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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
12
A humorous vignette from the Atlanta Constitution recalls Peabody Endicott Winthrop Browne a cross early riser in Beacon Street Boston. His fussy morning routines upset his family until a stern father and a patient nurse end his spoiled day.
A jumble of light humor and wry remarks from multiple voices on everyday foibles. Jokes span manners, luck, romance, and social faux pas with brief exchanges and witty punchlines, set in a lively newspaper tone.
John R. Musick recounts a devastating 1899 Kirksville tornado seen from his home. He describes a roaring, black monster tearing through Fible's Addition, lifting houses and sparking death as debris filled the air. A widow clutching money, a man rescued from a well after 22 hours, and villagers coping with ruins illustrate the tragedy.
Charley Sheldon relates a humorous Osage County tale about H D Shepard president of the Burlingame bank. Shepard owned a small store and drilled a farm well with neighbor Joe Richards pulling the windlass. A rancher called at the store while Richards worked below and Shepard forgot the man in the well until a 4 am awakening drew his attention.
A compilation of short items covers church odors in Constantinople musk and mortar, Texas moves to add manual training, population gaps between Russia and England, Kansas corn years, U S precious stones value, a contested wedding in Atchison, public impounders and a Dewey joke, the Humboldt sea shell schooner, ghetto etymology, Kansas cotton mills, Maine naval reserve, Cologne ventilated shoes, acetylene soldering power, 40 000 locomotives and US rail investment, Dr Stendel Czerny stomach operations outcomes, American ice water habit versus English views, and five Fifty fifth Congress deaths.
The article states an estimate of about 500 million acres of forest currently present in the United States, highlighting the substantial extent of U.S. woodland resources.
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