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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR describes Verity Mers taking a late lead to win a tight bout against Tot Me and Riven in a local confrontation. The readable text shows a scoring late push and a close finish with limited names.
The piece describes a vast Southern Oregon cave system with sparkling stalactites and hoarfrost incrustations, a 364 by 60 foot chamber, and a dramatic vertical air shaft. It then shifts to centipedes and a humorous tale of a road runner dealing with a centipede, followed by notes on a sermon and tea plant cultivation and processing techniques with detailed factory steps.
Van the dog from Macon Georgia gains fame after a bull charges and lifts Van’s hind legs. The dog remains motionless until birds alarm the scene and the master fires. Van then chases the bull, avenging the slight in front of his master.
The article recalls that Alexander H. Stephens carried a pistol only once, in boyhood, when traveling by coach to Augusta. He discarded it after robbers stole his clothes as a joke, refusing any future use. It also reports chemist M Cuarres Ginarp of Paris debunking a red currant jelly claim for export to the United States, revealing it lacked fruit and used questionable ingredients.
A humorous reminiscence on a friend who snores as a grand, staged performance. The narrator, a restless roommate, details a long night ritual of listening to the snore like a symphony, set against shared youth in Minneota with Sioux and Winnebago companions. The piece blends memory, theater imagery, and playful self irony.
Visitors urged to save baggage expressage and $3 carriage hire when leaving or entering New York City. The Grand Union Motel opposite Grand Central Depot features 618 rooms, cost one million dollars, rents at $1 per day, and European-law style service. Elevator and restaurant facilities described as pried with the it. Horse cars stages and elevated railroad access to all depots. Families are said to live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first class hotel in the city.
In Detroit a former mayor argues with a cook over a raise. The cook demands an extra dollar eight months, quits after no raise, then returns when the mayor apologizes and grants the wage hike. The episode ends with the cook cooking again and the mayor enjoying a meal.
A reading note presents a practical flower list for two country homes. It covers annuals climbers and perennials with choices like Alyssum Ageratum asters balsam candytuft canna convolvulus morning glory sweet pea phlox petunia verbena zinnia and more. It encourages slips from friends or cheap seeds and invites two groups of readers to grow beauty despite small means.
A comic yet serious anecdote from the New York Electrical Review recalls the Barnham Wire Works fire in Detroit. A watchman phones for the fire department but the operator asks the number, delaying aid because profanity caused service disruption.
A Boston minister speaks at a country pastor’s pulpit and bungles the opening prayer. There are notes on patent medicines including Red Star Cough Cure, Dr Bage’s Catarrh Remedy, and Aren’s Ague Cure. Samuel J. Tilden’s pets and Eveen Tenny’s high weekly earnings are mentioned in a string of society snippets.
A Calcutta clockmaker has produced an eight day clock with hour strikes on a large gong and quarter chimes on eight bells. It includes a perpetual calendar, a marching military procession, sentry and drummer, bugler, musical band hidden behind a curtain, and an hourly band reveal. The ebony mahogany case stands six feet high with brass trim and a silvered dial detailing minutes hours and dates.
Advertisement urges readers not to expect new lungs from Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery yet claims it can help those not in final stages of consumption. It says the remedy has arrested coughing, night sweats, and fevers in many consumptives and restored health, urging prompt use before the disease progresses.
A Pittsburg Chronicle report notes a man in Mississippi sold a petrified chicken for twenty dollars. The line, told by De Wiggs to Le Diggs, suggests a landlady could charge similarly if she learned the trick, prompting discussions about dinner service implications.
A collage of patent medicine pitches includes Wells Health Renewer claiming cures for dyspepsia malaria impotence and nervous debility and a list of other ailments. It promotes life preserver and appraising tonics for adults and children and cites testimonials and dramatic language. The piece also notes generic political commentary on American statesmen and a humorous lyric line about headaches. It closes with small anecdotes about a Salem clerk winning a bond from a lottery and a Kansas man seeking work in Washington Navy Yard.
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