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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1899
Page
4
The article argues for teaching girls early financial independence with small allowances that grow with age, stressing responsible money management, saving habits, and personal economy. It then surveys fashion and household topics from monogram gloves to prudent furniture, dress length, and hygiene, urging sensible style.
The article surveys summer millinery with wide hats, boat shapes, turbans, and close hats, noting flowered crowns, artificial wings, tulle trims, and color trends. It highlights the return of toque versatility, hair trends toward smooth, sleek styles, and cautions about bird decorations on hats now. It ends with a brief copyright note and a Telegraphic Blunders anecdote.
A native man was caught scaling the wall into No 38 Chowringhi Calcutta dressed in European clothes. He had spent the previous evening concealing himself in a shop and equipping himself with a full outfit including white shirt studs a tie boots watch and chain handkerchief pocket knife and hat with his name written inside. He said he wished to learn English and thought dressing in sahib's clothes a preliminary step.
An eminent physician says typhoid fever can be washed from the system with sterilized water at eight to ten ounces an hour. For cholera, large amounts of hot water aid the fluid loss. English wedding cakes are now imported by fashionable brides.
The Echo de Paris panel argues the Lebel rifle bullet surpasses Dumdum in effectiveness. At 3,000 meters it penetrates flesh and shatters limbs with dire impact in Dahomey and Tonkin campaigns. French officers report rapid falls, with whole lines of natives felled by a single shot.
Clowns have evolved from a single performer to multiple acts shaping modern circuses. The piece notes clowns’ enduring appeal across ages, their evolving costumes, and the audience’s fascination, while touching on rival entertainers emerging in the field. It also weaves in brief anecdotes about senators and a tombstone joke.
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