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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1893
Page
3
Sterling Heilg describes Trouville bathing customs with gendered zones and subtle social rules. Women bathe under close supervision with sheets for modesty while men, mixed groups, and guardians navigate propriety. Unmarried women face strict scrutiny outside and inside the water, while married women display more freedom.
A New Haven Register report describes perch placed in water inside ice for sixty hours as it froze from outside in. Fish were alive while confined, then gradually trapped until the ice encased them. when opened only one of five recovered, if alive at all.
In a Washington Star excerpt, convict No. 487 claims long confinement and requests a favorable report that he is an anarchist while discussing a dynamite incident aimed at a safe and the owner. The exchange reveals his grievances and attempted manipulation of perceptions.
In a playful exchange Josiah Chugwater denies any woman’s wit while Mrs. Chugwater asserts there is one. She names The Sphinx and, as usual, has the last word in this cheeky quote from the Chicago Tribune.
The article lists states and their name origins from various languages and places. Maine links to Maine in France, New Hampshire to Hampshire England, Vermont to verd mont, Massachusetts to a Mahican term, Rhode Island to Rhodes, Connecticut to Quonch-ta-but, New York to the Duke of York, New Jersey to Sir George Carteret, Delaware to Lord de la Ware, Maryland to Henrietta Maria, Virginia to Elizabeth, Kentucky to Kain tuk ae, Ohio with multiple meanings, Missouri to muddy water, Michigan to a Native word for great lake, Colorado to colored peaks, Nebraska to shallow waters, and Nevada to snow covered mountains.
The tramp confesses to a single theft driven by hunger. He robbed a man who refused help and took only a bottle labeled Pepsin, used to aid digestion, as his meager haul.
A fragment from New York Weekly features two tragedians debating government controls. They mock laws forcing stranded actors to register and be photographed with penalties, joking about transport to Union Square, New York.
Ragged Robert questions the paper Mouldy Mike carries about. Mouldy Mike explains the article reports millions of disease bearing bacteria found in a bank note and treats the bit of reading as comfort.
In a New York Weekly item a smoker questions a druggist about selling cigars while opposing smoking in the store. The druggist defends by saying the smoke is inoffensive to many customers and quips about selling better cigars.
A collage of antiquated lines on evolution, dental quirks, patent medicines, and adverts. It cites Shoop’s Restorative Nerve Pills, cures for dyspepsia, Teething remedies, Port wine gout claims, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, and whiskey branding, plus a 1785 loom claim and a modern beer scam incident in Washington PA.
In Fyfield Hall's garden, Judith Hall clashes with her father Squire Hall over her future. She defies money-saving plans and seeks John Burton to help Sultan the lame horse. Judith rides bold, aids a lamb, and earns Burton's respect as she moves to secure her own path.
Judith Hall defies her father and Lord Slater to marry John Burton, a farmer, after Sultan the horse heals and Burton saves Sultan's life. She endures prisoning fear, a near disinheritance, and vows to stand by Burton as he recovers from a knee injury while choosing a modest life over aristocratic pressure.
Josiah Bump and Nancy debate the impact of silver overproduction on wheat prices and U S government purchases. They contrast Paper lists and strong hand regulation with the risk of continuing hard times, predicting lower wheat prices and higher costs unless political forces shift.
A niece of ex president Hayes sent two or three anecdotes to the New York Tribune about his boyhood. In one, young Hayes recalls a school trip to a Connecticut dinner where he could not summon courage to ask for utensils and walked nine miles back to school. He notes that the bashful boy later grew into a lawyer, vowing to be more of a man.
Prince Louis of Battenberg, naval adviser to England’s inspector general of fortifications, invents a practical calculating instrument. It converts speed, time and distance for single or paired ships, includes British and metric scales, and features time and revolving distance scales for knots. It aids predicting overtakes, required speeds, and times with simple rules for squadron use.
