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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1886
Page
4
Across the financial scene investors in Consolidated California Ophir and Best & Belcher see dramatic gains with prices rising from seven to fifty two a share. Reported profits scatter through barrooms, offices, and streets as men from coal towns to city halls profit and fall.
Three men Carl Mussfeldt John Runge and August Gutz convicted by a Milwaukee jury are brought for sentencing Judge Sloan remarks leniency for mere misdemeanor He suspends Mussfeldt's sentence warning future misbehavior could bring heavy punishment The courtroom reaction includes audience applause quickly quelled by the judge
Proclamation issued at Huron convenes the Dakota legislature in special session on Wednesday December 15 1586 at 12 o clock noon to address self government and recognition disputes with the union, led by Governor Arthur Mellette Lieutenant Governor A E Frank and Speaker Thomas Y Eddy.
The second session opened with Senate and House actions including bills to build a St Augustine to Indian river canal, a Missouri River bridge, and an East River bridge in New York. War department reports on Oregon plans followed. Messages and deaths of several members prompted adjournment and funeral committees. Bills on currency retirement, sugar and timber imports, tariff revision stance, and oleomargarine taxation were introduced. House discussed national banks and disability removals, with measures affecting Confederate eligibility and Supreme Court term attendance.
A collection of practical kitchen instructions and household hacks including Baked Macaroni, Cranberry Sauce, Freshening Furs, Oyster Catchup, Keeping Brushes Clean, and Cranberry Cook methods. Steps cover soaking macaroni in milk, baking until brown, preparing cranberry dishes, fur care with brushing and beating, oyster sauce with sherry, and cleaning brushes with ammonia.
A Chicago News column urges men to suppress boastful rights on street cars and public transport. It argues Americans are instinctively polite and that restraint yields dignity, while asserting acting on impulse is unbecoming and uncreditable.
Detailed description outlines a 42 000 square foot ice sculpture and carnival venue with a Latin Cross plan 217 feet long 194 feet wide and a central 50 foot diameter tower. Buttresses turrets and flag poles heighten the skyline while walls consist of thick ice blocks and stone-like battlements.
Jurors named include John Erickson John C Harp William Lloyd John Watson A J Wright and Leslie Welter. Brarserp December 5 E B Linnen railroad postal clerk died last night injured in the Maskoda accident. Odell Northern Pacific assistant general manager discusses minimal property damage and dispatcher's negligence as the cause.
A life saving crew rushed to the schooner Ariadne ashore near Oswego after a long delay. Captain Hugh McKay of Toronto is presumed drowned as two sailors frozen dead were found lashed to the capstan and the others rescued or missing. The vessel carried barley from Newcastle Ont to Oswego.
Doc Wilson breaks down under strain and reveals a long kept secret in a dispatch style report from Massachusetts. The article notes his health has failed and he finally discloses the hidden truth.
An ice arch sixteen feet wide and fifteen feet high forms the entrance of a circular wall. A colossal King Borealis statue sits on a pedestal, flanked by polar bears in relief, with two more bears on pedestals nearby. The figures are carved in solid ice.
Bradstreet reports moderate gains in general merchandise movement across major cities led by San Francisco with a 50 percent price surge in mining stock. Wheat and corn futures rise while dry goods show mixed demand and hog products gain as speculation heats up in grain and petroleum related shares.
The youth Lt de Lisle is honored for truthfulness and friendliness in service. A storm at sea tests his grit when he refuses to reef a sail, risking life, and the captain admits he was wrong. He treats all ranks with care, showing courage and loyalty born from a humane heart.
The first horses landed in present day United States territory occurred in Florida in 1527 by Cabeca de Veca, with forty two animals, all dying. Other early importations followed, including De Soto in 1539 and Jamestown settlers in 1609. Washington promoted mule use after 1783, aided by gifts from Spain and Malta, and the Knight of Malta jack became a famed crossbreed ancestor. A later four-mate team descended from Compound sold for $800 at Washington’s estate sale.
An early life of thrift yields a $10,000 nest egg by age twenty five and a $40,000 fund by sixty five, while wasting money in youth reduces future competency. A Cincinnati Enquirer note adds that Judge Bagby ruled in a Chicago case that old Republic Life Insurance paid $23,000 to Farwell as apparent salary but for stock, requiring $35,000 refund to the receiver after insolvency.
The article explains bee stings with a two-dart apparatus and queen bee behavior, then extols Hogtetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure and preventive for chills fever and other ailments. It notes a St Paul boxing match where Johnson and Wilson drew after ten rounds with no knockdowns.
Disease blocks fame like a mountain yet doctors claim Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures blood and lung illnesses including consumption and skin complaints. Bishop Whipple receives a large donation from George W. Childs, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is praised for female ailments, and William Raeder & Co. glue factory in Ayer, Massachusetts burns in an incendiary fire causing $150,000 loss.
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as mild plant purgatives curing headaches and liver torpor, and Brown’s Iron Bitters as a non alcoholic tonic boosting strength, blood, nerves and muscles for ailments like dyspepsia malaria and general weakness.
A newspaper note offers 100 Self-Operating Washing-Machines to readers who send their names to Monarch Laundry Works in Chicago. The piece also mentions En-Minister Cox’s return to the United States and various medicinal advertisements, including Pisos Cure and Allen's Lung Balsam. A shoe factory fire in Brockton, Massachusetts causes $165,000 in losses.
General Manager Manvel of the Manito ba railroad issues instructions to station agents. Elevators along the line guarantee receipts good at Minneapolis or Duluth for the same grade and weight. Elevators may receive and ship grain at usual handling rates. Report refusals to guarantee grades or handle grain to the office promptly. If complaints arise about price differences between country sales and Minneapolis or Duluth quotations, advise the office with that day’s grade prices.
Mrs Abbie Farwell Ferry sues in superior court for separation from William H Ferry alleging eleven months separation and brutal abuse since 1885. They married Oct 12 1875 and had five children John Frank Willie Montague Horace. She claims neglect of support despite his inherited estate valued about 60000 and poor clothing for children.
A government instructed Bulgarian deputation tours foreign powers to press for Prince Waldemar of Denmark as Bulgaria's king or permission for Prince Alexander to return. Separately, the Palms estate in Detroit files for probate naming Francis F. Palms Clothilde Palms and Michael O'Brien as trustees. The will leaves specific gifts to Ange Palms the Little Sisters of the Poor and St Vincent's Orphan asylum and outlines income and principal divisions among Francis F Clothilde and their issue.
The Muskoda death of C. M. Tennis after a Northern Pacific collision between Trains No. 1 and No. 6 is examined. Jurors fault dispatch oversight but find no criminal liability for Brainerd's train dispatcher. praise Engineer E. Bauley of Train No. 1.
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