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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
3
A historical piece extols Chinese economy and industry, citing thrift, frugality, and labor discipline. It notes General Grant praised Chinese perseverance, and highlights long examinations, cheerful resilience, and enduring national vitality despite age.
A discussion on home training through table etiquette. It stresses watching the hostess, using forks properly, and eating in a considerate, orderly way. The piece warns that early lessons shape future conduct and promote social and business success.
A Missouri poultry fancier paid 900 dollars for a White Plymouth Rock cock and 950 dollars for six more birds, illustrating how far some will go for a top advertising point.
Nan Hayslope resents a country visit with her godmother Lady Thornleigh and Felicitas Dunbar. Erroll Tremaine returns from Tremaine Towers, declares his love, and faces Nan's unexpected disgrace. In a tense confrontation Nan is banished, but appears with Erroll seeking her father’s consent to marriage.
An investigator portrays the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey as a centralized financial power in Newark and Essex County. He links it to a web of banks and insurance firms, argues its sole aim is extracting maximum profit, and criticizes it for resisting reforms like underground wires and modern streetcars.
John Sloan extolled a Turner story during the Academy of Fine Arts show in Philadelphia. He recounts a millionaire who seeks a unique Turner, yet dismisses a one sided painted panel as sufficient if well done.
A New Hampshire visitor and his wife tour a city hotel for honey rumored to taste sweet. The waiter delivers the joke that the honey vendor has moved to a silk mill, leaving the couple with a trove of humor and a dress for the wife. An aside notes slow mail from New York to Buenos Aires.
A 1830 Sutherland murder was solved when a tailor's assistant dreamed the cottage and hidden cairn where the victim's pack lay. Other tales recount a landlady’s dream guiding discovery of a buried victim in Ireland and a London Victualler’s murder solved by dream-led arrests.
A Seattle elevator accident case featured a colored plaintiff claiming lifelong arm injury. During cross examination the defendant’s attorney had him demonstrate lifting ability, revealing the crippled arm’s height both before and after, sharply boosting the damage claim.
The passage is a nostalgic verse about seasons turning from winter to spring and the imminent return of pork sausage time. It mentions green hills, frosts fading, geese migrating, seedtime approaching, and summer-like imagery, with references to farm work and seasonal foods. The text also notes a Kansas City Tispa event with attendees speaking English.
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