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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1892
Page
3
The item surveys women in military roles across Germany and the Netherlands, noting Seven Women in the German Army and listing regimental chief titles held by Empresses and princesses. It also describes Russia's white mourning fashion and a guide on infant sitting and motor development.
At a Fourteenth Street goods store a rack glove sale drew a packed crowd of women. A shopper with brown eyes bought a pair only to have them split on first wear. Floorwalker offers another pair as unrest grows among disappointed buyers.
The Duchess, mother of the youngest royal fiancée, faces a troubled history with political marriage claims. Archduchess Marie of Russia, daughter of Czar Michel, is described as deeply loved by her groom’s heir yet distrusted in Britain due to anti Russian sentiment since the Crimean War. The Duchess is praised as a wife, while Princess Marie is portrayed as well brought up and winning among royal circles. Since her father’s death, the Duchess has faced ongoing scrutiny.
The Brooklyn Citizen recalls a quaint Austrian rite at Archduchess Louise of Tuscany’s wedding. Bridesmaids form a circle, then disperse as the groom slips the ring, leaving the bride to become a Saxon. The piece likens it to Marie Antoinette’s frontier practice and notes a similar, poignant scene in France.
Margaret Knight invented the machine for making square bottomed paper bars and a folding machine. Mrs. Viola Ferien made an opera cloak from prairie chicken plumage. The Royal Order of Maria Louisa honors noble ladies in Spain. Mrs. Grubb, daughter of Bank of England director Sopworth, was a London belle. Virginia women plan to raise 15600 to reproduce Mount Vernon at the exposition by selling 15000 engravings and more fundraising, to furnish and operate a Virginian style replica.
A Sunday lesson on prayer and its power in guiding mission work. The article cites Peter’s miraculous delivery from Herod and the church’s steadfast, earnest prayer at Mary’s house, urging deeper faith and reliance on God beyond human effort. It notes the apostles’ similar experiences and the need for a quickening of spiritual supplication today.
The discourse presents a study of early Christian mission work from Acts thirteen, highlighting the lineage of notable figures such as YmmERS a French Revolution historian and later president, Claude Lorraine painter, and George Whitefield whose father ran an inn. It notes their humble origins and upbringing as context for their later achievements.
The article recounts the 19th century Biela comet with a 6.75 year period, its near-Earth approaches in 1846 52 and 1872, and the linked fires in Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin. It describes meteor showers seen in 1872 and a lost tailless derelict comet sighting by Pogson, plus Ignatius Donnelly's account of the Peshtigo fire and a belief in a cometary trigger.
A curious natural barometer uses a half pint glass of water with muslin and a leech. The leech sinks when fine weather nears, rises if rain looms, and twists violently during storms, signaling shifts in the weather.
Four hundred years ago on August 6 during his voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus witnessed a crisis as the Pinta lost its rudder in heavy seas. Captain Martin Alonzo Pinzon improvised a repair while Columbus stood by, praising Pinzon’s resolve and signaling the fleet toward the Canary Islands, despite mutinous wishes aboard.
The article surveys burial practices worldwide from antiquity to recent times. It notes Muslims bury without coffins, Romans cremated most dead, Greeks mixed ground burial and cremation, Indian tradition linked wives to husbands’ pyres, Greenland natives bury a live dog with a child, Australian natives bind hands and pull nails to deter vampires, and primitive Russians place a character certificate in the deceased’s hands for St Peter at Heaven.
A diamond broker notes the low profit from buying unset stones and cautions that once set in jewelry, diamonds lose value as fashions change. He says the real money comes from selling diamonds by the paper unset, before labor costs and setting reduce intrinsic worth.
A brief plea for kindness toward people with deformities or visible diseases. The article urges readers to avoid staring or making hurtful remarks in streets or homes. It emphasizes the hurt caused to sensitive individuals and calls for deliberate self-discipline to reduce unwarranted unhappiness.
A quip on child etiquette notes that when a child asks the neighbor to send them home in an hour, it reflects the mother’s prudent guidance. The saying frames such behavior as a sign of wise parenting and orderly household habit.
A discussion on whether butterflies migrate regularly between north and south, noting that some species like the milkweed butterfly Archippus are strong candidates despite the lack of widespread hibernation tales. The text cites large late season and early season congregations, with observations across Canada, Europe, and the Atlantic.
Jakob hears his father praise a famed all around tinkerer named Bijah Jenkins who could fix, pry, glue, bore, and tune with simple implements. Mr Babson insists Jake must learn to adapt and get the car running using whatever basic tools he has and his own wits.
A quoted exchange from the New Herald features a grad noting that college education hinders advancement while friends debate whether mentioning it would reveal his thoughts. A man prides himself on independence yet resents others exposing parts of his mind.
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