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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1892
Page
6
Fragment of a poem describing Helen as Earth's crown and a country’s queen of beauty. The speaker recalls former glamour and romances, a golden dais, and a descent to a throne as life shifts from glory to quiet, dreamlike movement downstream.
Nell y and Letty stage a latte masquerade tobogganing ruse with Charlie Bonar's straw man as a disguise. The prank backfires when their escort is exposed as the judge's coat and bust reveal a staged danger, ending in laughter and a surprise victory for Judge Laurence in the temperance election.
An assortment of humorous anecdotes shows how people respond to surprising answers. A father tests seven year old John on natural history and is met with a witty reply. A Sunday school teacher faces a blunt retort from a rebellious pupil. A guest retorts to an anxious relative with a quick quip. A Bulgarian poet prompts tears yet asks for money in return. Tourists and a window custodian exchange light banter over fragments and an expert chef reveals no roasting secrets.
Bolton’s West Indies collection included two sand box tree pods. The pods explode when ripe, scattering seeds like a gunshot. A fragment from a pod shattered two works of art and alarmed Bolton, prompting a gas-lit search for the source.
A New York Sun excerpt praises the American ax helve as an inventive triumph, contrasting it with European tools. It lauds the curved, resilient handle as light yet strong, noting the ax’s appeal across continents and colonies. The piece ends with a sharp moral line about wrongdoing and light.
A Dakota man recalls Pete Mullins's burial by a rough crowd in a frontier town. The tale blends a mock funeral with drinking, hymn singing, a staged procession, and a grave dug seven feet deep on the Buford road, ending with the speaker claiming he was only partly found after the escape. Pete is described as a rugged pioneer figure amid coyote songs and winter blizzards.
Report notes mourners felt the Dakota man spoke with a spirited cadence, his final lines lingering in memory as the crowd reflected on the solemn farewell. The piece captures the period tone and the mourners' mixed emotion.
The author explores why many mispronounce words citing laziness and ease of vowels over consonants. Examples include mispronouncing morning as mornin and garden as Sass, noting cultural quirks and deliberate mispronunciations by individuals.
Capt George W Cable, an early Missouri River steamboatman, died aged 84. He served as master, mate, engineer, owner and pilot, starting at 23 and rising to licensed engineer in five years and pilot three years later. He owned fast vessels including the Edward Walsh and John Aull whose crew were enslaved Black workers. His rise ended with railroad competition, leaving him poor in old age.
Prince Bismarck recounts a tale of the battlefield near Königgrätz. The King of Prussia refused retreat despite danger, prompting Bismarck to threaten action and then quietly kick the king’s horse to spur a rapid, victorious canter.
The Globe-Democrat reports that white sponges sold in drug stores are not dangerous. Stores discard used hospital sponges and burn them, and the bleached sponges are treated in a bath of diluted hydrochloric acid with hyposulphite of soda to gain a snow white color, though some buyers prefer a pale yellow shade.
WuEn Stiggins dies after cholera illness traced to rhubarb pie, physicians determine fatal outcome came from excessive pie eating.
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