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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
5
Publication record notes The Return of Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle appears in Collier's Weekly under copyright 1305. The item highlights the literary work's serialized period and its magazine context.
Holmes and Watson return to Abbey Grange to reexamine the crime scene. The investigation uncovers a frayed bell rope, a pocket knife hidden corkscrew, and a chair with a blood mark, pointing to a single formidable suspect and a staged alibi.
Lewiston Journal notes 1944 coroner statistics show 11,660 deaths in New York City requiring investigation. Of these, 5,398 were buried in Potter's field and 317 in unmarked graves. The piece links poverty and crime to housing, politics, and immigration, urging reform.
A tale from Anglo Indian circles recounts a brutal officer who threats and lashes a servant until the life becomes unrecognizable for a week. The piece notes a Chinese land rule that lands pass to all male heirs, not chosen individuals. It also mentions Wellington England with 7,000 residents hosting 6,245 “trimps” last year.
A collection of illustrated home baking instructions includes Rye Bread and Green Corn Griddle Cakes, Frosting for cakes, and Bakers' Custard Pie. The notes cover ingredients, yeast sponge methods, oven times, and decorative icing tips from a New York bakery source.
George Wright of near Helly in Prowers County explains a method to make durable fence posts from cement. He describes the inexpensive process using sand and cement, reinforced with barbed wire, and notes posts last a long time while costing only a few cents each.
The text emphasizes patience in forestry advising careful planting and ongoing care. It warns against sowing down pastures on new woodlots and stresses preserving the largest and best formed trees when thinning and eventually cutting.
In Kansas City a widow debates with a bachelor what defines a flirt. She argues charm is inner, not fashion, and that flirts influence courtship, marriages, and society, while the bachelor laments outcomes but concedes the charm of flirtatious women.
Baron Silver, a five year old bay trotter standing about eighteen hands high and weighing 1475 pounds, is claimed to be the fastest trotter of his size in the world. With seventy days on the track he ran a trial mile in 2 15 5, averaging over thirty nine feet per second. Owner Mrs. H. A. Busby will not part with or lease the horse, though inquiries and offers from millionaires and circuses pour in.
A satirical verse in a New York World column mocks classical figures and fashion through witty, risqué caricatures. The piece pairs comic phrases about Aphrodite, Venus de Medici, Milo and Morals with a quip about neglecting quality in dairy farming for the sake of quantity.
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