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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1886
Page
3
Read about hats and trims for autumn from straw and felt bonnets to velvet brims. New cone hats, velvet loops, and ostrich plumes shape the season with ribbons, braiding, and feather accents dominating headpieces and related garments.
Reading material blends verse about winged seeds with a moral on choosing companions. A crowded Erie Line car scene depicts a overbearing mother and nurse disciplining a wayward two year old. A wasp incident shifts blame and ends with the child quieted by his mother.
Nettie Willis nurses a dying home with care as alcohol-ridden mother and weary father clash over abuse and sorrow. She prays for guidance, cleans, cooks, and consoles the family until her sober father returns, promising to stay and help. The act renews hope for the household.
An Arkansas Traveler sample contrasts a French fiction scene with De Makeshift and a tunnel escape to lean humor, then shifts to American realism about a man and a girl, a playful courtship, and a New Jersey relief scene amid immigrant hardship. It blends light satire with social observation and sketches of urban life.
Public health note examines smoking types and says cigarettes are not uniquely harmful. It argues tobacco variety, usage rate, and inhalation drive risk, notes minimal opium presence, and urges moderation rather than demonizing cigarettes.
A Dakota road mixed train suddenly sped up while a passenger noticed the speed. The conductor explained the train would catch a man walking ahead to force him to board and pay fare, insisting the rules prohibit beating the company despite the driver being sober as usual.
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