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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1889
Page
3
A collage of jokes and witticisms on manners, work, and daily life from late 19th century humor columns. It pairs snappy lines about horse sense, reform, love, and social foibles with practical notes on farming, household tips, and animal husbandry, all in a breezy, period voice.
The article advises women to accept freckles as a natural trait and to use virginal milk a cosmetic made from rosewater tincture of benzoin for summer skin care. It cautions against harsh treatments, suggests glycerine baths for dry skin, and notes men in the family may prefer rough cloths for cleansing.
The Hebrew Bible at the Vatican in Rome is described as the world’s most valuable book. In 1512 Pope Julius II refused to sell to Venetia Jewish syndicates due to financial strain, keeping the book valued at about $125,000 then, with current value far higher. Three men are always needed to carry it.
Flora Wade contemplates marriage for status but remains true to herself while Howard Maskelyne, new money and scarred by a prior rejection, returns. A chance meeting in a gallery rekindles a long-buried affection as she concedes her feelings and he seeks forgiveness for past cruelties.
Dialogue captures a humorous bargain about hiring a man to cut wood. A wife boasts of an offer tied to an old overcoat worth about 30 dollars, while the husband notes the work was not done as promised as the man stayed busy.
In a forthright exchange during a wartime talk with John Bright over the Eastern question a host's American wife offers Home Sweet Home. Bright declines, preferring to pursue Karl Blind on policy. The scene ends with a tense but amiable audience as the discussion resumes.
Mme Playette, a 50 year old widow, refused to pay M Tamsier 100 francs for a glass eye saying she could not see better with it than before. The Justice of the Peace ordered payment. she blew up, dashed the eye to the floor, and left as the crowd laughed.
The American Agriculturist advises using a good bee smoker to calm bees before opening the hive and at intervals during moving. Smoke ensures bees fill with honey. Instructions cover prying nails, preparing frames, binding with twine, transferring brood frames to center, and using straight combs with foundation over twisted ones.
Ex Railroad Commissioner Coffin urges the American Car Builders Association to fix a uniform car distance to protect brakemen. He argues current 18 to 43 inch gaps cause deadly accidents as crews risk jumping between moving cars in storms. He calls for strict safety duties on railroads.
A nostalgic essay on domestic calm argues that trifling quarrels over dinner and finances corrode happiness. It urges soft answers, patient restraint, and a reforming force of love to set a loving home tone, noting children imitate parental conflict and suggesting harmony as the ideal.
The Chicago branch manager returns from an Eastern trip to find a $50,000 inventory assessment. He challenges the figure, offers to sell stock at wholesale rates, and tests the assessor by hands-on buying across shawls, stockings, and knit goods. After a close call, the manager plans to stay home during next year’s assessment.
The twenty third National encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Milwaukee Wisconsin at the end of August attracts many. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers five daily trains with a $9.70 round trip fare from St Paul or Minneapolis. Tickets on sale August 21 to 28 with return options through September 5. Side trips possible by depositing return tickets with the agent before September 30. For details and sleeping car info contact W H Dixon 184 East Third Street St Paul Minn.
A New York physician, Dr Tutt, achieves a major victory with Tutt's Liver Pills, rapidly surpassing competitors once dominant for over twenty five years. Indorsed by European and American medical faculties, the medicine becomes a household word across continents, reflecting pride in American medical progress.
An elderly Turk, Hadji Soliman Saba, reportedly lived to 130 at Haddatha. He left seven wives who predeceased him, 60 sons and nine daughters. He farmed until death, ate barley bread beans and water with meat only on two religious festivals yearly. He wore a shirt and trousers and slept on a mattress and straw mat. He had never been bedridden until three days before passing.
Readers in Australia rally against postal authorities for replacing queen portrait stamps with local motifs like emus and kangaroos. Critics insist the queen’s face must appear on letters, even if a larger second stamp serves no functional purpose beyond signaling dissent.
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