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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
7
Desperate two day battle near Glencoe ends with heavy losses on both sides but no lives lost. British forces under Sir William and Yule drive Boers from key positions, seize seventeen captured guns, and pursue retreating burghers as artillery and cavalry support.
Illinois Supreme Court upholds ruling that the Glucose & Refining Company, known as the glucose trust, is a trust under the 1893 act. George F. Harding of Chicago leads the suit to block sale to the trust. The decision reverses the lower court and remands for relief including setting aside conveyances and property transfers.
European capitals show curiosity over Britain’s military buildup and a rumored postwar scheme to absorb the Boer republics into a crown controlled federation in Cape Town with a governor general, local legislatures, and a dominion parliament. The plan follows razing forts at Pretoria and Johannesburg and hints at wider continental reaction to Kruger’s finances, transport disruptions, and newspaper commentary.
The text reviews rulings on unearned premiums returnable upon policy cancellation, insurer duties, and the validity of policy clauses. It cites Tisdell v New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co, Williams v Thacker Coal and C Co, Cutler v Royal Insurance Co, and Erb v German American Insurance Co. plus notes on illegal business insurance legality and public policy concerns.
Reports show New Jersey leading silk goods, Virginia with 33 woolen mills, Pennsylvania 86 silk mills, and London carpenters earning 19 cents hourly. US exports cigarettes to Asia. Uncle Sam controls half the world’s petroleum. Syria pays laborers 50 cents to $1 daily. Union wage gains and busy building trades mark contrasts with a San Francisco strike saga where Hess seeks damages and an injunction, causing appeals.
A doctor and a 10 year old girl's joint suicide in a Vienna suburb leads to a court case over bequeathed jewelry described as imitation. The chambermaid later passed the items to a subordinate, revealing the pieces are genuine Abyssinian gold worth about £1000, prompting a demand for recovery from the legatee who acted in ignorance.
The Rev I W Greenstreet furnishes the London Spectator with a humorous epitaph placed in a Gloucestershire parish church. As Tetbury curate in the fifties the marble slab near the west door bears the inscription In a vault underneath lie several of the Saunderses late of this parish Particulars the last day will disclose Amex.
A quip about the rock of Gibraltar says its height is about 1,437 feet. A man muses on love and income noting his salary covers only board and clothes. A stray line on a grocery store leaving a building mentions rats and files in a curt, puzzling image.
The article outlines costs and volumes for past censuses since 1830 and projects the 1900 census will require about 16 million dollars and many volumes. It notes delays in 1850 6th census and 1890 10th census reports and states plans to publish population tables by states and large cities in fall 1900 after three years of field work.
Horace boasts of forgetting nothing as a Milwaukee boat trip ends with his wife Mildred asking where his hat was. He piles up fruit and trinkets, reveals a shopper’s frenzy, and is finally reminded by Mildred to locate his missing hat as the boat sails.
The essay notes elephants remember keepers after years, and recounts a tame elephant recalling commands after fifteen years in the wild. It adds horses recalling paths after eight years, dogs recognizing masters after five years, and cites parrots and pigeons as memory‑capable birds.
The article reflects on medieval sumptuary laws and their modern view, noting Edward IV’s 1464 clothing limits and a 1465 ban on long peaked shoes. It contrasts Elizabethan fashion as artistic yet excess in society, as described in The Cornhill.
A collection of humorous vignettes from witnesses and professionals. A young doctor defends knowledge of concussion in cross examination. Senor Sanchez recalls a Cuban General's quip about Haiti Porto Rico and Cuba. An editor funds a new Philadelphia Times and learns to “run it as you please.” A French actress fears and learns from Marshal Canrobert. A Mexican trip incident ends with the lesson not to judge by uniform.
A religious column threaded with reflections from Spurgeon and other writers on prayer, Providence, and the nature of happiness. It blends devotional excerpts with brief notes on church life, missions, and spiritual outlooks from various denominations.
The well known hymn Blest Be the Tie That Binds was written by Rev. John Fawcett an English Baptist who died in 1817 after about sixty years in ministry. His farewell sermon near Mainsgate Yorkshire ended with a family and church farewell as they prepared to move to London.
A woman recalls Lavinia Dickinsons pursuit to paint a likeness of her deceased sister. She gathered photographs drawings and lines from twenty five faces to craft a composite portrait. An artist later admitted the final work resembled the sister about as much as any single model.
A 90 year old mother brings her 72 year old son to a Tasmanian benevolent asylum for care. The son, said to have fallen in with bad companions and habits, reportedly exhibited thick speech and odor on a recent occasion suggesting smoking. The asylum superintendent will inform the mother if misconduct occurs.
Dublin features St Patrick’s and Christ Church cathedrals. St Patrick’s was restored by a brewer and Christ Church by a distiller, illustrating historic funding by tradespeople.
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