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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1891
Page
3
A Sardinian joke tale about a priest’s niece who forbids marriage to smokers. A suitor agrees to quit, they wed, and the husband quietly goes to bed each night. The wife frets until learning he cannot sleep unless he smokes, so she insists he smoke. She is satisfied only when the pipe is lit.
An Auburn businessman and a friend chased a wounded hawk in the Maine woods. The hawk clamped onto a ramrod and the men wrestled to free themselves. After a tense struggle the hawk relented and died. Wings measured three feet ten inches from tip to tip.
A traveler returns from Mexico with a Vera Cruz parrot that mimics strange actions in Col. Howard Johnson's home, while a Little Rock correspondent notes Jocko's attraction to a lifelike panther rug. A separate India item describes a Hindoo barber who shaves clients in bed, finishing while they sleep, then leaves without washing the face.
A parrot named Jocko learns to press a servant bell at Col. Johnson's home. He signals requests by croaking and nodding, earns laughter, and impresses guests as he uses the bell to summon water and wine, showcasing cleverness and training.
The Royal Baking Powder Company is lauded as the standard for purity and strength for thirty years. It controls its cream of tartar production, supplies the Army and Navy and transatlantic steamers, and is endorsed by chefs worldwide. Competitors attack with envy and malice, while consumers see “sour grapes.”
A curious London tale follows a mysterious burglary ad B 148. A pale woman, later named the Countess, collects letters, threads clues through clerks, and hires a crossing sweeper’s help. A boy named Tom Jenks delivers messages, gets paid, and witnesses threats while a planned meeting with J L unfolds at Islington's Angel.
A woman admits a young man, leads him upstairs, and seats him in a small well furnished sitting room. She removes bonnet and gloves and sits with her back to the light, gaining a clear view of his features.
In a humorous Chicago Herald piece, observers note that attractive women rarely chew gum in public, while unattractive women who chew tend to disrupt street life. Doctors condemn the habit, and a Buck & Rayner’s encounter sparks a sidewalk discussion about facial appeal and gum chewing.
The article explains that milk contains fibrin, identical to the blood component, which causes creaming by a network of invisible threads. To prevent fibrin formation avoid agitation after setting, air exposure, high constant temperatures, and rough interior surfaces. use rapid uniform cooling, avoid agitating cans, and employ smooth bright tin. Proper handling reportedly raises butter yield by about fourteen percent.
A Philadelphia Press observation riffs on a self aware girl’s vanity and vanity’s comic toils. It contrasts hair pins, theatrical scent, and restless eyes with a blunt verdict: prefer the unguarded, quiet girl over the flashy.
The passage accuses the opposing party of false registration naturalization frauds and a corrupt police political machine while praising its own party as pure. It questions why officials do not punish the rascals and labels ballot-box stuffers naturalization sharks and sandbaggers as belonging to the other party. Class is dismissed.
A London writer argues that how a garment is worn matters more than its cut. She notes many women misjudge styling, especially those with limp figures or slouching gait, while showroom models look graceful in the same clothes.
The Boston Courier reports a club discussion on fashion grammar. Speakers compare male and female attire, cite blunt examples like russet shoes in mourning and pine littered lace, and argue that propriety and use dictate what is appropriate for occasions.
A Boston Journal item recalls an Atlanta case where a so called Root and Hoodoo doctor attempted quick cures with herbal brews while the patient faced danger. It then shifts to Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher memoirs noting his early stage fears and later triumphs in public speaking.
A Danish writer visiting Tolstoi at his country home describes the novelist’s nine children. The eldest son, 27, earned a philosophy doctorate and works on the State Prisons board to avoid opposing his father’s views. siblings pursue varied paths in music, farming, and the arts. Count Tolstoi manages multilingual correspondence with his daughters aiding replies.
Harper's Weekly reports Vienna's Volkskuchen kitchens run by 400 noble volunteers since 1872. Each dinner costs 4c with breakfast 2c, serving over 10 000 people daily in airy marble halls where aristocratic attendants deliver meals on china plates to all, including students and beggars.
The Grand Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg Schwerin, sister of Emperor William I, nears her 80th birthday. She attends theater regularly and follows current affairs entertained by Germans who recall her link to the old emperor. She was briefly ill in early fall but has fully recovered.
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