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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1890
Page
3
A fiery sermon denounces alcohol as a national scourge. Dr Talmage warns of the wreck caused by drink, recounts brutal effects on families, cites pledges and inebriate asylums, and urges communities to banish liquor from Sundays and public life.
A prominent city lawyer defending a railroad in a circuit trial used a novel tactic to limit damages. He argued injuries were trivial and that plaintiff’s lawyers would take half the award. Jurors later set the verdict at 7000 dollars after foreman suggests doubling to offset legal fees.
The New York Sun reports China will spend about 5 million dollars this year to control the Hoang Ho river. Plans include diverting sections into the Tu hai north of the Hoang Ho, building dams to reduce floodwaters, and rebuilding stone walls along the banks. The effort aims to curb deadly floods, with the Shandong governor estimating at least 5 million dollars needed in his province alone to prevent recurrence.
A lyrical scene describes two lovers walking at sunset through fields of wheat. The speaker recalls a closeness as the path narrows and twilight deepens, their hands joined and the nightingales singing while future sorrow and joy are spoken of together. The setting shifts from golden sky to dim twilight as they share a tender moment.
Marjorie Trevor faces a summer choice as Parke Griswold wooes her while Miss Alice Walton presses for a match. A storm and a shipwreck test loyalties, revealing Basil Thorne as a hidden love from Marjorie’s past. Griswold’s rescue of shipwreck survivors, including Thorne, reshapes the love triangle and hints at a future reconciliation.
A voyage tale unfolds aboard a liner from New York to Europe where Jacob Murdenthrope suspects his brother Ben bore a hidden debt after a windfall. A dawn watch reveals a severed body in the wake, later proven Ben was murdered by Jake who coveted a $350 000 gift and asylum legacy.
An observant passenger in a crowded North Side car engages a Hannibal Missouri man about weather and the census. The dialogue reveals casual indifference to civic duties and a general acceptance of whatever fate brings, with light humor on misers and kicks.
A New York court upholds a will leaving about $90 000 to the United States Government, asserting that when near relatives exist laws direct a more just share to family. The piece argues the living duty to provide for dependents can override conscience gifts to government or distant kin, and questions the fairness of bequests that ignore familial obligations.
A warm night on the Central railroad of New Jersey saw a swarm of large June bugs invade two milk train passenger coaches. The bugs filled the cars and forced six passengers to evacuate. To dislodge them a brakeman extinguished the lights and the insects fled, allowing the travelers to return to darkness until departure.
A young woman reading a ghost story alone at midnight is startled when a banjo in the room snaps a string, prompting a shriek heard by residents four blocks away. The episode, described as a strange coincidence, draws condolences for the startled reader.
A defense attorney questions a witness about his real name Williams. The witness challenges identification and recalls a past incident when Williams allegedly scarred his opponent during a peach theft from a father's orchard twenty five years earlier, asserting they are the same person.
The article recalls March 29, 1884 when Niagara Falls briefly stopped as a massive ice dam blocked the river. Severe winter followed by warm rains and a west wind created a solid ice wall at Niagara River mouth, halting water and drawing crowds to witness the rare phenomenon. The ice broke, and water returned to its course by morning.
A tearful boy is brought to an east side physician after swallowing a cent. The doctor reassures the mother the child will survive and urges teaching him to avoid eating coins, noting larger denominations would be harder to treat.
Henry Edick of St Joseph Michigan celebrated his 105th birthday. A veteran of the War of 1812 he first went to the front with his father. Born June 28 1785 in Deerfield Connecticut he moved to St Joseph on his ninety ninth birthday. He remains remarkably sound with little gray hair.
The verse claims a fair maiden cannot smile or be gay with a disordered liver. It urges taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse the liver, purify the blood, soften the complexion, and improve spirits. It also promotes Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy as a cure for offensive breath and urges purchase from druggists.
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