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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1893
Page
6
A cautious clerk narrates his uncle Richard Lock’s hard, calculating nature and his control over his ward Sophy, whom he forbids from marrying the clerk. After Uncle Lock dies, a final twist reveals a desk full of bonds intended to secure the clerk’s future, while Sophy’s trust in the will remains, leaving a bittersweet ending.
Mrs Gooch notes Mexican courtesy in homes where flowers prompt indoor viewing and hospitality with chocolate. Parting includes a warm embrace and handshakes. Daily greetings on the street involve removing hats, kissing, embracing, and bowing. A shared sentiment governs female friendships with token flower pins.
Frederick the Great faced heavy taxes yet kept good humor as a crowd mocked his rule with a caricature. He directed them to lower the image and the people cheered, tearing the caricature apart while shouting long live Frederick.
The Panama Isthmus yields a vegetable silk tree with bark producing a silky fibre. The thread is spun into fabric that closely resembles real silk, known to locals and admired by a Colombian belle in traditional dress made from trees in her father’s yard.
Two natural objects inspired spoon design for primitive man, with river shell and plant leaf models. Southern China uses shell spoons yet reproduces them in porcelain, while India crafts metal spoons with leaf vein details imitating the originals.
The text advises hanging a gun after use and suspending it by a zinc strap or thickly zinc coated iron hoop. It claims the zinc contact prevents rust, even if the barrel rests on zinc.
A vivid relic tale describes an ivory handled dagger won in a hand to hand fight with a Moor during the 1801 Tripoli campaign. The account recounts Decatur’s climactic clash, the captain’s death, and the weapon’s return to the narrator, paired with a segue on somnambulism and a Bordeaux bishop’s nocturnal sermons.
A mounted tale of a tame mountain goat that followed a hunter yet hid in moss and brush. The goat's antics included pausing to inspect human forms, sulking when surprised, and eventually being coaxed home after a humorous game of hide and seek.
Eben Rexford explains fall protection for border plants using coarse litter or leaves as a light, porous cover. Leaves are ideal but may blow away. use old boxes and branches to hold them in place. The aim is to limit sun warmth during frost damage, not to keep roots warm, since roots tolerate freezing if kept frozen and the cover should prevent sun from drying the frost.
Milford Journal laments that many journalism lectures are theoretical and detached from real experience. It argues that true journalism requires hands-on practice and warns against genteel preaching from lofty positions.
The article details Queen Victoria wearing three bracelets containing 33 miniature portraits of her grandchildren. Each image sits in a narrow gold frame, one bracelet featuring pearls and coral, with caps on the babies' heads and no regal pomp. Time passes, yet the orchestral leader remains constant.
A shell dealer demonstrates the trumpeter conch from Singapore, notes its fog horn use, and describes rare and giant shells such as the Cone of the Holy Mary, the Venus basket, and the angel wing. Also referenced are the giant oyster exhibits and a remark on the rarity of the Holy Mary cone valued in pounds. An Independent Man discusses the cheerful, debt-free farmer who remains unshaken by financial crashes.
A Bar Harbor cashier attempted to cash a $2000 check by sending it to Rockland by express for collection and using two $1000 bills from the Rockland bank vault to offset the amount. The plan failed as the Rockland cashier exposed the scheme, paying the express fees and converting funds to avoid the premium. The Lewiston Journal notes the cashier’s miscalculation and eventual catch.
A Senate bill seeks payment of 205.92 to the heirs of John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home, owed since his 1852 Tunis death while serving as U S Consul. After forty one years a possible heirs’ award emerges. Washington West notes an inspector of costsums a fashion writer.
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