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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
10
A Philadelphia Times note recalls a lawyer who specialized in accident settlements sees his most memorable client, a Delaware County Swede, whose wife was killed by a train. After weeks of resisting compromise, the widow’s husband agrees to a $500 settlement, praising the buy as luck with a new wife he married yesterday.
The passage notes P. T. Barnum’s greatest joy was pleasing children as he shaped his museum and show. He aimed to thrill young patrons with spectacles and set days and prices to suit their convenience and ability to pay.
A health column extols Mrs Pierces Favorite Prescription as preserving vitality in middle aged women. It claims the medicine cures female weakness by drying drains healing ulceration and inflammation and restoring natural vigor and rosy cheeks. It presents time worn matrons as proof.
Dr. Christopher Nyrop cites a London case where Miss Caroline Newton bit off part of Thomas Laveland’s nose after he kissed her against her will. The court acquitted Newton and a judge quipped that a woman may bite or eat the offending nose to her liking.
Rev J Budlong of Ashaway Rhode Island extols Electric Bitters as a reliable medicine curing jaundice and long standing liver troubles. The letter claims the tonic heals liver kidney and stomach issues and guarantees satisfaction at 50 cents per bottle from 8 H Scallin.
Milk serves as a good food for very young infants and can aid adults, but it cannot supply all nutrients. Research shows milk’s salts are retained in the body, limiting its nutritional adequacy.
The exchange features Mrs Stebbins recalling her largest fish, weighing 140 pounds, with Mr Stebbins responding fondly. The page also promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a treatment for nasal catarrh, claiming quick relief and specifying pricing and availability.
The piece surveys thunder beliefs from Hawaii to Iceland and England noting Mauna Loa echoes, Hecla roars, and Jupiter’s beard on roofs. It explains a widespread rule that even-numbered thunder indicates mild weather, while odd counts like five nine or thirteen signal severe storms and damage.
An 19th century style advertises a one hundred dollar reward for any Gatarrh case cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney Co Toledo and endorsers West Truax Walding Kinnan Margin and others as trustworthy, promotes Catarrh Cure taken internally with blood and mucous surface action, price Tocper per bottle, testimonials free, and Trall s Family Pills as best.
A brief line from a Chicago Record-Herald column quotes Hortense and Lucille debating a man who, in their view, has shattered the hearts of at least a dozen local girls.
The exchange recalls a singer who has progressed in her career with an encore shifting from singing to smiles. Town and Country highlights the change in demeanor as part of her professional evolution.
A quick remedy touted for relief from coughs colds and croup offers rapid action claims. The ad style note emphasizes fast temporary relief and broad use across common respiratory symptoms.
The article notes young eels overcoming flood gates on the Thames with collective mortality aiding ascent. It cites London Standard on their persistence, and mentions eels formed into fried cakes for eating in some places. A separate scene describes a New York audience anecdote about a brother's absence and a tossed up choice.
An antique advertisement extols DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure-all for cuts burns bruises and skin diseases while cautioning against unnecessary surgery and counterfeit products. The claim includes a patient testimonial from J C Phillips Paris Ill and mentions L O Gale.
A London Post correspondent reports a Mecca pilgrimage where an Arab barber prays for a comfortable heaven and a wife or two, reflecting on wealth, fate, and religious tradition as he appeals to God and Prophet Muhammad for favor.
An old advertisement claims two million Americans suffer dyspepsia and Burdock Blood Bitters cures the condition at any drug store with the brand offered as a remedy.
A skeptical summer resident questions the oracle of Bushville about pine posts and durability. W. H. Brown of Leesville Ind. endures 18 miles for Dr Kings New Discovery amid asthma to find instant relief. He reports better sleep after using the medicine with bottles 50 cents to 1 dollar and free trials at S H Scallin's drug store.
The Detroit Free Press describes gleaning in Hertfordshire Bedfordshire and neighboring counties where women and children pick up scattered ears after harvest. They form small sheaves carry them home thrash by hand and use grain for sale feed. A half peck per day is typical for a child and mothers treat the work as a daylong picnic.
For forty years the extract has purportedly cured summer complaint dysentery diarrhoea bloody flux and stomach pain and never failed to do what is promised.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a gentle liver tonic that cleanses poison and putrid matter from the system. It claims to cure biliousness torpid liver and prevent fever, endorsed by L. O. Gale.
A Boston Transcript cartoon frames Henry and Dick commenting on Tom who died debt free, and the chance to lend money as a playful warning about personal finance and generosity. The exchange highlights opportunity and prudence in handling small loans before the end.
The Baltimore Herald mocks Mr Fusse for his apparent fear of germs. It notes he washes his antiseptic gauze gloves in antiseptic fluid before touching the sterilized glass for his boiled and filtered mineral water.
A fragmentary line shows a policeman urging calm and obedience, with a character resisting and citing a magistrate’s prior instruction. The dialogue hints at a tense encounter and a pledge to follow orders despite protest.
A reminiscence recalls a private dispatch from the first lord of the admiralty to Admiral Codrington urging restraint yet privately saying Go it Ned. Codrington led a decisive action at Navarino and destroyed the Turkish fleet.
A Colorado Springs Gazette excerpt presents a fable where an African lion explains that a grizzly bear is laid up after a tortoise bit him, quipping that the bear deserves trouble for trifling with a shell game. The playful exchange showcases animal wit and moral humor.
A short warning about summer colds that may linger and weaken the constitution. The ad promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a safe, fast-acting remedy for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. The sponsor L. O. Gale endorses the product and notes children favor it.
In a clipped exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald a man asserts authority saying he is master in the house while a woman instructs him to warn the crook that company would be arriving all week. He exits with sharp remarks about those afraid to own their souls.
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt recalls Elizabeth now grown from a toddler to an older girl. Her grandmother notes how Elizabeth no longer follows every instruction she once did, reflecting on changing behavior as she ages.
A reader from McConnellsville Ohio credits Bucklens Arnica Salve with curing piles and fistula after three years of medical treatment. The product claims to heal burns bruises cuts corns sores eruptions and salt rheum with no pay required. Sold at S H Scallin's drug store.
Roswell Miller announces Milwaukee Road will extend from Chamberlain to Rapid City next year via the White River valley, continuing the Platte line through Charles Mix and Brule counties. The project aims to boost settlement, open grazing lands, and position Sioux City as a western gateway, with Mitchell benefiting as a regional hub.
A Prussian king once sent a poor aid-de-camp Colonel Malachowsky a small portfolio bound like a book holding 500 crowns. Later the king asked his opinion and the officer replied he awaited a second volume with impatience. The king then gave another portfolio engraved This book is complete in two volumes.
W. P. White of Kennedale Texas says he suffered distressing pains in head back and stomach and loss of appetite. He began using Dr King’s New Life Pills and soon felt like a new man. The pills cure stomach and liver troubles at 25 cents at S Ts Scallin’s drug store.
The Atchison Globe notes bees carry a market basket on their hind legs formed by fringe hairs that meet at the tips. It claims this observable feature through a microscope highlights the bee’s basket. The entry adds a proverb about experience and a remark on man’s pores count.
A reminiscence of Gettysburg shows General Hancock remaining composed amid injury. Wounded, he is carried to the rear where surgeons remove the clothing and find the bullet or nail. He orders an aid to report to General Meade that the enemy is low on ammunition, claiming a tenpenny nail caused the wound.
A Philadelphia bachelor returned from the Pacific coast with a Chinaman as valet after friends in San Francisco claimed orientals are admirable servants. The valet kept a found half dollar for honesty, then later explained he kept a missing scarfpin as punishment for honesty.
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