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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1886
Page
2
Gossip notes Lotta, the wealthiest stage star, plans a calmer future after a summer life as a prominent social host. Her Lake Hopatcong cottage signals a possible retreat from acting, with a fortune around a million and bonds of 400000.
The article praises lavish theater costumes worn by Mr Henry in tl zine and Miss Terry in The Merchant of Venice with Venetian gowns and amber silk robes. It notes designers Grevin Paris Hon. Lewis Wingfield and Ma Alfred Thompson, and cites a Paris dress room with 500 outfits and a Lyceum second curtain of velvet costing about £600 to £700.
Buffalo Bill and Nate Salisbury announce six acres at the American Exhibition in London for the Great Wild West Show. The outfit includes 240 Indians and cowboys with 150 plus ponies and mustangs, plus stables and transport. Costly operations run daily over $1,600 with a six month contract starting May 2 1887.
The Charleston News reports Ed win Booth sent a £1000 gift to a friend whose home was ruined by the earthquake. A heartfelt letter from Ned notes memory of Charleston friends and hopes relief may come, while other theater anecdotes and Hanlon family calamities are mentioned.
Religious reflections honor the cross and crown as eternal symbols of redemption while urging proper conduct. The piece stresses memory of Christ’s suffering, rewards of faith, and the need to remove hats as a sign of respect, with the adage that good manners come from habit, not quick effort.
A meditation on sorrow and loss cites Paul and maternal influence, praising a mother’s prayer taught to a child as a safeguard against vice. It transitions to a prison anecdote and then to everyday passenger comfort on trains, proposing a windowed gondola car to curb dust and noise as a civic improvement.
A condemned man near death rejects kindness and sinks into despair. A distant memory of a national tune from his mother rekindles faith, bringing a swift, emotional conversion and a final Christian death few days later.
A narrator describes encounters with beggars and street vendors in Southern Italy, including bold fare dodges and playful yet burdensome interactions at Baiae Capri and Sorrento. He reflects on humor as a coping tool, the ragged beggar at every church door, and the persistent trick of extracting money under the guise of service or entertainment.
An assorted report covers a Marseilles chimney's oscillation of twenty inches in high winds, the Friendly island new isle projects of nine square miles rising 200 to 300 feet, and a volcanic eruption ejecting a mile high water steam column. It also notes German observations on zerodelite’s composition and durability, human ear hearing limits around 41 000 to 42 000 vibrations, gravitation lifting sea levels near continents, sun to earth size comparisons, and a Trench scientist’s vesicle atmosphere theory for condensed vapor spheres.
A detailed industrial description of gold pen manufacture. It covers sourcing iridium from Siberia, forming blanks from fourteen carat gold, the sweating process to weld iridium to the point, vitriol cleaning, rolling, shaping, stamping, tempering, grinding on copper lathes, and the final fitting and testing before sale.
A news agent describes a labor dispute as the city faces a strike by the best girl, demanding shorter hours and pay, with intermissions and overtime perks. A survey party arrives plus a four night stay by the Mikado company as townsfolk speculate on who will sign the new schedule.
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