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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1894
Page
3
French women are entering professions long closed to them. Doctors, lawyers, bankers, and businesswomen emerge as Paris debates this shift. The essay imagines a future with women deputy, financieress, and reformers, while noting resistance from conservative society.
The passage argues that women, having wealth and interests to protect, deserve the privilege to vote on social and political matters. It notes women representing male constituents would, over time, vote for women's rights, appearing natural as the suffrage issue advances.
Boston police say most burglary tools are crafted by ordinary workmen, not criminals. Supt. Elbridge cites cases in Roxbury and a once noted West End shop, where skilled craftspeople unknowingly supplied drills and jimmies for safe cracking.
Roger the famed French tenor refused to be ignored at a financier party. He sang well but was shunned, vanished, then sent back sixty pounds with a note and added twenty pounds for disturbing the guests’ conversation.
A lecture by W. Lewis Fraser extols photography and recounts a New York incident where a handbill pasted on a liner’s hull was revealed only after close examination. A photo and paint layers concealed the message, detected by deeper inspection.
An article extols a Palliser style model home suited for moderate means and nationwide appeal except the extreme South. It analyzes roofing costs, interior comforts, and flat versus steep roofs, noting the design’s value and adaptability while warning against cheap square boxes.
The text traces gloves in England from near the tenth century when they resembled mittens to later centuries, noting clergy favored white silk or linen gloves decorated with pearls. It describes gloves as symbols of power and fealty, their role in signaling protection or engagement, and the shift from practical use to decorative luxury with long gloves appearing by the late seventeenth century and Nell Gwynne elevating their reputation.
A Green River lawyer, famed for skill yet absentminded, forgot a Dickens character while attacking an opponent. He blurted to his associate, asking the name of a scoundrel who broke old Dombey, only to be corrected by a junior who whispered “Carker.” The judge restored order as laughter rippled through the courtroom.
A Swiss husband’s purchase of a lion cub fostered by a dog becomes a catalyst for a divorce claim. The wife discovers the affair through a letter, leaving the husband with a depleted fortune, an empty home, and a stubborn lion as a grim reminder of his actions. Paris letters frame the bizarre case.
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