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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
3
Harper's Round Table offers practical advice for long bicycle trips. It emphasizes compact luggage, feather bags inside frames, dry morning attire, daily wardrobe changes, and careful bathing routines to prevent colds. The guidance focuses on staying comfortable and preparing for fall and winter travel.
Advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claims eight of ten cases due to catarrh and promotes circulars from F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio with Hal's Family Pills.
A 19th century home care guide advises storing drugs in an emergency closet with labeled compartments for ordinary and powerful prescriptions. It lists laudanum ointments camphor hartshorn and other items, plus ingredients to make seidlitz powders and lime water, warning to keep alkalies and acids dry and to have spirits of turpentine as a counter irritant.
A humorous moral piece urges self care and cites digestive distress as a sign to use Hostetter's Stomach Ritters for relief from heartburn wind and jaundiced skin or pale whites. The ad speaks directly to the reader and frames the product as the needed remedy.
A humorous exchange between Little Johnny-Papa and an amused hotel office scene. Johnny cites a hotel display labeled Official birds-eye view of the Columbian exposition as inspiration for the Amer ican eagle as the official bird.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip jokes about Bixby giving up chess due to jaw pain from mispronouncing leading players’ names. The remark sparked amusement over intellectual limits and pronunciation struggles.
Cincinnati distributes sand piles on schoolhouse grounds to provide children a play space.
A Spring Valley farmer seven miles south of town tells Mercury readers he suffered paralysis on July 27 1894 and was nearly speechless. After doctors failed he took Pink Pills beginning April 1895 and soon regained use of his limbs and speech, declaring he would be helpless without the remedy. NEWELL SEELY.
A testimonial from Mrs. Newell Lloyd credits Pink Pills with curing a generally broken-down system and restoring her daughter to health. Newell Lloyd reports salt rheum and eczema cleared after trying Pink Pills, following advice from Elmer Lloyd of Lloyd & Smith.
A reader testimonial praises Pink Pills as excellent for headaches and claims they cured her husband of paralysis. The letter, signed by Mrs. Mort Seely, emphasizes the product as essential to the family.
Mrs Eugene Wilcox says the pills cured her sick headaches and built her up. The Pink Pills are advertised as a blood builder and nerve restorer, curing weakness from watery blood and shattered nerves. Sold by dealers or sent postpaid at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
The London Commercial salesrooms hosted a record no reserve sale of ten thousand dozen Premiere Quality Champagne. Prices opened at 52s per dozen, then fell to 30s as buyers struggled to absorb the vast stock, with 1 087 dozen Ivrey 1884 champagne and other wines offered, including Chateau Lafite 1878 and various Ports and sherries.
Cyrus Maddox confronts supposed death threats and a sarcastic ally in Guy Cheevers as he plans a final act at noon. The plot, countered by Lizzie Silver, leads to a staged confrontation and a comic ending where Maddox survives and forgives the schemer. Foxed by invented deadly schemes, Maddox discovers life may keep its odd balance.
A Mrs Daniel Muller with a double cataract sought treatment after a failed operation that ruined one eye. She then received care at the St Paul Eye and Ear Infirmary, where doctors restored function enabling reading sewing and housework without discomfort. The case highlights the clinic as a leading institution in eye care.
In Harlem Life, Brown blames Smith for a market flyer plan saying Tuesday is unlucky. Jones argues Friday is the real unlucky day and mocks superstition.
A Boston Journal quip notes why Japanese art favors a single bloom per vase. The remark implies minimalism boosts vase sales and aesthetic value.
Dialogue excerpt shows Mrs Nagleigh and Mr Nagleigh clashing over identity and expectations. The exchange ends with a defiant line about self-perception versus partner perception. Reported by the New York World.
A London Spectator note recounts bees observing conscience in action on a Salcombe coast ramble. One bumble bee prefers knapweed over a lookalike thistle after a misstep, then returns to knapweed, yielding to temptation and silencing its initial conscience. A second scene describes two bees circling a dress edge, then retreating into a bank hole, signaling purposeful behavior.
Two Bellevue hospital prisoners with bullet wounds were taken to an X ray studio on West Fifty third street for bullet localization. Joseph Butler was shot in the arm on election night and the bullet could not be extracted. Silvio Languerri wounded his wife at Stuyvesant street on Oct twenty second then shot himself. the bullet in his head was visible behind the jaw. Surgeons reported twenty prior X ray exams for surgical purposes had all proved successful.
A short item from the Somerville Journal notes that most classmates have turned out well while Jenkins, noted as a politician, stands out as an exception.
A joke captioned Puelling His Leg appears in Twinkles. It puns on a man who spends money on a girl and ends up short afterward, illustrating light humorous content typical of the page.
In Pittsburg a caption asks why prize fighters throw up a sponge when defeated. The cartoon suggests it signals they have been soaked enough, reflecting the public view of boxing conduct.
The piece quotes poetry from Fedora Bell in Chambers Journal about idle summer winds wooing a maid. It depicts a lover urging winds to stir emotion and ring church bells to force a confession of love and impending marriage through mournful whispers and lyrical imagery.
