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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1887
Page
8
Winnipeg dispatch reports a direct clash between provincial and federal authorities over a Red River road project on dominion lands. The piece notes intense feeling, potential armed resistance, and possible annexation as Manitoba loses ground legally while funds and support from border towns and Americans are rumored to surge.
Burns Moore of Detroit was deemed insane after a spree of self harm to terrify his wife. He forced her to watch him thrust a needle into his face and tongue, cut his throat with scissors, and brandish a revolver to threaten her. The probate judge committed him to Pontiac asylum.
Fort Shaw Montana reports a brutal murder at the head of Dearborn creek. Jno Embody age 70, selling his effects to move to New York, had $1200 on him. The head was split, the killer dragged the body into the cabin and set it ablaze. A young man from the Northwest territory stole two horses to flee. Officers pursue the suspect.
In Nelsonville Ohio a 45 foot high trestle at the Mudfork mines collapsed during construction. Three carpenters were killed instantly and four others seriously injured. Names of the dead not yet learned.
Ottawa Illinois September 18 no ruling was issued during the opening hours of the supreme court and the civil docket was resumed with no prospect of an announcement until the call is completed. Expectation is that the announcement will come this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
In Cmicaca on September 13 a wall of a synagogue under construction on Judd and Clinton streets caved in without warning. A hook and ladder truck freed eight workers. four were seriously injured and one is expected to recover.
Joe McBride, a farmer six miles southeast of Eaton Ohio, shot his hired hand Billy Babbitt twice after returning from the fair to find him in bed with McBride’s wife. Babbitt died almost instantly, causing great excitement in the community.
A New York dated letter from November 1884 presents Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s views on the Vicksburg capitulation. Grant discusses Bowen and Pemberton, terms offered, and the decision to avoid a council of war while aiming to spare Confederate troops from humiliation.
The article explains that many sudden deaths arise from preventable risks and internal weakness. It cites accidents, risky behavior, and factors like Enlarged heart and weakened cerebral arteries. It notes that moderation and careful life regulation can prevent fatal outcomes, as discussed by Youth's Companion.
British physicist C V Boys draws glass rods into fibers under precise heat using straw arrows from a crossbow. Fibers reach under one ten thousandth of an inch. quartz threads under one hundred thousandth. Augite feldspar garnet yield colored fibers at low temperature. Boys also shows an annealed glass spiral weighing a millionth of a grain. The note adds a playful jab about autograph fans.
In Suamokry Virginia Sept 12 miners from the Mineral Mining and Railroad company Unie Cox company Enterprise Coal company and Excelsior Coal company plan a strike unless coal firms grant a general wage increase. About three thousand workers could be affected though negotiations with the Philadelphia and Reading company at Pottsville proceed and the $2.50 minimum wage is believed conceded.
A New York Post feature profiles Mediterranean cookery, detailing Turkish pilaff with chicken and mutton, Milan style risotto with cheese and mushroom variations, Spanish garlic rich rice dishes, Portuguese sweet rice, a Persian kabob with lamb and liver, and notes on German salad origins and classic fresh cucumber salad with tomato and watercress.
A Brooklyn Eagle Rambler mockingly notes a citizen exiled from the subway commission praising a plan to place wires underground. The idea relies on a ferret chasing a rat through subterranean tunnels to pull a conduit line, with a card retained to detain the animal if needed.
The Berlin police, long wary of advertised patent medicines deemed useless and overly clear, have banned both their advertising and sale. From 1883 to 1885 prosecutions rose and warnings issued, culminating in a new prohibition aimed at stopping unproven secret remedies.
A clergyman ends a discourse affirming that millions have benefited from the Scriptural injunction. Lawyer Stubbs then oddly requests the injunction be made permanent, prompting the judge to respond.
The Philadelphia Call quotes playful chatter about enjoying the bathing at Atlantic City and a humorous exchange with Old Granger-Miranthy urging Currant-stem management in the kitchen, capturing local color.
The Philadelphia Times reports Germany plans a vast East African colony from the Osi to Regama rivers, with initial settlement in the Chara region near Mombassa. It notes rich timber, rubber, ivory, and crops potential, a cool highland climate, and labor from locals, while cautioning on Mosai hostilities and disease.
The Philadelphia Ledger endorses Gen. Thomas Kane’s idea of placing surgical hospitals in mountain air to improve outcomes. It argues summer operations should occur away from oppressive city heat, suggesting surgeons advise procedures in bracing, high-altitude atmospheres to protect patients’ bodily endurance.
The article discusses how beliefs that the moon’s cycle governs weather are popular but scientifically untenable. It notes that weather changes every few days and lunar cycles occur weekly, yet no consistent causal link exists, arguing that such coincidences do not prove lunar influence.
A Globe-Democrat city dispensary physician describes strong aversion to hospital care among Black and Irish workers. He says Black patients fear being transformed by medicine and fear night doctors, while many Irish workers prefer returning to tenements and rely on charity rather than city care.
A gentleman of Irish extraction remarks on life’s harshness in a Washington Hatchet passage. He laments the world’s sadness and bitterness and notes that flowers are not strewn on a grave until after death.
The Chicago Herald notes the risks of fast living in Wall Street and on the board with the deaths of Woeris Hoffer Charley Osborne Joseph Armour Jim Love and Adams and the late Vice President Hill on the New York Stock Exchange illustrating the danger of reckless speculation and brief hours of leisure.
A literary reflection on youth and rest as life wears on. The speaker contemplates rest beyond the journey, noting youth, love, and desire fade as noon and sorrow loom, leading to a grave with cool clay and farewell to the world. The text echoes a poemish meditation from an age when Burn’s century terms appear.
The New York Tribune recounts conductor Carl Zerrahn recalling Mendelssohn during a 1840s Schwerin festival. In rehearsal for St Paul, a violinist spotted an F sharp misprint, a rival claim about a plotted joke, and Mendelssohn’s legendary ear. The tale ends suggesting a pencil lead trick and a prank between Mendelssohn and Ferdinand David.
A ticket agent recalls a comical incident from ten years in service. A man bought a ten ride family suburban ticket and asked for seven rides punched. He claimed his wife had given him a four ride ticket, used one, lost it, and bought a new ticket to keep the same ride count.
Public Opinion presents figures on land density across continents with Europe at 36 per km2 Asia 19 Africa 7 America 2 and Australia 0.5. It lists European nations from Saxony 212 Belgium 198 Holland 131 to Norway 6 and Russia excluding Poland 16.
The ozone substance is a denser form of oxygen with a specific gravity of 24, likely containing three oxygen atoms per molecule. It is highly unstable, decomposes with heat and explosions, and acts as a strong irritant poison in concentrated states while strongly affecting oxidizable materials.
A Detroit Free Press item quotes Lord Erskine’s polite reply to subscription requests with the line I beg to subscribe. A Dakota newspaper notes a nun near twelve miles away died from poisoning after eating lunch stored with a disliked contemporary, warning others.
A column voice argues for extreme Indian removal policies and mocks Indian leaders. It recounts Colorow's speech to his warriors, portrays Utes as adversaries, and predicts a looming outbreak with a ceremonial massacre opening the conflict.
A recruit asks for duty with the Gatling gun squad. The captain notes the squad is full. The recruit cites his city job grinding coffee for Shark and Bilford as his qualification.
Not an American, lawyer Mr Redford questions citizenship of the late Mr Clark. The witness recalls knowing the deceased for three years and notes he did not attend a ball game in that time.
A Western visitor mishears a theatre program in Boston saying Romeo and Juliet. He jokes that he expected Omaha and Juliet, revealing playful confusion over the play’s title and meaning in a city venue.
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