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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
8
The readable text shows partial words and disjoint phrases likely from a local newspaper item about a public notice or event. No clear date, place, or parties are identifiable beyond scattered fragments.
A scrambled OCR fragment references a place name and an incident sequence with terms that resemble a hospital or crime report. The readable bits mention a person leaving a cabin and anxiousness, with scattered fragments suggesting an event in a named location and possible medical or emergency context.
A collage of quoted lines from 1902 newspapers discussing debt disclosure in a family context and a joke about historical accuracy in novel writing. The excerpts, from the Chicago Tribune and Cleveland Plain Dealer, mix finance and literary banter in a late 19th to early 20th century voice.
Marcus G. Shantz of Rahway New York reports catarrh relief after using Ely s Cream Balm with restored taste and smell and hearing. Mrs Srankin Freeman of Dover New Hampshire endorses quick relief and notes no irritation. Available from Ely Brothers at 56 Warren Street New York or druggists for 50 cents.
A joint sale by 13 prominent Hereford and Shorthorn breeders will bring 178 registered cattle to Sioux City Iowa in early November. Shorthorns sell November 6 with 70 head including several imports and 20 head of pure Scotch cattle. Herefords sell November 7-8 with 108 head including 80 cows and heifers and 28 bulls.
Otto Lasins records a diary Walk near Zurich with the artist Bocklin who admires autumn leaves and blue sky. He laments human limits of color, praising nature’s palette and the inadequacy of white light and contrasts in art.
A Chicago News column retells charming lines from children. A small boy asks for hay for a horse, a girl notes people turn red when ashamed, and a five year old jokes about funeral processions while a grandma ponders two by two.
Dr Henry Van Dyke relates a tale from Princeton about a chicken raiser who fed cornmeal with sawdust after a traveling critic suggested the mix. The farmer notes the yellow hen thrived on sawdust, and later hatched three chicks with wooden legs and another as a woodpecker, illustrating humorous mischief of altered feeds.
A Western state proposal to tax bachelors by a rising percentage is discussed in a New York Times anecdote. Bishop Williams, longtime presiding bishop, comments wryly that at his age the tax would be about $100 yearly.
Mrs Scale Downie suggests needing another girl for a month to help make a hanging cabinet she discovered a recipe for at a total cost of $2. Mr Scale Downie objects to higher wages while she plans weeks of work. The exchange appears in a New York Weekly item.
Weary Walker wakes from a dream in the haystack and recounts that labor day would be the only day anyone worked, a whimsical reversal noted by Tired Tatters as an ant is removed from his neck. The exchange captures a playful worker’s fantasy about a single workday in a rural setting.
Detroit Free Press records a playful exchange about heart material with lines about pingpong ball composition. The dialogue contrasts inflammability and lightness in a humorous context.
Town Topics notes a courtroom quip between Colonel Bluegrass and Colonel Snodgrass, with a brief exchange about Kentuckian pride and a muffled scream from Maud surrounding a kiss, all framed as light satire.
In a scientific context the text argues that belief in Mother Eve should be discarded as a nonessential element of evolutionary study, reflecting a periodical exchange on the role of myth versus science.
An elderly farmer, though aged, remains vigorous when digestion improves. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as curing stomach disorders and aiding nutrition to restore strength. A Townsend Broadwater Co. user reports weight gain and renewed ability to work after ten bottles plus Pellets. The ad offers Common Sense Medical Adviser free with 21 one-cent stamps to Dr. R V Pierce, Buffalo NY.
A skeptical woman recounts a native page suggestion that loss can be found by visualization. She loses a hatpin and, after sitting quietly to imagine the object, sees a dark disk and discovers the pin in the folds of a blanket on her bed, found by her maid.
A historical ad promotes Dr Wood's Norway Pine syrup as a universal remedy for coughs colds and pulmonary diseases touting timely dosing as life saving. The text frames the product as nature’s cure all with medicinal claims.
Napoleon wrote his only known English letter to Count Las Cases during his St Helena imprisonment. The missive, a linguistic curiosity, notes slow progress after six weeks of study and a lofty goal of learning two thousand two hundred words, with a dictionary of forty thousand terms.
A.L. Failier of 1108 Dakota Ave Grand Forks N D testifies he suffered years with backache and kidney issues. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills from Trepanier & Co and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as the remedy, noting relief during a broken ankle and urging others to try the medicine. Price 50 cents.
Miss Gertie Bramwell orders fourteen dozen song books for Mt. Vernon schools. John Trotter and Miss Wealtha Pearce plan orders for their schools soon. Dr J W Heston, S D E A president, visited to prepare next session in Mitchell and plans a countywide circular for teachers to attend. Oscar Martin seeks Tobin No 18 replacement. many notes on teaching assignments, resignations, meetings, and upcoming examinations. County Superintendent O W Coursey announces dates and recognition of professional certificates.
P Muse of Durham North Carolina says severe stomach and liver trouble nearly killed him. D Kings New Life Pills saved his life and gave perfect health. Sold for 25 cents at S H Scallins drug store.
The Union Stock Yards Co of Sioux City Iowa announces a three day sale of pure bred cattle at their stock yards from November 6 to 8. Leading breeders from the United States Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Iowa consign cattle including 70 head of Shorthorns on Thursday and 108 head of Herefords on Friday and Saturday. The managers praise the impact of pure bred cattle on regional beef stock and urge attendance.
A letter from Oil City, Pennsylvania, praises the Oro Hondo Mining Company prospect in Lead, South Dakota. It touts clear titles, strong ore bodies near Homestake, deep shafts, and a modern hoisting plant. It urges small investors to buy at 50 cents a share and offers extensive prospectus material and an investor club plan.
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