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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
12
Mitchell and Aberdeen report snow from May 7 with depths up to 15 inches north of the city and seven inches at Aberdeen. Warmer air spreads, with a 39 degree low and 48 degree day, as people plan summer repairs, theatre openings, and community events.
The London Chronicle notes a 1258 change in infantry dress as soldiers shift from breeches to trousers. Armour and footwear costs are trimmed as three items are dropped and cloth trousers replace half hoes, with colonels relieved from wartime waistcoat costs.
Scottish mining engineer William Murdock, at Redruth in Cornwall, proposed conveying gas through tubes to illuminate paths. He devised a bag lamp with a tube and end light, carrying it over moors at night and lighting his way home. He reportedly could send a flame tongue by squeezing the bag, earning the demon of the Cornish moors nickname.
Bob Toombs confronts critics in Marietta over a legislature bill. A back country paper calls Vox Populi the voice of the people while Toombs fends off the jab declaring the paper misuses the phrase and insults readers.
In a Scottish village an elder rebukes a drunken woman urging flight from the tempter. The woman retorts wryly that she has flown and the elder replies she may not be the only one to flutter, in a lighthearted parish tale from the Scottish American community.
Three sons sent west to raise cattle sought a fitting ranch name Their reply Focus proved apt once explained as the place where the sons raise meat, a tongue in cheek historical note from Lippincott's.
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