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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1904
Page
3
Tokio dispatch notes a long war ahead with Japan funding and sustaining a multi year campaign. Five top officials know general plans while public details stay hidden as mobilization and national unity drive a total war effort.
John Vandermeij of a Lisse bulb house arrives in the United States to discuss Dutch control of hyacinth tulip and daffodil bulb production. He notes climate and soil limits in the United States and argues that even with favorable conditions an American industry cannot compete long term with Dutch output and pricing.
A New York Tribune tale describes a missionary arriving from Korea facing language pitfalls. Humor arises as words with varied meanings provoke reactions from locals and misinterpreted morals about repenting and a butterfly metaphor ending with a donkey misread in Korean.
M FE De Mare proposes a rail system where a trailing car with passengers detaches at each station. The main train runs at high speed while the detached car stops, boards passengers for the next stop, and reattaches after the main train passes, enabling continuous travel with minimal stoppages.
Jimson asks Bilson about trolley disruptions while out of town. Bilson confirms the trolley cars made a few strikes during the absence.
A barrister narrator helps Stephen Burchell recover Milly Hardwicke from a deceitful singer Ridway. He gathers evidence of Ridway’s licentiousness and Ridway’s secret marriage to Milly’s benefit, forcing Ridway to write a letter confessing wedlock. Milly and Stephen reconcile and plan to marry with the narrator as best man.
The Lonion News profiles James tead a 70s era master thief known for pocketing from crowds at weddings and ceremonies. Detectives Collins and Waters sentenced him to six months hard labor, noting his elegant disguise and man of fashion persona. He often rode in a private carriage and tailored his own clothes to appear respectable.
Edward M. Watson, with seven years on a Honduras plantation, debunks the belief that four or five banana crops occur yearly. He explains a bunch is cut about every fifteen days from a plant with multiple stalks, with shorter intervals in July and August and monthly cuts in December and January. British India employs over a million in cotton, and France and England control Africa’s area comparable to the United States.
The Atlantic Monthly essayist compares eighteenth century English American portraiture with modern works by Sargent and Zorn. He notes the shift from calm, orderly portraits to restless, hybrid figures and questions whether current American types can define the era.
E M Burst the Republican nominee for state's attorney in Sycamore Illinois says he will marry within two years if elected. He cites Mrs Roosevelt as a model of wifehood and notes a home at Main and Ottawa streets as his imagined residence.
A New York Weekly quip column quotes Miss Jinks and Miss Binks debating piano choices with a playful exchange about square versus upright pianos. The joke ends with a waiter joke about slow service as a guest complains of delayed turtle soup. A London paper claims Irish women’s shawls are made in Scotland.
The Cincinnati Enquirer summarizes Dr Jonathan Hutchins view that leprosy stems wholly from consuming decomposed or tainted fish. The London Times leans toward the idea with credits to regional fish diets and historic prevalence, noting that improving fish quality and vegetarian diets in India reduce cases. Hansen of Bergen reports a tuberculosis like bacillus in patients.
A genius invents a shad boning device with a one million dollar capital, claiming a powerful magnet strips bones from five pound shad. He touts market rush before end of the season and notes bones are a burden to the public while the machine works before or after cooking.
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