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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
7
Prosper Nov 21 The old Hope Sunday school will host an oyster supper at Hendrickson Bros Saturday evening Nov 23 and invites all to attend. Farmers from this vicinity attended Mr Cable's sale in Lisbon township Wednesday. Several friends and relatives visited O T Oleson's Sunday.
A Yorkshire paper reports about 6,000 Gateshead primary pupils writing essays on physical deterioration and alcohol. Candidates mock sober excuses, compare alcohol to furniture polish, and warn against drinking. The piece highlights humorous and cautionary lines from child submissions gathered for temperance discussion.
A Philadelphia Press item notes a woman vows never to visit again as she curses a man she calls hateful. She suspects the quarrel stems from his snub of displaying one of her photographs in his showcase.
A garbled exchange mentions an automobile dash and locating a pole. The text reads as a fractured conversation with scattered phrases about a car and directions. No clear events or identifiable names provide a fuller summary.
Mrs. Frank Cole and Mrs. Stoneburner attended events in Mitchell with Damon Cathout’s debate results in favor of the affirmative. Thanksgiving dinner plans, church and social visits, a theatre restaurant opening, and a large auction advertise farm goods, livestock, and equipment with terms and bidders.
Riverside notes include Joseph Harker visiting on business, W L Wallis bankruptcy assets removed to Alexandria, Gardner visits from Mitchell, and a newborn son for L A Johnson. A finger injury at opening a mail car door is recorded along with Hanson township school board routine. Thanksgiving events at Gardner Prairie and Mitchell schools are cited with Ada Schofield hosting youth, a family gathering at Alexria, and a debate won by the negative.
Auction notice for a farm in Hanson County near Ethan Burd and Mitchell. On Thursday Die 5 at 10 o clock a.m. sale includes seven head of horses and seventy two head of cattle with property described.
A public sale of farm goods on Tuesday December 3 at 10 am features three horses seven cattle forty shoats fifty bushels corn in crib two farm wagons a top buggy a Royal cultivator an 18 inch sulky plow a set of work harness and various other items. Free lunch at noon. Terms: cash under ten dollars, over ten dollars at 8 percent with security, 2 percent discount for cash over ten dollars. Auctioneers J. Serverson & Son. clerk M. F. Patton. proprietors A and B Miller.
A critique of menswear detailing how hats collars waistcoats coats and accessories imprison the wearer with stiffness layers and heavy fabrics. The piece ridicules ornate masculine attire claiming it imprisons breathing movement and dignity, labeling the man the lord of creation in paradoxical fashion.
The exchange features a beautiful girl and a poet: she asks if he burns the midnight oil. He replies that he hangs his hat on the doorknob to hide his gas burning from the landlady, a playful detail recalled by the Judge.
A physician advises a husband to oversee his ill wife and urges avoiding the word must in favor of tactful guidance. The husband questions the doctor about his familiarity with the wife, and the exchange reveals a nuanced approach to advice within marriage law and etiquette.
A collection of brief notes notes on topics from diving weights and battlefield spending to immigrant populations and orchard land values. It mentions Swedes in America, Washington state orchards, turbine layouts, Pittsfield to Sheffield distance, a Louisville post office slate, the cantaloupe’s name origin, and wild versus cultivated melons.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt ponders memory as the tool to forget borrowed money and remember money owed. The narrator labels memory as a fatherly concept guiding moral reminders.
In Scribner's Magazine the piece argues listening is essential to acting, not taught enough in schools. It condemns focus on voice and facial expression without genuine attention to the mimic world. The author notes actors must feel and reflect what they hear to convey true emotion.
A restaurant manager complains 1,000 men could spend 1,000 dollars while 1,000 women would likely pay far less. He blames women as naturally deceitful. A man comments on finding cheap meals for men and tighter control on women customers. The woman narrator plots to reform her sex after overhearing the claims.
A London Scraps item notes a bank clerk asking a depositor for her husband’s name before signing an identification form. The depositor, asserting independence, refuses to comply and retorts with a sharp reply about her husband’s name.
A traveling man explains a practice called toothblacking where an old woman coats teeth with black paint and gilds two front teeth. For a payment of yam or fruit she travels from hut to hut, leaving wearers with a glossy black and gold smile as a social institution in various cultures.
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