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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1888
Page
2
Burlington New Jersey earns a reputation as a champion town for widows. One block provides shelter to 31 of these attractive but dangerous creatures.
Jersey farmers announce bug days a planned initiative to exterminate insects wreaking havoc on fruit and vegetables. The drive aims to reduce pest damage and protect crops through coordinated efforts and control measures.
John Toole of New Haven long mourned as an unidentified victim of the Ashta bula Railroad disaster resurfaced in California. He appeared among friends alive and well after 13 years.
In Washington a curious coincidence is noted as Messenger is appointed a navy gunner while Gunner becomes a naval department messenger, two name pairings in the same matter.
The Bureau of Justice is established in Chicago to obtain justice in courts for poor people who have just cause for complaint and cannot secure representation due to lack of means or ignorance of the law.
In Paducah Kentucky Mr Joseph He bute a wealthy German visits a drug store for a remedy after an injury. He discovers the pharmacist who treats him is also a fellow German and the same surgeon who attended him earlier in the fatherland during the Franco Prussian campaign.
An inquiring person notes that June hosts more marriages than any other month. The resulting fees fund ministers’ long vacations abroad during the summer season.
The piece argues straw or felt hats fail to protect American men from extreme heat. It notes sunstroke is rare among Eastern natives and suggests that turbans and umbrellas provide better head protection than widely used in American cities.
Hutchinson Kansas held a meeting to raise money for business ventures. After the hall filled the door was locked and within one hour fifteen minutes subscribers pledged 224000 dollars to support the enterprises.
Senor Antonio Flores, now in New York, was nominated and elected president of Ecuador while physically distant from the country. He expresses pride in the unusual feat, noting he has not been in Ecuador for four years.
A youth given one week for theft swapped names with a cellmate in Liverpool to win release. The plan failed when the other boy revealed his identity, and police recaptured the schemer the next day.
The Austrian War Office completed tests on the Maxim gun calling it the most destructive modern engine. It loads and fires itself via recoil and only needs new cartridge ribbons at intervals. Tests showed reliable function to a mile range, 600 rounds per minute from one barrel, and after over 6,000 shots still produced an excellent diagram at 656 yards.
A mink found by a dog near a Lewiston farm becomes part of a cat family. The cat, newly nursing herself, accepts the orphan and nurses the mink alongside her kittens. The creature thrives, plays and enjoys life with the kittens, and the cat shows no concern for the newcomer.
The president vetoed four private pension bills. One pension would go to the widow of John Herbst who enlisted in 1862 and was captured in August 1864. After capture Herbst joined the Confederate forces and was recaptured by the Union, later deserting to avoid prison hardships and was discharged on October 10, 1865.
The steamship Erin from London arrives in New York with killer Patrick Kelly in custody after he stabbed sailors John Parry and John Chapman. Separate reports note depot robbery suspect John Gibbs jailed in Minnesota, and other crimes across the Midwest.
The Record of Casualties notes George Stayror and Henry Ives sought in New York now in Canada on serious charges. It reports a Makuhari eruption in Japan killed 400 and injured 1,000. Jacksonville & Tallahassee’s Littlefield charged for a counterfeit $50 check. he was discharged after payment. Sioux Falls sheriff seizes Lathrop’s Keyes creamery as he vanishes amid dairy fraud claims totaling around $10,000. Rush City carpenter Alexander Bixby commits suicide after heavy drinking. coroners deem temporary insanity. Helena jail break frees George Godas and two burglars by tunneling under the wall. escape into the city streets.
The German vice consul hosted Prince Bernhard of Saxe Weimar and Baron R F Nordhoff at the Oriental hotel in Coney Island. After dinner the baron, with several companions, was ordered by a policeman to move on near the Manhattan hotel entrance but resisted as he did not understand English. He was briefly detained until Manhattan hotel manager McKinnie intervened to secure his release, baron’s friends deeming the arrest unwarranted.
