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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1889
Page
2
A Milwaukee man created a powder filled cannon with double B shot and triggered it in front of him. He intended to kill himself and died by his own action.
Powderly argues prisoners should not be kept idle nor overproduce cheap labor for the market. He urges fair wages that do not undermine honest workers.
Hasselton Compton died in St Joseph Missouri at age 101 and dictated his obituary the day before his death and arranged for publication in local papers.
Greensburg Pennsylvania with a population of 8000 has thirteen handsome churches representing a value of 400000 dollars. Probably no town of its size in the United States has so many costly churches.
The article praises Edwin Booth as both a master of his art and a figure of unusual kindness and generosity. It notes the public regard for his talent and hints at a deeper inner life shaped by gentleness.
French engineers employ poppy plants to reinforce railroad embankments. The networked root system resists removal, making it an effective, durable solution for stabilizing tracks.
Woodmen claim moss on trees favors the northern side by about three quarters. They say spruce heavy limbs are typically on the southern side and hemlock tips incline toward the east. These observations reflect practical arborist lore.
A London paper suggests the moment is right to call the Netherlands’ leader the most gallant of men and the worst of husbands, while noting the constitutional ruler faced his own tragedy as death nears.
Oskaloosa’s female mayor, re-elected this spring, paid all outstanding city claims last year and met current expenses promptly. She left a $100 balance in the treasury, though she wore the same bonnet all year that she bought the season before.
A bright American youth facing the civil service exam responded to a question about the earth sun distance by saying he could not state the exact distance but did not believe the sun was close enough to hinder his performance if awarded the clerkship.
Representatives of foreign war departments will attend the inaugural centenary celebration to study the United States military and naval resources. They will count the army and size up the navy, but will gain only a vague sense of the country’s true power.
In court Justice Stephen quipped about a defendant who blamed his wife for orders. He said that is a very old excuse and asked to hear Eve's account of the transaction, noting his impartial mind and recalling Adam and Eve.
A passerby from another county came to Americus seeking fifty dollars but could not complete papers and left discouraged. He found an old crock in the woods containing two hundred dollars in twenty dollar gold pieces and about fifty dollars in silver after returning home to his family.
John Brown, a tramp, was shot at by a brakeman after a box car door opened on November 9 on a narrow gauge line near Charleston Indiana. The bullet damaged Brown’s sight and nose, prompting a $50,000 damages suit now before the Circuit Court.
Henry Phillips Jr. displayed a Roman coin with a flint arrow-head found six feet deep in Toledo, Ohio. He dated it to Antoninus Pius era and minted in Alexandria, noting the coin’s fine condition and lack of burial remains. The report joins other finds in the Northwest Territory near Indian remains.
President Harrison names Gen Crook William Warner of Missouri and Charles Foster of Ohio as a three member commission to press the Sioux for cession of a portion of their reservation. Secretary Rusk cuts seed room staff to meet current year appropriations. The plan aims to open 11 million acres of farm lands to market.
A broad report details a fatal wreck near Arlington with a culvert collapse and fire, a drowning of L C Gray after a sailboat capsized near Akron, and a Bangor Wis postal mishap that shattered a mail pouch. It covers Bear Creek timber fires near Chatfield Minn, a Dehns lodging house blaze in Detroit killing three, a severe St Cloud burn injury to Mary Sloan, and the Burlington Iowa Everet wreck rescue efforts plus a bank robbery in Pattonville Mo and other violent incidents.
Reported horse theft near Pierre Oak with pursuit toward Sioux reservation. Fatal canoe accident near Nashville Tennessee injures and drowns several. robberies and assaults including James Kelso in Cincinnati and a $3,000 loss. Jail escape in Madison Dakota. store burglary at Dakota Winona Junction. Oil agent Goldsmith returns from Canada with no prosecution. Jump from Brooklyn Bridge leads to critical condition. Self-inflicted death of E L Totten in Mitchell. Insanity and fatal fall of James Hogan in Chicago. Russian witness Naviski returns to Kastroma. Vienna rioting over tram strike. Fireman Frank Hancock found dead in Blue Run Pennsylvania. four children murdered in same room.
A Baltimore report notes yellow fever scare aboard the Pine Branch from Rio Janeiro via Barbadoes. Colon dispatches say Colombia will not renew the De Lesseps concession in 1892 and hopes the US completes the canal. Sanford Florida reports a yellow fever case. Surgeon General Hamilton cites precautions. Winnipeg papers announce Michael Dumes is selling his Kiel rebellion diary detailing Duck Lake Fish Creek Batoche battles and Dumont troop numbers.
