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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1893
Page
2
A sharp observer notes a well dressed young woman in distress when her shoe laces come undone. A muddy street boy ties the shoe deftly and receives a thank you that lacks grace. A passerby rewards the boy with a quarter for his kindness.
Junius Henri Browne argues in Are Women Timid that women provide crucial courage in crises and daily life. He cites mothers and wives as steady counselors who strengthen men, inspire morality, and elevate character, though much of their impact remains unrecognized.
A Health Journal warns against jarring infants during daily outings in carriages. It urges careful driving to avoid bumps and stresses changing position to prevent cold, numbness, and harm.
A North Dakota small paper reports on Mrs E’s condition amid an unfortunate affair. The item notes her not being in serious danger and promises details of the event as reported by a Western newspaper staffer who exchanges clippings with the Saunterer.
A hurried farmer and his dog pursue a mouse hiding behind a barrel. The dog dies after the gunfire, and the hired man flees believing he killed a person, leaving Mrs. E. terrified and the mouse escape. The Boston Budget notes the strange incident.
A renowned ear specialist offers a home remedy for earache. Lie with the painful ear upward and apply warm water via a teaspoon for fifteen to twenty minutes. Rinse by turning the head, then plug with warm glycerine and cotton. Repeat hourly until relief.
The essay extols tea as a warm social ritual. It praises a nonbitter, calm brew with milk and sugar as symbols of kindness and civility. It notes that strong tea with lemon or rum unsettles manners, but proper tea fosters amiability, kindness, and thoughtful conduct.
A collection of historical maxims and witticisms about women and marriage. Language echoes midcentury proverbs with sharp, sometimes ironic observations attributed to Voltaire Hugo Balzac Goethe Heine Bulwer Lytton and others.
A clergyman delivers a strong temperance sermon and a deacon warns of anger from Mr Jones the distiller who pays the highest pew rent. The pastor apologizes and Mr Jones replies with humor saying the sermon must strike him somewhere.
In the Galtee Mounts between Cork and Tipperary seven lakes lie. One lake named Lough Dillen is linked to a tale of Saint Patrick banishing snakes and toads from Ireland. A chained serpent supposedly waits there until Monday and cries out each Monday morning, It is a long Monday Patrick.
A playful dialogue pits Fist Tank and Second Tank in a debate on better whisky. The exchange leans toward the appeal and tradition of old whisky, with a light comic tone.
A Sunday School lesson on temperance from Proverbs 23 addresses the call to total abstinence. It argues modern liquor differs from ancient wine, urges personal testimony against strong drink, and links Christ’s teachings to a Christian duty to avoid intoxication, warning of hidden dangers behind temptation.
The Detroit Evening News editorial argues prejudice against Jews is deep seated and widespread across Christian nations. It notes Berlin welcomed anti Semite Kaiter Ahlwardt despite false claims, and предлагает Jewish inquiry into the causes of antisemitism, urging calm social science analysis and avoidance of provocation.
The article explains that poppy cultivation in British India is forbidden without a license from the Opium Department. Licensed growers receive advances and pledge to sell opium to the agent at a fixed price, typically five shillings a pound. Licensed plots are small and under strict supervision, with gardens laid out in square beds and water channels for irrigation.
A Pittsburgh zoo elephant known as Gusky punished a boy who jabbed her trunk with a nail five months earlier. During a later visit Gusky charged the boy until keeper Andy Wheelan used a fork to push the animal back. The boy confessed the past deed and was warned never to return.
Henry B. Harris recalls Hannibal Hamlin losing a Senate bid over a joke. Hamlin, then Maine House speaker, teased a bald member named Campbell about crossed chairs. Years later Campbell cast the decisive vote for Morrill, ending Hamlin’s campaign.
A New York Press overheard dialogue mocks how husbands grasp feminine nature. A married man shows two bonnets to his wife, who is undecided, then the suggestion to return one to the store to prompt her choice highlights gendered stereotypes.
Two girls seek a vision of their future husbands by a ritual at night. They fast since noon and boil the first egg ever laid by a hen in a pan unused for boiling. After cooking hard they split it with an untried knife, eat half, hide the shell fragment, and return to bed without speaking in the hope of dreaming of their future spouses.
The wedding noted in North Missouri featured a groom in conventional black and a sapper described as stylish and beautiful with wedding plumes of flowers. Wedding presents totaled about $200 in value. The piece closes with a proverbs-like remark about avoiding quarrels.
A Missouri anecdote recalls Gen. Thompson during 1864 as Price and Smith pursued each other across the state. In Sedalia his force halted a Home Guard defense and a planned depot burn prompted by orders, met by a female bucket brigade that saved the depot at dawn.
The article recalls Thackeray’s rise from lean finances to wealth after touring the United States. At a New England Society dinner in New York he spoke with Rev. Dr. Bellows, who recalled Thackeray’s joy upon revealing his financial success in America. The phrase “I have made a pot of money” marks his notable fortune.
The New York Sun reports rapid progress in desert reclamation across Arizona. The first contracts exceed 2.9 million dollars to build reservoirs and 72 miles of canals, reclaiming 300000 acres of land from the Gila River for fruit and vine growing. A second plan aims to reclaim 400000 acres using Rio Verde water and 150 miles of canals, with 2.5 million dollars subscribed for surveys and work.
In Beloochistan the physician shares a dose with the patient to prove good faith. If the patient dies, relatives may kill the doctor unless an agreement frees him from responsibility. If they choose execution, the physician must accept fate as a man.
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