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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
11
Official county paper advertises subscription prices with options for one copy one year six months or three months. Rates for business cards local notices and legal ads, plus free obituaries and notices. address change policy included. Published Friday September 25 1903.
The Pierre papers decry lack of space for Hughes county in the corn palace, noting Pierre delayed applications and that Davison and Minnehaha counties also faced or avoided space issues. J. K. Smith holds letters showing abundant county exhibit interest, while weather stalled renovations and Mitchell remains unfazed by Pierre’s would be display.
Sioux Falls Press argues the last legislature’s extravagance came from broader capital influence, while Huronite denies any such link beyond the removal resolution. The debate questions Pierre’s and Mitchell’s papers and defends local city factions against funding blame. The column cites Erer Longstaff of the Wuronite and challenges John Longstaff's statements.
After the editor’s denial, the paper urges publications that have persisted in the dispute to set the capital removalists straight before the state’s people.
The Hudson Hudsonite promotes a corn palace exposition at Mitchell from September 22 to October 1. The piece contrasts Mitchell’s event with Sioux City palaces and notes editorials over supplement distribution and free issue costs.
Exchange notes La Frette a tranquil village fifteen minutes from Corbeil and near Maisons Laffitte Sartrouville and the forest of St Germain. Villagers are thrifty and busy with daily trades while a wed ding gift amid great wealth contrasts with a patched house and rugged rural toil. An inserted joke from the San Francisco Chronicle adds a light quip about working for dinner.
A traveler recalls queer experiences on trips including waking to find a boot and a shoe under his berth instead of the left pair. The porter responds with bewilderment and a remark about the peculiarity of the morning incident.
The French Davy reports experiments on living bodies testing concussion effects. Sheep in the Henri IV quartered ship were stunned by close torpedo blasts yet recovered. Submerged sheep and submarines survived near explosions, suggesting humans may endure blast shock and that submarines won’t be destroyed by their own torpedoes.
The excerpt discusses rustic choirs and their verbose anthems as a vivid theater of sound, recalling classics and nautical speech. It then shifts to Impressions While Drowning, pondering the sensation of near drowning, noting disappointment rather than fear or anger from Hubert Walter as described in Blackwood's.
Too Many Revolutions tells of Turkish censorship and a German engineer jailed after telling a Paris firm he wanted 500 revolutions a minute. In court the judge connects the message to the Lebanon, exposing the joke as a misdirected telegraph.
An anecdote recalls Dolly Madison hosting a lively table in the White House when a Philadelphia Quaker dining with her returned raillery with a retort. Mrs Madison, in an elegant gown, toasted “here's to thy absent broad brim Friend Hallowell” and the Quaker answered “and here's to thy absent kerchief Friend Dorothy.”
Bertie, forbidden to play in the rain barrel, splashed anyway. His mamma scolds, the grandmother pleads, and Bertie replies that the boy should mind his mamma.
A hotel guest compliments the bill of fare, and the head waiter reveals he authored it, satire on vanity. Also a Whiting anecdote on a father and his son at college, noting marvels learned but unlikely to be remembered long.
Epigram in the Milwaukee Sentinel jokes that every wit is the architect of her own husband. It cautions the builder not to be too harsh on the edifice after completing the job.
A light dialogue portrays a man asking for a wife yet finding playful reply from the woman. The exchange hints at romantic intent and humor rather than formal engagement.
A humorous vignette notes Holmes announcing Nat Thayer's checkbook as the great book worth a city library. The piece then shifts to observing left versus right eye dominance and a Navy-officer pace test as casual curiosities.
The San Francisco Bulletin notes fear of fresh air is common yet warns healthy people stay active outdoors. It urges walking in open air and regular country vacations as remedies for general well being despite mild weather.
The Falkland Islands feature a unique forest where weathered mossy boulders are actually native trees sculpted by constant polar winds. The trees form twisted masses of fibers that resist cutting and overturning, presenting a stark, windswept landscape.
A tale recalls Mathew Arnold meeting P T Barnum in America. Arnold praised Barnum but Barnum quipped that Arnold is a notability while he is a notoriety. Another brief humor notes a doctor called away for a poker game with two physicians in attendance.
In a Punch cartoon, Little Bobby laments wishing to be a little black boy to hide dirt as his mother scolds him to wash. The dialogue satirizes racial colorism and parental exasperation in a humorous exchange.
The article notes wealthy households in China pay no salary to their servants while many apply for positions but few succeed. In contrast, servants of common people receive small salaries yet face high competition. perks for the wealthy servants often exceed the earnings of those serving common households.
A compact collection of two quotes on knowledge and ambition. The first notes ignorance as a starting point for learning. The second suggests ambition can be cured by ambition itself.
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