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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1894
Page
4
A rustic poem urges readers to cleanse their minds and hearts as spring arrives. It calls for sweeping cobwebs from the head and heart, removing fear, old hates, and worn ideas, and replacing them with new loves, hope, and fresh thoughts.
Grace Baxter travels with Woodson from Manhattan toward Manitou painting the desert light. A clash over art and independence erupts when Woodson challenges her vision, leading to a kiss and a renewed partnership as she accepts his gaze and status with renewed purpose.
The article profiles RR Evans known as Fighting Bob Evans a famed Navy figure. It recounts a dramatic Pehring en incident aboard the Yorktown where Evans halted a Canadian sealers chase by boarding the sloop and flinging a fish at the Canadian skipper sending him overboard. The incident ended with the Canadian rescued and flag lost.
Recruiting officers are told to inspect a candidate’s teeth. Seven defective teeth or fewer if they impair biting or grinding will render a candidate ineligible. The examining medical officer must consider the likelihood that teeth will last.
The leek symbol comes from a command by Dewi Saint David in year 51. He ordered soldiers to wear a leek in their cap after King Arthur defeated the Saxons, a memory that led the Welsh to wear the leek on March first.
A reflective remark on how a person is vilified during life and praised posthumously, highlighting the contrast in public commentary surrounding birth and death. The line suggests inborn bias and societal tendency to reevaluate a life after death.
A Philadelphia Times style guide extols orderly fruit storage and home canning. It advises shelving by jar size, labeling, and dating, plus practical tips on lemon juice in jams and a method to firm overripe preserves by sun exposure and glass covers. It champions preparedness for family and charity.
Washington Post recounts a tale from a Kentucky figure Col Throckmorton who, amid a water-logged vessel and frantic crew, offered a dramatic prayer asking God to act now if ever his life was to be spared. The anecdote, used by Charles F. Joy to illustrate not despairing before the last, reflects on faith under danger.
The piece argues Colorado holds vast gold wealth with Cripple Creek and tunnels from Idaho Springs cited as key sources. It claims the state could employ hundreds of thousands, boost Denver’s population, and notes a broad gold belt from Bowker Manhattan Latimer County to Hahn’s Peak as the world’s largest. It adds a reflective line about a man exposing himself while a woman stays silent.
The Westminster Review argues that nursing demands muscle, endurance, and skill, not mere pillow smoothing. It notes wide variation in nurse to patient ratios, with high workloads in busy hospitals and lighter care in provincial ones, and describes duties stretching from cleaning to bandage washing and window cleaning.
The article describes Indian singing as lacking a fixed pitch standard and varying from voice to voice. It notes unison singing, reedy male and mezzo soprano timbres, and open air performance with percussion. It mentions limited dynamic expression and vast repertoires preserved within tribes through memory and exchange.
Courts define accident differently. sunstroke is not an accident but a heavy lifting injury can be. Relatives succeeded in cases where bathing led to a fatal seizure or a fall under a train. Pneumonia after a dislocated shoulder may be connected. Intoxication and obvious risky acts are not covered by accident policies.
A Detroit Tribune reporter quotes a 25 year old woman arguing social charm can outweigh intellect. She notes pretty women attract by looks while homely women win with cultivated minds and manner, asserting smart conversation and refinement compensate for beauty.
The famous Master Humphrey's Clock, once in London, is described as ticking in a New York office. The article recounts Dickens journeying to expose Yorkshire school abuses, his Barna Castle encounter, and how the clock became a household word after a New York editor acquired it.
A report on nervous performers with mishaps: one singer blocked by fur-lined overshoe and another misfitting lyrics from printer errors. The piece notes odd student blunders at university animations and a quip about Henry VIII era chatter.
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