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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1897
Page
3
In a tense shootout between Blank and the narrator, a near neck‑and‑neck race for first prize culminates in a dramatic distraction. The narrator fires a counter shot to deflect Blank’s last bullet, then secures a bull’s‑eye and shares the stakes.
The New York Sun notes a cowboy riding a bicycle up a curb and into a bicycle store, then up steps into a hotel barroom as passers by watch. It describes the knack to balance and lift the front wheel to reach each new level, creating a striking urban illusion.
Bold catalog claim prompts reader to request Salzer seed catalogue and 12 rare farm seed samples valued at $10 by sending notice and 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin. The editor expresses skepticism about a 1667 bushels per acre claim and notes the catalogue as containing varied facts and testimonials.
A visitor questions a patient’s sanity as the keeper explains the man acts like a horse and a bear. The keeper adds he is not crazy but full of animal spirits in a New York Press quotation.
Mr Johnsing notes a large sum collected at St Gange Church Sundays. Mr Jacksong envies and claims he would collect more if allowed. Dialogue reflects parish collection tensions and humorous boasts.
A Detroit Free Press quip jokes that seances are educational, recounting a performer summoning Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots who supposedly retell familiar scraps, underscoring a witty critique of predictable ghostly conversations.
In the Jicarilla mountains John W. Owen and Oliver Peaker hunted without guns and chased a large mountain lion. Owen, an expert with a lariat, threw and looped the rope around the lion's neck from a nearby tree, strangling it after a dramatic drop to the ground. The lion measured 9 feet 4 inches and weighed about 300 pounds. The White Caps Eagle notes Owen's nerves only relaxed after the kill.
A humorous exchange from the Indianapolis Journal features Mr Lush forth and Mrs Lushforth debating poisoning with arsenic. He contends a worse method, she counters with poisoning in beer, underscoring a satirical domestic banter rather than a real danger.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co that they will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials requested. sold by druggists. Also note Cannes France claim about street sweeping by women.
Ad promotes a tobacco habit cure claiming to make men strong and clean blood. Mentions sections and druggists, plus a Toboggan slide in St Moritz at three quarters of a mile and descent in seventy one seconds. Includes mis-spelled product names and scattered contact hints.
A boy pleads for a tale from his father who jokes he has used up all his material after a full day testifying before an investigation committee, prompting his mother to suggest improvisation. The exchange highlights the strain of long hearings on ordinary life.
A health advisory warns that sudden temperature shifts and exposure to extreme cold or heat can worsen weakened systems and trigger severe illness. It urges careful management of liver kidneys and stomach health, and promotes reliance on pure life centers to withstand weather and maintain well being.
A veteran raconteur recalls Fatty a larger-than-life racing figure famed for daring bets and a prodigious appetite. The piece portrays Fatty as unconventional, shades of theft and risk, and a swift rise from a small East End coffee shop to betting in thousands with a notorious stomach.
A narrator recalls Fatty a wealthy punter who bets bravely and hires his own modest racehorses. He backs holders with confidence to beat worse, while trainer Jerry Smiggins of Ripston masks debt and robs the vulnerable. The tale portrays gambling danger and sly manipulation in racing.
An informant recalls Fatty and his trainer arranging a betting ruse at Camptown Park. The favored horse appeared certain, yet a dead heat with a back-up horse led to a planned division. Jerry Smiggins coordinated the ruse, the favorite vanished before the run-off, and Fatty’s wealth grew while the public lost trust in his bets.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes rising use of machines in flint and green glass making. A fruit jar line using five machines produced 32,000 jars daily last September, rising to 57,000 with four more machines. A new tank furnace will double capacity, reaching 100,000 jars per day and about 30 million yearly, a third of US fruit jar output. Machines also streamline lamp parts and punch tumbler production, boosting daily outputs significantly.
At the Rocky Point mine in Gilman Colorado researchers uncovered human bones embedded in silver ore 400 feet underground. The ore clung to the bones worth over 100 dollars. An intact four inch tempered copper arrow head was discovered with the remains.
Joseph Bishopp aged 80 was arrested in Anderson Indiana on bigamy charges filed by his fourth wife now living in Ohio. Last week he married Rebecca Shaw. The Ohio wife learned of another marriage and filed action. Bishopp says he believed he had a divorce and will contest the case.
Sixty five years ago Hiram Lukene began learning printing at the Intelligencer office in Doylestown Pennsylvania and he remains there today, setting type as fast as any in the shop. His record of continuous service with one establishment is probably unequaled in the business.
A professional singer loses her voice and remains unaware of the loss, creating a troubling and uncanny situation. The piece contrasts dread of known loss with the fear of unawareness, highlighting the vocalist’s inner turmoil.
An Iowa inventor introduces a machine designed to cut corn and separate ears from stalks. He aims for operation by next harvest season, achieving about fifteen acres per day. The report frames progress as a beacon of practical progress guided by education and the teacher at the forefront.
Detailed account of Gloucester bank fishing in cold weather. Gloucester skippers navigate fog and storms, crew from diverse origins, cramped holds, and the grueling routine of setting trawls, hauling cod, and salting the catch while enduring brutal conditions and dangers at sea.
