Ira Bishop Canada Jin Thorp Martin Lebeau Henry Brennan. Brennan resided in this city.
Charlevoix Mich June 23 The Champlain blaze resulted from a lamp explosion in the fire room. Authorities report fifteen to twenty lives lost with a partial list of victims including Mrs Eila Cooper Smith Indian deck hands a cabin boy children of Martin Bow and several named crew members and passengers from Charlevoix Chicago Jackson and other locations.
Washington June 24 The president today appointed postmasters Jno H Sterbenrandh Vella Iowa and James M Nickall Hannibal Mo This brief notice lists the new postal officials and their locations.
Telegraphs report severe clashes at Kyouk Sadyung Burma on Sunday with 145 dacoits killed. Other items note a fatal drowining at Bethlehem Lehigh Canal and a Painesville balloon accident fatally injuring Professor Clark.
Cor. London Standard reports on M. Moutin the hypnotizer at the Salle du Zodiaque Grand Hotel Paris. Subjects awaken and obey while fully conscious, including kneeling at a touch and resisting or dancing at will. A journalist mates a mock duel and a lady succumbs to a seated trance as the magnetizer commands actions and restores consciousness.
The colored society in Washington shows class divisions with wealthy, educated members gaining influence. Some own prime real estate and have built fortunes as money lenders, while fashionable activity now includes horseback riding and tri cycling among both men and women, drawing attention in the sunset hours.
A Novoe Vremya correspondent notes Bulgarian journals appear in nearly every town with printing offices but carry identical content, varying only in titles. Before liberation there were 48 gazettes, now 85, plus 150 reviews of the century, many of which have vanished.
The British Museum classifies its volumes by color and mark. Red binds historical works blue for theology yellow for poetry and green for natural history. Each volume part bears a museum property stamp with color-coded meanings indicating purchase copyright or presentation.
A humorous Iowa anecdote contrasts a fashionable dame with a nosy household. The dialogue involves wine at dinner and a plan to summon a doctor via a footman, highlighting social manners and domestic routine in a light Omaha World sense of humor.
An Omaha World snippet contrasts religion with health and long life via a parson and an Omaha man arguing about Quakers. They claim Quakers live the longest lives, citing statistics and reasons such as church attendance and head wear.
The old Mormon temple at Kirtland Ohio has been refitted by the Utah Latter-day Saints as they seek to revive interest in the “state of Zion.” The article traces the temple’s history from 1830 through Brigham Young’s era, its wartime setbacks, and its later restoration around 1875, noting its sturdy construction and continuing use by Morons.
A Globe-Democrat report quotes a factory owner praising six years of employing girls. He says disciplined, capable women dominate departments, with few dismissals for laziness or unread notes. Gossip, not laziness, is the worst issue he cites among female staff.
A Chicago Tribune snippet lists weights of gun components excluding stocks and barrels. The Snell is lightest at 1 lb 13 oz, Winchester repeater heaviest at 4 lb 2 oz, with Springfield Martini-Henry Werder Bavarian each at 2 lb 6 oz, Vetterlin 3 lb 15 oz, Mauser 2 lb 4 oz, Berdan same, Dreyse 2 lb 11 oz, Werndl 2 lb 11 oz, and Chassepot 2 lb 6 oz.
The article explains that piano tuning is affected by dry air rather than string expansion. It notes that sounding boards of spruce resonate well but are highly sensitive to temperature changes, especially in furnace heated homes, making pianos prone to detuning in dry conditions.
Nye recalls a Washington style visit to Gould at Irvington, discussing the past and future of wealth. He teases Gould about memory and fate, questions provision for risk, and ends with social friction and a sharp critique of Gould’s public persona.
A Boston Herald item proposes barbers rinse mugs and brushes with a weak carbolic acid solution after each shave to prevent infection. The plan is inexpensive and requires little extra labor, and it is urged to be adopted widely.
Short quip from the Philadelphia Call notes a tramp’s joke about joining an anti poverty society. The gag centers on the paradox of needing money to join yet feeling too wealthy to join once the admission fee is found.
Charles H. Turner writes from New York Mercury a rural dialect petulant plea to Kittie about romance and a sick pig. The speaker begs for consent, swears devotion, and vows to mend the heart if her eyes soften and she offers love.
An exchange unfolds as Old Farmer introduces Mr. Limber Beechwhich amid playful chaos. The boys trade taunts claiming theft and deceit while the moment lurches into a comic reveal.
A clergyman's six year old daughter Maxie studies her reflection and sighs at not liking her nose. Various snatches of dialogue from Harper's Magazine and American Cousin feature a dress goods sale, a widow's reply, and a suitor's claim of duty, reflecting Victorian era social tones.
A Frenchman counsels Paris visitors to see the beauty of New York harbor in a painting by Bartholdi. An Omaha man claims the picture offers the grand harbor view without the smell, as cited by the Omaha World.
A brief exchange shows Bascomb returning from Australia asked what he would say about a massive snake sighting. Darnley quips that Australia does not produce good whisky, followed by a judge’s reaction.
A paralytic woman carried to a revival meeting suddenly arose during prayer. She shouted, climbed pews, reached the aisle and charged toward the pulpit, seen by many as a faith cure. The scene prompted chatter in the Norristown Herald.
The text blends verse fragments and satirical remarks about an Orcada man and Jinks with a mock advert for Confidential Clerkhim offering 1000 dollars for window attraction. It features mock firm names and a jab at lawyers, followed by a medical note on pneumonia asserting microbic germs exist and chill triggers development.
A British report introduces the multicycle, a twelve to sixteen man troop carrier built on a quadricycle base. It carries weapons and baggage, climbs rough roads, and can turn quickly in street conditions. Trials in London and Alder suggest potential for rapid troop transfers though field work remains by foot.
A California Democrat with no prior office held is named consul general of the United States at Paris. Jared Lawrence Rathbone wins the post over many contenders. He is a West Point graduate and former Army officer who later settled in San Francisco. Rathbone has ties to Maj. Rathbone of Lincoln assassination history and holds various California and New York club affiliations.
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