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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1891
Page
5
A humorous verse exploring gendered expectations and vanity. The speaker imagines how life would change if they were a girl, from fashion choices to social mores, noting awkwardities and clichés with playful irony.
Walter Warringham grapples with his late mother's will and a hoped for split with Hattie Geckford while Hattie secretly plots to restore Ralph Warringham’s fortune. She plans a bold theft of Walter's funds, forging his name to a large check and fleeing toward Europe, hoping to shield Ralph and herself from scandal.
A fragmentary passage shows a man overjoyed to meet a woman on the street. She feels sine regard toward marriage, yet remains undecided. He seeks a life of restraint and retirement, while she contemplates lifelong commitment. The text hints at a shared but unfulfilled longing and social expectations.
Old officer recalls General Crook’s heavy use of scouts in Modoc war with scouts outnumbering regulars. An ambush story shows Crook’s trust in scouts to spot the enemy before firing. Also notes a druggist scheme and Crockett's praised gentility by Philip Hone in New York and Boston.
Isaac Milner of Thomas County Georgia was watching burning logs when a large owl swooped at his head. It pierced his eye corner and scalp with its talons before Milner released and the bird flew away, leaving him unharmed beyond the injuries.
A striped hyena in a city garden attacked and bit the tail off two Bengal tigers housed nearby. In the melee the hyena seized the tiger’s tail and a fight ensued, leaving the hyena tongue injured and the tiger tail damaged. Blood spattered the cage, and the injured hyena refused food as officials warned of grave consequences.
A New York Evening Sun tale recounts Mrs. A. feeding a weak snow bird through a frosty winter. The bird visited for bread, then on her shoulder, and finally entered the room before spring, revealing a golden thread tied to its leg. Months later the bird reappears at the window, recalling the gift and its journey north.
A parlor trick uses salt water dipped thread and a suspended ring to create the illusion of a ring remaining aloft after the thread burns away. The string leaves a salt solid tube that bears the ring, while the air draft must be controlled. A variant uses a muslin hammock and an egg to astonish spectators with a suspended egg.
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