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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1893
Page
5
A long column offers guidance on milliners folds, carpet cleaning with newspaper, and preserving carpets with ammonia. It includes advice on wrinkle prevention, entertaining a country house party, college costs for women, nail hygiene, glove care, and home warming rituals with a New York Evening Post tone.
A collage of juvenile vignettes and playful scenes from family life. Includes hens talked about by a biddy and a baby’s thoughts, plus Ruthie’s misadventure with Pussy Willow and a Sunday visit to Aunt Marilda’s.
The piece surveys how terms like dozen hundred and thousand vary by trade and region. It notes bakers dozens, fish counts of twenty six, cotton yarn gauges, and pottery pieces. likewise printers and stone trades use nonstandard measures. It contrasts liquid and dry quarts and gallons, citing 231 versus 265 cubic inches and forty quarts to a bushel for dry goods.
The Manual of the American Bible Society details translations and distributions in ninety five languages and dialects. It lists languages from Hebrew and Greek to Armenian Turkish and Chinese Dialects and reports total Bibles and testaments issued worldwide nearing 246 million before April 1 1892. It notes broad access with few countries restricting circulation and emphasizes a constant reach across nations.
The article notes a large US crop of beans and peas yet little statistics exist on planted area or harvested yield. Official figures show imports averaging over 1 million bushels yearly for nine years with about $1.12 million spent, primarily from Canada Argentina Italy France and Germany.
In a London dinner setting Charles Sumner dodges a quiet rebuke from Macaulay over Washington’s burial. Sumner says Washington’s ashes rest on the Potomac banks, sparking Macaulay’s puzzled reply about whether the body was burned.
Advice for crape wearers on reviving worn fabric using newspaper and careful ironing to restore its appearance without scorching. The method involves placing crape between two sheets of newspaper and applying a heat level that sets the fibers without burning.
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