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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1893
Page
3
Fragmentary lines recall a nostalgic lyric about youth and enduring love. The text weaves images of a young world, growing trees, and distant faces, with a plea to find a familiar love once shared. The passage reads like a poem with oblique references to memory and longing.
A club discussion about graphology leads to Jaynes submitting handwriting to a professor who analyzes character. The first verdict brands Jaynes egotistical and unpopular, while a second misses Emma Gordons writing. Jaynes discovers the test misreads truth, sparking doubt about graphology and trust in loved ones.
Fragmented excerpts describe snuff's rise with tobacco as a perfume and the Napoleonic allure of snuff boxes. It covers Henry VII dress, Chinaman attire, and notes on Mandarin fashion. The piece then extols English and American hospitality, contrasting spare room warmth and guest freedom in English country houses with American overentertainment.
Growing belief that fingerprint identification, championed by Francis Galton, will complement Bertillonage. The system classifies prints like a directory, with unique ridge details enabling age independent matching and simple, noninvasive collection.
A humorous guide on footwear pairing advises tan shoes with matching socks and warns against blacked tan shoes. It notes shoe polish habits, shoe care, and the risky tendency to damage tan leather with cherry pits, matches, or overzealous shine in saloons and barber shops.
On China's sixtieth birthday a manifesto curbs luxury as ministers renounce silks and gifts. Western fashion notes show the Chinese wardrobe values accumulation. The belle's style varies in color while maintaining a conservative cut, allowing vibrant, moodful outfits throughout the day.
The piece recounts royal fascination with human curiosities, citing the Prince of Baroda paying rupees for a twelve fingered man and historical rulers like Maximilian I and Frederick the Great employing giants and dwarfs. It notes costs and specific cases, including Stanislaus Lexzin ski’s purchase of the dwarf Bebe, highlighting a historical appetite for such oddities.
A ventriloquist states the art is mostly imagination and mimicry not true distant voice projection. He argues real voice throwing is impossible and audience deception relies on direction and imagination rather than actual sound from behind. He notes close listeners detect no deception. Since life is brief, why would a man crave a four in hand.
A Kansas stagecoach fight scene unfolds with a five on top and two women inside as a driver leads four horses through a deliberate ambush. Fifty or more warriors fire rifles and arrows, killing some ponies and injuring riders, while the driver and five men on the roof return fire. After a brutal three miles, the assault ends with several dead and wounded, and the survivors reach No. 4, praising divine aid.
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