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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1886
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text describes Entitley running and Suffer amid unclear references to Pagan String and Ah aid tha, with scattered words including wind, coal, and food. No coherent event or clear entities beyond vague names.
In early observations students of nature note forecasts from dawn light and sunset. Red skies at dawn, dark gray mornings, mist, and halo signs foretell rain or fair weather, with many specifics about clouds, dew, wind, and celestial patterns. A narrative follows from Isabella Bird Bishop detailing journey scenes and desert oasis impressions.
The narrator endures extreme heat while marching with Hassan and Sumeon in a desert trek. Exhaustion, dehydration, and a near-delirious struggle intensify as the group struggles for water under a brutal sun. A hopeful oasis appears as palms and greenery unfold ahead.
A Chicago News column argues cooks shape history and human fate more than rulers. It ridicules epics of conquest, claiming dyspepsia from bad dinners drove events from Nero to Napoleon and mocks modern epicure jargon while praising simple fare like broiled meat and first experiences of tea and olive.
The text contrasts the imagination and reason in great poets like Dante and Shakespeare, cites Owl omens in Rome, and touches on Virgil and Ovid. It then shifts to mining imagery about saltpeter in the South American region, mentioning Nevada and water resources near a farming area.
The London Saturday Review cites a Central German charm to win at cards. A toad is nailed to wood in a cross, hung toward the sun, sprinkled with water. if the toad dies by sunset the effort fails, if it survives until Whitsunday bones are placed in a bag worn for luck.
The article tours the Palace of Fontainebleau describing its rooms and memories. It notes Henry II and Diana of Poitiers on oak panels, Primaticcio ceilings, and a ballroom with supper tables. It recalls Pius VII as prisoner, Cordovan hangings, Beauvais tapestry, and galerie des Assises with royal palace plates.
Elder I W Evans of Mount Lebanon argues Shakers decline from land focus and urge selling farms to devote time to missionary work. Also notes Jupiter distance 400,000,000 miles and Japan census 80,500,000 with area five times Pennsylvania.
When visiting or departing New York City one finds baggage expressage and $3 carriage hire at the Grand Union Hotel located opposite Grand Central Depot. The 618 rooms are fitted up at a cost of one million dollars and offer daily rates from $1. The hotel boasts European law elevator restaurant and horse cars stages and elevated rail to all depots. Families are told they can live better for less money here than at any other first class hotel in the city.
The Roumanians of the western Carpathians hold a yearly market at the Gaina crest for marriageable girls. Families display dowries in tents, with parents and kin viewing brides while bachelors select partners. Betrothal is marked by an embroidered handkerchief, with many matches pre-arranged.
The piece recalls Tom Corwin of Ohio facing religious revival in a Western college town. Corwin, amid denominational support and student converts, backslides after a conflict with Deacon Smith who heckles him about closing a window during a lecture.
A girl once seen as the picture of health has grown pallid and weary. Doctors attribute the decline to functional irregularities treatable by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a remedy many women credit with restoring vitality. Sold by all druggists.
Two hundred years ago beds were straw bags and litters were remade daily. Dwellings had a separate sleeping shed for the master and mistresses, daughters, guests slept in the great hall on benches. Dr R Butler of Cambridge notes St. Jacob Oil acts like magic.
A fragmented column recalls a brutal incident at Union Park with a death and a harsh remark about an umpire. It notes public outcry and hints at Humane Society interest. The piece also mentions Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and young local officials, ending with a tease about Buckinghams Dye for coloring beards.
Japanese scientists develop a process turning seaweed into a transparent paper-like material. The new sheet rivals window glass in clarity and could replace traditional glazing in some applications.
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