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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1890
Page
3
In Hildreth and the swifts, the poem ponders the famed four hundred and the social gatekeepers. It muses on wealth, lineage, and merit, contrasting status symbols with true worth. It questions who truly owns influence in history and culture.
A memoir recalls Montgomery Peel, a Virginia justice of the peace, who presided over the Andrew Brakemore Cahoon murder case with calm, then built a remote church where he preached on repentance. The narrative follows his later life, aging preacher, and the community’s memories of his impact.
Joseph Brent and his brother hunted a 510 pound grizzly they say had been raiding a hog pen near Okanogan Mission. They waited on the hog pen roof until the bear appeared at dusk and fired, killing it. The next day they recovered the brain and weighed the carcass at about 510 pounds.
Tom Loftus, a veteran Fort Worth engineer, recalls a cold night aboard the west bound express to Kansas City when a revolver pointed at him and the fireman sparked a tense stand off. Loftus disarmed the would be robber and slowed the train as a fleeing passenger, mistaken for Jesse James, revealed he was an inmate escaping to Fulton insane asylum.
Accidental fires draw attention to common daily risks. Chimneys once kept fires in check, but today neglect and carelessness cause many blazes. Ensure chimneys are inspected, fires are covered, and open grate areas are protected with metal. Keep matches and papers away from children and heat sources.
A San Francisco Report cites cowardice by Chinese staff during a palace hotel fire, with workers reportedly hesitating to help evacuate guests and some abandoning hose lines while white staff faced the blaze. The piece notes robberies during the turmoil and includes anecdotes from English tourists about stolen belongings. Counterfeiting comments reflect declines in fake currency and a shift of criminal effort toward other crimes.
An assorted 19th century clipping reports a fatal snake incident tied to a bed and a drowning-like misfortune, a warning about a beheaded man with a Gloucester connection, a new dust-gathering machine, global farming yield notes, a colored chiropodist predicting celestial doom, a bank failure edict, a fiery accident near Merrick New York, horse hoof shoe updates, a double horseback wedding in Arizona with cattle prizes, a peculiar baby in Columbia County acting like a cat, a carpet bug and moth remedy, a stage scene with a comic bargain, and various miscellaneous curiosities.
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