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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1892
Page
6
A reflective piece recalling a shared farm childhood and the missing homestead. The narrator recalls hay, the barn, trapline rabbits, hill climbs, and a spring with birdsong. Time has passed, the farm is gone, and the speaker vows not to return, cherishing memories instead.
A seaside tale from the Waverly Magazine follows Noddlekins and Toddlekins who sail away on the Bonny Blue after the mocking bird lures them with sunset shells. The twins become lost on Gull's Nest, but a Mermaid rescue returns them to their anxious parents as the auntie reveals the tale's cause.
A country church clerk famed for a thunderous amen voices his belief that his roar is a mark of pride. The nervous new vicar asks for gentler responses, but the clerk refuses, defending his powerful sound. The vicar concedes, as parishioners cherish the clerk’s distinctive call.
In an old New Hampshire town the Ransom family long shunned church attendance. After pressure, two young brothers reluctantly attend. During a hymn line they mistake the call to return and the elder abruptly proclaims The audience laughs as he shouts Come along home Bill I knowed they’d be flinging at us if we came here.
Glass bricks have been used in walls to admit light where windows clash with design. Proposals aim to cast large blocks of glass, possibly non transparent, as inexpensive, nearly indestructible, damp proof material rivaling concrete or brick in cost.
An excerpted column recounts an 19th century observer J Crawford Lyon describing a Chinese execution in Kowloon Bay with six prisoners tied for beheading. The scene details guards, swords, and rapid decapitations, followed by critique of public indifference and a call to recognize societal danger and empower people to stop evil.
A wholesale grocer recalls hiring a new boy who asked "What next?" after completing each task. The partner notes the boy volunteered for extra work and finished with initiative, predicting a bright business career. The anecdote underscores that willingness to exceed duties marks promising youth.
In Fort Smith Judge Isaac Parker warned the grand jury that murders rose sharply from 1889 to 1890 and nearly six thousand in 1801. more murderers were lynched than executed by law. He blamed court incompetence, perjury, corrupt means, and social sentiments for the violence.
A schooner bound from New York to Portland with coal rides a violent gale and a whale passes by. The captain notes sperm oil prices rising at New Bedford and cites prohibitory laws as driving whales away from the Main coast, recalling past abundant whaling.
A community prank led nearly all petition signers to back a petition for Mr. Smith. Presented in court, the judge denounced the group as law-abiding citizens before revealing the petition sought to have Neighbor Smith hanged, sparking shock in the county seat.
Professor Benedict of Vienna noted epileptic fits begin with facial twitching and spread to the body. In a Billroth operating room, the skull was opened, diseased brain tissue removed, and the patient recovered with no further fits.
The Independence Belge reprints Nauticus, an English naval writer, who claims the British fleet is wrecked by faulty guns, defective machinery, poor engines, bad boilers, and unseaworthy torpedo boats. He blames Admiralty incompetence and accuses senior officers of being "quasi prehistoric."
A Treasury Department statement reports a net $917,372 drop in circulation in March and a $3,240,292 rise in money and bullion. Declines centered on gold certificates and standard silver dollars while gains occurred in silver bullion Treasury notes and standard silver dollars. Circulation per capita on April 1 stood at $24.68. After the first baby arrives in a family a man cannot kiss his wife without her removing pins from her mouth. If the church has the right idea who will be lost there will be a heap of talent in hell.
Describes Titicaca and its sacred rock of Manco Capac, the Pila fountain, and El Palacio del Inca. Notes terraces carried earth from the Amazon valley and Yucay, with views over Copacabana and Coati, praising Inca architectural knowledge and the sun worship site.
An old man laments his son in law keeping late hours while his daughter defends him. The quarrel reveals that the father often complained since before marriage about the time the husband rose or returned, and the daughter breaks into sobs at the ongoing fretful dispute.
The article stresses that a farmer must provide sufficient shelter for all animals fowls and farm implements. Insufficient shelter leads to yearly losses across stock and machinery, representing a fair interest on money invested.
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