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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1900
Page
17
Fragmentary poem fragment references soldiers and idle actions amid war imagery. Mentions Private Smith and Lawton and Liscum as part of a rhetorical meditation on idleness, motion, tears, and a marching presence across a troubled battlefield landscape.
A fragmented political reflection discusses growth and expansion in early U S history. It surveys Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and subsequent territorial expansions, contrasting opposition with long term benefits. The piece cites census figures, territorial areas, and future irrigation potential to argue expansion shaped national power.
A Chicago Inter Ocean article lists major trusts with aggregate capital exceeding 1 billion dollars formed before McKinley’s inauguration and claims these entities thrived during Democratic rule. It contrasts this with Bryan’s anti trust rhetoric, asserting Republicans did not foster trusts while Democrats did.
A traveling salesman visited a Janesville news shop and found many Bryan buttons but none for McKinley. The shopkeeper said he does not stock McKinley buttons and has repeatedly replenished them after initial supply, while Bryan buttons remain from the first order.
The piece explains troy weight scales with 24 grains per pennyweight 20 pennyweights per ounce and 12 ounces per pound. A silver dollar is 4123 grains, while the $1,000 face value weighs 71,614 pounds avoirdupois and about 58,028 pounds avoirdupois in the other system.
Simon and Cynthia debate wheat prices and market rules as a mortgage hangs over the farm. Simon predicts supply and demand quirks while discussing silver, gold standards, and corn futures. Wheat climbs to $1 per bushel. mortgage is paid, and corn prospects rise with a good harvest.
The passage describes tensions as war with Spain looms after the Maine explosion. Simon and others debate McKinley’s cautious approach, while Dewey’s victory at Manila Bay is hailed as a turning point. Glen Harrington enlists, and Vinnie faces fear and pride for her lover as war mobilizes. Simon clashes over party loyalty with Cynthia amid national anxieties and public notices.
A disjointed quotation comments on Schley and Sampson failing to deploy swift action, noting that neither shows readiness or quickness, while Dewey is described as impatient and fault-finding, reflecting frustration with command decisions. The passage reads as a partial, unclear snippet from a larger discussion.
In Boonsville the Populist convention nominates Miss Vinnie Grey for County Superintendent but she declines, saying she has lost faith in the party. She criticizes party fault-finding, defends recent good times, and urges members to vote according to conviction rather than faction. The crowd reacts with laughter and curiosity as she ends her remarks.
A fragmentary tale features Li Hung and Confucius in a satirical exchange about wisdom and satellites. The dialogue mocks pride and embarrassment while a palace setting and a Normandy village scene appear in cut phrases. The narrator hints at a landlord and a guest whose charges provoke a sting at social pretensions.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss memory, wages, and education in Iran with mention of costs and pauses. The text references doctors, souls, and exercises, hinting at social or economic tensions, though the exact meaning is unclear and not fully recoverable.
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