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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1890
Page
4
A column outlines a cruel rat thinning method using water-filled tubs with a brick as a drying ledge. Rats are lured by bait on brown paper and are drawn to the exposed brick where they drown as fights ensue, allegedly destroying thousands in a warehouse in a single night.
An extract from a Census letter describes a special agent using a fiddle to draw locals, recruit fishermen to sign a pledge, and gather data while warding off distractions. A violent incident is noted when a colored man is struck and carried from a fire area as the agent continues inquiries.
A Boston Transcript observation notes a fad of trousers worn long and turned up at the bottom by young men in Cambridge Brookline and Boston. The edge barely beyond the ankle creates a casual careless look, with tailors showing the turned bottoms as proof of a genuine swell. The writer predicts future sociological interest in this fashion.
A resort guest protested a 10 cent lemonade charge with a sharp claim of highway robbery. Clerks defended the hotel's aim to accommodate the public while seeking a profit, noting gains on beer and general high prices.
A visitor to a storied upper Broadway shop seeks out a former secretary he loved. After learning she married another, he staggers away in despair, muttering that she will support them both with lemon and vanilla soda.
A man robs a traveler who surrenders a twenty dollar bill and begs help. The thief, unseen, leaves after the demand. The next day the traveler learns his victim from Up the Creek had earned a dollar in genuine money from him in exchange for the counterfeit note.
A Belfast attempt to curb boys ringing bells failed despite five policemen at churches. The youngsters still entered a bell tower via a lightning rod, making the night noisy while police struggled to stop them.
A Detroit Free Press passage follows a ragged bootblack who salvages faded flowers for his sister Lil. A passerby helps by sending bouquets to lift Lil but she soon dies. the boy then declares Lil won’t need the flowers anymore while the flowers and birds persist in memory.
Aaron Tyas of Glucose ter City Pa is found lodged in black mud along Little Timber creek with water within two inches of his chin. He had been in the mire about eighteen hours under sun, rescued by locals, and his mind is severely deranged though his eyes seem intact. He shows fear and fatigue, repeatedly saying he is covered with ice and wants to lie down. Doctors fear he may not recover.
A Chicago Herald anecdote recalls Billy Knox touring England and explaining humor after news of Jeff Davis death. Knox cites Artemus Ward lines about Davis, provoking laughs from Americans but a sober reaction from English reporters who quip that without Davis there would be no pockets.
Julian Ralph in Chatter recalls Gould after gobbling the New Jersey Southern and shipping its boats out of state. The interview includes Gould’s reflections on the Jesse Hoyt and the Americ as well as his familiarity with the vessels and interest in further news.
The Pittsburg Bulletin notes a heated quarrel over seal skin items as a symbol of war mood between nations and a family dispute within the United States.
Nora Prescott rejects poet Horace Scrope who pursues her despite a forged father scandal. Jack Charteris returns from abroad to win Nora, while Scrope reveals the family disgrace to scare off rivals. Jack defends Nora, Scrope exits, and Nora’s life with Jack begins at Tower Court as autumn settles.
A critical view of British Imperial East Africa Company operations notes official secrecy in Whitaker’s Almanack. Parliament may not change policy, but publicity is urged to protect African natives from trader abuses and unpublicized actions of colonial firms.
The New York Times notes a Stuttgart royal library autograph book once owned by Duke Frederick I of Württemberg. It includes dates and mottos with Danish signatures such as Jorgen Rossenkrans and P. Guildenstern dated 1577, raising questions about Shakespeare's knowledge of them.
Police confronted a Paris milk supplier on Boulevard de Magenta as he refilled cans from a pump amid a drought. The man claimed he would drive the officers to the station, but deputies stopped him when he attempted to escape, arresting him and seizing the ill‑begotten mixture. Spectators jeered at the incident.
The piece discusses lightning protection for farms and houses using metal rods and grounded conductors. It notes neighbors’ mockery of lightning rod use, argues for well grounded conductor networks, and warns that simple rooftop rods may not suffice while tall trees can offer effective protection.
A Paris barber was arrested for badly cutting a customer and claiming the injury was intentional. In court he explained he shaved on trust to rake in payments, nicking the cheek to tally charges, ending with a light fine as the judge accepted his candor.
A San Francisco Wave item recalls a Del Monte incident where a man wrote “red headed and freckled” on a dance programme to help him remember a date. The woman later had a mutual friend translate the hieroglyphics and friendship cooled, though she still wears the ring he gave her.
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as renewing health and strength and easing discomfort by harmonizing with nature to cleanse the system. Sold in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles by leading druggists, with a claim about dealing with worms and leprosy.
An advertisement urges readers to take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters after cautioning about stomach assault and purgatives. It claims the remedy aids liver function and promises relief for malarial disease rheumatism dyspepsia nervousness and kidney troubles.
The St Louis Republic recounts a belief that some people could transform into wolves or beasts while retaining human intellect. Hair growth and skin turning inside out were cited notions, tied to Lykaon. Victims accused of were-wolfry faced crucifixion, burning, or being broken on the wheel, sometimes flayed alive by zealots.
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