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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
3
A fragment from the New York Independent depicts a benumbed gaze of a grown man toward a sleeping child as a woman recalls childhood purity and seeks to revive tenderness. The scene blends longing with protective memory amid a somber, intimate moment.
Virginia Howper, unable to walk, uses crutches to reach a blazing festival decoration on the hotel piazza in Florida. She pulls down burning festoons to prevent a wider blaze, while Dick Fairfield praises her bravery and later returns to Iowa with mixed views on easterners.
Quoted by William Ellery Channing, the piece argues that wealth carries no entitlement to repose. The rich must labor with intensity and purpose, using their wider opportunities for the public good rather than indulgence. Ease is rejected. action for the benefit of others is the world’s guiding law.
A brooklyn life excerpt describes Nell denying giving encouragement to a suitor while detailing social outings. A bride to be fixes her status on future support, noting she will receive only board and clothes. The piece highlights social expectations and arrangements surrounding courtship in a historical context.
A juvenile page with sketches of Bobby who loves whistling and family reactions, a fairyland tale about Fairy Pearl and Fairy Prince reviving a dead bird, Emerson’s heroism illustrated by Waldo’s fear and courage, and notes on Florida wildlife like curious native animals.
A compendium of humorous notes on a “trading mouse” that borrows then leaves fair substitutes. It recalls Harrow pupils sneaking at night, the headmaster Longley’s failed tail pursuit, and a mother’s counsel on childrearing with daily praise and shared reading.
A writer portrays the jinrikisha man as both bane and boon to travelers in Japan. He corners fares often above police rates and seeks drink-money at tea houses, yet he can become a friend after a generous tip. He pressures women travelers and ignores police threats, yet remains a fixture near hotels, ever ready to solicit patronage.
A man offers to work for a meal, insisting on any task and the chance to earn it. The master, reluctant to discharge his current servant, invites him in but the man declines food, saying he can manage with his old clothes until next summer. Nearby, a dig reveals a full company of fifteen-inch wooden toy soldiers in Egypt.
A collage of humorous vignettes and jokes from late 19th or early 20th century newspapers. Sketches poke fun at offers for artwork, rising prices, domestic quirks, marriage, travel, and social mores with caricatured exchanges. Notable bits include mischief around art deals, matrimony, office life, and roadside observations.
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