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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1894
Page
3
A fragmented OCR item references an SUV, a person named Emi, and an implied sequence of events. Readable bits suggest a brief record about a vehicle and a party connected to Emi, but the text is too incomplete to confirm actions, places, or outcomes.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions various jumbled words and numbers with no clear subject or event. The legible elements do not identify people, organizations, places, dates, or concrete facts to summarize into a coherent news item.
A historical account recounts the 1864 sea battle off Cherbourg between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama. It details hull damage, surrender of the Alabama, rescue efforts, and the ensuing Alabama claims settlement with England. It also mentions Gladstone’s first House of Commons speech and notes about coal gas and forests affecting atmospheric carbonic acid.
Scientific investigation shows the seas around the British coast are being exhausted of fish. The issue is receiving grave consideration and elaborate restocking measures for English waters are likely.
A column of witty quips and cartoonish puns surface in a 19th or early 20th century humor page. The montage links travelers, doctors, couples, and businessfolk in short gags. Names appear in jokes reflecting era-typical social foibles, misheard lines, and light sarcasm about fashion, money, and manners.
Edward Douglass White is introduced as the youngest associate justice on the U S Supreme Court. Born in Louisiana in November 1845, he studied at Mount St. Marys and Georgetown, joined the Confederate army, and later pursued law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and served as a state senator from 1874 for four years.
A long excerpt recounts 1878 events involving an Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court who later joined the US Senate in 1891. It then shifts to a vivid Portland scene describing a vast import of codfish from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, its dramatic shrinkage after boning, bone and skin uses, garden-grown vegetables, and even Persian soil carried by the Shah’s entourage for travel.
Widespread consternation follows warrants issued against several members of Greece's national legislature for alleged brigandage acts. M Takis of Trikkala, a noted Delyannis ally, is jailed and more deputies are expected to join him as investigations proceed in the Thessaly region.
Joseph Jefferson, famed actor with world renown, marks his sixty fifth birth anniversary. He is noted for Rip Van Winkle and wide comedic range, spends winters in Louisiana, and owns Crow's Nest summer home at Buzzards Bay Mass. He earned a Yale BA in June 1892.
Joseph Witcher, a Bloomingdale Adirondacks farmer worth about $75,000, died and left his fortune to his brother George. George used rotten lumber and old boot leather to craft a coffin, then transported the body eighty miles to Plattsburg to bury at Witcher’s land there, citing high Bloomingdale land prices.
The Princess Eulalie’s crystal gown prompted notes on glass cloth priced 60 to 75 dollars per yard, silk-like width, durable yet brittle seeming. It resists moths dust and sun, cleans with soap and water, and suits house decoration rather than clothing for women, ideal for curtains portieres and wall drapings. It restores its luster after cold water immersion, opening a field for this new industry according to the Herald.
A father a militia colonel chats with his daughter Molly about being seen marching on Broadway and the girl’s anger at not receiving a drum like others. The Ram’s Hora marginal note adds a reflective joke about expectations of a boy’s perfection.
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