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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1887
Page
3
In March 1879 large pension arrears were added to filings, with 110 673 claims between 1879 and 1880. Critics warn estimates fail, citing Revolutionary era examples where actual expenditures vastly exceeded projections. They argue expanding pension coverage risks ruinous costs and higher taxes, challenging wartime revenue reduction.
Rowland Browne Jr, a congenial Brownville figure awaiting a congressional nod, discovers a mysterious stack of five unopened cream envelopes from Henrietta Seymour tied to his Crescent editor. He debates a legal clash over a manuscript between editor and suitor while pondering past passions and a pending vacation.
In Whiteside Junction Indiana a young aspiring writer Lida Lathrop pleads with editor Henrietta Johnson to publish her manuscript Misunderstanding. Lida plans a literary career while mother Mrs Lathrop confesses hardship and hope under small town limits.
In a staged scene at the Crescent offices, Miss Lida Letitia Lathrop and Rowland Browne Jr. reveal mistaken identities and a shared handwriting clue. The editor Mrs. Henrietta Johnson admits the farce, Rome-like misunderstandings clear, and three months later the couple marry amid social chatter.
In a reflective note, Bill Nye quotes Edgar Allan Poe’s rumored indulging to argue that Poe’s example led poets to drink. The piece also credits George D. Prentice for weeding out inebriated writers and suggests police intervention is preferable to editorial discipline for such authors.
A group of capitalists sent a man to a small Illinois town to assess introducing gas. The report concludes the venture would not pay the superintendent’s salary or plant costs. The town is described as too rich, with residents preferring existing lighting options.
A letter to Maj. W. C. Carroll from Col. Fred Grant, New York, dated February 8, defends Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s reputation. Grant says he lived 26 of his 35 years by his father’s side and refutes attacks on his character, calling out assassins of reputations and asking divine forgiveness for those who harmed the Grant family.
Over eighteen years Prof. C A Donaldson of Louisville Kentucky spent ten thousand dollars seeking relief from rheumatism. He finally found cure after using St Jacobs Oil, which speedily eased his symptoms.
The article argues the sub twenty age fixes personal habits including vocalization and behavior more than later decades. It warns that without ingrained daily routines a person becomes indecisive and wastes time deciding trivial acts, urging readers to start building automatic habits immediately.
George W Voice of the Fast St Louis police force was arrested on charges related to the shooting of ex mayor John B Bowman from years ago. Frank Bowman, Bowman's son, obtained a warrant and Voice is jailed in Belleville Illinois. Voice had a violent record including a homicide five years prior and had worked as a bartender for Timothy Halloran before joining the police.
A street overheard exchange recalls Jones urging Smith to try Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Jones claims it cured his catarrh after a severe episode and says it is sold at all drug stores. Smith vows to try it, hoping relief from hawking and spitting.
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