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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
13
Beginning Monday October 12, H D Butterfield announces a store remodel and a sacrifice sale. The event offers heavy discounts on carpets rugs linoleum and matting including Ingrain carpets at 55¢ a yard and Wilton rugs reduced from 38 to 32 dollars.
A local store advertises a cloak clearance ahead of moving time. The sale offers coats priced at 25.00, 20.00, and 18.00 to clear recent stock during cloak season.
A report from La Beck recounts Christian Heinecker born February 1721, who by ten months spoke words and by twelve months recited the Pentateuch. By age four he could read the Old and New Testaments, grasp history and geography, and speak Latin and French. He wrote, studied music and mathematics, and died at four years four months. The Danish king met him in Copenhagen.
A fragment describes ritual hair traditions with Abyssinian images and symbolic tresses. The piece notes wearing melted butter on hair to signal fate, and a warrior’s head hair as rank, counting each killed foe as another tress in a rise to fearsome status.
Mrs Clancy says Pat and she have parted forever after she visited the hospital to see him. The doctor refused saying he is under the influence of Ann Estheticks. She vows divorce if her husband acts that way at death’s door.
A rainy night scene urges parents to soothe coughing children with Cole's Cough Cure. The copy claims the remedy is loved by kids and mothers who have used it before and guarantees satisfaction. Available at druggists for 25 cents plus tax.
A speaker ridicules a professor by calling themselves a clodhopper while declaring movement proves intellect. The verse mocks academia and ends with an advertisement for Cole's Carboliforp claiming soft skin and a fresh country air scent sold by druggists.
A fragmentary item notes terse talk between Tom and Dick about a trivial matter described as a small Rath and a quick reply from a woman saying No. The Philadelphia Press is cited. An advertisement for Cole's Laxative Liver Pills claims relief from indigestion and sick headache available at druggists.
A fragment from a Chicago Post piece notes a wife as a valuable asset after her husband’s failure. It ponders whether she could retrieve assets and if a daughter might be quoted high in the marriage market.
A vintage ad urges readers to keep Cole’s Carbolisalve for fast relief from burns and scars. It claims guaranteed cure of the worst burns and scars without a sear, with price points of 25 and 50 cents.
The 13 inch gun is rated for 300 firings before requiring inspection and overhaul, while the 6 inch gun can be fired more than 2,000 times without structural injury under normal conditions.
A cross section on crinoline origins its rise in 1862 Sheffield output how steel hoops were used and dangers cited by fires and lightning. Also a humorous exchange on board and lodging cost itemization and a column on old clothes ornaments showing thrift among the rich and the poor.
A brief comic exchange shows a cautious compliment about a new hat. The responder confirms the hat is paid for and declares it perfectly beautiful. Originates from the Detroit Free Press.
Report notes congress members wished to greet Washington after his second inauguration but opposing view called such deference a step toward monarchy. A half hour adjournment was proposed but met strong resistance as a liberty risk.
A historical note explains how eyes closed in prayer originated with ancient sun worship. People faced the sun at dawn and dusk, blessing the world as the sun rose and set. The practice endured through generations, even after the object of worship changed.
A quirky mixed-page snippet describes facing poverty, bold effort, and a navy or maritime scene with a spanking breeze. It references Scallin Bros, a Naughty-cal Experience, Yachter, and a tale of the ten der Willie caught by bare poles astern, all in a Town and Country tone.
Scallin Bros advertise Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic that allegedly cures blood poverty blood poison active bowels headaches and loss of ambition for 34 cents claiming to boost strength and vitality.
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