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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1889
Page
6
A collection of humorous vignettes on forgetfulness and memory feats. It opens with a child’s dream of a mother and a later tale about a Dakota traveler who forgets his wife and baggage, then a preacher who reads Connecticut law as scripture, turning legal text into biblical eloquence.
Quote from A G Warner discussing scientific charity workers as active propagandists who condemn indiscriminate giving and preach careful benevolence. They set charity offices in cities to coordinate relief, avoid overlap, and align benevolence with enlightened self interest and economic thinking. The passage praises cross discipline agreement in philanthropy.
The piece notes English crime fell by over one third since 1840 and UK pauper relief dropped by more than half from 1850 to 1880 as populations rose. Other European trends are cited, including Russia and Tolstoi reforms. It also mentions a Morgantown dog that acts as a cash dog for shopping, and a French term marcou for a seventh son.
A whimsical verse from an old scrap book recalls Winnie who woos Walter amid Wisbeach woods. Walter wanes with winter, Winnie wards his welfare, and their wanderings weave wild wordplay and woodland wonders. Willie arrives, Winnie watches Walter, and wiser hearts weather weary weather.
Nestor Roqueplan, famed for wit, dines with a new rich family who boast of inviting him always. Each night he arrives at six, is greeted coolly, and the hosts pretend they are away. After a week he returns, utters a sharp rebuke on empty promises, and leaves with a parting lecture.
In The Doodleville Yelper a poem meant as a clever acrostic was printed as a scrambled verse after editors realized the first letters spelled an insult about Clugston. The press rushed to press, altering lines to hide the hidden message, with little impact on a reader’s view of the piece.
A Philadelphia Press correspondent recalls drawing room day in Regent Street where world renowned figures pass by as crowds gather for portraits. Vander Weyde, an American photographer, draws royalists and duchesses while his studio uses electric light and colored glass to soften features, producing flattering likenesses. The tale follows the photographer’s unlikely path from Civil War veteran prisoner to inventor of electric light for portraiture.
A dialogue from the Detroit Free Press quotes Y G seeking the daughter’s hand with a strong attachment claim. Old Hardappe reacts with relief noting no other significant attachments exist, implying marital pursuit is straightforward.
The Quiver notes describe cathedral and town vane designs in Bishopstons and nearby Hereford shire towns. Vane forms include gridiron shapes symbolizing St. Lawrence, pennon shaped vanes on central towers, and decorative vanes on town halls. Descriptions extend to market crosses, bulls tied to rings, weekly fairs, and rural ridge decorations showing floral clumps from earth and clay ridges.
Brook lyn Mt. Desert Herald recounts Capt John Allen famed Penobscot Bay figure. In Castine Gen Goslin blocked the road. Allen halted, then brandished his sword and proclaimed I am Tom Capt John Allen and I am going to have half the road, taking the passage for his wife Sally riding nearby.
A Walpole New Hampshire record notes black snow, though rare, explained by dust storms carrying minerals shells of infusoria and plant or insect fragments. Infusorial shells and aquatic plants traced across oceans mark aerial currents. Ehrenberg’s 820+ species cited. Humboldt and Maury referenced. Winds whirlwinds and waterspouts cited as primary causes of these phenomena and fish showers often follow heavy rain or a waterspout formation.
A column recounts southwest Georgia as a historic provisioning hub before and after the Civil War, noting vast corn yields and hog production. It laments postwar neglect of meat farming, observing Albany annually imports about 200 rail cars of western meat, contributing a $360,000 tax to the region.
Cairo reports Egyptian incubation methods enable hatcheries to produce over twenty million chickens yearly. A single establishment near the pyramids trades eggs for chicks at two eggs per chick, with one 600,000-chick season and a 98 degree oven temperature kept by workers. An incuabtor complex with twelve 70 by 60 by 16 foot compartments yields 230,000 chickens annually using minimal fuel and one man overseeing the operation.
Folklore notes that high nest builds by thrushes in Ireland foreshadow great neighborhood calamities due to fairy mischief. Shrill blackbird notes imply rain to quench souls in purgatory. Wicklow ring ousel song signals a fairy gathering at moonlit hollows until dawn per the New York Commercial Advertiser.
In Normandy grave markers common show tears on crosses with opposite colors, echoing ancient lachrymatories and Bayeux tapestry motifs. Pere la Chaise hosts a tear shaped monument, while Detroit journalist Charles B. Lewis of the Free Press is profiled for his witty, humane writing as M. Quad.
A century ago coal iron production reached about 80 000 tons yearly, dropping to 53 000 two decades later while Britain in 1788 produced 68 300 tons. The United States then barely began steel, pig iron cost high, and rails were scarce. Last year pig iron output neared 9.48 million tons with pellets about 21 per ton. steel rails reached 1.35 million tons at 31.50. A single railway now buys more iron than Britain and the U.S. combined a century ago.
A train carrying circus elephants derailed near town on the west side road. No injuries reported, but two elephants trudged into the city upset by the incident. Drivers whipped the animals while townsfolk watched as one horse nearby crouched in prayer, trembling as the elephants passed through South Portland.
The piece contrasts public envy of theater salaries with the harsh reality faced by actors. It describes contracts for 150 dollars a week that turn into late payments and eventual breakups, leaving actors penniless and unemployed mid season.
James S Foster urges investors to buy lands as statehood and new railroads, reservation openings, and major improvements boost real estate values. Offers free map pamphlet and price list of lands for sale.
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