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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1890
Page
3
A witty antiquated passage extols Salvation Oil as the greatest cure for pain on earth, contrasting a Black Friday with a Good Friday. It also satirizes a butcher’s phrases and jokes about bones, ribs, and a tonic for a cold.
The steamer Northcote ran down and sank a cutter near Ostend Belgium, causing five deaths among the crew and passengers aboard.
An old advertising verse recalls Castoria as a remedy used from infancy to motherhood. The jingle traces a girl's life from baby to Miss and then to mother, noting Castoria’s presence as she raises children.
Carl Michael runs the state’s only professional rat fishing operation. He hauls about 400 pounds daily, selling to city dealers who ship the meat to northern hotels where it is served as bass and sheepshead. He uses dock pilings and small hooks, collects one cent per pound, and ships heads and fins removed to mask the creature’s true nature.
The page records a mix of local fate and state news. Notable notes include dog license revenue and payouts, a Swedish heir and estate death, a Fergus Falls fatality and a child crushed at a Fergus Falls turntable, a St. Paul museum exhibit, a murder trial in Stillwater, counterfeiter Jack McCoy recaptured, a court ruling on married women owning real estate, a Fergus Falls hotel closure sale, a Missouri-like crime spree, and farming prospects with a new cheese factory. It also cites a possible coal find near Shieldsville and a legal dispute over Kemmill’s arrest in Austin.
A Crystal Springs post office opens as Republicans demand resubmission of prohibitory laws. James McLanaghlin of Standing Rock is confirmed as Indian agent. Minot forms North Dakota Coal and Mining Co to develop local mines and challenge rail rivals.
A man who deceived several German families was arrested after being notified by a man who learned what his mother had done. He was brought before a justice of the peace and committed to jail. The suspect, who speaks German fluently, is believed to have fooled many locals.
The Milwaukee ex alderman Garret Dunck faces bribery charges. Also reported are a brokered consul appointment for James M. Ellis of Peshtigo, high water damage to dams near Chippewa Falls, and other Wisconsin legal and crime notes including embezzlement, deaths, and accidents.
A list of local items includes Des Moines needing $50,000 for the annual interest account. Other notes report a 135 pound silver catfish caught in Muscatine, a $1,800 damages payment for not marrying Tillie Gottech, and a young shooting accident near Clarion injuring a brother’s eye.
The article outlines Senate and House actions including a soldiers home amendment, a pocket veto on a river toll bill, and updates on the McKinley tariff and New Mexico statehood. It notes party splits on silver, executive sessions for new Montana senators, and various public land, banking, and public building discussions.
Greenwood correspondent of the Oxford Democrat recounts a tale of a poor woman wanting a robe for burial. Mr B. donated five dollars to buy a long robe, saying he did not want to meet her in heaven in a short robe. The story highlights frugal piety and neighborly charity.
A humorous reflection on choosing joy over complaint. The author argues laughter attracts kindness and shows how a cheerful greeting improves social reception while noting crowds yield for an ambulance.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note describes a modern American house under construction with steam gas water vents and telecommunication tubes enabling electric power lighting bells and future motors. It argues such homes exceed royal palaces in luxury for the average American of moderate means.
Jumbo is transported from Bridgeport to Tufts College for a permanent resting place beside Bridgeport the baby elephant. The move required removing museum doorways and sills. A four horse team ferried Jumbo from Old Colony depot while students and the glee club sang Jumbo Cantepic.
A comic guest at a New Haven wedding caused embarrassment by placing rice in the groom's wardrobe and wedding carriage fittings. He also poured rice into the bride’s inkstand, soaking ink and ruining embroidered handkerchiefs and other items. The bride’s family vows no future invitation for the offender.
The Boston Traveler notes the Christian Industrial and Technical School in Springfield as the first of its kind. It grows from Rev. David Allen Reed’s school for Christian workers training young men as missionaries secretaries gymnasium directors and Sunday school helpers. It will teach carpentry blacksmithing foundry work typesetting and bookbinding to prepare workers for home or foreign missions.
A well known restaurant spans a block with entrances on two streets. A tramp begged unsuccessfully at the rear door then switched to the front and earned substantial coins by appealing to diners. He correctly noted hungry men inspire more pity than the well fed.
A Boston Traveler corresp describes social quirks of northern visitors in the South. An Ohio woman and a New Hampshire writer compare origins, while streets show roaming livestock including diverse pigs and cattle, with fences around churches not safeguarding sacred spaces from their intruders.
A Garland City Arkansas correspondent of the New York Sun reports a Sunday sky display on March 2. A central sun circle with red blue and yellow colors formed a dark inner area while outer blue skies remained. A larger white circle passed over the sun with two mock suns, and two fiery swords with light belts crossed to form an X above the circle.
A family Christmas list joke backfires when "The Tail of Roberto" is misread as a book title. A well-meaning relative asks stores for the item, prompting clerks to check shelves for a work that does not exist.
A German band playing by a wall attracts cows in a field to gather and listen. The herd follows the music when the band leaves, then milled and lowed in frustration trying to reach the sounds again. American Naturalist notes the amusing reaction of twelve or thirteen cows to the music.
The Brooklyn Eagle interview notes doctors save the most in savings banks while lawyers keep funds in national banks due to checks. It observes few professional men as customers, and some others use savings banks as a rainy day fund. Painters and actors earn seasonally and save little.
A Harper's Young People tale shows Carrie miscomputing ages. She adds 1841 and 1883 to answer a riddle about a man born in 1841 and died in 1883, jokingly claiming the result makes an "awful old man" and naming Methuselah.
The Pall Mall Budget notes cleanliness as a modern English virtue, tracing its rise in the nineteenth century. It contrasts eighteenth century habits of occasional baths and physician prescribed wash with today’s daily full cleansing as a class sign among gentlemen.
Brooklyn reports reveal a 50 year old will of Reuben M. Potter. He bequeaths his body to the elements and asks a simple white marble shaft over his remains bearing a devout inscription. The document expresses a faith in an Unknown God and the creative powers behind nature and mind.
A humorous Harpers piece portrays Samson the apartment house janitor, angered by the Irish cook’s coarse treatment. He ventrums that the girl in the home acts like a lady, quipping she orders him around, yells down the shaft, and jawed him until one might mistake Mrs. Robinson for her.
An 19th century advertisement urges women to use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to ward off or treat delicate diseases. It claims the remedy prevents or cures female ailments and guarantees satisfaction with money back if not.
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