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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1886
Page
3
A column reviews actors known for distinctive feet and shoe choices. It notes Geraldine Ulmer and others with large or small feet, plus how custom shoemaking and Parisian London boot fittings shaped stage appearances. It also covers Nate Salsbury’s growing fortune and the Wild West show expansion.
A Philadelphia Bulletin item questions theater managers motives and cites a letter requesting a complimentary season ticket in exchange for praise. The column notes various showbiz tidbits including Sarah Bernhardt’s Rio earnings, Mary’s 28th birthday, and Vienna’s Mikado success amid concerns for aging performers like Mme Janauschek.
A collage of social sketches and anecdotes on women from the South Montenegro and Greek cultures. It includes humorous quips about weddings and bridal gossip, reflections on neuralgia in schoolgirls, Montenegrin women's labor and virtue, and praise for Southern women and their refined breeding.
A Chicago News item extols the hairpin as a universal instrument for women, noting its use to aid in buttons, coin retrieval, book marking, unlocking, cleaning, and even teeth picking, calling it one of the great inventions.
The article explains how game ownership works, when entry is legal, and what constitutes trespass. It covers grants and licenses, boundary rules, and consequences for hunters who ignore notices or shoot near roads and fences. It notes that game is property only after possession, with differences between public and private lands and possible civil or criminal penalties. It also mentions England’s view on frightening game from another’s land.
Odd border ministers are described with humorous flaws such as Rev Potts of Ettrick who rides a wall and whips his wig, Mr Raton who enjoys witnessing executions, and Dr Douglas who brews and lends money while serving. Napoleon is linked to Brienne recalling happier hours, and a proverb notes light gains make heavy purses.
A Boston Traveler account recalls how Commodore Vanderbilt wooed a young Erie railroad aide, offering rising salaries to lure him away. The Erie finally matched and surpassed offers until the candidate accepted Vanderbilt’s final terms, becoming general freight agent for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
A column outlines quirky fortune telling by hands predicting a wife's traits and contrasts this with tales of early instantaneous photography. It references Mrs Bluebeard and styled housekeeping signals, then notes W Mattieu Williams claiming Charles Breese achieved instant photography thirty years earlier with a moon image observed as painting by contemporaries.
A French study shows that drinking water in large amounts does not change nutrition or body weight if the solid diet stays the same. A Chicago cab driver was robbed recently, with a likely suspect among fellow cabbies.
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