Dr Bartlett and subordinates are exonerated in the St Peter insane asylum matter. Two country district senators Edwards and Buckman will settle in St Paul for work. Massachusetts votes on a constitutional amendment with Worcester and Boston tallies. amendment defeated by a large margin. Edinburgh council grants freedom to Mr Parnell but minority resigns from the decision. General Land Office warns of homestead entry fraud in Oklahoma using soldiers declarations and relinquishments to shield claims. perpetrators to be prosecuted.
Statewide movement in Missouri pleads for clemency for Coleman and James Younger and Robert Younger, inmates at Stillwater prison. Lawmakers and officials sign, arguing thirteen years served, exemplary conduct, restoration to liberty would aid regional reconciliation, and mercy rooted in humanity. The petition cites Civil War origins and Confederate service as context.
In St Paul and Minneapolis police escort restored street car service after a week long tie up. Three horse cars ran under strong guard as 56 officers patrolled, arrests occurred, and workers faced a firm company stance with Kansas men soon arriving.
The deposition from Thomas Brown alias J F Raymond links him to the 1888 Hillsboro murder of Boston Casey. He claims O'Hare was not present, describes the shooting, disposal of the revolver, and provides mixed identifications and aliases from Hillsboro to Caledonia.
Chicago cash quotes show flour and grain prices with No. 2 red wheat around 87% to 97 cents and corn about 34 to 46 cents. St Paul and Duluth listings present wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flax, and hay prices, plus eggs and flour ranges across regional markets. Minnesota and Chicago notes include futures and track prices for several grains and feed products.
Tsay seeks guidance from W Plantaganet Gripp before proposing to the beloved girl in town. Gripp notes Tsay is young, decent looking, and wealthy, and urges him to start simply so the moment feels natural.
The Minnesota legislature adjourned after a lengthy session with nearly two thousand bills introduced. About a thousand survived committees and became law, many curative acts reflecting the high number of lawyers in the House. The period produced important laws that will stand in credit to their makers despite some wasted time and many small bills.
Senate leads a broad set of measures including a revised prison law, an overhaul of the board of correction and charities, parole rules, and a shift to electing the warden. It also passes animal inspection, dairy, and food safety updates, plus a major election reform and civil service proposal. Financial strain prompts tighter appropriations and a $400,000 bond to cover extraordinary costs.
The document lists numerous 1891 expenditure items including printing and binding, mileage and express, state rent, equalization, and sheriffs expenses. Totals show a grand sum of 1 941 612 with recurring costs for printing, land sales, and various state services.
The piece recalls the famous 40 year marriage of Count de Bodisco and Miss Harriet Williams, a Georgetown schoolgirl aged 14, and the subsequent life of her sister Miss Fannie Williams. It contrasts modern romances with the old alliance, then shifts to report on the steamship Missouri rescuing passengers from the wrecked Danmark, detailing the harrowing rescue, aboard conditions, and return to the United States with 365 survivors aboard.
Washington correspondent recalls Senator Sawyer telling a tale about Hutchinson of Oshkosh who exaggerated logs and birds. Hutchinson earned a $120 payment from Mr. Sawyer, endorsed the check at the bank, and boasted that the bank required his endorsement before cashing it.
C W Russell, a prominent businessman, wears the largest hat in town likely in the country. Only Bethel Connecticut can supply a block large enough to forge such a hat, with a special block made for him. Ames displayed the enormous hat to many yesterday and it required a box to fit it.
A Washington critic and Senator Daniel discuss corn production in 1888. Kentucky’s Mr Caruth quips that the yield equates to two gallons per bushel, a barrel per person per year, joking that corn exists to make whisky.
Deputy Marshal Carr arrives at Fort Smith Arkansas with Harrison Aus tin a notorious full blood Chickasaw des perado wanted for five years in the Elliott murder. Seven prior capture attempts failed before Austin was shot seven times and lies in critical condition while vowing not to die.
Great Falls reports Councilman Jerry Collins cites Judge Larkin and a four year old case. A human skeleton found on the steep grade of the Kibbey McCarthy road near Highwood suggests the long suspected murders by Steve Stoner. Valentine’s disappearance is tied to the suspect.
Letters from Iowa City Burraga Newark and Camp Verpe describe recovery from rheumatism gravel kidney disease and Bright’s disease after using Warner’s Safe Cure and Safe Rheumatic Cure. The text notes the offer remains genuine and invites doubters to write with testimonials.
Wm Strong, long ten years on the Pennsylvania and United States Supreme Courts, is noted as the wisest figure in Washington. Born May 6 1808 in Somers Conn he studied law after Yale and served in Congress. He joined the U S Supreme Court in 1870 and resigned in 1880 living quietly in Washington
The law of Iowa section 4000 makes it a misdemeanor to kill any birds or destroy their eggs in any season. Offenders may be prosecuted and fined not less than five dollars or more than twenty five dollars.
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