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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1892
Page
3
A Philadelphia Call clipping describes a tall high-roller who arrived, caused chaos with a fire scare, fought in a dice game, and faced a large bill. He asked for a discount for clergymen, a line that ends the anecdote.
The Pioneer Press Co of St Paul Minnesota advertises four seed offers tied to a weekly subscription. Offer 1 provides a year of the newspaper plus 13 flower seed packets for 1.10. Offer 2 includes 20 seed packets for 1.20. Offer 3, a novelty package with seeds and a year for 1.30. Offer 4 a surprise box with seeds and a year for 1.10. Subscriptions and communications to The Pioneer Press Co, St Paul, Minn.
A 19th century promotional notice quotes users from Gilbertville Iowa to San Francisco California praising St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism burns bruises neuralgia and back pain. Mr W H Schroeder and Miss Ida M Fleming share positive experiences including prompt relief and cure after varying ailments.
The article extols Syrup of Figs as pleasant and safe for women under all conditions and advises locating the true product by the California Fig Syrup Co name on the package. It notes a proverb about a bar in the river and on shore sharing the same name due to scarce water.
A humorous diary style note describes a man waking with bilious symptoms including nausea and sallow skin. It proclaims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a leading remedy for biliousness, constipation, malaria, nervousness, and kidney troubles, urging reform in the interior department.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure all for women's ailments. It claims to restore health and strength, ease nervous weakness, and address functional irregularities and uterine issues with a guaranteed satisfaction refund. It warns other medicines are marketed for dealers’ benefit rather than customers.
Granville S. Pease of Anoka elected president as Minnesota editors gather for the 25th annual convention in St Paul. Sessions cover editor politics, advertising agency relations, county printing reform, and state World’s Fair representation with discussions on independence from party lines and fair advertising rates.
Miss Allsoul speaks to Mr Long about life troubles implying heart issues and digestion. Mr Long replies he has his afflictions too, noting a heart trouble and weak digestion in the conversation between the two.
In a tense scene Joseph Morriss endures a drunken, melodramatic examination as witnesses describe his shocking behavior. Miss Robinson, Lizzy Bell, and others testify to eccentric acts and harsh words. A bet with Harry Blewitt exposes that only truthfulness remains, ending with reconciliations and a cautious, humorous release.
Mr A G Glidden of Paw Paw Michigan reports on threshing corn from about four acres and storing fodder from twenty five acres in the barn. He cites cost at a dollar twenty five per hour for three men and six to twelve hours for the full twenty five acres and argues threshing early saves time and expense while fodder stores dry and bedding improves in mangers.
Ruth Ashmore advocates valuing time and education for women. She notes George W. Childs funds a yearly prize at Bryn Mawr College, a gold watch on a chain to symbolize punctuality and ongoing effort, aiming to motivate past achievement into future work.
A reader from Forest and Stream recounts raising a tame blue jay. The bird defies dogs and chickens, begs for food, hides extras, bathes in water, sunbathes, imitates birds, and even tries talking. Despite light mischief with glittering objects, the bird remains a cherished household pet.
Breeder and Horseman suggests profitable farm practice of collecting, curing, and selling feathers from geese ducks and chickens. Discusses proper curing methods for different feather types, price ranges for prime geese and duck feathers, and compares pillow quality and costs from Chicago and Nashville. Proposes California as favorable for waterfowl farming for meat and feather profits.
In Herodas style, two ladies visit a temple to offer piety and then debate the statues. Cynno and a maid clash over verger duties as they comment on Praxiteles, Apelles, and lifelike stone figures. The scene ends with a cock offering and manuscript corruption.
Five newspaper reporters traveling to cover a celebrated MP’s speech conspire to not outdo each other. They hire a farmer to evade delays but the plan collapses when they lose the horse and rider in a steer away. Next day only one paper has full coverage while four are left by editors.
A three inch advertisement claims every weekly word is unique except one. The Dr Harter Medicine Co promises a Crescent mark on all they make and publish and offers a free lithograph book titled SAMPLES for sending the word name.
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