A late sea captain, former commander of a New York to island passenger liner, saved his crew by lighting a cigar to distract passengers during a boat evacuation after a fire. He then descended calmly and ordered the boats pushed off, saying the act prevented panic and possible capsizing.
The article describes how James Russell Lowell, noted for genius and unmethodical habits, approached writing with high speed and mental strain. He avoided rigid rules, used a pasteboard pad, and built works from a fixed outline, with his wife and daughter supervising to prevent overexertion.
A deadly panic struck the Colosseum music hall in Paradise street Liverpool on Oct 11 1878 causing 37 deaths and many injuries. The chaos began during a Fred Coyne performance with exits blocked by a doorway pillar and a police ax to widen escape routes. Emergency services arrived as the crowd spilled into the street and ambulances transported the injured to the Royal infirmary.
The article describes a musical tree found in West India islands Nubia and the Soudan. It has uniquely shaped leaves and pods with a split edge. Wind flowing through them makes a whistling sound that gives the tree its name. Barbadoes features a valley of these trees where trade winds create a constant deep moan at night.
A conversation touches on the harvest moon and artful appreciation as one partner reflects that the honeymoon remains the ideal, while the other acknowledges a different perspective on beauty.
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph quip a physician tells Sprockett he suffers bicyclistarium kyphosis and promises to straighten him out. The line plays on medical jargon and comic misinterpretation.
A judge remarks that bystanders crowding the corner were not seeking injuries but the wheel's name after a woman's vehicle collapse. The incident draws curiosity about the wheel rather than the severity of harm. No injuries are detailed.
A Chicago Record snippet humorously notes a pharmacist's alleged derangement after he sold peppermint with nonmatching bottle labels. The quip portrays a pharmacist as crazy like a bicycle rider and reflects comic voice rather than a full事件.
The convicted man declares he is in hard luck but claims he has a pull ahead as he faces accusations. The Washington Times reports his defiant remark amid the trial and crowd reaction.
A brief quip notes Mrs. Tingley’s Sunday restraint on street railways and a contrasting remark about her husband’s steam car passes, attributed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The sunflower, native to America, was introduced to Europe in 1569 and is now widely cultivated, especially in Russia for seed oil. Seeds yield 34 percent oil after shell removal. oil is light yellow and mild, used for cooking, soap, and candy. Russian kernels are eaten locally, stalks fertilize and fibers feed livestock, and Niger-seed oil from an Abyssinian sunflower is used as lamp oil in Upper India.
Last week patents issued to Northwestern residents include John C. Barber of St. Paul Minnesota for a car truck, George H. Herbert of Anaconda Montana for a strainer for air-brake hose couplings, Alva Hunt of St. Paul for an automatic grain-measuring apparatus, Leslie Lane of Minneapolis for a seal for bottles, Francis McTagegart of Joquois South Dakota for a car coupling, Arthur Peck of Minneapolis for a bicycle saddle, Henry F. Spaulding of Canasto ta South Dakota for a grain bundle stacker, Charles Travis of Minneapolis for a design bicycle brace or fork.
The eldest Snigsby girl voices a wish to sit on a snowy cloud and float across the sky. Mr. Mallow responds with cautious optimism about the daring idea and possible adventure in a lighthearted exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A fragment from the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette features Charles Algernon Chapp praising a woman as a mirror like figure. The dialogue includes affectionate phrasing and playful exchanges about appearance.
The Piso Co based in Warren Fa warns readers that they will forfeit $1 000 if any published testimonial is proven not genuine. The notice asserts strict honesty in customer endorsements and invites verification of claims.
In a summering country scene Mrs Youngmother tells John she must warn a farmer to stop bringing milk for the baby. She complains of a regular scam on the milk every morning as described by the New York World.
A brief Roxbury Gazette vignette features a character refusing remedies for a cold, exclaiming they would give it away if possible. The exchange highlights stubbornness and wry humor in a hometown note.
A short note advertises Flegeman's Sune Hor Ice with glycerine from G. Clark Co in New Haven Connecticut. Claims cure for chafing and face tender or sore feet, chilblains and related ailments with 1-C.
Dialogue from Cleveland Leader notes a younger speaker accusing Mr. Piper of being not self made citing his red hair and freckles. A humorous family exchange contrasts perception of success with appearance.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise a one day cure for colds with a money back offer. Available from all druggists for 25 cents.
A brief comic exchange shows Puck predicting happiness and doubt about a husband’s wife supporting him. The lines reveal irony on marriage and perception of contentment.
A historical advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claimed to soothe teething pain and reduce inflammation for children. The bottle is priced at 25 cents and marketed as a remedy for wind colic and related distress.
A five year old girl in Baltimore observes her mother returning from a bicycle lesson. A French nurse watches as the young matron rides by in chic attire with a pink waist, Eton jacket, cap, and golf stockings. The child exclaims, surprised to see her mother.
The article explains that prime dairy regions rely on natural springs for pure water which improves butter quality and prices. It suggests sinking driven wells with casing to obtain clear water in areas lacking springs, noting steady year round temperatures and warming water for cattle to prevent reduced milk output.
Aunt Miranda asks about Mary’s daughter in the city and notes she has grown. Uncle Jedekiah confirms the girl’s height and mentions her dress only reaches to her shoulders in a Brooklyn Life piece.
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