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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1900
Page
13
Davison et South at public hear today for tax sale with a list of delinquent taxes. The text recounts Edward Hanlan the world champion rower delivering a crafted speech after winning his second race in England and being unable to speak due to crowd noise, then delivering the prepared lines from a manuscript.
A Philadelphia man explains his cane habit, learned in Chicago, to avoid losing umbrellas. He carries a cane daily to stay used to holding something, so when rain ends and he steps outside with no umbrella, he naturally returns to retrieve it, proving the simple method works.
A Chicago Record note describes tortoises as keen rain prophets with farmers on the African coast observing that tortoises seek shelter minutes before rain. The piece suggests animal behavior may reflect atmospheric moisture changes and notes gifting a pet tortoise as a practical present.
A New York lawyer of a distinguished name resides in an old fashioned mansion. His sister narrates a Harper's Round Table story illustrating his calm, methodical nature. Midnight intruder scene ends with the lawyer quipping that the door slides back, foiling the thief.
A man explains to visitors that the copy readers room is where material sent for publication is boiled down to the right dimensions. A sarcastic quip from a young woman prompts the remark that writers can get hot over it while the assistant notes the room itself stays cool.
A novice asks if proposing to a girl is hard and a veteran answers that sometimes it is harder not to propose. He cautions to be on guard and careful in matters of the heart.
A midnight knock wakes a man in room 48 at the Phenix hotel. Armored with two revolvers he fights twelve intruders who burst in seeking vengeance for four killings twelve years earlier in Missouri. The invaders learn the disputed poker rule and depart.
A medical observer argues there is a middle life aberration between ages 57 and 62, when public figures show the greatest tendency for error. He suggests studying preventable disasters of the past 20 years to link blunders to this age window and even proposes a five year holiday for public officials to wait out this period.
The Detroit Free Press recounts cheerful Rastus hobbling into a city physician's office using two broom handles for support. He shares a crude tale about violence and race, claiming a punch to a man's head caused only broken toes, all told with grim humor as doctors adjust his splints.
A Scotch minister offers a homily on the biblical precept Walk circumspectly. He compares life to a cat walking on a wall of broken glass, urging careful, deliberate steps to avoid snares and pitfalls.
A Baltimore American quip notes that an advertisement claiming the telephone is quickest echoes a remark about Mrs Talkso. The line contrasts mail, telegraph, and telephone speed with a humorous twist.
In a London scene from Spare Moments a woman named Jady distributes tracts to passersby. A cabby, noting the title Abide with me, returns the tract politely saying he is a married man. The moment elicits amused reactions as she hurriedly departs.
The men of Rome operated warships with about 225 crew, including 174 oarsmen across three decks. In fair weather these vessels could reach roughly six miles per hour. Proverb cited with a reminder to forget ancestry and ask who you are.
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