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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1894
Page
3
A miscellany features moral tales for children, the clever parson who helps a group of six children ride home on imaginary horses, and whimsical bits from St Nicholas and Judge for Children. Also includes notes on child friendly room setups and a Washington anecdote about Grant turning to smoking after Fort Donelson.
Miss Alexander a French woman about 25 works in a large Sixth Avenue store watching for shoplifters. She averages a dozen detections daily but most arrests aren’t made as many offenders are amateurs stealing small items. Her career began in a French school and she later joined a private agency handling blackmailers and divorce case shadows.
The piece explains making shadow wheels with pasteboard and a pin to cast circular shadows, then shows how to orient the wheel perpendicularly to wall to reverse shadow directions. A second anecdote follows a poor child learning labor and investment through a newspaper venture, ending with a joke about judging a woman’s cooking.
A detailed description of a $2,400 model farm house complete except cellar walls, featuring open fireplaces, sliding doors, a wide hall, a spacious veranda, and a bay window. The article contrasts exterior design with a farmer who favored a flatter roof, showing how experience reshaped his view after visiting a larger, costly house.
A fragment cites a comparison between painting a house and designing one, stating it requires equal judgment. It mentions Reene by Palliser, Palliser & Co., New.
A San Francisco Chronicle account recounts a spring encounter beyond the Gulf of the Holy Cross where a large distressed whale was attacked by three orcas. Hank Welch and a whaling crew witnessed the orcas tearing at the whale’s lip and tongue before a dynamite blast killed the whale, highlighting the brutal ferocity of orca predation and rare whale injuries observed by whalers.
The piece traces hair powder in England from ballad-singers at St. Germaine fair in 1614 to its fashion status under George I and II. It notes Pitt’s 1795 hair powder tax projection of 50,000 hair-dressers and $10,000,000 annual powder value, with 200,000 wearers, but actual revenue falling from $950,000 in 1795 to $250,000 in 1803.
Henry Labouchere, then attached to the British Embassy in Rome, sought funds for inquiries about Florence. Expenses were denied so Labouchere began walking. After weeks with no word, a reply stated he would walk and reach his destination by year’s end.
A New York man offers college degrees for five dollars each asking buyers to purchase Burke's Peerage and Jay in a stock of foreign titles. He claims the titles would sell like hot cakes in the market.
Georgia residents along the Chickamauga recount giant frogs, imported from a Mississippi swamp in 1886, preying on fish and occasionally attacking people when starved. A Lafayette encounter left man’s coat torn and two others injured while they sought refuge in a cotton house.
An article describes Le Puy on Mount Anis with the Rock of St. Michael and a chapel founded in 955 reached by steps. It mentions Our Lady of Pity and a 1860 Virgin statue made from captured Sebastopol cannon, plus a vivid tale of thirst and heat. It also recounts St Patrick’s miracle driving out snakes and a patched drum relic.
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