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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1893
Page
3
A collage of brisk vignettes and short pieces from a late 19th century page. It ranges from dreamy poems about spring, a young boy's country visit with a rocking horse remark, a Buffalo households quip, a Westminster parson’s anxious boy, a dog that can spell, to notes on the stormy petrel and maritime life.
A small boy boasts of dressing himself for school and earns praise. He misbehaves afterward, is hidden behind a door, and later reappears with nothing but a shirt and shoes, declaring I can undress me too while awaiting approval. The tale contrasts pride and mischief with repeated praise.
The article warns against excess in food as a form of temperance failure. Oversupply wastes energy, burdens organs especially the liver, heart, and kidneys, and can cause hemorrhoids. It notes seasonal needs, heat as body force, and urges readers to know their own requirements without indulgence.
The excerpts describe Sioux fondness for coffee issued to them and prepared by squaws, with breads baked over fire. A ceremony meal features stewed dog as central, including a killing witnessed outside a lodge and the brutal preparation of dog meat with liver eaten by the cooks. Descriptive account from Outing.
The article notes Marshal Canrobert, aged eighty four, kneeling at the Chapel of the Invalides while MacMahon is laid to rest under the same roof as Napoleon. It highlights his endurance amid aging and historic campaigns in Algeria Magenta and Solferino, marking him as the last of the French Marshals.
In Park Ridge New Jersey the Red Rangers or Boy Bandits have been broken up by authorities. Seven youths led by 12 year old Georgie Reed formed a robber circle, held a camp in the woods and wore red shirts before daily Sunday school. The town now breathes easier as their criminal run ends.
The article describes a group called rangers aged 12 to 15 wearing red shirts with black stitching and rank stripes. Each child wore a mask of gory colored flannel with eye nose and mouth holes. They carried improvised weapons like bilies from hoe handles with lead and nails for shields and were disciplined by parents after the group was uncovered.
Two bandits stopped a Montana train and seized a mail bag and a money box. A Western passenger persuaded the engineer to arm himself and return to confront the robbers, who were interrupted as they rifled the loot.
In a daring rail attack, one robber fell, another wounded, and a passenger who was struck on the head by a grazing bullet returned to duty after forty minutes. The two bandits were killed later, the train resumed its journey with loot damaged but intact.
A woman sits in the women’s corner absorbed in a daily paper. She rubs the fingertips along her face while reading, a calm, focused gesture not signaling madness or intent to mesmerize. The scene captures a moment of quiet concentration.
A Kansas woman named Blake claimed a Pawnee lot during the Cherokee Strip rush. After Dunn seized and fenced the lot, a crowd of about thirty men confronted him and forced his departure, restoring Blake to her rightful stake.
An article suggests women use leisure time to massage the face gently to rub out wrinkles. The guidance reflects midcentury beauty advice and personal care routines.
Jal W. Chiklis presents a memorial cross at Point Reyes California to honor the first recorded church service on the Pacific Slope. Gifted by George V W Childs of Philadelphia the cross stands near Drake's Bay and bears an inscription noting the 1579 service and 1894 consecration. The Celtic cross design features a carved stem and seven foot sub base with runic adornments.
An eminent doctor recommends carrying two cushions, leather or silk covered, for back and neck to mitigate head fatigue on rail travel. He warns against reading on lengthy journeys to prevent head congestion and discomfort.
The passage links Sammael also called Bae to angelic origins, listing titles like Beelzebub and Leviathan. It then notes a claim that late eating and drinking makes Germans stout and cites a $300 million annual cost for hats to Americans.
England watches South Africa as King Lobengula consults his medicine man before war in a grand kraal review. A massive regimental spectacle features black ostrich feather dress and dancers, while a separate account recounts Crabb’s failed Sonora expedition and Gabilondo’s brutal actions along the border. The Globe-Democrat notes mutinous violence and a Mexican murder chain connected to the disputes.
A notorious Mexican figure General Gabilondo died recently in Nogales Arizona. His life is described as a blood stained career marked by violence including the 1856 massacre of Captain Crabb and his party at Caborica. The piece notes the political turmoil under Governor Pesqueira and Gabilondo among its leaders.
The lion is praised as regal but travelers and hunters report a different nature. He appears noble, yet Africans and Cape Dutch accounts show a cowardly, cunning animal that avoids direct confrontation with humans. In the veld he moves quietly, rarely roaring, to avoid alerting prey and man.
A report traces modern canning to Pompeian methods found in excavations in Pompeii, noting Americans revived the process after observing heated figs sealed with wax. It also mentions Queen Wilhelmine of Holland, age thirteen, owning twenty military dolls and requesting twenty female dolls to accompany the officers.
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