Ireland pays 37.5 million in royal revenue with 15.92 million excise. Greater New York to have 1,093 churches. About 10 million in gold reportedly concealed in teeth. U S bananas total 4 million bunches. A doctor notes overheating deaths near those from heavy drinking. Prussian budget allocates nearly 12 thousand for Roentgen ray uses. A South Carolina man grows tea on forty acres, shrubs three feet high in six foot rows. Bank of England note can suspend 329 pounds. Legislatures urged to challenge trusts. Dyer quip about bargain counters. Wolf drive near Atchison nets 200 jack rabbits from 700 participants. Cone glass lemon-squeezer creator earns 50 thousand, offered 100 thousand for similar inventions. Boston Terminal Station work begins. 35 acres removed, 35,000 piles driven. Pueblo Daily Chieftain notes wanted help for a husband’s board in an ad.
A public meeting in Apache county to promote a Dry Falls railroad subscrip tion ends in farce as locals mock the plan. Bill Shorter jokes the line would slash whisky prices, Tom Davis seeks gunner privileges, and Joe Thayer rails about avalanches. The crowd disperses before any vote.
Paris reports government measures to curb plague from India amid alarm and blame on England for allowing pilgrimages to Mecca. Dr Proust argues ratifying 1894 Paris convention would shield Persia and Europe. calls for strict surveillance of Bombay imports. Dr Roux counters with confidence in sanitary differences and France's serum supply if cases arise.
The late publisher Henry O. Houghton recalled a London question about his residence. He joked that when asked where he lived abroad he replied near Boston. The inquirer then asked about friends near Boston and he answered They live in Atlanta.
Neil Burgess opens an extended English tour with The County Fair starting Easter Monday. Bernard Shaw debuts You Never Can Tell at Haymarket. Lotta Crabtree wintering in Washington plans no stage return. Julia Marlowe new Scottish romance For Bonnie Prince Charlie. Miss Nethersole to open London season around June 1 with Romeo. Baroness Burdette-Coutts gifts Garrick’s Richard III ring to Sir Henry Irving. Al Lipman replaces Eben Plymp ton in Old Love Letters with Agnes Proctor in vaudeville venues.
A Missouri official recounts how the line of succession was changed after Vice President Hendricks died. Senator Edmunds convinced others that without a President or acting head, the nation could lack leadership for months until Congress could convene. The modern rule now places the Vice President first, then the Secretary of State, then cabinet officers in order, ensuring a clear succession.
Four Paterson firefighters formed a human chain to rescue Frederick Billson from the Passaic River near the dam. The Excelsior Boat Club oarsman clung to a rock as the current swept him, and Captain Stewart Taylor directed the rescue from truck 3, pulling him to safety at his Liberty Street home.
In Ellis Kansas an elderly man named John Horrigan prays daily on the prairie at sunrise and sunset through all weather. His kneeling place is worn smooth by years of devotion, and locals and travelers alike regard him with deep respect for his consistent piety.
An eminent French physician states typhoid fever can be washed from the system by water. He prescribes eight to ten ounces per hour of sterilized water for his patients. In cholera cases with heavy fluid loss, large quantities of hot water are said to be beneficial.
French dramatic critic Sarcey calls himself a moderate vegetarian noting he eats eggs milk butter and fish but avoids all other animal foods.
A list of patents issued to Minnesota and Dakota inventors includes Emil A. Beyl of Minneapolis for a convertible carriage or sled, Alexander J. Bluntatch of Olivia for an inkstand, Alexander Capehart of Bismarck for a matrix bar or plate and a type-line casting machine, Thomas C. Harris of Pierre for a boiler furnace, Albert J. Mehlenbeck of Casselton for a truck fork, Charles E. Parker of Duluth for a temporary binder, Charles A. Peterson of Minneapolis for a stove or range, Minnie K. Norton of Minneapolis for a kettle-scraper design, Chas R. Love of Minneapolis for a stock food trade-mark, with T. D. Merwin listed as patent lawyer.
A Canton telegram says William Politz a Crosby Street bootblack received McKinley’s congratulatory letter after his nomination and rose to influence in Crosby Street. He later served as Italian interpreter in the coroner’s office and assisted the district attorney, eyeing a future law career.
A Cincinnati Enquirer passage shows a wife taunting her husband’s pledge to be steady after marriage. He wittily protests his constant wandering, but she finds no humor in his play on words. The exchange highlights friction over reliability and affection.
Mrs Lucy Wallace of Marquette, Kansas, notes Piso's Cure prevented quick consumption. A man from Argentine, Kansas, W A Fox, suffered left foot torpor for twenty days and leg swelling extended to the knee. Surgeons prepared amputation, but the patient died.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Seething Syrup for teething pain and wind colic priced at 26 cents a bottle. A pigeon crash into Mrs Cora Strenchard of Kremis Pennsylvania killed her with a neck fracture, though hope of recovery is stated.
Two young geologists from Allegheny found Indian relics 1st Sunday near the McMahon place south of town. The items include three flint hatchets, twenty-two arrow tips, two pottery mortars, and several red stained stone dishes likely used for medicine or war paint. The find mirrors their prior Dugan's run discovery and is valued by the youths.
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