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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
8
A garbled notice from a railway agent offers schedules for trains arriving from the south and connections to United States, Mexico, and Canada. It mentions tickets, steamship quotes, and travel insurance, inviting inquiries by mail or agent.
A St Louis Post-Dispatch item recounts humorous and odd incidents in drug stores. A night clerk greets a well dressed stamp buyer at 5 AM and a clerk declines mailing a letter for her to catch a train. A soda dispenser debates who pays for drinks as women argue over paying, solved by a Cincinnati-style split. The piece catalogs morphine and cocaine fiends, quack cures, and unusual patient behaviors, plus tales of unattended bundles and patrons who vanish, with a morphine-seeking man who dosed himself as his wife waited.
A Philadelphia Times account explores how individuals vanish into urban anonymity, sometimes showing aberration of mind after grief or hardship. It details a West-to-Providence case of identity loss, a widow with memory gaps, and a physician who recovered after help, illustrating dangers and brief recoveries in a 2,000,000-strong city.
Dialogue excerpt shows Mrs Bray and Little Johnnie where Johnnie admits beating the boy next door with a stick, clarifying the noise dispute.
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