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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1886
Page
6
A rustic tale from Mitchell, North Dakota, recounting the humorous courtship of Larry O'Dee and Mistress M'Gee. The pair exchange flirtatious dialogue and playful challenges amid settings of rustic charm and local lore. The talking pig and framed humor highlight rural character and social antics.
In a Crimean setting Lt Wilfrid Denver tells of a first love to Capt. Ainslie. Denver dies in battle, leaving a letter to Constance Beaumont. Years later Paul Ainslie and Constance wed in despair only to learn Constance owed her heart to the dead. The tale ends with both lovers joining in the afterlife.
A whimsical column collects a playful poem about Margery Daw in an apple tree, contrasts study with a daydream of love, and weaves in quick humor about college life. Cartoonish vignettes follow including a mother ask about sweeping under beds, a toothbrush gag, and a bald-head quip from Colonel Swipe at a social in Austin avenue.
Reader notes the Boston Journal describes women in gymnasiums as cheerful and skilled, blending fashion with athletics. The piece contrasts youthfully dressed athletes with earlier school practices, praises conversation as a social force, and includes historical anecdotes on Mme de Stael and others. It also recounts two traditional meat curing recipes from Mrs. Henry Clay and a German mobile method, highlighting culinary lore alongside cultural reflections.
A playful exchange about The Merry Wives of Windsor features a woman objecting to playing Mrs Windsor and a man praising the play. An absurd aside quotes the Earl of Shaftesbury remarking that London would need far more police without 400 city missionaries.
A portrait of Colonel John Bidderly, famed Arkansas newspaper man, famed for sharp opinions but repeatedly found short of money. The anecdote covers his Hot Springs paper, his fondness for printers, and a recurring scheme that left workers unpaid. Also included are satirical items about German railroad engineering and a survey of Rhyming prose in society.
A passage notes Emerson’s view that in the art of conversation women can be lawgivers and voices of superior wisdom. It suggests women’s speech surpasses song, carrying ingenuity and character as wise counsel.
A collage of humorous vignettes and quotes from various papers. The text features playful rhymes and anecdotes about gambling, clever sayings, and a cartoonish debt joke from the advertising desk. It reflects light comic content typical of a periodical page.
The San Francisco Chronicle contrasts genial rain with heavy downpours, noting farmers welcome rain in some fields while lamenting it in others. It imagines order via geometric clouds and jokes about how rain fuels dry goods stores but hurts farmers.
A review of George Woodbury Life of Poe laments a life starved of brightness amid beauty and worth. The critic portrays Poe as morally wavering and unstable, suggesting potential insanity and frequent irresponsibility in speech and action.
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