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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1892
Page
6
A playful verse from Harper's Young People laments a father’s missing grooming items and household chaos, but celebrates the joy of a baby’s carefree influence. The speaker notes mustache pulling and scattered toys, yet fondly endorses the child’s blithe independence and the family’s cheer.
In a Philadelphia newsroom Whiskers a bewhiskered writer rises from humble dues to a hoped marriage with a secretive romance. Gossip and gifts swirl until a death notice reveals the truth and a costly misreading of charity.
An old North Shore sea captain recalls the Dart, a Gloucester schooner in thick fog approaching Boston Harbor. The Dart’s pilot sees a Calcutta East Indiaman, asks its identity, learns its voyage of 114 days, then answers that the Dart has “out all night,” provoked by a derisive chuckle from the Reindeer.
The Nile sustains Egypt by irrigation and fertilizing mud that settles on sea sand. The river valley, once a prehistoric estuary, produced uniquely composed soil rich in water, sand, carbonate of lime, quartz, silicates, iron oxide, and magnesia carbonate, making Egypt agriculturally distinct.
In western Kansas a poor family survives repeated cyclones while arguing over trusting the Lord. The author records the couple’s stubborn resistance, a warning of nature’s power, and a dramatic escape as a cyclone wipes away their home leaving only the dugout shelter. The man vows to return to Illinois, broken but defiant.
An ancient tale recounts a wedding of gods where Jupiter and Juno are honored. Persian prince Chrysalus arrives in gilded attire with many attendants yet lacks wit. Jupiter quickly judges his folly, while the divine audience admires the pomp overseen by the princely entourage.
A fragile excerpt describes Jupiter condemning a haughty ruler and his followers to perpetual butterfly metamorphosis. They move about in idle amusement, yet their actions never fulfill any worthwhile purpose, emphasizing a moral about hubris and power.
A brief report on metatarsal neuralgia or Morton's affliction of the foot. It covers origin, chiefly Morton and Bradford, the disease mechanism where the base of the fifth toe presses against the fourth toe nerves, and treatment options including rest, broad soled shoes, and sometimes surgical removal of the head of the fourth metatarsal bone.
An old resident recalls a 1860s Chicago hoax where a mysterious figure advertised “He is coming” and “He is here” to fill Bryan Hall. The crowd paid to see a grand event, but the curtain revealed only a sign reading “He is gone.” The victims lost their money while enjoying the joke.
A young girl grows from asking for plurals to refined speech at table. At dinner she tries to request cheese by saying please for the singular item, prompting her father to teach careful phrasing and manners. This tale highlights etiquette in speech and parental guidance during meals.
Fragment from a New York Club dialogue where Benedict joins the Century, sparking talk that his home was once his club. A remark notes a baby in membership and jokes about dogs teaching men lessons in nervous fussiness and trading off such dogs.
In a storm off China Captain Anderson recounts Daniel Jackson a Virginia born Black seaman who leapt to rescue a girl adrift on a dismantled vessel. He swam amid wreckage with a life buoy and ropes securing the child then was hoisted aboard as the ship sank. Sailors hail him as a noble man.
A ranchman argues horses and cattle display intelligence and reasoning. He recalls trapping cattle after fencing a water source, noting cattle learned to avoid traps and later mimicked watering by one animal at a time. He describes hunting wild horses with a hidden stock yard, then a second hunt failing as once-escaped horses warned others.
The article notes guinea fowls are often overlooked yet valuable. Their loud noise deters hawks and they scratch less than chickens, instead they forage for bugs on garden vines without harming delicate plants. They are suggested for households with many chickens and garden needs.
A brief note on how certain plants are believed lucky or unlucky in various places. The pear tree is called witch-wood in parts of New Hampshire and carried for protection against witches. In Nova Scotia the common begonia, or beef-steak geranium, is thought to bring bad luck if kept in the house. In Salem and Boston the Wandering Jew plant is considered unlucky to keep as a houseplant.
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