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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
9
A dialect filled verse celebrates spring and rural life featuring a speaker noting sun shines bright and rural scenes. The piece references plows, roosters, a clever character with a home, and a dawning season as Arkansas Traveler imagery appears.
Aunt Teresa clings to a dream of an India shawl from Uncle Reuben causing family gossip and a mistaken gift. Hugh Nobles arrives for a grand ball, leading to a romance with Anna. Aunt Teresa keeps the shawl while Uncle Reuben exposes the prank, and the shawl ultimately helps unite Anna and Hugh as their wedding nears.
A sermon collection discusses the idea of letting light shine through Christians and reflects on Moses burial in Moab, praising unity among churches, women’s progress in professions, and a rural Fireside ideal, with anecdotes from Warwick and Philadelphia notes.
The article recalls the 1860 Lincoln Douglas debates and Robert Hitt the shorthand reporter, his late arrival delaying Lincoln’s opening, and Hitt’s later roles in Washington. It also recounts the Washington National Monument turmoil, Pope stone vandalism, and Daniel Webster’s market visits and tea routine.
Dr James E King recounts a Memphis fight between a banker and a bidder at a slave sale over a sixteen year old enslaved girl. A bowie knife and a hatchet maimed combatants, a St Louis bidder raised the price, a Mississippi steamboat captain intervened with a pistol, and the mistress saved the girl. The tale, he says, has entered many plays.
A travelogue description of Vera Cruz style life and peaceful Mexican evenings contrasts with a scavenger’s tour of Salem’s old Rogers home. The piece highlights a historic piano said to be the oldest American instrument, its craftsmanship and surprising still workable action amid antique rosewood and mahogany case.
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