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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1889
Page
6
A Manila letter describes native women as expert with the needle and quick to learn music, noting many brass bands among districts and even military regiments. It outlines employment patterns, typical workdays, and earnings, plus the growing Mestizo culture and dress influencing beauty standards.
A New Haven man found five kittens hidden in an empty sugar barrel after the grocer poured a bushel of potatoes into the same barrel. The kittens slept beneath the potato load and survived. He later planned to kill three of them by chloroform but discovered they were alive and sleeping.
In a spot near the pall, warm sunlight drew attention as residents gathered to enjoy a bright day. The scene underscored a calm, sunlit moment in the area surrounding the pall.
London Telegraph reports M. Holleaux, excavating in Boeotia for the French government, found a stone in Apollo Ptoios sanctuary bearing a purported genuine speech of Nero uttered to Greeks. The inscription, in strong sonorous Greek, portrays Nero as a versatile artist in words, beyond his famed lyre.
A Dedham mother in temporary insanity wanders seeking her sailor son. She boards a steamer to Liverpool, meets her son on the wharf in Boston, and after a dramatic embrace her mental balance returns. They travel to London to stay with relatives. local Cor Dedham and St Louis Republic.
Cincinnati Enquirer recounts Greeny Horn once a Grand Opera blocker and Ben Isaacs pharmacy apprentice. At eighteen he faced a midnight drive to a haunted Spring Grove cemetery, fled in fear after a mysterious noise, and his hair reportedly turned progressively gray to near white.
An advertisement from a religious journal offers sacred discourses by Newman Grace, literary professor of vital philosophy, at 43 St. George's Street, Peckham. He promises eloquent writings for any text and occasion for one guinea, with all correspondence kept secret. He cites Psalm text and implies unique branding by not selling copies to a second person.
A public health note stresses that even simple medicines can kill children. It cites a diarrhea remedy with catechu and chalk that worsened a baby’s brain infection and death, urging cautious dosing and professional oversight. Calomel use is discussed, noting past overuse and current prudent application under physician guidance.
OrTrawa Feb 28. A Conservative member of parliament will soon introduce a resolution authorizing the government to purchase the Eastern states of the American union.
SAN Francisco February 2 At 1 o clock Rim the United States man of war onongahela sailed from Mare Island for Samoa.
Paris correspondent reports on executioner Deibler who made Prado’s death scene tense as he struggles with the guillotine mechanism. Despite improvements and ties to Roch, Deibler remains nervous, slow, and careful to place the neck correctly as the blade falls.
A friend brags of a simple pest control: suspend a common fishing net outside a half open sitting room window to block flies. He notes no fly enters an hour observation, but suggests a second window would defeat the net by forming a light path. He recalls Russia using wires to deter wolves.
Andrew Lewis aged 72, a check clerk for fifty years, said to be the oldest railroad employee in the country, was run over and killed by a switch engine. Other items note boxing bouts, a Paris marriage, canal layoffs in Tav ernilla, British parish relief, and El Paso ladies funding a town clock.
St Paul market page lists bids and asks across commodities. Wheat prices show No 1 hard 1.20 bid and No 1 Northern 1.12 bid. oats and barley figures follow, with corn sample 27 2c asked and mixed oats bids. Futures and feed items include ground feed 12.00 asked, bran bids 9.75 asked, timothy hay bids 6.50, dressed hogs 5.25 bid, flax seed 1.53 bid, timothy seed 1.35 bid, clover seed 4.60, and Kentucky rye 12 1/4 bid with 12 3/4 asked.
The market shows Wheat with February at 1.0634, March 1.073, May 61.095g, June 1.044, Corn with February 3434c and March 314 25¢c, May 255¢c, June 35héc, Oats February 2534c, March 275¢c, May 2M4c, June 2674, Pork February 11.05, March 11.05, May 11.20, June 11.30, Lard February 6.70, March 86.7244, May 6.8216, June 67734, Short Ribs February 5.5744, March 5.7734, May 5.9714, June 6.05, Live Stock shows Hogs receipts 25,000 with price ranges around 4.40 to 4.65, Cattle receipts 42,000 with beves 3.00 to 4.50, cows 1.75 to 4.10, stockers 2.46 to 3.40, Sheep receipts 6,500 with mutins 3.75 to 5.00 and lambs 5.75 to 6. Weather/market notes not provided.
