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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1887
Page
6
A humorous Atchison Globe piece riffs on Cleveland spectacles and a mysterious stranger reciting grim news chestnuts. The speaker endures a dismal, rain-soaked office visit as the visitor reads aloud and asserts the refrain Nevermore. The surreal verse lampoons sensational Cleveland chatter in a noir mood.
Retired physician claims a vegetable formula cures consumption bronchitis and other lung ailments and nervous debility. He offers to mail the recipe free in German French or English with full directions to anyone requesting it, by sending name and stamp to W A Noyes 144 Power’s Block Tiocester.
The piece extols protecting lungs and breathing passages from obstructions such as cold and pneumonia. It claims Boschee's German Syrup clears throat and lung ailments and can be bought from any druggist for seven cents a bottle. Even when other treatments fail, it promises dependable relief.
The Reverend Gev. H. Thayer of Bourbon Indiana states that he and his wife owe their lives to Shiloh’s Consumption Cure, praising its effectiveness and life-saving impact.
Thomas Stevens surveys nations from India to Japan and Russia, noting drinking habits among Brits in India, Punjabis, Brahmins, Shias, and Mongol groups. He contrasts per capita alcohol with religion, describes sake consumption in Japan, beer and brandy trends, and remarks on Russian vodka culture and a provocative view of civilization progress.
A newspaper feature warns of thousands of birds dying after colliding with the bright Liberty torch in New York harbor. It describes carcasses on the torch platform and ledges, cites moths and other animals drawn to light, and recalls historical debates over streetlamp lighting.
Edward Weston, a Newark inventor aged 87, heads the United States’ most fully equipped private electrical laboratory. A born electrician, he began experiments in 1873 and has developed four distinct systems, improving the dynamo and patenting over 200 inventions since 1875. His lab houses wondrous devices amid a quiet, modest demeanor, and his forthcoming inventions are expected to cause a sensation.
At Fredensborgen Castle in Zealand Denmark the Russian emperor, famed for strength, tore a new pack of cards in two with a swift motion after the German magician Loowe performed clever tricks. The scene highlights speed over sheer power as the key to the deception.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note mocks crowded rooms full of individual handsome pieces. It recalls a friend praising decor as “ninety-nine cent store” style, implying taste diminishes when items crowd a space.
An Omaha World local item describes a policeman strolling through a corn field from an eastern railway train toward Philadelphia. The mother asks if he is chasing anyone. the reply notes he is simply walking as in the street, and they prepare to enter the city limits of Philadelphia.
The Old Gentleman and Miss Arabella discuss disposing of the surplus with humor. Algernon resists breaking off an engagement while lamenting Miss Goldlust, and the scene underscores social pressures and witty banter.
A daughter notes her father’s cold behavior as she questions changes at home. George explains that he lent him ten dollars a couple of weeks earlier, revealing the source of tension in the domestic scene.
A reporter asks Mr Chinker about his interests and tenure. He replies tersely that nothing changes. The piece notes a seven percent figure on security and mentions Louise Chandler Moulton contemplating a winter in Stuttgart due to fragile health, avoiding local winter months.
The text recalls Charles Sumner M de Tea as a man of simple tastes who dined alone on a porterhouse with oysters or corned beef and cabbage, and kept meticulous tea rituals. His breakfast was meatless, featuring tea, toast, eggs, fruit, pancakes and butter, with careful tea preparation. He brewed tea himself, testing aroma and flavor to judge the cup.
A New York Times cor respondent describes Black Marylanders with sweeping stereotypes. He claims preferences for linen dusters razors chickens and cathartic pills and links these to alleged economic behaviors and health habits among colored people. The piece uses crude generalizations and portrays social judgments as fact.
The article recalls Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt as a Miss Missam who married Vanderbilt after a modest start, noting eight children and arranged marriages into prominent families. It then quotes Col. W. C. Crum on the decline of circus clowns, contrasting past salaries of Dan Rice and an Oxford graduate with current pay from $20 to $50 a week.
Reports by town health commissioners link rent defaults to tenant sickness, noting three in five losses come from sick workers. Witnesses say sickness excuses nonpayment, with poverty and starvation following in its chain. A federal public clinical system is planned in blocks by agents.
A Chicago Herald report chronicles a restaurant trial where a manager introduces a bell-based ordering system. Diners press numbered buttons to convey egg and steak preferences, sending orders directly to cooks via a silent signaling setup. The kitchen uses an annunciator and rotating tickets to evenly distribute tasks, promising faster service with no shouted orders.
Long Island harvest season ushers hog guessing with printed handbills listing time place hog name and guessed weight and ticket cost. Participants register estimates before surrendering tickets and a hog is killed and dressed for the exact or nearest weight guess to win meat. multiple guesses allowed for a price.
A spider approaching moult stops eating for days and fastens to a silk thread on its snare. Skin cracks around the thorax, the abdomen is uncovered, and the legs are freed after a strenuous fifteen minute struggle. The molted spider appears limp briefly but then revives, brighter and more lively than before.
A speaker rejects doctors and medicines, claiming a healthy meal is best. He notes stopping medicine cured him and jokes about keeping a shop under his vest. He mocks apothecaries and extols simple food as superior to pills or tonics. The quote emphasizes diet over drugs.
The note summarizes upcoming Moody and Sankey meetings in Pittsburg, global church growth statistics, and missionary deployments. It cites New York’s Chinese mission, Congo mission converts, Denmark church expansion, and the Episcopal and Methodist activities, with figures on churches, schools, and clergy worldwide.
An official list shows 35 widows of revolutionary soldiers still receiving government pensions. The article notes varied social items including Measles grants for Princesses Louise and Maud of Wales, Mrs Phelps in London, Langtry’s public image, and contrasts U S women in work, with 2,500 physicians and diverse occupations across the country.
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