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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1891
Page
6
A collection of brief anecdotes and vignettes about children and family life. It includes moral encouragement to work and play, humorous mispronunciations, and scenes from daily childhood, with light social commentary on manners, schooling, and parental guidance.
A historical account of Switzerland’s six hundredth anniversary of its foundational compact in 1291, detailing Uri Schwyz and Unterwalden forming a perpetual league to resist Austrian rule. It covers early alliances, notable figures like William Tell, Morgarten’s victory, and the enduring Swiss commitment to neutrality amid European power struggles.
The article recounts the November 13 1307 oath of Gruetli declaring Swiss independence and the January 1 1308 storming of foreign bailiffs castles. It notes Morgarten 1315 and Sompach 1386 battles shaping Swiss freedom and details early fortunes of electrical engineers like Bell Edison Brush Thomson Sprague Pope.
In a party game one exile receives slips of gossip to guess their authors, while the reader reads each note aloud. Meanwhile the Indian railways face disruption as pilgrims flood toward the Ganges causing widespread delays.
A collage of light verse and comic vignettes from the era. Jests about sailors aboard the Saucy Susan, misheard phrases on trains, and humorous exchanges with reporters and tailors. A parade of quaint characters, staged gags, and misadventures across tastefully lighthearted scenes.
A round-faced German woman presented a government check at the Wall Street sub-treasury window and, after a waiter-like exchange over verification, insisted on her identity. The cashier, noting the check payable to Wilhelmina Heckshausen and the modest amount, paid the funds when she claimed ownership. Nearby, reports recount a Brooklyn man misled by train tracks, and an ornithologist notes rare mammal specimens in Death Valley.
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