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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1890
Page
2
A historical verse fragment details a young musician who endures courtly duties and demanding primulas until exhaustion. At dawn the boy lies still as a strained string breaks, and a whispered plea for rest echoes in the quiet room. The culminating line hints at a divine mercy for the tired child.
A young physician, Dr. James Guthrie, joins a covert Confederate quinine smuggling venture during 1862–64. He travels from St Louis to evade Union lines, hides thousands in bark covered tubes, and ferries them through river patrols until he is captured after five successful runs and imprisoned at Fort Delaware.
A legendary figure known as The Learned Hunchback died in Paris. Wealthy and peripatetic, he spent fifty years researching humpbacks across Europe. His heirs found a two thousand page manuscript not a will, and his grave is to feature a marble hump with an inscription praising his humpback knowledge.
A medical inspector returning from Rio reports vivid observations of the Caraja people living in the Brazilian Amazon. He notes their scant clothing, bone and shell ornaments, warlike weapons, biracial facial features, and hut construction from natural materials. The explorer Ehrenreich is highlighted as a future source of further firsthand detail.
The piece contrasts English dignity with French wit and describes German Dr Ehrenreich on a expedition to study the Caraja tribe in Brazil. It recounts Hamerton's views on manners, a stock exchange scene, and notes on habit formation and a cloak model.
In this curious tale from Grandma Grutt and T, a debate on gender norms runs through a family scene about whistles and singing. Uncle Seth urges balance between speed and accuracy, using work examples from painting, setting type, and a telegraph operator to illustrate quick, precise action and the danger of laziness.
A mosaic of comic vignettes and oddities described in fragmentary fashion. Bits about marriage jokes, a Geran editor remark, a widow’s gossip, and a geese feathering case touch on social manners, theater, and mistaken propriety.
A witty Puck dialogue contrasts the East and West as a young person jokes about money, ambition, and moving to the West for better chances. A note to a friend about overdue board bills hints at lighthearted social satire of travel and opportunity.
The article describes automatic devices that wind two balls at a time and gradually build a baseball by layering rubber cores yarn and thread. A boy guides each machine, the rubber core is enclosed, and a half ounce yarn layer plus white cotton threading are added before final cement coating completes the ball.
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