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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1893
Page
3
A discussion on the universal language of the shrug reveals its vast expressive range across society. Meanwhile Thomas Edison envisions energy savings from coal use and proposes future marine signaling using vibration transmission to improve international communication at sea.
A later life reminiscence recalls Gen John C Breckinridge speaking warmly of a Kentucky farmer who described a wartime rumor. In Richmond Kentucky after Chickamauga, the man claimed Breckinridge asked for the field for fifteen minutes and slew thirty thousand, a tale received with respect amid laughter.
A quip from Life notes women who hold unfavorable neighbor opinions should temper their speech before children. While Bobby ate supper at Mrs. Witherby’s, she teased him by asking if his mother allowed two cake pieces and revealed the exchange, prompting laughter.
A discussion on disuse leading to loss of organs and faculties across species and humans. It cites that without communication a civilized child would not learn speech, notes feral humans, degenerate parasites, underground creatures with reduced eyes, and ant colonies where masters depend on slaves for feeding.
Spaniards quick to adopt improvements. Elgalbar and Eibar in Viscaya will soon be supplied with electric current for lighting and power. The water power will come from the Doya River, enabling local installations.
A dialogue cited by the Atlanta Constitution jokes about a “fourth-class post master ten years ay still Livin’” to question grounds for a two pension claim. The exchange highlights bureaucratic pension humor and aging government service.
A compact remark about a creator who adds a personal stamp to works. He may borrow others ideas and phrase them anew, turning good lines into familiar chestnuts. The passage notes a knack for shaping borrowed witticisms into distinctive expression.
Starvling notes a French cook at the boarding house changes meals. Dumling asks about differences and Starvling confirms the hash is served as soup.
The fragment shows Maud asking about her hair and Frank awaiting a kind remark. A sentence notes Yankee Blade praising or critiquing, followed by a line about Zanzibar shipments and ivory from elephants, indicating a dated travel or trade mention.
The fragment notes a British syrup promising to cleanse the system and relieve constipation without irritation. It hints at medical claims like awakening kidneys and liver, aiding headaches and colds. The text also references a supply of the medicine to many towns in a county.
Lorenz awakens in a frozen room after a trumpet call signals departure as French forces occupy Freitenberg. He struggles to rise, drinks from his flask, and shivers at the door, realizing Magdalena may be in danger while his limbs refuse to move.
Lorenz escapes through a snow blocked mansion and finds Magdalena waiting in the courtyard as soldiers begin to retake Freitenberg. He seeks help, returns with rescuers, and reunites with Magdalena and Franz amid a quiet, snowbound town after the French reach the streets.
English gentleman Mr Reed built a hall for tenants and neighbors and urged a 3 to 4 pm service. Mrs Booth of the Salvation Army began with moving speech, but time slipped away as Reed urged “go on.” Her two hour sermon left him weeping and the crowd spent the evening in tears.
A New York Mail and Express note recalls Eugene Blackford, a famed fish culturist, freezing watermelons and corn to test Christmas and New Year meals. Frozen fruit loses flavor when warmed, turning insipid and ash-like, ending the experiment with frozen produce.
A railway worker jokes about Bill Jones taking long to move a trunk amid a noisy exchange. The slang filled dialogue hints at a slow routine and comic fracas on the line.
In a church last Sunday Willie listened intently as the choir sang the anthem then whispered to his mother asking what comes next in the song.
The report highlights Minnesota Iowa North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin displays in minerals and geology. South Dakota leads in tin ore and petrified woods while Minnesota showcases vast iron ore and local quarry stone. Wisconsin features pearls and sandstone monuments.
A San Francisco man bedridden for months with a nervous irritable illness causes friction at home. His wife and daughter care for him as a friend watches for six hours after midnight, while the sick man scolds even an angel.
In a Detroit Free Press narration, a man recounts a fifteen year bout with a sudden illness named damphoolism after a circus stunt. He tried to light a cigar for an elephant, was thrown, and left crippled for life, learning humility at last.
Stephen Brodie recounts a leap from the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River as told to the New York News. He describes the plunge the impact and his suffering before being rescued and later arrested, declaring he would never jump again.
A tramp at a seaside boarding house asks the landlady for a couple of bananas and tea. He says his health is poor and he cannot afford a sea voyage, and requests permission to sit in a veranda rocker while someone tarred his holes and to not be asked for more.
A Missouri slave story unfolds as Timothy, Jim Ben, and Dudley Mastuson, sons of Kitty Mastuson, are traced after Joseph Mastuson dies in California as a wealthy estate holder. Lawyer Kyle, from Harrisonville, seeks rightful heirs while a contested will surfaces favoring a quack doctor. Dudley, Jim Ben, and Timothy are identified as descendants and professionals in the revenue service, shoemaking, and contracting.
In a remote Arizona canyon a husband Juan Valencia and neighbor Florentino Samaro fought with rocks called Mexican pistols. Valencia killed Samaro after a brutal clash leaving Samaro dead and Valencia returning to his family unseen. A neighbor found the body the next morning.
Edwin Booth recalls a 19th century Virginia performance of The Merchant of Venice at Lee’s Landing. With a steamship due, the cast improvised a closing Virginia reel and a trader’s offer scene as the audience, farmers and coon-hunters, cheered. The steamer captain praised Shakespeare’s quick wit. A second note on honey extraction advises selling near home if honey stocks are low.
A neighbor, John Gilbert, long ill with liver and kidney failure, was believed past recovery. After using August Flower his health dramatically improved, shocking his family and friends with a return to full strength, according to a testimonial from John Quibell of Holt Ontario.
Stone and Wellington of Madison Wisconsin advertise a job travel offer paying 50 to 100 dollars for four months plus expenses.
A jumble of old ads and trivia notes including quips about meerschaum pipes, dyspepsia cures, nerve pills, teething remedies, metal prices, and tonics. Mentions Switzerland acreage, Ruthenium price, and Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as aging aid. Also notes about whiskey bottlers and American church construction in 1892.
Herr Nagel conducts Naples experiments locating senses in sea anemones. Findings show taste in the tentacles and high sensitivity to touch when touched or heated substances nearby. Tentacles thus host three senses: touch taste and smell.
A garbled late night utterance references a pew house and danger with repeated hiccups. The fragment hints at a tense scene or commentary but lacks clear names or places to identify a full event.
In Chicago July 1893 Dr Fred Voss Mohn of Bergen's Aftenblad praises the four line railroad’s comfort speed and scenery from Minneapolis to La Crosse. He notes the smooth bed reclining chairs well equipped bars and absence of dust and smoke. He signs from Columbian Exposition Chicago.
Growth of plants is directly proportional to nutrient supply. Do not neglect hauling manure that has accumulated as it will help next year’s crops. Mow now to destroy many weeds before they mature seeds and clean waste places like stack yards and pondsides to save future trouble.
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