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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1891
Page
2
Che a Weekly Capital reports a court filing involving HELL PRINTING Co. and a related entity. The note outlines a legal action with dates and parties, reflecting a case caption and procedural posture in a metropolitan court.
A feature on bargain buying dangers and the lure of cheap fashions. It cites a lace flounce bought at $12 that cost nearly $80 overall, with silk fabric and dressmaker fees totaling about $100. It discusses how affordability must align with actual need and wealth, and notes the proposed "inclosed skirt" by Mr. Benjamin in England as a dress reform idea.
A full length cut shows a lady’s shooting costume with an in closed skirt design that resembles a sack with foot holes and attached or detachable leggings. The style offers freedom of movement and suits shooting, mountain climbing, sports, and general wear.
A cautionary essay on a dangerous social type described by Ashmore in The Ladies' Home Journal. It warns that a seductive girl who tempts you with secrecy, parties, and cigarettes leads to ruin, urging avoidance and home-centered values.
A welfare of riding tips for women describes mounting techniques using a chair, aided by a man’s shoulder, then shifts to quotes about happiness. It discusses contentment, optimism, and the perils of dwelling on tomorrow, urging self reliance and steady training of character and muscles.
Advice warns mothers against mourning garments for children and suggests gingham sashes and cotton dresses. It highlights Trish laces for kids clothing, endorses soap and boiling water to fix fruit stains, and offers a method using sulfur on white fabrics only. The piece ends with a provocative remark about a fiery tempered woman and a Persian.
A Detroit girl about age prays aloud on the stairs as discipline looms. She asks God to intervene and, amused, her mother relents to teach faith in prayer, illustrating childlike precocity and belief.
A New York World feature narrates Whittie Whitney a humorous smart boy who writes letters asking for a horse and enjoys sketches while living with a clever country summer. A rainy day toy shows a boy building a rubber‑band powered paddle boat from a cigar box and bricks in the gutter.
A compact description explains pulley speed relationships. It states that the driven revolutions equal the driver diameter times its revolutions divided by the driven diameter. It also covers finding driven diameter for a target speed, and determining driver size from desired driven revolutions.
A thief accused of stealing a horse is acquitted after his lawyer argues the case well. The thief laments that the lawyer did not prove ownership of the horse. The lawyer replies the thief is saved from prison, but the thief contemplates stealing again.
Notice posted in a Texas blacksmith shop announces the dissolution of a co partnership between the speaker and Mose Skinner. It directs that debts owed to the firm be settled with the speaker and debts owed by the firm be settled with Mose Skinner.
The Washington Star notes 156,973,873 watches in use and adds a casual remark that the raw oyster is a fine study in oven work. The quip anchors a quirky, mixed-item brief from the era.
William Rigden, the rifleman who set a world snap shooting record near Ottawa Illinois by hitting twenty pennies in air with a 22 caliber ball, is praised as the finest shot in the United States. He practices intensely, rejects shot cartridges, and has records of breaking hundreds of glass balls at short ranges. He performs feats like the double shot on a pebble and turning to break a glass ball mid fall. The piece also includes unrelated critique about women as streetcar conductors and city transit plans in Chicago.
A Near Future novelty at the World’s Fair shows a line of Columbian coaches with conductors who are uniformed young women. They wear braided jackets bell punches at the neck and yacht like caps. The idea has precedents in Chili where women ran street cars during a war and in New Hampshire where a woman owned a street car line.
A Chicago plan introduces Columbian coaches with women conductors to meet a boulevards rule requiring a lady aboard any vehicle. Designer James H. L. Dyer notes the odd ordinance aims to keep pleasure traffic clear of business wagons, and the coaches will soon roll out at twenty per month carrying sixty five passengers.
Observations on obstinacy laziness vanity and love with humorous mis-spellings and aphorisms. The piece contrasts right vs wrong obstinacy, praises forgiveness and warns against fools while noting youth age differences in perception of aging. It ends recalling Hearth and Hall notes on age and gender awareness.
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