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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1898
Page
4
A lyric passage describes wind sweeping over a highway with wires strung pole to pole. The lines swing and sing of joy and love, then shift to a somber tale of death, as the breeze acts as a vast instrument for both happiness and tragedy.
Coroner’s verdict deeming sanity, a tale of Sir Henry Deane whose valet James Burton dies by suicide after a tangle of debts, romance with Miss Floyd, and a haunting visitor seeking blood for blood as the baronet faces murder charges and a pistol night.
A London Tid-Bits piece asks why English speakers neglect the aspirate of h and cites French influence from the Plantagenet era onward. It notes soldiers returning from France, Huguenots settlements, and Napoleon era prisoners as sources, with regional differences and social stigma among English workers shaping speech, while domestic servants often preserve the aspirate.
The piece contrasts waiter conduct in German American and French restaurants to illustrate national characteristics. It notes Germans expect beer and napkin use, Americans bring oysters soup and fish together, and the French proceed through courses despite haste, claiming to reveal cultural attitudes toward living and service.
Minnie Powers of Lockport claims the title of tallest woman in the United States. At five feet four inches on average American women stand, while Powers exceeds the typical height, illustrating a notable difference in stature tied to athletic activity and physical development observed in both American and English women.
The article recalls Gen Shelby leading a Confederate force from Austin after the Texas surrender into Mexico. They refused to loot the subtreasury, guarding a $300,000 gold and silver reserve while escorting other Confederates. Shelby’s band, joined by ex governors and officers, kept peace in Texas, resisting confiscation and fighting bushwhackers, ultimately aiding law and order as they traveled toward Maximilian’s empire.
The Maryland Academy of Sciences reports three seven foot tall Indian skeletons from Frederick County near Antietam Creek. Evidence includes strong limb bones and occipital ridge. Burial involved carbonized bones tucked in skulls, clay packed graves, pottery and tomahawk, with small mounded graves along the riverbank.
The Morro Castle at San Juan dates from Ponce de Leon's era but was completed in 1584. The fortress line includes San Cristobal and San Felipe del Morro with bastions, ravelins, and gates from 1540 to 1771, finished in portions between 1635 and 1643 and completed by 1771.
A fragment shows a debate over marrying for money versus love, with Miss Maxwell cited as having money though limited to settling debts. The exchange questions motives and prior wealth, reflecting social views on marriage and finance.
A fragment recalls a weed covered crossroads where a rare woman once made apple dumplings, stirring indignation at the loss of her craft and memory in this forgotten place.
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