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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1892
Page
8
A lyrical meditation on vanishing grandeur and prophetic visions atop lonely heights. The speaker recalls a filmlike journey through dark and luminous worlds, peaks above boreal snows, and a dawning land of corn wine and olive. Night closes the dream even as whispers of angels echo in rock clefts.
Dr Leonard recalls a tale of Dave a silent farmhand who is accused of murder but maintains innocence. A tense confession unfolds revealing a dropped crime against Elsie and a climactic reveal as George Iveson and Elsie appear. years later Dave's fate and neighbors' fates unfold with reconciliation and a wedding.
Dick Cowper recalls an Amazon and Orinoco expedition to trap monkeys using an electric battery. He describes rigging the device, luring simians with natives, and corralling a score of monkeys before the method failed a month later. The monkeys mimicked the dance but did not repeat the stunt.
A Montenegrin merchant Lyezar attempted suicide to escape creditors. He survived after hospital treatment and Prince Nikita rebuked him, then paid creditors from the prince's funds while ordering exile after recovery. A decree announced the exposure of suicides on a public gallows for 24 hours, deeming self harm unworthy of Montenegrins. the piece ends with an odd remark about amateur entertainment at a wedding.
A London Standard report highlights Rome lighting with Tivoli Anio falls electricity. Six 2000 horsepower turbines power street lights and public buildings, with potential private dwellings, over a 15 mile line to the campagna. Transformers raise voltages to enable long-distance transmission despite losses. The piece notes broader uses for waterfalls and cites Frankfort and Niagara plans as proof of advancing electrical distribution and a shift away from rope transmission.
Captives at Olmutz used a self made whistling alphabet from popular tunes to pass news and war updates, forming a two way covert language. They conveyed family news and battlefield progress by exchanging notes from gazettes, while authorities struggled to decipher the signals.
The article notes Mr Ruskin’s strict rules on punctuation and spacing with printers often returning proofs for overlong paragraphs to maintain his exacting format. His pages are described as squareish, modeled after the proportions of an ideal human countenance in the finest type.
Boston's Music Hall organist Mr. W J D Leavitt recounts a noon recital incident where a tall man challenged the organ's power and claimed the instrument is not allowed to be played full force. Leavitt notes it was never done full strength except once, per Doctor Holmes, who warned it killed nearly all the harbor fish.
A satirical piece on political life notes a candidate cannot run for office and a voter must weigh ethics over gain. It jokes that flag prices, honesty, and tax paying reveal character, while statesmen shape poll politics and politicians become statesmen.
The piece notes a shift in literary work from pleasure to commercial considerations. It says authors once relied on a fixed audience and magazines with few writers now require broad variety to attract readers. Editors seek diverse styles and voices to maintain sales and appeal.
The exchange recounts Lord Palmerston refusing to pay excessive fees demanded by heralds for knight of the garter, challenging their legality. The king at arms presented a lengthy bill, Palmerston questioned its necessity, and the herald threatened to withhold displaying his banner. Palmerston declined to pay, and the banner was not hung.
A Georgia resident along the Oostaula River watched a red tailed hawk seize a water turtle from a sandbar. The turtle clamped the hawk’s foot, preventing escape, and the exhausted pair landed in a field where the onlooker killed both with a hickory club.
A travel through scientific thought on Earth shape and interior density shows knowledge advancing in steps not reversals. Pendulum studies by M Defforges imply density differences and surface gravity variations, while courtroom humor notes lingering exam pressure and a farmer’s jab at a lawyer.
The Globe-Democrat explains that roosting birds have tendons that lock the claws when the leg bends, creating a death grip on the limb. A chicken placed on a wrist would cause a painful, memorable frustration as the bird cannot release until it stands.
The defeat of Capt Penton hinged on a small incident when a child was hurt after a carriage passing a polling place. A lady carrying three voters witnessed the accident and drove the child to a hospital. By the time the carriage reached the polls, voting had closed and those three ballots could have changed a dead heat between Penton and the Parsee merchant.
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