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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1886
Page
4
The piece speaks to a shy boy facing a roaming world yet urging him to seek the constant beacon of home. It uses imagery of light and fire to contrast warmth with the coldness of distant ambitions and the night of life.
In Palmisery Michigan the Baker family stories unfold from a cave used by a counterfeit gang led by Bill Baker and Sile Ray. An officer recalls the raid, the enraged preacher Lim Baker, and a fire at an old mill as the tale moves to a wedding between Baker’s son and Clarry, the preacher’s daughter. The piece ends with the couple living in Leroy and a church flourishing in the city.
A collection of short folded sketches and parables from Chinese and other sources. It mixes humorous exchanges about temper and wisdom with moral vignettes. The pieces include a stove tale about a smoldering temper, a woodcutter and family incident, and reflections on learning, age, and social manners.
A children story recounts Ray's kindness to rival Tom Briggs after a lost apple and a sour moment. Aunt Rusha bakes two doughnut boys for Ray, who shares one with Tom, earning a later token of forgiveness with ripe strawberries. A moral of choosing kindness over revenge is emphasized.
A collage of quips notes and anecdotes including puns on names and professions. It features a name change petition a humorous exchange about railway grading a landlord tenant dialogue a debate on short comedy skits and a folk wisdom poem about weasels hawks and farmers.
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