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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
2
The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth plans a July visit arriving on five trains carrying tents wagons animal cars and spectators. The journey includes 600 horses and a massive set of pavilions and lighting equipment. Performers officers and managers will travel between hotels and grounds as tents go up rapidly.
The article outlines last winter's motor vehicle provisions. Vehicle owners must register with the secretary of state, provide name, address, and vehicle description, and display a state registration number on the vehicle. Rules specify display height and speed limits in towns and cities, with specific speeds on bridges and hills. Drivers must stop or yield on hand signals and obey signals from others on the highway.
Acknowledgment of heartfelt thanks to friends who aided during illness, death, and burial of a wife and mother. Names listed include Ira Pingry, W. M. Pingry, Mrydle Pingry, Twombly, Pine, Lehman, McIntyre, and Scholes.
Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson recounts how her husband used an Old Bailey 1700 trial of James Stewart as a basis for Kidnaped and altered Alan Breck in David Balfour. She notes Samoa distractions and political upheaval surrounded the writing of his works while in exile.
A London cab thief commonly steals vehicles and abandons them after altering numbers. He may continue to solicit fares or remove accoutrements like the whip rug and lamp, leaving the cab for police. Some thieves strip rubber tires from wheels.
Horace Greeley recounts fending off an autograph seeker with a $50 note of Poe’s autograph as the only remaining treasure. The piece also discusses Dutch courage origins and a brief fiction exchange about an opal ring and superstition.
A compact exchange contrasts beginners and enthusiasts, noting golf as exercise for the poorer player and praising practical sense. The quip references Life magazine wisdom and Walpole to chime on enjoyment, effort, and timely judgment.
A 1900s style interview quotes Mrs. Lily Tangtry asserting health as the foundation of beauty and vitality. She advises regular work, sunshine, exercise, water, soap, nourishing food, fresh air, and a happy spirit as keys to youth and beauty. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is endorsed as a remedy for female ailments with a $500 reward offered for cure failures.
The Boston Post quotes a maxim that the world owes each person a fair chance to earn a decent living. It argues this fundamental sense is denied when people lack opportunity, and stresses the value of a living wage as a basic right.
A Brooklyn Life column cites Mrs. Close debating an auto purchase and noting Brassey’s apparent excess of income. In a separate exchange two neighbors joke about Mrs. Hogg’s replacement by Mrs. Bacon after her cure.
Mrs Dinsmore apologizes to her husband for the late supper after attending a sewing circle meeting this afternoon. He teases her with a quip about being hemmed in.
An excerpt explains that broad brimmed caps on chimney stacks prevent smoke from descending back into the system by creating a partial vacuum. Without a brim the smoke would blast out in large gusts along the stack wall. The passage cites Fearson's Weekly and a dialogue from Motor-Vile and the Philadelphia Ledger as sources.
A correspondent depicts tigers near Amoy on the China coast preying on villagers livestock at night. The piece notes their habit of leaving caves at dusk to raid villages, chase dogs and wild animals, and even haul large pigs across difficult terrain for meals.
London Onlooker notes British ritual of the tall silk hat in Calcutta. Merchants wear helmets by noon at races while later, after sunset, hat-bearing bearers rush to present brushed silk hats to their masters outside the grand stand.
The rift between Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett began in New York when Barrett’s performance of The Man o Airlie flopped. Booth proposed halting the piece while Barrett accused him, sparking a heated exchange. Barrett vowed he’d outlive Booth, yet the two later reconciled and remained top attraction.
A pithy remark declares Vatugsis as the scorn of the wise and the idol of parasites while highlighting the slaves of their own vaunts. The quote, attributed to Bacon, frames Vatugsis as a provocative figure provoking mixed admiration and derision.
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