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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
7
Warda Zoulie a young woman with swarthy complexion enters a lioness cage and escapes as red flames flare. Katoll performs with leopards in another cage while crowds await the Elks Big Fair in Sioux City September 2 to 27 promising a memorable western spectacle.
An old warning praises avoiding unnecessary surgery and promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a quick permanent cure for piles and skin issues. It touts its benefits for cats, barns, bruises, and wounds and cites testimonials from J. C. Phillips of Paris Illinois and L. O. Gale.
In 18th century France the celebrated balleteuse Mlle Salle sought to learn composing. She trusted Rameau who gave a paper with holes as scored notes. He then mapped holes to notes and keys producing a full dance music work titled Les Seuyages Dans les Indes Gelantes.
W A Greer of McConnellsville Ohio credits Bucklens Arnica Salve with curing piles and fistula after three years of doctor treatments. He claims Burns bruises cuts corns eruptions salt rheum piles and other ailments were healed in two weeks. The ad promotes the salve at 25 cents per tin.
In a storied note from Washington, General Sherman urged that the Army mule Mexique be kept at Mount Vernon and cared for at public expense for life. The secretary of war later directed the mule be kept and maintained as long as he lives, honoring a long service record dating to the Mexican War.
A brief advertisement notes a remedy titled One Minute Cough Cure intended to treat coughs colds and croup. The simple line promises fast relief from common respiratory symptoms.
The exposition committee fixed Mitchell dates Sept 29 to Oct 8 for the Corn Belt Exposition. H R Kibbe resigns as secretary treasurer. H E Hitchcock becomes secretary and W E Turner treasurer. Builders work progresses, decor details rise, and a goal of a major Mitchell success guides the effort with special rail rates promised to draw attendees. Dr Dundass travels to St Paul and Minneapolis to arrange advertising materials.
A vintage advertisement claims good digestion will follow from using Burdock Blood Bitters, presenting health as a solution to digestive discomfort and urging readers to try the product.
The piece argues that novelists like Thackeray Scott and George Eliot reveal character gradually through patient exposition of ordinary people. It notes how\b common folk gain dignity by moral struggle and subtle touches, transforming through growth when readers engage with their daily lives.
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas' Electric Oil as instant relief and permanent cure for diphtheria sore throat and croup, claiming availability at any drug store.
An artist is warned by an old landlady to stay indoors as a crowd of men, described as a hanging committee, searches for him. The Chicago News notes the tense pursuit and public fear.
A public school teacher asked a girl to define the difference between balance and remainder. The student replied that one can say a man lost his balance and fell, but not a man lost his remainder and fell. The remark illustrates everyday usage of the two related terms.
The passage notes Herophilus and Erasistratus of the Alexandrian school advancing early medical ideas. It credits Herophilus with linking heart movements to pulse and recognizing lacteals and mesenteric glands. Erasistratus challenged air in veins and blood in arteries and anticipated Harvey on circulation.
A page of light verse and quips presents playful exchanges on parties automobiles and fashion. The humor hinges on puns and misheard phrases with a mock dialogue among named characters and a reporter's aside.
A local farmer questions a peculiar death of a young city man staying with Eli Summertime. The discussion hints the man died from a strange blend of mushroom appetite and toadstool judgment, a peculiarity noted by Farmer Hornbeak and Farmer Honk.
An old advertisement urges avoiding prolonged summer colds and promotes One Minute Cough Cure by L. O. Gale as a quick, safe remedy for coughs colds croup bronchitis laryngitis and throat and lung troubles, appealing to families with children.
A London company promises to deliver hot dinners to households at any time with full table service. A single dinner costs 2 shillings, breakfast 1 shilling, lunch 1 shilling sixpence, and a weekly guinea per person for all meals. Central kitchen and special baskets keep dishes hot or cold during transit.
Terrible plagues those itching pestering diseases of the skin. Put an end to misers. Dean's Ointment cures. At any drug store.
A minister who formerly preached to Somerville iad a boy. Before the father left for a new parish, a neighbor asked if he would work in New Bedford. The boy replied that his father would only preach, not work. Trained Motherhood.
The Dead Sea receives a daily average of 6.55 million tons of water from the fordsi. There is no outlet and the level is kept down solely by evaporation. Evaporation is rapid due to intense heat and the dry atmosphere with winds from mountain gorges.
A woman voices fear that she cannot marry a man who misunderstands her. He answers that a yes would prevent any misunderstanding, asserting certainty in commitment. The exchange reflects a 19th or early 20th century Chicago tone.
In Chelsea Massachusetts the Gazette reports Jim plans a weight gain maneuver to secure a place on the varsity eleven. Larry confirms the effort was to boost his athletic standing for selection.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a gentle, effective liver tonic that cleanses the bowels and poisons from the system. It claims relief from biliousness and torpid liver and prevents fever, signed L. O. Gale.
Glaciers form when snowfall plus moisture produces large accumulations in high valleys. Repeated snowfalls create pressure as temperatures allow freezing and runoff refreezing, forming a moving ice mass that advances down valley slopes.
The note recalls poets and painters among brief West Point cadets including Edgar Allan Poe Matt Carpenter and James McNeill Whistler. Whistler stayed three years then failed an exam on silica after describing it as an elastic gas or saponifiable fat to an amused audience, prompting the academy board to end his tenure.
Mother Now urges parents to give Rocky Mountain Tea to children to keep them healthy year round. Promotes the medicine as great for kids and lists a price of 35 cents from S. H. Scallin.
The scoreboard in Sydney cricket grounds is described as the largest in the world. It stands about 23 feet high and over 70 feet long, with calico painted numbers on rollers and player names on calico frames. It has cost about 7300 dollars and requires three men to operate, though it can be updated in two minutes.
An advertisement touts Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a remedy to prevent and treat cholera infantum dysentery diarrhoea and summer complaints, urging readers to keep it in the medicine chest.
Weather prophesies by Rev. Srl Hicks warn of a September with several severe storms. The period from the 1st to 4th, a Mars and Vulcan linked surge, may bring heavy rains, wind and thunder, with frosts possible by the 4th to 7th.
A Washington Star quote features Mr. Erastus Pinkley denying selling his vote while recounting a candiate giving him $2. He frames the payment as reciprocity for support, noting that accepting such a gift and voting for the donor is common courtesy for nothing in return.
In a dramatic scene from Modern Society a villain declares power over the heroine as she counters with a doctor’s warning about sweets. The villain screams foiled again and fades away, leaving the heroine with the last word and a moral twist.
A brief fragment from a Detroit Free Press piece presents a heated exchange over a daughter’s autonomy and a wealthy suitor. The quotation contrasts parental control with financial influence in a social context.
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