Central Park Walkers and City Characters Observe Daily Strolls
The piece notes Central Park as a favored venue for walking and social observation among the city’s varied residents. It contrasts lean and portly pedestrians, describes a tall well-dressed woman dubbed Beauty, and profiles a Wall Street broker and a gatehouse crew member. It closes with a note on Banian Lokhara’s mountain city and John Corbin’s European sports comparison emphasizing moderation in life.
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Perhaj
Central Park
Manhattan Island
Strici
Popper
Wravel
Living With a Broken Heart Case of Weeklong Survival
A 52 year old football player suffered a ruptured fatty left ventricle during a game. He briefly recovered then declined with partial collapse. Seven days later another fainting spell preceded death. Autopsy showed a half inch rupture in the left ventricle wall and fatty degeneration. The rupture likely began as a minute tear, enlarging after exertion. London Lancet reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Untimely Criticism and Gentle Cures in 19th Century Advice
A reflective essay contrasts harsh parental rebukes with affectionate encouragement, showing how criticism dampens enthusiasm and estranges youths like a boy and his diary. It cites social barriers and a note on codeine sulphate as a safer sedative, detailing dosing and preparation from reports in Harpers Bazaar and the New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
John
Harpers Bazar
Ancient Worms and a Bear's Ham Mystery
A Col Pall Mall Gazette note recalls Sir Richard Owen doubting a pig thigh bone as a bear ham gift to President Buchanan, while a New South Wales naturalist Ogilby reports fresh water herrings in Australian rivers, resembling ancient life forms. A final quip warns against rapid chewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Owen
John Russell
Lord John
Buchanan
America
Col. Pall Mall Gazette
Australia
Mr. Ogilby
New South Wales
Sun Worshiper and Odd Scribblings Echo Mixed Pages
A fragment from Youth's Companion features Clinton Collard’s poem Sun Worshiper praising the sun and release from winter, followed by miscellaneous clippings: a pneumatic coal chute riff, notes on early Russian races, commentary on the adjective old, jokes about pardons and mispunctuated phrases, and short quips on science, education, and performing heroes. The collage preserves era tone with varied curiosities and light humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Collard
State Board of Regents Announces School Management Changes
The state board of regents restructured its leadership with President J W Shannon of Huron, VP Alex McIntyre of Watertown, and Secretary Jos Freudenfeld of Plankinton. The Normal school becomes virtually free with a 3 dollar matriculation fee, and management shifts include Rev. Boughton filling a trustee vacancy, Professor Foster dismissed, Chilcott named agriculture professor, and Hewitt appointed secretary of trustees. The next meeting is planned for June in Vermillion.
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Jos. Freudenfeld
State Board of Regents
Plankinton
Brookings
J. W. Shannon
Huron
Alex McIntyre
Watertown
Jacob Schnidt
Boughton
Parker
McLouth
Brookings Agricultural College
Foster
Chilcott
McPherson County
Ed FP. Hewitt
Ipswich
Vermillion
Deadwood Council Fixes City Labor Wages at $2.50
South Dakota brief notes the Deadwood city council enacts a minimum wage of 2.50 for ten hours for city contractors. Other items include ex-chief J B Coomer’s $1 verdict over removal damages, Moody county perjury case against W H Dockstader, Indian extraction lawyer candidate John T Van Meter for the Cheyenne agency, Mrs. Dr. Ross as Yankton post office aspirant, a Miller elevator fire set by firebugs, Watertown temperance saloons under Sioux Falls plan with fines, and an artesian well project at Pierre government Indian school site reaching 1000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
J. B. Coomer
Huron
Breton
W. H. Dockstader
Flandreau
Moody County
John T. van Meter
Cheyenne
Dr. Ross
Yankton
Grover
Miller
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Government Indian School
Pierre
World.s Fair Souvenir offered to subscribers by Mitchell Printing
The Mitchell Printing Co offers a bound 260 page World s Fair Souvenir featuring past and present world fairs including Chicago 1893 with portraits maps and engravings. It retails for 1.00 and is given to DAILY REPUBLICAN three months prepaid 2.50 THE SUNDAY REPUBLICAN yearly 1.75 or WEEKLY CAPITAL yearly 1.50. Also notes a local farmer Walter Crisp with moves and plans in Dell Rapids South Dakota. Ayer s Hair Vigor testimonial from Mary A Jackson of Salem Massachusetts praises its effects.
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Mitchell Printing Co
Chicago
Daily Republican
Sunday Republican
Weekly
Capital
Dell Rapids
Walter Crisp
South Dakota
Percy
Crisp
Geo. Bapp
Ayer
Mary A. Jackson
Salem
Mass
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Wall Street
New York World
Banian
Lokhara
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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New York Tribune
New York Sun
Russia
Anatola Bogdanov
Congress of Anthropologists
Moscow
Kurgans
Tamuli
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
University of Chicago
Old Chicago
Boston Journal
Home Secretary
Wilson
Cornhill Magazine
Kentucky
Ohio
Detroit Prep Press
Nile
Moses
New York
Song OF the Shirt
Main Street
Conyes
Mitchell
Harry L. Bras
Colvin
Dock Mills
Treet
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Geo. E. Logan
Mitchell, So. Dak
Edward
Frank Moyer
Walace
Wordford Wilks
Geo. Wilks
J. Colvin & CO
Mitchell, S. D
Booth Bros
A. Fi. Pahrson
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