17 Dec 1886
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1886
Page
1
Cornerstone E C Spearhead Nobby Twist Horse Shoe Apple Pie Big Chunk and Chocolate Cream Plug tobacco are available at Smith's tobacco shop.
Local report notes Fergus Falls secured the location of the third insane asylum amid wintry conditions. A parade of stale political scoops and criticisms follows, mentioning Cleveland death rumors, a sensational telegrapher, gambling crackdowns, and Brainerd's police force praise.
Washington Letter recounts a brutal western blizzard narrative with Manitoba waves hammering Dakota Minnesota and Michigan. Army officers endure 72 hours in a frozen ambulance while lumberjacks chase frozen swamps and pineries.
A jeweler on Sixth Street in Bank Block announces a holiday sale strategy to clear stock by January 1, 1887. For every dollar of goods purchased, customers receive a ticket. the winning ticket will claim a solitaire or cluster diamond ring, chosen by the winner. The note also promotes a new line of quilted satin lined Gents’ slippers in decorative boxes from Day & Meagher.
Jacob V. Brower sues Walter C. Brower claiming ownership of real estate formerly managed through his brother. After divorce and Illinois move, Brower alleges his brother squandered the property and asks for a receiver and return of assets to him.
The U S Supreme Court heard yesterday the case Northern Pacific appellant va Mark Paine in error to the Minnesota circuit court. The suit, five years old, seeks 10 445 85 dollars for lumber cut from lands the company had sold. The defense claims J Power and C F Kindred conspired with Paine to take the land at a nominal price and share the profits.
In New York last week the president's wife drew attention in official and social circles. Reports say Mrs. Cleveland bought Christmas gifts for the president including a lace cloak and lambs wool outfits. A store clerk recounted articles and joked about the president’s attire and a small foot about as long as a finger.
In the Walla Walla valley estimates for wheat production over two years vary from 25 to 40 cents per bushel depending on yield. At 50 bushels per acre the cost is about 25 cents per bushel, excluding interest. With 30 bushels per acre the cost is around 35 cents, and 20 to 25 bushels raises costs further. J Q Adams of Chicago reports 60 000 bushels on Dakota farms costing about 1/2 cent per bushel including invested capital and labor, omitting 600 acres of oats as clear profit.
A New York man reports contracted blood poison two ponte ago and endured two months of otash and mercury treatment. He describes a renewed eruption and asserts success after using Swift's Specific, though mercury and potash left rheumatism. He urges others to try it and notes free treatise mailed by Swift Specific Co. Drawer 3-Ga. 157 W. 23d St. New York. May 29, 1886.
The Pope Manufacturing Co. issues a chromolithographed Columbia Bicycles Calendar for 1887. Each day features a slip with cycling quotations, events, medical authorities, cyclist rights, practical notes, poems, costumes and statistics, presenting a compact encyclopedia of cycling.
The advertisement claims three fourths of people suffer from dyspepsia or liver complaints and touts Green's August Flower as a speedy remedy. It cites widespread use with over a million and a half bottles sold last year and urges readers to try three doses for immediate relief, available from druggists and general dealers worldwide.
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