Italian cabinet wishes exhibitors at Chicago World’s Fair luck
Brainerd brief notes that the Italian cabinet offers no financial aid to World’s Fair exhibitors but extends official good wishes.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1891
Page
2
Brainerd brief notes that the Italian cabinet offers no financial aid to World’s Fair exhibitors but extends official good wishes.
A woman who offered a public prayer on a New York ferryboat was thought to be lunatic but examinations showed she is sane. The ruling establishes that such a public prayer may occur in the city without arrest.
Fifty six percent of college students are women and nearly two thirds of colleges are co-educational. If trends continue, women in the United States will be better educated than men.
A bold projection suggests each South Dakota county could average about a million dollars in grain yield this year, totaling over 50 million dollars. While optimistic, the figure invites cautious congratulations if the estimate aligns with actual results.
A prominent American financier says that with heavy gold shipments to Europe, nations are realizing how interdependent they are today. He argues this is a good moment to renew efforts to secure international bimetallism.
A cat in Ansonia Connecticut nabbed a robin but failed to kill a third and caused a commotion. The other robins, drawn by their companion, mobbed the cat and forced it to release the prey and flee in a dramatic street-side scene.
Tannan Russell refused to sing in a theater until all draperies were removed, believing they harmed acoustics. Critics attribute the stance to her concern for sound, not a general opposition to draperies.
The latest Paris trend centers on entertainments for young mothers where only young married couples are invited. Dances are secondary and square dancing is the sole form allowed. Instead of favors, children’s toys are given and taken home by the young mothers.
A Waterville based note from last year describes enough cloth to form a tent covering 370 acres and seating all residents of Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts with a central ring of 168 acres. Within the ring 84,000 Maine horses could be shown simultaneously without crowding.
Henry Wartrerson summarizes the situation on a proposed union of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He argues a united city would become a major urban center, potentially ranking second or third after New York and Chicago, with current estimates over 300,600 inhabitants and projected growth to about 750,000 in fifteen years.
A New York jeweler proposes an electric door close and lock that operates with a push button behind the counter and also unlocks the street door. It detains well dressed shoplifters attempting to dash away with trays of jewels, and can lock out suspicious entrants until danger passes.
A humorous bon mot mocks Stanley as an authority on Darkest Africa while praising married life. The speaker quips that daily life with his spouse has been content and unalloyed happiness, challenging marriage-skeptics with a witty testimonial.
A summer resort sermon by a clergyman provoked one lady who claimed they had heard the same address years before at her church. He revealed he was the visiting preacher, having since grown a stout frame and full beard that concealed his identity.
An anonymous petition presented to the Shah requests regulation of national finances, abolition of polygamy, religious freedom and people’s representation in public affairs. Forty members of a politico religious sect known as the Baptiste party were arrested on suspicion of involvement. the Shah calls the document treasonable.
Iris claims any squint or cast in the eye can be cured without a physician. Use plain glass spectacles with the center of one lens colored black. The eye will straighten itself after days. Children may improve in a week, adults in about a month. Smoked glasses are advised for strong light to strengthen weak eyes and reduce exertion.
A compact weekly roundup covers foreign developments in Washington policy and global affairs, plus notable accidental, personal, criminal, and other news of importance. It highlights key actions, outcomes, and rising concerns from government, industry, and society.
A Washington delegation met Postmaster General Wanamaker to discuss a proposal for a cooperative steamship line from Mobile to Central American ports. The Silk Association of America via secretary Briton Richardson sent a letter to the Treasury secretary alleging a deplorable condition in silk import inspections at the customs house. Washington officials question Archbishop Ireland’s Cape May visit to aid the Catholic bureau and suspect Congressman Marge may have consulted on a related move.
A flood of Williamsport Pa leaves streets two to three feet deep after a dam tear. Fires and explosions occur in multiple states with deaths and injuries. Cheyenne kerosene blaze fatally burns Mrs. John Kurtz as a stove fire worsens. Pleasantville lightning damages a Pennsylvania Express coach. Ashua N Y clowup bursts derail a railroad engine injuring a fireman fatally. Warren Ohio rains kill Ed Caldwell and John Tomason under a tree. Iron Mountain Arkansas wreck injures eight. Chicago child Arthur Thomas dies after a fall from a horse. Portage Pa Berwind mines miners John Church and William Meyers killed by coal fall. Denver Col W S Pollett killed after train strike.
The death of the duke of Mecklenburg and Count von Motke’s vacant seat in the reichstag are reported along with deaths of novelist Jessie Fothergilt and sugar magnate Frederick Havemeyer. Philadelphia elder Old Pop Reed and Miss Hart plan libel suit. a Duluth & Iron Mountain official’s niece dies en route to Chicago. Chautauqua system head changes announced. Kate Greenfield examined in Teheran. West Virginia Fleming reunion planned. Janssen’s Mount Blanc observatory funded by notable patrons including Bonaparte and Rothschild. Eiffel backs ice tunnel project for Mount Blanc summit exploration.
