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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1894
Page
2
A lyrical excerpt from New England Magazine echoes nostalgic scenes of shared love and renewal. Poem recalls purple heather green bracken and past joys as lovers unite, shedding memory of pain for present happiness.
A young widow in Brighton faces social gossip as her two children reveal a budding plan for Mr Temple to become their father. Temple, moved by the scene, contemplates devotion and love, while the widow confronts shame and a hopeful future. The children’ venture culminates in a tender, public moment approving a possible marriage.
The piece notes freshmen and sophomores debate participation in Harvard's Bloody Monday rush tradition. Freshmen mostly want to join for numbers and humor, while sophomores resist but may still enter. The ritual involves yard confrontations, shouting, shoving, and occasional cap swipes, with faculty generally opposed to it.
A sub lieutenant on sick leave in Poona is urged to marry by his colonel. Misread telegrams spark a comic misunderstanding between bride and groom as they finally declare they obeyed orders and were joined at once.
Dr F Heinrich Gedeken describes the British Empire as an unmatched political creation, covering over 10,000,000 square miles and 352,000,000 inhabitants with a vast range of products and cultures from Hudson Bay to India. The piece notes religious plurality and civil order, then mentions a bust ordered for Miss Frances E Willard for the South-West College library in Winfield Kansas, honoring its ladies' ball.
A Western prospector recalls a trip to Libby near Missoula to the Big Cherry River where huge hornets nest over a rock ledge. They fish with orange dun flies and haul eighty trout while hornets probe the water. Every opened trout contains hornets, suggesting the insects fed the fish. The writer wonders if the Canadian trout that died from a bee bite suffered from a weak stomach.
A good natured young man laments failed service attempts. An omnibus anecdote shows a mother soothing a crying infant with a rapid finger gesture while the child laughs. A father aboard a bus is noted with a crying child.
A feisty customer storms into a downtown trunk shop demanding the head of the establishment. A meek clerk explains a trunk repair under the name Smith without vowels or e, while the client blames varnish for ruining labels from around the world. The encounter ends with the customer fleeing in anger.
A Hungarian barber established a shaving record on a twenty nine minute railway journey from Pisiyan to Neustadtl. He claimed to shave fifteen men without cutting them but reportedly shaved three more than the stated number, setting a new mark in his profession.
A humorous anecdote features Sir Andrew Clary prescribing a strict one cigar rule for a patient, who eventually confesses he never smoked before yet adapts to the habit, prompting the physician to realize the irony in his moral crusade. The tale is followed by notes on Ptahhotep and ancient wisdom, and a Tennessee speech condemning the credit system as a form of slavery.
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