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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1892
Page
6
A poem about a child named Betty bringing comfort and joy to a parent. The speaker treasures simple moments, holding Betty's hand, ignoring domestic troubles, and finding happiness in everyday scenes and imagined wonders as Betty loves the speaker in return.
A narrator examines France strict tobacco laws, Brittany supply myths, and one tale in St Malo. Brown and Smith smuggle twenty pounds of American tobacco via Jersey while facing perjury risk. Smith endures a Havana cigar given by a French official as punishment and temptation tests a smoker’s resolve.
Philadelphia Times recounts a Balmoral tale of the Queen wandering in plain dress when rain stopped her at a poor woman’s home. The sovereign asks for an umbrella, the old woman offers a tattered ragged one. The next day a royal servant returns the gift, and the woman learns who she lent it to, lamenting her frugality.
A Moroccan sultan's chief eunuch Babilal killed a young slave by pouring boiling water over the head. Investigations show this was the fifth such murder by him. The Sultan declined to intervene, reflecting the eunuchs' privileged status among Moroccans.
The article argues women's clubs exist to provide conversation and networking, not vice or extravagance. It compares clubs to male social spaces, noting friction in any group, and urges broader support for women's club organization as a useful social instrument.
A woman mocks a man’s travel talk about navigation to a new home, contrasting easy directions with compass-blind guidance. The quip suggests she would reach the place with a few questions but would end up in an asylum if she followed his method.
The moving stone near the Gov Gilmer estate in Lexington sits atop a twenty ton base. Geologists say the upper boulder balances on a small socket and could not be moved by a hundred horses. They date its placement to the glacial epoch and a transport from the Lake Superior region.
The Falkland Islands lack trees but yield remarkable wood in odd forms. Scattered blocks resemble weathered gray stones of varying sizes. attempting to roll one reveals it is actually tethered down.
An exploration of how boiling points vary with atmospheric pressure. A discussion notes 212 Fahrenheit, 100 Celsius, and 80 Réaumur, then explains elevation and weather affect boiling. Includes a Youth's Companion anecdote about freezing boiling water under a bell jar.
Uncle Silas, famed for general knowledge and hunting, fears his temperamental wife. A school class asks him about wild cats, but the enraged wife appears with a broom and chases them away. The lesson ends abruptly as the students skip the wild cat chapter.
The excerpt jokes about Pisa as the wettest city and recalls Rotterdam weather. It imagines a Midland meteorological bureau with a tongue in cheek forecast: cold and clear, then warm and rainy, thunder showers, sky light frosts, and eventual changeable conditions.
Rogers cites Vernon as the creator of a story about a lady who was pulverized in India by a sunstroke. A dining incident with a Hindu host ends with the bell rung and instructions to bring fresh glasses and sweep up the mistress. The passage notes Christmas as a long time for the young but arrives too soon for the old.
A book on convict life recounts two prisoners who faced release with danger. One prisoner, sure of a pardon, escaped when sent for a barrel and hammering off his irons. Another admitted he could not go far, fearing he could not return if he tried.
An elderly man recalls courting in youth and a wife named Hattie who kept him in line. He admits late returns and her knowing correction, ending with his pledge to be home by 9 after she teased him about 3 a.m.
A farmer’s field visit reveals a chipmunk smartly handling spilled seed corn. The creature builds temporary stashes with bark and chips then moves all grain to a distant granary, showing methodical foraging and storage.
An exchange prints a small boy asking an elderly man about a boy his size around the corner. The man answers with uncertainty, revealing a child’s instinct about perception, courage, and potential conflict in a terse, humorous vignette.
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