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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1893
Page
2
A vivid ballad of a Lowestoft skipper commanding the Britain s Pride during a fierce storm. The crew battles towering seas as a single voice cries for help before a heroic captain dies at his post while the ship and coast guard watch. The poem honors steadfast duty and the gallant spirit of sailors facing the unceasing tide.
Hermione Whitehouse recalls a doomed marriage to Caspar Whitehouse as labor unrest erupts at the works. Lowe leads a brutal raid against the couple, Caspar saves Hermione, is mortally wounded, and confesses a hidden love that finally frees Hermione to forgive as Caspar dies.
Reports from Eastern Turkey describe worsening conditions as cholera and quarantine disrupt trade and famine prices soar. Tax collectors, including Kurdish officials, subject villagers to lavish levies with little regard for hardship, seizing grain and condemning Christians to imprisonment for ownership of books or firearms.
A magazine asked women to name their pet aversions. Answers include annoyance at Irish question debates, a formal lunch party, a nameless yet vivid figure described as serene and faultless, a critical tidy woman, and a remark about cows and their cryptic gaze.
In a Life of Rowland Hill by Charlesworth, a note to hill as to a bankrupt giving to charity prompts the preacher to advise the insolvent not to pass the plate, quipping that observers will call it a bankrupt contribution and remark on the man’s status.
A May issue of The American Machinist discusses practical safe cracking methods, detailing square and round bank door designs, explosive charges, and the use of nitroglycerine. An anecdote describes a Western bank where a burglar disabled a streetlight bell and cut trolley wires to defeat an alarm, enabling a quick theft.
A Midlands church facing stingy giving hires a Scotsman as treasurer who promises to double the offerings in three months. He fattens the till by secretly hoarding threepenny bits and substituting sixpences, deceiving parishioners as weekly plates grow dramatically. The pastor questions him, but the clever treasurer keeps his method secret.
Six to eight years ago Bob Vorus started a goose farm on his mill pond with five hundred pairs. The geese thrived on the pond until alligators began preying, dragging geese beneath the water and leaving remains. Bob and his ten sons have occupied the pond to safeguard their property.
Berlin correspondent reports a German detachment in East Africa routed by a swarm of bees. Native levies fled as stinging insects avenged the flag, nearly killing a sergeant left behind. The piece muses how locusts, ants, beetles, and wasps could become cheap defense forces if commanded, noting insect unity and rivalries among ants.
The Gazette argues fish sleep but not like land animals. It notes fish have strong muscles, high locomotion, and low oxygen use, so sleep need is small. The piece distinguishes sleep from coma and rest, suggesting fish slumber is minimal due to movement and physiology.
Wild camels have appeared in Arizona after being imported nearly forty years ago during the Pierce era under Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. Once seen as valuable for the Great American Desert they dwindled with war and now roam in increasing numbers. The camel endures cold better than heat and can drink large water reserves, but its feet cannot handle hard roads, limiting farming use to wild, uncultivated districts.
An account from a New York Herald writer describes a late night rush hour journey where travelers endured a loud snoring man. The scene includes giggling passengers, colorfully amused onlookers, and improvised reactions as the train reaches the writer’s stop and the car slowly quiets.
A retrospective argument favors humane methods over corporal punishment. It claims modern parents use kindness, praise, and affection rather than fear or threats, arguing these approaches reduce outward rebellion while keeping families on better terms and preserving respect.
An article by F Schuyler Matthews on The Artistic Household offers ideas to improve halls with mirrors frames and seating. Suggestions include replacing old gilt frames with hardwood, brass mounts, and a small leather seat while avoiding sentiment in photos and disguising unattractive gas fixtures with black mounting lamps.
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