From Chicago to Saratoga the famed gelding Proctor Knott feared sick with a cold that worsened into long liver and may die. In Omaha Joan Prince plans bicycle races with many entries in Wirona. Stillwater’s Mascots challenge Hersey & Bean at the new park on Sunday August 9 for $25 a side.
An Annapolis dispatch notes a missing rail link near Grand Rapids Minnesota as Duluth and Winnipeg begin track laying northward. The project aims to connect Parmont Halifax and nearby areas. Officials anticipate a Crookston branch development and push the White Oak Point reserve line five to six miles. An armed force was sent to Netdale to guard a Denver line upgrade along a table mountain route.
At Essen Germany fourteen water works employees drowned when the crossing boat capsized on the Ruhr. A tragic accident mars the day for the city and its utility workers amid ongoing river transport woes.
Geneva reports St Petersburg police seized twenty six officers, twenty four nihilists, amid czarist resistance. seven nihilists killed, seven escaped. Locar Cuban trade data cover Dec 1 1891 to Jun 30 1891 with US totals of 3 252 132 bags and 465 131 tons, plus boxes and hogsheads from France Spain and others.
Furnace No 1 at Cambria Iron Hollidaysburg resumes with 200 workers. Chicago labor warns workers against seeking fair time jobs. Harrisburg says strikers violated association law and must return to work. Boston transit workers join federation as 90 percent of End Street crews expected to join. Duquoin sees 500 coal miners march to oust anti labor agitator. Catasaqua Rolling Mill to reopen with non union staff. fires lit, burgess pledges police protection.
Five year old Tommy Fay is dying at St Francis Hospital Pittsburg from liquor alleged to have been poured down his throat by his parents. The report notes a likely fatal outcome while detailing the grim family tragedy and hospital care.
The Buffalo grain fleet arrived with 1.5 million bushels of wheat and 400 thousand of corn. Keystone bank shows 945 thousand dollars in due bills were deposited. Carnegie Phipp Co reports the largest armor plate ingot yet cast in the U S. Anthracite markets in New York meet but do not cut prices. Hunterdon Warren peaches report a large crop. San Francisco sees a bank run but officials insist solvency. A court in San Francisco dissolves an injunction over overhead wires. Missouri erosion threatens a railroad bridge near St Joseph. Lead Trust plans to shrink capital to 30 million with 15 million preferred and 15 million common, plus 3 million in bonds. Wrought Steel Wheel Company of Trenton initializes with 2 million authorized, to produce solid steel railcar wheels.
A humorous anecdote from the Indianapolis Journal about a farm hand who courts a widow with a fertile claim to land. After a sequence of “shakes” and mistaken luck, a tramp preacher arrives and removes the suitor, leaving the man to admit that circumstances were against him.
A rumor by La Bon Messager recounts Empress of Austria visiting Dr Meteger in Amsterdam who welcomes all patients to one waiting room. The conversation suggests the empress, in plain attire, plans to dine at an hotel while staff handle duties and rooms.
Joseph L. Meyer becomes Morrison county treasurer replacing the late 8 Stoll. William Donaldson dies at Plainview aged eighty six. North Dakota Elevator Co. builds a 30,000 bushel plant at Hector, total capacity 160,000. Wheat yields scale across farms near Waterville and Kerkhoven amid dry weather signaling a big harvest. Duluth bankers eyed by P. M. and E. D. Graff with large capital plans. A River Falls nude man Hoff man recovering and claiming New Frier friends. Dakota county bond bids favor St Paul Title Insurance. Lake Pepin fish law violations prompt concern. Mrs. Hanson jailed on charges of vice. bond set at 250. Dr. Heath accidentally shot while hunting. Burglary and arson at Wynette. Salvation Army suit against Northfield city for illegal imprisonment. Mankato appoints Bar and Pope delegates for state convention. Swen Nelson drowns in Minnesota river. Minnesota law examiners hold first test in Mankato. Y M C A institutes prepare Northwestern Institute at Lake Minnewaska Aug 4–14.
The report covers a serious wound to 10 year old Joseph Amstett in Grand Forks from a repeating rifle shot, a grain shortage due to scarce harvest hands, hail damage near Ardock, a county jail project at Forman, a missing Hunter druggist linked to liquor sales, Bishop Shanley’s confirmation in Devil’s Lake, strong crop yields in Oakes, a pair of Minneapolis men canoeing 1200 miles to Grand Forks, and interest from capitalists in Dickinson clay beds with Professor Babcock analyzing terra cotta potential.
Deb Howey, labeled a rapist, was bound over at Vermillion to await grand jury action. Judge Andrews of the Third circuit plans to resign due to ill health. The South Dakota Teachers association selected Mitchell as next meeting site for December 29 to 31, 1891. Mrs Minnie C Barrows of Aberdeen appointed matron of the Indian school at Kewaunee Wisconsin and left for the post. Fire destroyed the Chicago and Northwestern freight depot at Huron, with losses to the building and contents.
Aberdeen reports Northwestern has secured control of the Gettysburg and Forest City railway and will operate it linked with its Gettysburg line. Theodore Reder, a Rapid City saw mill owner, reports a burglary at his hillside stable with two horses and two saddles stolen. He suspects Reddy Lightfoot and Mell McDougall, newly freed inmates, as the thieves and thinks they may have crossed into Wyoming or Montana.
