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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
3
An elderly Maine veteran, living on a small pension plus odd jobs, fell at a neighbor's house and feared losing his pension as he lay injured. The news item also notes a burned body in Bucks County blamed on robbery and murder, plus several other brief criminal and personal notices.
The piece explains that beaver communities enforce a form of penal servitude by banishing misbehaving males to “bachelor beavers” cells. Expelled individuals live isolated in riverbank holes, unable to build proper homes, while the rest of the colony destroys any attempted housing near the community. The system mirrors human prison discipline as observed in zoological gardens.
A visiting boy asks a girl if she saw a colossal statue of Liberty holding a light on an island. He explains the statue is meant to inspire patriotism and notes the statue’s dress was made in Paris.
An undertaker asks a Harlem physician if a stranger called for treatment. The physician denies it, noting the visitor sought a physician and the undertaker implied a hidden reason for not meeting him.
A humorous exchange contrasts tyranny and heroism as a spouse jokes about a husband making his wife cook his meals and then eat them. The quip morphs into a playful take on power dynamics and domestic roles.
A regional warning warns of universal danger from fever and age related malaria carried by air and water. The note urges medicinal safeguards and promotes Hastert’s Stomach Bitters as the best and most popular fortifying remedy.
Cabin passenger J. W. Sumner died by his own action leaping from the steamer City of New York during the Panama to San Diego voyage. The incident occurred at sea with Sumner as a passenger aboard the vessel sailing under the Panama route to California.
In Trouville, sisters Alice and Liane Theve not shelter their art amid modest means while awaiting a famed violinist friend. A powerful landowner Anthime Barbejean woos their sketches with money, provoking conflict between pride and charity as danger lurks in a quiet coastal town.
A Kentucky Republican congressman recounts a Lexington hotel encounter with a traveling circus promoter who offered $35 a week plus expenses to join the southern circuit as a sideshow curiosity and deliver a speech before returning to Congress in December. The congressman declined the proposal politely.
A Belle and a farmer unknowingly swap gifts at a counter. The belle exposes a tied bundle to her sisters revealing a pair of 40 cent overalls. The farmer later discovers his parcel also contains overalls. They had merely swapped packages and the misunderstanding is resolved the next day.
The article argues that play offers superior recreation and motivation compared to formal gymnastics. It contrasts English and French approaches, noting English students pursue outdoor play with vigor while French pupils show motion hesitation and passivity during gym class. The piece suggests lively outdoor play fosters energy and inspiration.
Moresnet, a two square mile enclave with about 2000 residents, is the smallest government globally. A ten member Senate is appointed by the mayor, who himself is chosen by two delegates from Germany and Belgium. Independent since 1815 to end a dispute over tin mines, the territory never fully changed hands.
Wade Hampton of South Carolina, a former U S senator for twelve years, is named railroad commissioner. A veteran of the Civil War, he later served as governor of South Carolina in 1876 and 1877. The post was previously held by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
John Ewing Risley the newly appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Denmark was born in Knox county near Vincennes Indiana about forty nine years ago He moved to New York around age twenty studied law and practiced over twenty years He gained fame through Alabama claims work while with Risley Flagg He later handled legal matters for several large New York firms He is a brother in law to Senator Joe and resides in New Rochelle.
Henry W Robinson of Michigan replaces J R Dodge as statistician in the Agriculture Department. Detroit born Robinson was urged by Thomas G Kearman and Reps Warner and Johnson, backed by Don M Dickinson, to join Secretary Morton’s reform drive. The cabinet shakeup trims salaries by about 125000 annually.
A California trap door building spider reportedly can reconstruct its silk lined trap door five times after destruction. Each renewal shows silk economy, and a sixth attempt fails due to exhausted silk, though later periods may restore silk supply and allow renewed construction.
A fierce young canary kills a white twelve pound tomcat in a locked room after escaping its cage. The canary blinds the cat and fatally wounds it with pecks, ending the five minute fight as the keeper escapes, fainting. The birds cage is reinforced and the dealer seeks disposal of the dangerous canary.
The trend shifts from plaques to bent iron work as women adopt Venetian iron craft. By using pliable iron strips and simple tools, they create graceful decorative pieces such as lanterns grilles lamp shades and tea stands. The craft offers antique charm and strong personal satisfaction.
In a wartime context the article notes Spain’s leverage that could deprive Britain of vital supplies, and discusses strategic implications if Britain faced conflict with Spain and sought to provision Gibraltar.
The Fortnightly Review argues that Spanish coastal batteries could threaten Gibraltar if war interrupts relief to the fortress. It notes that modern science makes land batteries effective and could shift the balance, with Spain eager to regain the fortress and other powers likely to support such a shift.
London resident J. W. Palmer keeps a 281 Strand room wallpapered with 70 000 forged stamps collected over thirty three years. The wall art uses canvas and shellac, with genuine Brattleboro stamps valued at 1250 if real, and the display includes a stamp covered desk and a five by six foot stamp laden screen.
In Thuringia Germany a district relies on glass eye production for livelihood with families working together. Each eye is unique in color and size as workers craft oval cups from blown glass plates and color by fine needle tracing, limited to grays blues browns and blacks, then dispatch to destinations.
The essay traces hoopskirts from 1833 to 1925 with cycles of popularity. It cites Queen Elizabeth and Marie de Medici as early wearers, notes a peak in 1860, a decline by 1863, a revival from 1863 to 1893, and forecasts future resurgences in thirty year spans. It humorously compares fashion repeats to comets.
A hungry, boasting tramp tells a housekeeper he once sold Dr Wigg's gold medal hair restorer and worked hard for him until being discharged. He explains that overwork and worry caused his premature baldness as a humorous depiction in Ney York Weekly.
Dr. George M. Dawson reports on the Sunswap Indians of British Columbia whose name graces a famed lake. He notes winter dwellings partly underground with hollows where houses once stood, some underground portions reaching twenty five feet in diameter. Excavations reveal sheltered hillside frameworks with brush and earth coverings.
Dialogue snippet shows a husband boastfully claiming to shut off gas feed lock the meter and move a kitten while the wife warns against bringing a corkscrew to bed. The exchange humorously portrays domestic tension and lighthearted mischief.
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