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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1893
Page
3
A French surgeon describes an artificial larynx using silver tubing and a reed to produce a steady tone. Air is supplied to the larynx from two rubber bulbs linked by flexible pipes, with a collapsing bulb in the hand acting as the air reservoir and a separate bulb used to fill them.
A collage of medical patent claims and testimonials from 19th century druggists and manufacturers. The text touts a $100 reward for cureless catarrh, advertises Cheney’s and other tonics, lists testimonials, prices, and various cures for ailments like teething and throat troubles, with multiple brand names and products.
A brass bedstead repairman explains lacquering using gum shellac dissolved in alcohol. The thin varnish protects brass and eases polishing. ten cents suffices for a bedstead and a skilled worker can complete the job in under an hour for 30 to 40 cents total.
Ingenious device by Mr. Dieudonne uses a telegraph wire to transmit water level data from a reservoir to a distant station. Pressing a button completes the circuit, triggering electromagnetic parts that move a radial arm across an ebvrite plate and break the circuit to show the float’s position. The angular motion mirrors water rise or fall, yielding precise level records.
An historical ad extols Freedom and a doctor’s favorite prescription. It claims to relieve and cure female ailments, nervous debility, and sleeplessness. The ad guarantees money back if no benefit, promising permanent relief from conditions like chorea and running-down health.
A Siberian scene shows men and dogs at water edge, then in two columns the dogs swim seaward, wheel to meet, and advance in crescent formation toward shore. They dive for fish in shallow water, each dog receiving its head as its share. dogs that caught nothing get nothing.
A parable from the Christian Secretary warns that lying only deepens trouble. A thief attempting to steal a plank ends up bogged down in a bar mole and calls for help, blaming a winding route as he sinks deeper until a neighbor arrives with a lantern.
M Blondlet reports experiments on propagation speed along copper wire using lines of unequal length. He finds speeds of about 183.5 and 184.8 miles per second in 1115 and 1973 yard lines, showing a near uniform propagation independent of theory and free from reliance on electromagnetic oscillations.
Husband complains dinner is late. wife explains Bridget has been filibustering all day delaying the meal.
Rose plots to confront her husband by tailing Miss Elmore to an agency seeking a Cape engagement. An advertised match and a photograph tie Miss Elmore to Wilson, while Rose carefully coordinates a planned private interview and eventual confrontation with Jack Smedley.
Rose Smedley follows Miss Elmore through London streets to a Waterloo bound omnibus. She realizes police are tailing both women and the estranged couple. Rose plans to use the bus stop at Waterloo and a Bloomsbury address to trap John Smedley, seeking his arrest while protecting her rival.
A Maze-Sendler’s study of Napoleon’s household notes the emperor’s frugal wardrobe limits yet lavish perfume use and aloe purchases. It details his 70 000 franc wardrobe budget, uniforms costing 200 to 240 francs, and daily eau de cologne use, along with gloves and simple mantles.
The Russian thistle, a foreign pest, has spread across the Dakotas and into Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Nebraska damaging farms. The Agriculture Department warns of $4,000,000 in losses and urges Congress to approve $2,000,000 for eradication efforts to stop further spread.
A critic notes passages about women in Le Gallienne and the press praised vision of Nirvana in afternoon tea while contrasting it with real life. The piece lampoons idealized gender roles and questions the balance of women’s public and private duties in modern society.
A poetic New Year greeting from the old year to the new, sending blossoms of spring, summer passions, autumn riches, and winter light. It evokes universal generous gifts, time’s cycle, and a Christmas Christian Union tone.
Read of New Year rites across cultures. Jews Egyptians Chinese Romans Hindus and Japanese mark the day with prayers feasts rituals and gifts. The article notes Christian observances at year’s start and festive practices in England Paris New Amsterdam and beyond.
The article praises the custom of New Year greetings and gifts as a means to strengthen kin and friends while urging abolition of pressuring visitors to drink wine. It urges observing the day with cordiality rather than apathy and notes the social harm of urging drinking at calls.
The Gazette de Yakovtsk notes human sacrifices persist among the Telukichis in Europe and the Russian Empire. A aged or sick Telukichki determines to die, with neighbors visiting to try to deter him. After 10 to 15 days, ceremonies proceed with a knife or rope, the body placed on a funeral pyre, and reindeer drawn to the site for cremation and prayers for the dead to bless the living.
Poetic meditation on bells in life and lore. The verses describe bells guiding ships and gatherings, summoning souls, marking time, and shaping daily life with Christmas joy and hope.
A blend of fashion trends praises rich linings and mixed furs with lace on coats. It details sun set gold linings and shot pink silk. Also describes a sand blast apparatus for cleaning public buildings and a two-pound air pressure result. Mentions Boston One-Price Clothing House and whiskey labeling caution. Notes Longfellow’s six months to correct a poem. Fish hatched under hens in China.
Poetic Christmas carol recounts angelic tidings of Christ's birth. It describes Bethlehem, the Magi visiting, and praises God with a reverent, timeless tone.
The piece extols holiday gatherings with families and the joy of youth returning to the home hearth. It notes schools close and that rest and peace at home surpasses other gains, while pitying those unable to have a door open to their early home. It adds practical advice on potatoes, suggesting removing rotten ones about once a month during winter and checking before holidays.
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