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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
3
Maisie Brooks in Kensington Gardens offers aid to a weary stranger, Robert Everett, an Australian-born man seeking work in London. Everett, aged twenty, grew up in a remote station with a silent father and a dead mother, unclear about his status in England.
In London Maisie Brooks helps Robert Everett as his quest for a title and estate unfolds. He pursues proof of his lineage, falls on hard times, and a long separation ensues. A Christmas note prompts no reply, but years later a hotel ballroom reunion reveals he never forgot her, and they marry.
Dick the tiger suffered ingrowing nails on his right fore paw causing pain and lameness for weeks. Bill Snyder chief keeper led a tense operation with five assistants climbing the cage and using a rope lasso to secure the tiger. The nails were pulled, the paw antiseptic treated, and Dick returned to his three good legs, though he will hate Snyder more than ever.
In a striking contrast to corruption reports, Frederick L Kelley of New York is hailed as the honest man after a gas bill mishap revealed his integrity. Kelley checked a 61 cent January bill, insisted on paying the correct amount, and later received a medal from Consolidated Gas officials bearing a lantern and the date of the bill with the inscription to Kelley.
The De Beers diamond syndicate controls most global output and has raised prices five times since May 1905. Alfred Beit heads South Africa's diamond empire, directing mines in Kimberley and major holdings, with a near-mythic fortune and a quiet, private life at Park Lane London.
A tall poet and his brother bard discuss a letter from the editor of Whoopem Magazine. The editor accepted an earlier poem The Old Mint Julep but returned a later submission with the message We accepted your first poem but now we are full.
General Henry E. Treman, newly elected president of the Republican Club of New York City, is noted for a splendid war record.
Edgar F Howe in Technical World Magazine recounts bizarre tales from the Salton desert in California including an animated ferry turtle and an invisible city. It notes natural gin springs near Superstition mountains, a crystal mine, asbestos, and an irrigation scheme turning the valley fertile. By May 1 the Colorado River will be dammed to serve irrigation, shaping a town of 8,000.
Anecdote about two Irishmen in a sleeping car recalling their first experience. Pat makes noises as he struggles to settle in a hammock while Mike asks if he is all right. Pat replies he is fine now, having a devil of a time getting into the hammock.
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