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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
9
A collection of brief political opinions and local observations. Mentions Gen MacArthur and Aguinaldo, Chicago society aimed at unpleasant people, Dick Croker and Tammany Hall, McKinley and Philippines policy, Missouri governor Dockery, Manila contractor fraud rumors, Britain’s deficit, pensions for Breckinridge widow, and ex Representative White facing NC disfranchisement debates.
A large crowd attended John B. DeMotte's illustrated talk on the Harp of the Senses despite bad weather. He demonstrated sound on canvas and discussed brain cultivation, noting protective differences in attitudes toward boys and girls and urging more youth protection.
Prof Demotte wrapped up a Sydney lecture season that included 152 talks since fall. He plans a summer abroad for new material and an opera house next winter. The course featured Crane, Stevenson, McCowan, Smith, and Demotte. Then an ad extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Rocky Mountain Tea as blood cleansing health aids.
List of uncalled letters at Mitchell post office for week ending May 7 1901. Crouse Clyde Downing Paul H Faulkner Adjt Hart Miss Daisy McCaw Robt Mulleshue Mrs John Sumamon Walter Taylor W Willard ER Wrote Arther Callers should say advertised. If uncalled in two weeks they go to dead letter office. H C Clark P M
Noble Theater Company returns to Mitchell for a week's run at the corn palace. The Salem engagement drew universal praise for "Gold King" and "Thor oughbred" with strong acting and moral storytelling. Ladies admitted free Monday evening with a reserved seat. tickets on sale at Gale's Drug Store.
The article explains how clothes moths feed on woolen fabrics fur and leather and distinguishes moths indoors from outdoor species. It notes that killing moths prevents eggs and larvae from damaging textiles and describes the clothes moth Tinea pellionella and its yellowish gray wings with brown spots.
A playful tale recalls Barnum and Gaylord Clark debating a supposed zoological freak in New York, joking about a tadpoler. The piece also notes famed figures like Johnson and James VI as believers in ghosts and witchcraft, illustrating superstition among eminent minds.
The Sanitary and Municipal Engineering warns that eating cheese raw risks indigestion and that many who cannot tolerate raw cheese may still eat toasted cheese, which merely destroys microbes rather than improving digestibility. It suggests feeding decayed milk to pigs as a scavenger diet.
Mrs. Gilbert in Scribner's Magazine recalls a beloved trait of Augustin Daly he always bought a newsboy’s paper on the street. He did not give charity but showed support by purchasing the paper, lifting the boy's effort to earn a living.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a beggar asking a woman for a nickel to buy coffee. She gives him money, he heads toward a saloon, and she warns him coffee isn’t there. He says coffee is kept on the bar with cloves and an orange peel.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a barber charges a shilling for a haircut and quips about the lone hairs on a customers head requiring individual clipping.
A famed German ink employed a mix of chrome or potash with logwood solution in a ratio of one part metal salt to one thousand parts logwood. The description notes the long standing use and composition of this ink.
The Ladies Cemetery Association at Grace Land Cemetery has steadily improved the grounds, with $87.55 in total receipts and $67.67 spent on pipes, a water tank, repairs, and landscape work. Seventeen trees were planted this spring and plans include painting the little cottage and further updates. New officers are Mrs. Ansa Thompson president, Mrs. Hulda Stowell secretary, and Mrs. Anna Barnard treasurer.
Sam Rawson mocked the town highwaymen at a village meeting over missing road funds and poor conditions. His quip about the “honorable board of highwaymen” drew laughter as residents questioned how money for roads vanished despite liberal payments.
A Girard College student blends humor with a poet’s instinct while treating books as torture instruments. A professor finds a verse on a fly leaf claiming if a flood comes the book would stay dry. A Philadelphia Record item notes the quip.
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