Winnipeg reports say a school of mounted infantry has orders to proceed to British Columbia at once to help quell the Indian uprising along the Skeena river. Burton in Paris identifies the Bahr el Gazel white pasha as Emin Bey, not Henry M. Stanley, and suspects Emin Bey is moving north while Stanley's force lacks strength to attack Khartoum.
Reports describe cut worms damaging a Finlay McArthur field on Portage 2 plains Manitoba and a neighboring wheat field. Other items recount two hydrophobia deaths in Chicago, yellow fever aboard the Magnolia, a dramatic Otter Tail wedding interruption, fugitive officers in New York custody, a Pittsburgh firm eyeing Belgium relocation, and a Hazelton Hudson Bay constable murder rumor in British Columbia.
The article reports deep white settlement fears as coastal Indians show aggressive resistance, with troop movement by canoe expected to take about three weeks to cover ninety miles and many portages. It notes the Indians as large, armed, and highly troublesome to the disaffected northern districts. The Prohibitionists of Minnesota’s Fifth District held a congressional convention at Fergus Falls nominating Zar D. Scott for congress. Scott, 39, from Duluth, formerly a Republican, and partner in Scott & Holston planing and sash factory, has lived in Duluth since 1880.
The weekly weather crop bulletin notes favorable conditions for crops across regions. Corn, tobacco, and staples show improvement in the Northwest Central valleys and Southern states. Some delays in harvesting occur in the Middle Atlantic and New England, with localized damage from storms in Tennessee and Arkansas.
The Bangor Maine case reveals a crafted confession by Stain Cromwell claiming a Dexter robbery and Barron murder. Bank records show Winthrop bank losses over 80000 in notes, with a similar confession pattern in the Dexter case. Lawyers hold memoranda suggesting Cromwell and Stain lacked involvement in the murder.
Dr A R Thompson shows a preserved skull from the ex wife Harriet Van Auken who killed her husband Darius Van Auken in Sandy Creek years ago. The weaponry included pistol shots and a hatchet. The skull figured in the trial where the coroner lent it for study and mention of a missing first husband was noted.
The piece contrasts American and English speech and manners, noting crude terms in English writing offend American readers. It cites Lord Melbourne on London beauties, usage of the word nigger by Froude and Mrs. Ewing, and observers who find money related terms offensive. It argues language crosses the Atlantic quickly and both nations influence each other while rough speech remains common in English poetry and travel writing.
The article recounts famed speakers like Daniel Webster Erskine and Burke facing nerves and audience indifference on stage and in the House of Lords. An anecdote from Selwyn highlights Burke appalled by a heckling country member and storms from the chamber.
A reporter tours flood stricken areas from Elm Grove to West Alexander reporting widespread destruction along the Baltimore and Ohio line. Four men and three boys are confirmed dead with numerous other lives lost or missing including residents of Wheeling Triadelphia and Clinton.
Melville W. Fuller was confirmed for chief justice of the U S Supreme Court by 41 ayes to 21 nays after a three hour executive session. Five senators spoke on the nomination with opposition from Edmunds Evarts and Stewart and support from Callum and Farwell. Democratic senators did not speak. Critics cited war service and postwar constitutional views as grounds against confirmation.
The 1887 gold production reached 33 million dollars and silver 53.3 million. Calendar year coinage 60.38 million. bars 65.35 million. June 1 stock totals show gold 706.84 million and silver 353.66 million, with total metals at 1.0905 billion. World coinage 124.999 million gold and 15.792 million silver. Industrial arts gold 46 million and silver 22 million in 1886. World production 98.764 million gold and 126.458 million silver in 1886.
The German Emperor William and Prince Henry traveled by Alexandria from Cronstadt to Peterhof then to Kraznoe-Selo for a camp inspection. They later laid wreaths at Peter and Paul Church and honored the late czar and czarina with inscribed wreaths as embassies and crowds along the route cheered.
A year and a half chase ends in Duluth as Neviska, a key witness for Russian officials, is detained by a Czar loyalist and travels east with his family. Intercepted letters tied him to a murder plot involving Kostrona district officials and a governor. Neviska, clever and well dressed, seeks safe return to Russia via Pembina and New York.
