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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1894
Page
2
A light verse notes the move from parlor sofa to hammock as summer returns. It recalls high coal costs and parental scolding while singling out hopeful beaux who never propose. The speaker anticipates an evening on the lawn and fears a maddened father if no marriage arises.
Tom, a budding writer, pursues a costly piano after spotting a classifieds bargain. He meets Marion Kerr, a destitute widow, whose tale of deception reveals a broader scheme in the piano trade. Tom forgives and helps her, and he realizes he’s already made a different kind of bargain with love.
A writer recalls a London jeweler's inner room where diamonds rubies and pearls lay in drawers behind locks. A noble host allows a handful of unset stones to slip through fingers provoking awe reverence and a strange thrill at wealth.
An elderly woman alone in an ancient house watched walls crash as the structure fell. She escaped uninjured, describing her feelings as being considerably skeered, yet relieved at survival. The tale showcases a remarkable, near-miraculous escape from a dangerous ruin.
The Contemporary Review argues that destroying the enemy’s commerce via captured merchant ships is a legitimate but exaggerated aim. It cites Palmerston, 1841–8, and Napoleonic wars to show private property losses rarely decide wars, while neutral rights and neutral cargoes matter more under the Paris declaration.
Dr Lafferty of New Orleans discusses how chance events shaped destinies from Murat becoming Marshal of France to Napoleon winning at Waterloo by a sick headache. He cites Lincoln Cromwell Grant and others, noting luck and accidents altered careers and history, including the Silver King mine being found by a prospector’s rock throw.
Henry S. Roberts recalls a sea captain who kept calm as fire struck a ship. While passengers boarded lifeboats in panic, the captain bit off a cigar and lit it with burning rigging to divert attention. The tactic calmed fears and led to a safe evacuation.
The Warrior, the world’s oldest armor-clad iron ship, is being renovated for future overseas duty as a guardship at a coaling station. Launched by the Royal Navy, the vessel signifies early iron naval construction and is set for renewed service abroad.
The Thames Ironworks Company at Blackwall records the vessel commissioned for the first time in August 184 by Captain A A Cochrane for channel service. It will receive new boilers and a new secondary battery of quick firing guns, per London World.
A Vermont Baptist pastor recalls a comic early life episode when a note invited him to marry a couple at 8 PM. Mistaking the occasion for a wedding, he began the ceremony with a wary pair, only to learn they were a committee from a Methodist youth society. The tale ends with a later repeat misunderstanding at another wedding.
The article recounts the Rio Grande corpse smuggling tale of Larry Flaherty and Tom Williams, nicknamed the cadaver smuggler, detailing the grim quarry and elaborate plan to ship a body home to Colorado. It then contrasts with commentary on sales clerks, noting customers rely on others’ judgments and subtle guidance rather than pressure, as highlighted by a New York Journal excerpt.
The article details making briquettes from crude petroleum mixed with resin caustic soda and other additives to produce solid fuel bricks. Trials on Marseilles tugboats show heat output comparable to coal briquettes, with minimal smoke and less ash, offering safer bulk transport and no liquid fuel risk.
A Chicago Journal anecdote recounts a sociable girl who defuses overbearing suitors by feigning unfamiliarity. She assesses the approver with a candid smile, denies recognition, and moves on, often prompting the man to retreat to avoid public embarrassment.
Cincinnati chemist unveils a chemically pure milk substitute made from distilled water and solids. The mixture supposedly acts like milk, can produce cream, curd, butter, and cheese, but costs over $1 a gallon now. The inventor hopes to cut price to 10c per gallon and sell at 6c a quart in wholesale quantities.
Henry Fry recalls an American contact in Chicago who visited South Africa's diamond fields. He spoke of a vast diamond supply, a powerful syndicate led by Sir Cecil Rhodes, and a system that drains and hides volumes to keep prices steady. He warned smuggling carries seven years hard labor.
A fragment cites fruit name etymologies linking currants to Corinth, gooseberry from French groseille, apricot from Arabic, peach from French Italian roots, and tomato from Aztec tomotel, noting cauliflower from Spanish col-y-flor and cabbage as flower. The London Telegraph line hints at millennial leather fashion, then trails into an incomplete remark about a person quitting telling a friend she has learned to...
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