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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
9
A shower at Miss Mae Welch’s home honored Miss Lenore Prescott with toasts from guests including Edna Daniels. A playful verse toast joked about Lenore’s engagement and proposed a lighthearted “amalgamation” of a future marriage as friends wish the couple well.
The text outlines a common tidal theory where the moon raises a tidal wave on the near side of the Earth and the far side water bulges due to inertia. The sun also raises tides, about two fifths as strong as the moon, with higher tides at new and full moons when sun and moon align.
France prepares for the fate of ex-presidents as M. Loubet, nearing term end, declines re election. He reflects on life senators and admits error in opposing them, noting his district would elect him to the chamber but the department would not send him to the senate. He sees himself as too conservative yet not republican enough.
A guidance column urges readers to improve wellbeing through building strength and avoiding sickness. It presents health as essential to happiness and warns that poor health brings suffering and discontent. The piece promotes preventive habits and vitality.
Public notice-style claim touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion constipation poor appetite female complaints and malaria. It urges readers to try the product as the best health maker and says hundreds have been made well and hearty.
In 1679 James Adams of York abducted two Simpson children aged six and nine. He built a pound in a rocky thicket, enticed them to search for birds and confined them to perish. After 48 hours the boys escaped by digging, and they were found three days later on the seashore. Adams was sentenced to thirty lashes, restitution totaling £15 to the children's father and treasurer, plus prison costs, and remained confined pending further order.
A January 4 1699 Lyons meeting by royal commissioners debated whether lawyers and doctors could be called gentlemen. The issue reached both professions who testified to their gentility. Medieval heralds examined landholders across counties to assess eligibility, with a list of dis qualified figures including Thomas Robbins described as ignoble. Charles Anscote from an old family is noted as titled gentleman despite wealth under £500. Brooke comments on gentility criteria.
A quotation asserts that true gentlemanliness rests not on fashion, climate, or opinion, but on a heart inspired by the spirit of God. It claims this quality remains constant across yesterday, today, and forever.
A look at historical statutes reveals Henry VIII banned diversity of religious opinion, Scotland forbids football under a heavy fine, and dress rules limited silk gowns to certain spouses. Other eras feature daytime sleep mandates and tavern curfews, illustrating how kings and parliaments wielded control.
In a tale of hospitality the elder Dumas shelters a pack of twelve dogs at Monte Cristo. His factotum seeks to herd them out for cost reasons, but the author insists on keeping them and orders a fourteenth dog to be found.
A playful exchange where a parent teases a child and the daughter responds with cheer. The five year old replies that she is not insulted, calling the parent by a familiar nickname.
An old advertisement extols Dr. R V Pierce and his Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weaknesses. It cites testimonials from Mrs Beverly Sitgreaves and promises a free medical adviser upon sending stamps. It also plugs Pleasant Pellets as a safe laxative for delicate women.
We took a very large order to secure low costs and pass savings to customers. Cotton blankets range from 39 cents to 2.75 dollars, woolen blankets from 2.50 to 10 dollars, with heavy 11-4 and 12-4 blankets offered at 1.25 dollars.
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