A Pittsburg Dispatch account recalls a woman's frightful ordeal at a sanitarium after her husband’s death. Her child George contracts diphtheria. warned by a departed husband’s voice, she hurries to the room despite medical orders, and a tracheotomy saves the boy just in time. The tale ends with the mother claiming ongoing visits from the dead husband.
A snatch of dialogue shows Bobbie facing a bold caller outside a gate. The man boasts of his arrival and rough manners while Bobbie remains meek and wary. The exchange hints at tension and awkward confrontation.
Prairie Farmer explains seed bed preparation for wheat including soil tilth, depth, and tools. It covers plowing, rolling, drag harrows, disc harrows, and timing after rain to achieve a mellow seed bed for vigorous germination and rapid planting.
A veteran poultry writer advocates choosing large healthy Leghorns with bold constitutions over specific breed quirks. He compares crosses like Dorking Brahma and Plymouth Rocks, stresses daily egg collection, proper broiler dressing, and humane care. He urges purposeful breeding, timely feeding, and varied rations to maximize profit and health.
The article notes sowing turnips from late July to mid August depending on weather, with row planting preferred to curb the turnip fly. It outlines best varieties, prevention tips, and notes rutabagas mature later. An Oregon report estimates 2,000,000 sheep in Oregon, large Montana and Nebraska drives, and good health of flocks with light losses and strong wool/shearing activity.
The article explains corn silage planting in grain drills with three or four seeds per 30 inch rows, three feet between rows to maximize light and air. It covers harvesting stage, silo packing, and hot-temperature warning for best preservation. It also suggests covering squash vine joints with soil to promote rooting and vigor when vines are thrifty.
The writer notes that squashes grew well during a growth period, with a Ker shaw squash once weighing over twenty nine pounds after mulching the patch with barn yard scrapings. The average Kershaw weighs under ten pounds, and several large squashes appeared in the patch that year.
The text advises pinching pole lima beans at five feet to avoid reducing the crop while increasing bean size. Beans set after reaching that height are frost susceptible in ordinary seasons, making extra pods unproductive. thus diverting plant strength from forming these pods is pointless.
The article notes that green corn can be obtained late in the season by planting early varieties of sweet corn this month. It mentions harvesting roasting ears up to frost after digging early potatoes.
The Washington News questions the rarity of genuine Vuelta Abajo tobacco and explains how a small Abajo valley crop near Havana finances the luxury cigars sold abroad. It notes European buyers pay high prices, while tariffs and preharvest purchases keep Americans away.
In a Detroit Tribune story, a woman pleads for a second chance after a critical board of trade editor points out her spelling flaws. He concedes she is not a successful typist, and she questions the future of their engagement as the matter ends with a compromised proposal.
The London Spectator extols a society that has produced and safeguarded countless women who live free from oppression and harassment. It asserts they experience lasting happiness from birth to death, never facing extreme loneliness or neglect.
Mrs Van Pelt urges a cautious look at items for sale while Van Pelt warns of a red flag signaling possible anarchist HQ. The dialogue reflects a tension between curiosity and suspicion reported by a New York Times source.
The article surveys latest dress trends with the clown sleeve as a frilled feature, Oxford shirting like shot fabric, growing popularity of black gowns with Brussels rets, new silk homespun, and millinery trims. It notes chatelaine pins, enamel brooches, and versatile Eton and Spanish jackets for summer silks and fine wools. It closes with a social note that women marry about four years earlier than men in Lie.
A novel fraud known as gilt-edge butter compound misleads farmers by imitating butter. Makers claim it doubles butter yield using a pint of milk, a pound of butter, and the compound pepsin, sold for $2.50 per two ounces. Chemical tests show the product is mostly water and spoils quickly, warranting prohibition.
A fragment offers quick snippets: a mother chiding a son over a Boys’ Literary Society and dime novels, a claim that Turkish cavalry is Europe’s finest, electricity powering tea caves in Ceylon, and most British army recruits drawn from the unemployed.
An advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds fevers and constipation. It emphasizes kidney liver and bowel action without weakening them and notes it is sold by druggists in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles. The California Fig Syrup Co manufactures it and prints its name on every package.
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