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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
5
Poem from Ladies' Home Journal praising a child’s visionary powers. The speaker asks the Little Maid-O-Dreams to reveal visions of what lies beyond the night, praising the child as sage and poet, foreseeing divine insight and youthful faith.
Mrs. Wildover enlists London society to stage a fancy fair at the Hotel de Flandres in Spa to aid a widow. Miss Nell Seymour dazzles in diamonds borrowed from Mrs. Wildover, but the fair is revealed as a swindle when the dancers vanish with the profits leaving only mourning costumes behind.
The piece recounts Muir’s assertion that wild sheep can plunge headlong down sheer precipices and land on their feet. Hunters and observers describe slipping from lava headlands, with sheep using cushioned pads to grip rocks and control descent as they leap and sail down steep faces.
Fragmentary text notes figures with nearly vertical bodies as if diving after sailing off and alighting, but the details are incomplete and unclear.
In a Chicago Evening Post piece, a couple debates what to do with many gifts after their wedding. They count eight clocks seven rooms and multiple dish sets while pondering fair ownership and proper use of the presents.
In a rural town conversation shifts between neighbors about wives and spending habits. Mrs Bartlett notes others flaws while praising their own spouse, concluding that theirs may be the only truly perfect woman in town.
Mr and Mrs Fogg argue over their son's conduct. Mrs Fogg accuses, Henry is like you, while Mr Fogg urges restraint to avoid harming the boy's vanity. The exchange shows tension and concern for the child. The Boston Transcript quotes the scene.
Mr E Young of Springfield Massachusetts told the local horticultural society that grafting and budding produce the best fruit varieties. He warned that seedlings from older trees tend to revert to wild types, and urged close cultivation with grafting of good stock to yield quality fruit.
A quirky note cites a claim there are seven nine letter monosyllabic words in English Scratched stretched scrunched scraunched screeched squelched and staunched. The dialog refers to a torpedo libbah and fears of an explosion in Indianapolis Journal style.
Prof Bartholomew recounts taming wild horses quickly by treating them as intelligent beings. He describes classifying horses by response to tasks, then guiding each to its best role, noting courage and physique matter as much as training. He compares horse and human traits and recalls cowboy roots shaping his philosophy.
A World article notes the chic man avoids gleaming laundry finishes and favors plain, white shirt fronts washed and pressed to look natural. It contrasts past ladylike laundering with modern waxy, artificial fronts, criticizing waxed looks and praising traditional linen texture.
Antonio Gallenga, famed London Times correspondent, visited King Alfonso VII with Sala. After a late night journey, they faced frozen water and coal dust in evening dress. Gallenga rubbed his face with candles to cleanse, followed by Sala, enabling a royal breakfast without notice of their grime.
A young newspaper reporter visits a hardware shop and asks for a pair of scissors. He explains he needs them for writing, saying he uses scissors in his work, though his preoccupied tone hints at a wartime or newsroom rush.
A short Waverley Magazine excerpt features a dialogue about romantic tension. A mother questions why a young woman is angry culminating in the line about lips being red from biting. The exchange hints at a failed kiss and miscommunication between a couple.
A Post Dispatch exchange shows a manager recommending dismissal of conductor on car 135 after six weeks with no passenger complaints, citing suspected fare collection failures and asking the superintendent for the reason.
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