Bayfield lumberman N Bowton sold five million feet of lumber to Z B Barker of Chicago, a transaction totaling $60,000. The case hints at broader timber trade links between Wisconsin and Illinois amid regional business activity.
Iowa reports include Nicholas killed after an electric car incident in Dubuque, and Otto Beymer dies from a tree limb accident near Alton. Grasshoppers threaten oats near Waterloo, cattle sickness spreads in Palo Alto Emmet Kossuth counties, and a 19 year old Des Moines man, Newton E. Cameron, dies by his own hand. A. Y. McDonald of Dubuque dies of paralysis linked to a past wound. a blackleg outbreak affects cattle west of Lyons. Foreclosure against Dubuque Lumber bonds $30,000. Mrs Wentworth of Secor is confined after wandering toward Chicago, with sheriff’s transporter.
A true story from Detroit Free Press recounts a suitor who sought a kiss, faced sharp resistance, and after a fearsome scream drew the attention of the whole family. The girl claimed a mouse caused the distraction, while the misfire led to an awkward kiss sequence and a wary reaction from parents.
Reports from Hovstox Texas describe an armed clash on the Lock Moore tramway near West Lake La on August 5. Nine men died and sixteen were wounded as the Redbones led by Marion Markle and Lee Perkins fought the Ashworth led gang including Morris and Ward. Additional killings and mass looting followed as cattlemen sought to drive out marauders, with casualties among both sides and fear of further trouble along the Calcasieu Vernon and Shreveport line.
Grand jury indicted seven metropolitan newspapers for publishing electrocution accounts at Sing Sing. Papers named include World editor Joseph Pulitzer, Morning Advertiser J A Cockerill, Morning Journal A H Hoeckley, Sun William M Laffan, Press Bradford Merdill, Recorder G M Turner, Times C K Miller, and Herald and Daily News previously indicted.
Moorhead Minn August 5 The city council last evening appointed Daniel Titus and T C Kurtz delegates from Moorhead to the world’s fair convention at St Paul August 13 The chairman of the board of county commissioners has appointed Senator R M Probstfield and A T Austin delegates at large to represent Clay county at said convention
The Montana State Press association will travel to Salt Lake City on Sept 4, spend two days there, then continue to Denver. The business meeting will occur on the train to ensure attendance, with expectations of the largest gathering in the association’s history per secretary N. Yerker of Bozeman.
Washington telegram reports ongoing trouble at the Watertown land office despite Senator Pettigrew’s efforts. Receiver Carpenter accuses Register Williams of insulting attorneys and raising loud during trials. Carter may wait for patron requests before Adams Williams replacement. officials warn further delays could force action.
Curcaco Aug 5 The North Wisconsin Lumber Co of Hayward Wis filed in county court to declare the acts of S R Howell as a voluntary assignment. It claims Howell insolvent at 1570 000 with assets 1500 000 and that an unrecorded assignment to First National Bank was used to secure credit and divert assets to himself. Bank sale notice issued. judge grants Howell citation to answer and enjoins bank from disposing of property.
Helena special says Montana board of managers for the world’s fair elected Hon. William M. Bickford of Missoula as executive commissioner. Judge Stephen De Wolfe of Butte presides. J. G. Ramsey of Glendive is secretary. Counties will prepare exhibits to be arranged by the state commissioner.
Cuiiaco and St Paul report steady or varied quotes for flour wheat corn oats rye barley and flax seed with ranges for No 2 spring No 2 red No 1 hard and No 1 northern wheat and corn meal and bran and shorts prices listed for ground feed and millstuff includes hay potatoes and various oats and barley grades across locations.
Severance Kansas August 5 Samuel Freeman a farmer shot and killed his wife and their two year old son then killed himself after his wife accused him of misconduct. Authorities say jealousy of his younger wife sparked the tragedy.
A stranger left notes mortgages and papers valued at 30000 with City Attorney Mengie for examination claiming a $30 loan to a Milwaukee man posing as an agent of Erastus Shayer of Brandon Vermont. Mengie learned the documents were stolen from a Rock Island train and forwarded them to banker Mr Thayer after corresponding with him.
The advertisement touts Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder as dependable and uniform due to chemist-tested ingredients and strict quality control. It claims no ammonia or alum adulterants, and asserts only powder containing egg white, delivering moist, sweet bread, biscuits, pastries, and cakes.
The San Francisco Examiner notes that the fall term will address George W. Dupre of the New Orleans States. It argues the Louisiana lottery act seeks to override state authority and press liberty, warning the post office powers threaten free press and lawful local discretion.
A vivid report from St. Louis Post-Dispatch recounts a brutal tale of vengeance among enslaved people in Martinique and Hayti. A whipped slave tracks a venomous fer de lance to kill the planter's daughter by sneaking a snake into her bed, then the mate finishes the act, leaving the planter bereft.
A brief note introduces a simple additive curiosity that may intrigue mathematicians. It highlights an easy trick or pattern in adding numbers and invites readers to explore its implications and potential applications.
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