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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1887
Page
3
Reading echoes of youth and memory as an unnamed speaker recalls past joys and a cherished figure in a rural setting. The poem muses on aging, love once anew, and the enduring pull of familiar landscapes and lines of trees and paths.
In 1870 at Raton a Northerner named Alex Beaver courts Rosie Biggs daughter of local merchant John Biggs. A race with rival Pitts shows Alex’s daring as he rides a white horse to Pinto, wins Rosie’s favor, and later marries her despite injuries.
A humorous sketch mixes poetry and gossip about modest matrons and young women. A ferry dock exchange reveals witty banter on marriage and independence, with jokes about suitors and a patter of comic dialogue from newspapers.
A few years after women began traveling sales, they prove more effective than men with merchants, especially in the West. A veteran commercial man notes ladies secure orders and often receive return business, while male agents face frequent refusals. the piece suggests a future where women dominate sales to men.
The 27th day of June 1827 Frank and Fanny Stout were married by Rev. Brown in Pekin Illinois. The note adds the minister is deceased and clerk Mordecai Mobley lives in Dubuque Iowa. future fortunes of the couple are unknown.
A London thief outwits Mrs Wagstaff and her husband, leading to a tale where the Lord Mayor recalls misplacing a watch and a stream of messengers rush to retrieve it. The narrative notes how professional thieves targeted the watch and chain as soon as the indiscretion became clear.
The piece surveys legendary giants like Og and Goliath with heights cited from various sources, then shifts to a physician noting wide variation in individual pulses. It cites observers from Turner to Diemerbrock and notes that pulse readings vary with activity and time of day, concluding morning measurements are most reliable.
The Detroit Tribune editors urge making the kitchen a pleasant, well equipped space. They advise tidy shelves, pink tissue paper, a stylish lamp shade, convenient utensils, a good stove, a clothes wringer, and ample clothes pins to ensure wholesome meals. They note many women endure makeshifts and insist on repairs being timely.
A collage of humorous excerpts and anecdotes from various papers recounts playful mischief, gags about fashion and social behavior, college lectures, and a classroom surprise involving a teacher and a boy gifting false teeth. The pieces preserve a lively period voice and fleeting comic observations.
The dialogue shows a boy wishing for angel wings to fly and reach a top shelf for cake while his mother jokes about heaven. A narrator notes that a youth ruled by passion is a misguided young man.
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