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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
3
A humorous Detroit Tribune line plays on a household accident. The hired girl breaks a Sevres vase, then glibly responds that she broke a resolution, turning a domestic mishap into a pun about self control.
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin reports buying high prices for new crops including a yellow rind watermelon for 300 dollars and 100 pounds of potatoes for 300 dollars. They predict high potato prices next fall and urge planting now. The Salzer seed line includes Earliest and Champion of the World, with offers for free samples and a mammoth catalogue upon sending stamps.
In London four leading society women wore black gowns in diverse fabrics marking the season's chic choice. The outfits showcased elegance and refined style amid the city’s social event.
Looking for a location for farming? I offer improved and unimproved lands in the Red River valley suitable for grain and stock raising. Close to markets schools and churches with low taxes and healthy climate. For details write J B Streeter Jr Cashier First National Bank Larimore North Dakota.
A modern English tendency aims to abolish stairs in favor of inclined planes. This shift reflects a move toward accessibility and simplified vertical movement in new structures.
A trade copy claims Brown's Bronchial Traches clear the voice used by speakers and singers worldwide. The snippet presents a promotional note emphasizing ease of vocal use and broad adoption.
Herbert lies wounded as George and Dave Maclane descend the incline armed and murderous. Chauncey Ashland is killed after brutal blows as Lucy confronts her father and cousin, vowing to expose them and rally the plains.
In 1860 London, news of the late Earl of Cleve and his healing family tragedy unfolds. His youngest son Herbert Chauncey returns memory lost after a serious head wound, while Lady Evelyne Wynter frets over her engagement to American magnate David Maclane and her lingering feelings for Chauncey. The scene is set at a fashion center, with social intrigue and romantic tension informing the high society narrative.
In Havana harbor the admiral tests a tiny pedometer with three junior officers. After a night watch, the device reads only two and a half miles, leading to a mild rebuke. The next day one officer is asked to shake the instrument for four hours, another escape, and the trio discovers the gadget records eighty nine miles in twelve hours, ending with a splash as the device sinks.
The article argues for careful capital investment in farming, urging the farmer to fund only what is profitably cultivable. It highlights soil improvement, crop rotation, and the use of commercial fertilizers to sustain yields, noting potatoes, corn, clover, and small fruits as profitable crops. Chicory is cited as a growing Nebraska crop with rapid market expansion in major cities.
The Michigan state prison houses about six hundred canaries owned and cared for by inmates. Birds light up cells, calm hardened criminals, and provide income via bird sales credited to prison bank accounts, with funds released after discharge.
The Oxford program presents an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V as a music hall tableaux. Led by George Leyton, the production sketches Falstaff and companions, a mock court scene, the battle, night combat, and the king's triumphant London entry with brief dark intervals between scenes.
An exchange reports Kansas Experiment Station conclusions that pasturing winter wheat always injures the crop. Injury level varies by soil. pastured plats yield about one and a half bushels per acre less. The Hessian fly theory is debunked as fly pupae lie beneath the plant bases, out of reach of cattle, so pasturing weakens plants and aids the fly.
Webb Donnell of Maine in Farm and Home illustrates a simple home workshop windlass for grain storage. The device uses iron guides from an old wagon tire, shaped to prevent rope chafing, with plain construction shown for easy replication.
The American Cultivator warns against top dressing clover with coarse manure that smothers plants while fine composted manure mixes soil and boosts early spring growth. Purdue notes on corn smut cover prevention by destroying visible signs and burning or burying infected material.
Bulletin 57 from the state agricultural station reports four years of study on unproductive black soils. It concludes that poor drainage and too high water levels prevent productivity and recommends lowering permanent water level to forty two inches for corn, with better long term yields.
A practical diagram shows a ventilation setup for warm cellars to keep fruit through winter. A hinged inside sash with outside coarse cotton cloth prevents snow and animal entry while allowing air flow, enabling easier temperature control and preservation of fruit without shriveling.
A Homestead note urges farmers to learn from neighbors mistakes. It cites porking barn rats, long water trenches, shallow wells, rye in wheat, and ruined boots to argue that copying wiser layouts and tools saves time and money, urging attentive observation during farm visits.
A newly discovered parasite has appeared in Southwestern Michigan threatening the large potato crop buried due to low fall prices. Many stored potatoes show deep girdling under the skin leaving shells. Specimens have been sent to Washington for investigation while Colorado districts report decay from mild weather as growers sort to salvage stock.
The article compares hill and drill potato planting, champions subsoiling with a non overturning plow, and notes lime acts instantly on dry soils. It emphasizes rat protection around the corn crib, tin edging, and advocates irrigation as essential where droughts prevail. It discusses whether to burn stubble before plowing based on rainfall and insect control needs.
The World prints a dialogue fragment in which Sibyl asks about correctness and Tippie responds on bloom and self. The exchange presents a casual, everyday question about propriety. No clear news event or names beyond Sibyl and Tippie are provided.
A clergyman questions a $20 gold piece offered in a wedding exchange, but the Sioux Falls man insists the payment is his standard practice. The exchange marks a humorous, old fashioned boast tied to the marriage.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes many beliefs surrounding newborns and infants. Yorkshire practices bind the right hand on first day and carry babies upstairs, while gifts or money appear to ensure future provision. Manx lore warns against stepping over a child and links luck to early spoon use and falls before age one.
A New York Evening Sun quip turns on a child asking what a millionaire is. Dorothy Smith remarks that the girl's father is also a millionaire, prompting a playful exchange at the dinner table about wealth.
Dr. H. F. White tried living thirty days on sweet milk. He lost five and a half pounds but retained strength, aided by warm weather and daily exercise including cycling and weight lifting. He raced a skilled runner on day seven and again on day thirty, improving in the final races.
An advertisement touts Salzer's Golden Pumpkin Watermelon seeds with a price and mail order offer, plus seeds for oats barley and potatoes. It also promotes Kickapoo Indian Remedies and Dr Kline’s nerve restorer with claims of cures and free trials. The copy highlights large England wage earnings for railway workers and urges readers to order via post.
A terrified victim asks if the cannibal will eat him while the aggressor mocks the scene with dark irony. The Detroit Tribune excerpt presents a tense exchange showcasing fear and menace in a graphic encounter.
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