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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1886
Page
6
A literary portrait describes a woman painting on various surfaces with bold, imaginative images. She depicts birds, beasts, and whimsical figures on boxes and plaques, celebrating her wild creativity and unrestrained artistic style.
A Maine girl promises three years before marriage to a poor lover who shuns her. He goes to China, returns rich after years. she has vowed, marries another, and learns he is alive. They reunite later in Portland’s suburbs after intertwined fates and marriages.
A Great Western conductor who handed in 75 dollars is told by the superintendent that the average cash turn-in is six dollars and a quarter. The man is dismissed to prevent others from quitting, despite being described as a good worker. The note ends with stray remarks on soaps, sugar, and Irish habits.
A collection of moral and religious readings on prayer and devotion from past sermons. A tale of a sick mother and a child’s faith contrasts with reflections on intimate prayer, parental guidance, and the value of telling one’s mother everything. It also includes guidance on youth conduct and warnings about flirtation.
A reader imagines a future grocery redesigned like an art shop with a carpeted room and chairs for female customers. He rails against current layouts that force women to stand and lean on fixtures while clerks stock shelves and wagons clutter the door.
The text describes a farming village system where cultivation occurs in dense hamlets rather than scattered farms. Protective towers guard fields during harvest, while homes cluster in villages, shaping the Mosaic Sabbath as a rural agricultural observance focusing on plowing sowing and harvesting activities.
The Sabbath allowed socializing as crops workers and families stayed near home. Farmers and some women shared simple meals with minimal cooking while elders enforced Sabbath observance, contrasting with days when villagers worked scattered across fields.
A patchwork of 1850s political recollections notes Giddings Crittenden Marshall friendship after political trial and Lecompton fate. profiles Ida Pfeiffer the traveler and Porter the balloon ascent during the Peninsula campaign. anecdotes on Tyler Harrison and Old Dade. Delsarte theory criticized. Turkish petroleum can spoof and a humorous labor organization sketch.
A collage of quips and cartoons from Tid-Bits and similar papers features jokes about women, dogs, editors, and the theater. Bits include a joke about a rattlesnake and a donkey, a baffling hotel waiter, a home life exchange, and verses about love and fortune.
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