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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1894
Page
5
A column chronicles juvenile scenes and bedtime reveries with bright snippets of children’s mischief and dreams. It describes a playful threefold drawing game, a tale of a boy and a girl in the street life of Walf Street, and gentle bedtime reflections on sleep and angels.
A collage of juvenile vignettes and witty exchanges on gender roles parental speech and child mischief. A child's voice questions the expectations of boyhood while a tale follows Polly, stolen as a child, waiting for Jacob who never returns.
A rocky cape near Cape Horn hosts a covered barrel that serves as an international letter box. Ships stop ashore to exchange mail, placing outgoing messages and taking letters destined for distant shores in this far isolated outpost.
A destitute author visited Dumas pere begging for 300 francs to spare his three children from suffocation. Dumas searched his coffers, found only 200 francs, and proposed a grim alternative. The author urged for three francs more, while Dumas quipped to suffocate only himself and one child.
A historical overview of cremation practices in the United States including the number of cremations since 1885, rules at Fresh Pond Long Island, and the spread of cremation nationwide. It covers procedure from hospital to retort, costs, and the rise in public acceptance, with notable figures and early adopters.
In Paris the most productive market gardens gain a lease that lets them place soil on barren land and remove the soil when occupancy ends. The arrangement secures farmers the right to enrich and later reclaim soil as part of the lease terms.
The article recounts near the Orinoco mouth a whaling-based shore stations method where captured whales are stripped and the carcasses used as shark bait. Shark hunting yields valuable oil, attracts many boats, and remains dangerous with light craft often overturned.
A long profile notes Patrick Walsh as Georgia’s new senator replacing the late Colquitt. It highlights his Irish birth, 55 years, Charleston training, Confederate service, rise to editor and owner of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, and his popularity in Georgia.
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