At Cincinnati three boys under 12 were arrested near the exposition buildings for pocket picking. They confess to belonging to a young gang led by Bundy Wright with Linsey Murphy Walter Harris Willie Madders among them. The group, aged 11 to 18, says they tapped tills at a drug store grocer and a saloon on Clark Baymiller Ochler Richmond streets.
The group moved from streets near Baymiller to Freeman avenue and Liberty street then planned a Second National Bank heist at Ninth and Main. Two staged a fight while a third would grab money but failed to find an open door. Four members fled to Nashville, Tenn. Police call the case highly peculiar and say its breakup ends ongoing petty theft.
Heavy rains and rising waters in Virginia trigger deadly floods. A Baltimore and Ohio bridge over Wheeling Creek collapsed, killing up to twenty persons and leaving twenty to thirty on the bridge unknown. Four deaths at Ringrove and drownings on Bogg's Run add to the city’s losses estimated around fifty thousand dollars with crops ruined.
Frank Chieboun confessed to an abortive murder plot aimed at Judge Garry, Judge Grinnell, and Inspector Bonfield of Chicago. He described meeting Hronek and Chepak, a bomb plan, and possessing dynamite and glass fragments. He claims no definite murder scheme, hid bombs, and fears discovery. immunity from prosecution reportedly granted.
A murder occurred in Rawdon near Montreal as Laverdure was found dead after his body fell from a doorway. Dr DeLahambault stated life had been extinct for two hours as an inquest begins amid suspicions an Irishman bragged of the killing. The suspect is at large.
Irregularities complaint leads Acting Indian Commissioner Upshaw to announce the trader's license at Devils Lake Agency, Dakota will expire on the 24th and will not be renewed. A suitable Indian-approved successor will be licensed in his stead.
A Duluth based Garden City Mining company forms with 250000 capital and 160 acres near Ely. In Shieldsville a bull attack injures Thomas McDonald while a fall endangers E N McCullough. A Crookston oil site advances to become Northwestern distribution hub. Gas probe at Minneopa Falls yields water instead of gas. Various incidents include drownings, theft, accidents, rail land rulings, strikes, and a boost in Pierre prospects.
A Texas bank conducts a light civil service cross examination. A candidate explains counting twenty one dollar bills by lifting each note with wet fingers. He notes the last bill could be followed by another, so not lifting the final one prevents a potential loss, and the examiner approves.
Chaplain Talmage preached to the 13th New York State National Guard at Peekskill on victorious retreat and ambush. He linked Joshua’s stratagems at Ai to personal and national faith, urging decisive action, disciplined aim, and steadfast courage against modern temptations and sins.
The speaker warns of a year of mercy followed by judgments. He preaches mercy of the gospel in pulpits and streets and invites acceptance of Christ. He contrasts alignment with Joshua versus Ai and urges crossing to the side of faith for happiness and safety.
The article traces East Tennessee figures and groups from 1814 15 to 1834 in the abolitionist arc. It notes Charles Osborn and Elihu Embree founding societies and papers like the Emanc ipator the Genius of Universal Emancipation and Gar rison s rise after joining Lundy in Baltimore. It also mentions Tennessee’s first constitution allowing free men to vote until 1834 when freed people lost that right.
A 1863 wedding tale describes Mrs. Brent of the Confederacy finding a blood spot on her dress and feeling a bad omen as her husband Major Brent falls at a Federal fort on July 4 1863. The incident coincides with her heart pain two days earlier and Mr Thomas Bright reportedly calling the two women war widows.
The herb of prophecy, known as s jant, grows in Mixteca Mexico. People say those who ingest it fall into a hypnotic sleep and gain a prophetic gift or double sight, answering questions and obeying commands, even to self harm, but later remember nothing of the effects.
In a playful exchange from the Evening Sun a nurse calls the newborns perfect little gems while the father prefers solitary infants to clusters, sparking a lighthearted debate about siblings.
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