A Chicago Tribune piece surveys American numismatic collecting, noting high demand for rare coins with strong dates, mint errors, and copper cents. It highlights key values for 1794 and 1804 dollars, flying eagle pieces, trade dollars, early half dollars, quarters, dimes, and copper cents, and warns that Confederate issues and Civisars pennies fetch notable sums.
A sedate dog named Bonus outsmarted a pursuing pack by a hollow oak trunk. While others chased the rabbit, Bonus paused, hid at the tree, and ambushed the fleecing animal as it fled to shelter. The Philadelphia Times notes the tale as true.
A Dickinson college student boasted he could fit two billiard balls in his mouth and did so but could not remove them without medical help. An M D cut the mouth to free the balls while the impatient bet was paid by the other man. Harrisburg Telegraph records the odd stunt. A separate New Orleans report says a labor agent named D E Smith, a Negro, was hanged by unknown persons for causing workers to flee Artesia Mississippi toward Arkansas. Suspects from Okibeeha and Loundes counties are under suspicion as the inquest continues. Senator Morrill of Vermont has served longer in public life than any American currently living, entering the House of Representatives thirty four years ago.
The Anderson area residence of Enoch McMahan burned with the farmer dying inside while his family attended singing school. Neighbors noted a possible murder and burglary motive. The dog Mingo lingered at the ruins, rejected by the farm, receiving food and water from kind locals and resting in a shelter built on the site.
Max and Moritz, the only male youngsters in the family, bring home a dog that alarms the sisters. After a brief dispute, the oldest sister pays threepence for his trouble and Max returns with the pet, claiming he has given it to Moritz. The scene unfolds in a humorous domestic vignette.
A New York Graphic letter laments behavior shifts after marriage. The writer recalls being called Mollie, then Miss Bawn, by a male friend who becomes distant post marriage. She questions social double standards and contemplates divorce as a remedy if such treatment continues.
Two men meet downtown and go to a restaurant run by one of them. The host explains he eats butter at the table while his rival pays for its making, using the stunt as advertising to show customers value without the cost.
An absent minded man in Cincinnati allegedly took a candle instead of his change after visiting a Walnut Street shop. The shopkeeper, left in darkness, chased the man and recovered the candle, with the thief returning the money. The incident was noted by the Chicago Times.
The New York Graphic notes that the fenth figure on clock faces is rarely written as IV. Instead many dials show IME or similar forms. The piece speculates this stems from avoiding FV with V and VI, but offers no definitive explanation.
A Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, long believed destroyed, is recognized in the possession of Dr. Wi F. Channing of California. He inherited it from his father Rev. William Eltery Channing, who had acquired it from his uncle Col Gibbs.
Uncle Chris Gray, famed Leon County bear hunter, is described as 80 years old with seventeen children, forty two grandchildren, and claims he can still hunt for twenty years. He reportedly split 200 rails dry and can walk two miles before sunset, reflecting his rugged frontier image.
The piece compares the human voice to organ stops, detailing glycerine and sucking dove stops, then notes how both men and women use these tones in business and romance. It cites professional actors and stage voices, describing birdlike vocal progressions from sparrow to nightingale to canary, and ends with a London Standard note on ensemble voices in public meetings.
In Newsera New York on February 23 the national skating races drew over ten thousand spectators. The first event, a 220 yard dash, was won by Tim Donghue Jr with Elmer Simpson second and Joe Donets third in 20.5 seconds. The five mile race followed with Joe Donoghue winning, his brother James second, and Elmer Simpson third in 18 minutes 44.4 seconds.
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