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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
13
A passage reviews William Morris life as told by J. W. Mackail. Anecdotes describe Morris at Jones' on a Sunday night, his anger, temper, and eccentric acts. He was a socialist who once gave up profits to raise workers’ wages. He began wallpaper design out of necessity and critiqued a rich client on color choices.
Two American businessmen devised a savings scheme by using newspaper notices as a cipher. Each day in Paris the Paris partner registered a name and address that encoded his business progress, allowing the New York partner to learn updates from the next day's arrivals list.
A well dressed young man teased inspectors and company staff during a trolley count at an amusement park line. As the car paused, he quipped that the inspector had missed him. The inspector replied that he did not miss much, sparking laughter as the ride resumed.
Captain Becker of the Kongo Free State used a loud barrel organ to attract natives to Christian weddings and weddings were scheduled daily to showcase the music. Some couples wed twice just to hear the organ. Also, Muskego lake farmers harvest hay from the ice as the shallow bed allows grass to extend above the ice. A Detroit Free Press quip about marital dominion rounds out the item.
A Chicago Record quip notes Mrs. Jimper explaining that with her daughter now engaged she cannot do without the telephone, a light comment on domestic life.
In a Washington Star item, Weary's Paurd proposes a plan to ride east to west to dodge fate's speed. Pete doubts the scheme, noting it only works one way and cannot be sustained as they would need to travel back. The dialogue centers on fate, motion, and futility.
The anecdote recalls Theodore Hook tipping mischief at a dine out. He slips coins to servants, fooling the cook and others by presenting small coins as larger rewards. One footman confronts him about a mistake, but Hook replies he never gives less and urges the carriage on.
A Scotch university professor warned students to stop placing hats on his desk. When a student reappeared with the hat from the professor’s private room the instructor cut the hat to pieces in anger and then wore a smug smile, remaining irked the next day.
Chef Thomas Murray notes many cooks mishandle boiling rice. He advises using a large pot with ample water, starting in cold water with salt, and boiling rapidly for 20 or 80 minutes. Test grains by slight pressure. when crushable, drain and keep warm on the range to prevent sticking.
A young pianist of social prominence in a Seattle Rosenthal recital followed the program from score pages in a stage box. She urged the performer to correct a passage in the final Liszt piece, crying That’s wrong You should have crossed your hands there as the intricate section neared its end.
Farmer Medders asks what his son Hiram will do after college. Farmer Corntussel answers he will stay on the farm once he realizes there are a few things he doesn’t know. Excerpt from the San Francisco Examiner.
The 1842 4000 mile winter journey of Marcus Whitman from Oregon to Washington altered U S policy. He warned Washington authorities about British encroachment, convincing President Tyler and Secretary Webster of Oregon s value. His trek spurred emigrant companies and the 1846 treaty setting the forty ninth parallel as the western boundary, preserving three states for the Union.
The piece contrasts patient forbearance with human flaws quoted from Samuel Smiles. It then shifts to a vivid note on exotic meat offerings, praising young giraffe flesh and veal like texture, highlighting the long giraffe tongue and the marrow bones as a South African hunter’s luxury.
Inspector General Arthur C. Ducat rode through a hail of bullets to warn General Stanley's regiment at Murfreesboro. General Rosecrans praised Ducat for facing near death and leading three dispatches as orderlies fell. Ducat reached Stanley, saved the unit, his horse mortally wounded and his clothing torn.
A Kentucky pastor visiting Chicago on church business is invited to a family dinner. He eats a luncheon meant for others, joking he is the sole stupid one in Kentucky and asking not to be judged by the state. The tale continues with a hostess swapping watercress for salad dressing.
A Parisian man rejected a crayon portrait claiming it did not resemble him. The artist then added a large pair of donkey ears and displayed the altered work. The dandy returned in anger but finally offered to buy the picture, admitting he would recognize the likeness after the modification.
Caspar Whitney notes in Harper's Weekly that the last surviving heiau in Kawaihae is the temple of refuge built by Kamehameha the Great. The ruin shows a substantial parallelogram structure about 220 by 100 feet, with terraces, narrow entry, and thick walls eight to twenty feet high, indicating its once peaceful immunity from harm.
A young Irishman visits a kind squire for a letter of recommendation. The squire reads an elaborate note and asks why the lad has not moved. The lad replies he assumed the recommendation meant he should be hired. The tale is reported by the San Francisco Argonaut.
A light exchange from Stray Stories features two women at a piano. The first woman notes she rejected a handsome man once, while the second retorts she rejected him twice, revealing casual, witty banter.
Joe Hampton recalls a 20 year old duel on the Wyoming- Nebraska cattle trail near Sydney. Pedro Gonzales and Dick McAll drew pistols during a heated dispute over roping and fatefully fought with long lassos, ending when Pedro was killed and McAll was slain by a partner. The Mexican had fought two prior similar duels.
A six year old, gripping his father's hand, laments the tearing down of the house where he was born. The boy's confused remark amuses bystanders as he views the ruins and asks why he was born in a place that no longer exists.
The Chicago Tribune recalls Guggenthorp who earned a fortune crafting a road scraper and later invested it in a skyscraper. A Persian reverence note then details the shah’s 50 cats with attendants and private dining rooms, and their travel by horseback.
A Pennsylvania manufacturer with a spendthrift brother finances a vanity poetry book. The brother writes poor verse printed by an unscrupulous printer who gifts the book to the wealthy man, who buys all copies and destroys them with a bonfire. The brother is paid to silence the verse fiend while the printer expands to Chicago.
A guide on handling volumes to preserve bindings. Hold the book with the back down and alternatingly open back and front leaves, pressing gently toward the center. Do not force the back or open violently. A connoisseur once damaged a volume by forcing the center, teaching a costly lesson.
The Kobe Chronicle reports a disaster of village life in Kangwha where a widower and 11 friends abducted a young widow in a raid on a hamlet near Kangwha city. They seized the wrong woman and fled as the posse pursued. the intended victim was rescued and the house destroyed.
In Gangutta, Bengal, residents practice hook swinging a brutal rite. Victims wear garlands as a seven foot wire pierces the tongue and they dance for over thirty minutes. Some are sewn to resemble herrings on a wire, with accounts noting prelude drugging.
The article recalls an old Macleod rite at Dunvegan Castle where a chief must drink Rory More’s Horn full of claret in one standing to prove manhood. It notes London’s growth by the Thames and a Paris built on an island, ringed by water.
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