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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1897
Page
1
A reader laments open mill announcements and predicts hardships for the next two years. The March issue of Demorest's Magazine features Gilbert Parker's charming and pathetic story. The writer mocks coverage of bank failures and urges no deeper depression to aid free silver agitators.
J. J. Hitt denies a report that the N P and G N consolidated calling it a malicious lie. The public understood the claim as false journalism and the denial seems unnecessary. A new detailed folder on the Spokane Kootenia mining country is issued by Tax Northern Pacific with illustrations and an up to date map. John Lind libel suit against the St Paul Dispatch for calling him an atheist goes to trial with evidence suggesting Lind should have kept temper.
The joint re apport ionment committee advances a plan to correct northern bias by reducing the senate to 65 and the house to 130 members in the new apportionment scheme.
The Tuz Journal's leading editor is portrayed as claiming superior wisdom while others are said to be ignorant. The piece suggests humor toward the editor as a prudent course, advising the Tribune to humor him rather than challenge his views.
Senator Kyre of South Dakota was reelected yesterday after a month long deadlock. Republicans, convinced a fellow Republican could not be elected, provided the essential votes. The move strikes a blow to Fettigrew who opposed Kyre. Grand Rapids Magnet editor alleges libel against Herald-Review editor, both papers blameworthy in a two year feud.
The Journal editor brags of rising subscriptions and strong advertising patronage while lamenting business woes. He declares his opera house ventures thrive, yet his weekly tirades accuse poor business, prompting criticism that he is either a fool or a prevaricator.
The legislator introduced a bill to raise the tax on railroads from three to four percent. A comparison table shows Minnesota’s rate at 2.7 percent versus Massachusetts 12, New York 8, Illinois 7, Ohio 5, and Michigan 2.5, noting Minnesota sits near the bottom and only Michigan is lower.
Farmers here show interest in beet raising if a sugar mill could be established. A legislative committee is studying feasibility. If soil and climate prove suitable, efforts should seek locating a mill to create farm employment and provide a profitable market for beets.
A critic denounces U S policy over Cuban violence near the coast. The writer contrasts Greece’s past action in Crete with Washington’s stance, arguing for decisive interference against Spanish atrocities and predicting change soon.
Nashua New Hampshire the Jackson company plans extensive improvements at its cotton plant and to hire more workers. Fall River Massachusetts the Roburn mills will restart March 1 after weeks of closure. Passing Kansas Idaho will resume the Oak Valley woolen mill after sixteen months idle. Columbia Pennsylvania the silk mill will add 100 workers immediately and 200 more after a spring expansion, now employing 700. Youngstown Ohio the Ohio Steel company begins building ten open hearth furnaces as operations run at double time.
The Journal's tax editor attributes all ills to the gold standard and blessings to silver. Critics who prove no link between conditions and metal are deemed ignorant, while the editor touts his own vast knowledge. The Friar allegedly claims superior wisdom, a stance the writer questions.
A resident protests Brajoord's absence of any state institution despite every city over 5 000 residents hosting at least one. He cites St. Paul with the capitol Minneapolis with the University Stillwater penitentiary Mankato St. Cloud Moorhead Winona normal schools Fergus Falls Anoka Rochester St Peter insane asylums Faribault deaf and dumb asylum Red Wing reform school and Owatonna orphan's home urging action.
Until further notice gatherings will be held at the corner of Seventh and Front streets every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 4 o clock, weather permitting. Attendees are urged to bring Pentecostal hymns.
A weekly upholstered Pullman tourist sleeping car runs from St. Paul to San Francisco via the Northern Pacific and Shasta route. It departs St. Paul Wednesdays at 7 p m and Staples at 11 60 p m, arriving in San Francisco the following Monday morning. Double berth rate from St. Paul Minneapolis and Staples is 6 00. Tickets and reservations via W D McKay, N P Ry Co Brainerd Minnesota.
The notice calls a Saturday meeting at Washington School Brainerd for county teachers to plan the spring term at 10 a m. A two day public examination is scheduled for Feb 23 24 and later March 12 18 with County Superintendent J A Witgon issuing details. A separate item touts 178 054 miles of U S railroads and Wisconsin Central Lines improving travel between St Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee Chicago and points east and south. Fresh salt water fish arrive daily at Benson and Gray Fifty street market.
The manager of the B and N M agrees to a round trip fare of one fare for parties of ten or more along the line who attend the Jack Pine Minstrels on February 26 and 27. Charley Laidhner plans to travel early in the week to promote the show.
A lyrical reflection of freedom and wandering joy as a masterless maid sings of sunlit days and laughter. The verse contrasts moving through the world with others' pain against a personal hymn to nature and the Earth. It evokes dreamlike imagery and a sense of unbound wandering through dawn and daisies.
A condensed history traces umbrella spreaders from whalebone bows to steel tubing and rolled channel spreads. It notes whalebone demand rose as whale oil declined, driving prices up and prompting substitutes and metal handles to improve compaction and durability.
Henry Muirins Magazine notes the teredo or shipworm pests in the Atlantic theater. The creature damages wooden hulls and dikes by boring into materials, but modern cables face less risk due to iron plating and strong enclosures. The piece hopes the new cable will not etch a notorious history for future generations.
An essay compares future sea combat to past naval wars, arguing that modern battles favor decisive destruction and first moves, since ships cannot be replaced during war. It cites Moltke and Prussia, then shifts to steam boiler forces and 1800s business methods, noting vast mechanical stresses and slow postal systems.
H Helm Clayton and his assistant at the Blue Hill Massachusetts meteorological station conducted simultaneous cloud height observations and measured a flight of ducks. Using trigonometry they determined the ducks were 958 feet above ground traveling at 47.7 miles per hour, a finding of interest to aeronauts and ornithologists.
A winter day in Thomasville brings Uncle Brill, famed checker master, face to face with a wandering stranger who claims to be an equal. Their endless game lasts days, with both players trading tales, until Brill dies at dawn with a king in hand, the stranger claiming he would have won if time allowed.
A Atlantic essay notes New York lacks American statue representation, with many European figures and few American authors honored. It cites Washington Irving as lone American bust and mentions Cervantes Schiller Moore busts. The piece contrasts private funding with artful memorials and calls for more American tributes.
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