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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1885
Page
4
A twenty six year old narrator laments his lack of facial hair. He describes years of failed remedies and vanity, including growth methods, oils, and products, while observing peers with beards. He admits patience worn thin, still bare, and awaits some miracle tip to finally grow facial hair.
A wandering snowflake falls on a high-born lady's hand and a diamond ray from a golden band glints as her fingers glow. The snowwaif rests briefly and her white fingers seem tinged yellow, revealing that earthly splendor fades beside divine beauty.
A home wedding bustle unfolds at the Leland household for Adelaide and Harold Fitzgerald with bridal parties and gifts. Millicent recounts a century old fork carrying a history linked to Mrs. Fitzgerald and a Creole couple whose silver entered a family via Uncle John from New Orleans.
A group of girls at a boarding school spin a fairy tale linking a famous Guadalcanal mine to a silver fork. Don Juan and Don Carlos figure in a family history of exploration and fortune, ending with a wedding gift and a hopeful prophecy for King and Adelaide.
Seedsmen in New York offer Colossal and Defiance asparagus with dealers in Boston and Philadelphia. A pound yields 3000 to 10000 plants. rows and spacing advised for best market crops. Plant crowns four inches deep, wait two years before cropping, then expect twenty years of production with annual manure.
Reverend Dwight Moody visited a Fort Worth Sunday school and questioned a fifteen year old girl about remission of sins. He then elicited a humorous answer from Tommy Dexter, son of Judge Dexter, after asking why God created Eve and about a wife’s sewing duties.
A middle aged man seeks work at an evening paper. He claims to write leading articles while the editor tests him with reading articles. He has no prior newspaper work and jokes about reading since childhood before disappearing.
A Washington era column argues many notable families have lost their political talent across generations. It cites Holman Mahone and Harris sons in government payrolls, notes inherited influence, and lists Bayards Frelinghuysens Sherman Pendleton Thurman Cameron and Butler lineages with brief ancestral references.
The text surveys prominent U S figures and their ancestry, noting Ben Butler, Harrison, Hale, and Hale family links. It contrasts inherited status with plebeian roots, argues great men’s descendants vary in virtue, and concludes many notable lineages show no greater merit than common people.
A discussion from Popular Science Monthly argues that soil moisture levels influence cholera outbreaks. It cites Bavaria in 1854 with marshy areas spared, Saxony’s dry zones avoiding repeated visits, and Salzburg Innsbruck on alluvial soils showing different patterns. The author urges continuous observation of soil moisture during outbreaks and cessations.
W B Jones in American Agriculturist prescribes a fertilizer made from chip dirt and hardwood ashes. Mix one bushel ashes to three of chip dirt, spread about two bushels per young tree, and beware of litter to deter mice. Keep weeds down in summer and avoid planting too close to trees.
A Norristown Herald blurb presents a playful riddle set about skating positions and body poses, each paired with quirky phrases like money in the bank and no objection to a mother-in-law. The piece uses humor to link moves with short captions.
A concert scene prompts wry banter about a singer's voice with quips from her husband and an amused stranger. The husband extols the voice claiming timbre while the stranger notes cracks and weathering humorously. The husband stays quiet as the show ends.
A survey of unusual notes includes a Athens Ga hen that lays two eggs, a Harvard annex for women growing from 27 to over 50 students, and a Georgia rocking chair aged 68 still useful. Reports cover 68 percent cattle losses in Indian Territory, Portland’s 33 000 population, and rare phosphate deposits in Florida.
Maryland physicians endorse official health opinions, led by Dr Samuel K Cox, stating Rep Star Coven Curs is harmless and effective. Authorities report it contains no opiates or narcotics and acts promptly, backed by practical tests. Dated Batmore Mo February 11 1885.
An advertisement touts Red Star Cough Care as a vegetable cough remedy free from morphine and opium. It claims endorsements from Maryland officials and large-scale distribution across the United States, selling for fifty cents a bottle.
New York Medical Record reports General Grant in a stable state with insomnia controlled by anodynes. physicians note the local disease has not worsened, with ulceration area unchanged and throat ulcers covered by yellow exudation treated by lime water and permanganate. He remains able to walk with a cane and enjoy a carriage airing.
Prof C Donaldson of New Orleans says rheumatic pains plagued him for years until spending ten thousand dollars on doctors baths electric appliances and liniments. He reports St Jacobs Oil cured him completely and he has sold his crutches.
The president nominated S Cox of New York as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Turkey. Cox, born in Zanesville Ohio Sept 30 184, studied at Ohio University and Brown University, edited the Columbus Statesman, served in Congress, and has been a Democratic member since the Forty-first. A Danish political note reports rising liberal gains against the Conservative ministry and King Christian Estrup.
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