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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1892
Page
2
A collage of opinion and note items touches on social virtue, public misconduct, and urban hazards. It cites lectures on character, a Kentucky family tragedy, the perils of public transit accidents, bucket shops in Chicago, and a coroner’s inquest into a fatal hotel fire. It laments crime, panic, and the lure of quick money while urging moral reform and accountability.
A historic note describes preachers using fitted game cocks with artificial spurs to lure pheasants into reserves. The crowing game bird prompts responses from pheasants, drawing them into fights where multiple birds are captured while the cock remains unharmed. The hatter is said to supply a long felt want.
A collection of educational notes urges simple drawing over complex pictures, outlines tool use for gardening, and lists classroom practices. It covers how to use boards, how many teeth a rake has, correct signals, and avoiding loud talk. Also featured are pieces on grammar, being early to school, and school grounds care.
Across Europe creosoted wood is valued for its durability and low cost. Experts urge collieries to use creosoted timber for permanent haulage roads and shaftways, and larger firms to build their own creosoting works. The text also notes failures of police to thwart serial murder cases like the Whitechapel murders, suggesting even a larger force might not stop the killer promptly.
The article discusses a Sunday school lesson on Isaiah 49 1 10 focusing on comfort from God. It compares the prophets first and second Isaiah and interprets the call to prepare a straight path, make crooked places straight, and reveal the glory of the Lord with spiritual guidance for Christian workers. It references Dr Herrick Johnson and warns about personal bulges in conduct while affirming divine empowerment to enable repentance and comfort.
A San Francisco Examiner account recalls a brutal Nevada stampede that killed hundreds of cattle during last winter’s storms. The scene unfolded around a guarded hay pile as winds and hunger drove cattle to crush the fence. two guards escaped, but the herd finished the hay and succumbed to cold and hunger a week later.
The Memphis affair centers on Lillie Johnson and her associates as details emerge from the Louisville Times. The Freda Ward and Alice Mitchell case broadens the mystery, with readers noting the troubled moral climate in Memphis and surrounding cities. The Washington Post cites Mitchells past relationships in Cincinnati as context for her alleged mental state.
A New York paper notes two church pews offered for 1000 and 1800 dollars, mocking how wealth gates heaven while poor buyers face gates through doors. The piece contrasts this with free churches and includes a rustic exchange about saved milk for a pup in a humorous aside.
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