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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1895
Page
5
Chicago baking powder company is accused of fraud by World’s Fair officials for advertising a non existent top award for strength purity and excellence. Officials note awards were for exhibit only and a judge confirms no award was given. Tests reveal the same powder contains ammonia traces and sulphates.
Samuel Collenback and Miss Ads Parker planned a village church wedding on Wednesday evening. The bride failed to appear as guests waited and the church closed. At 10 30 she arrived home exhausted after walking five miles from Wilkes Barre in a snow storm that blocked rail and electric lines.
A Manchester packing company wired its manager in Victoria British Columbia from Moult Street Manchester. The trial delivered a reply in ninety seconds over a 13000 mile distance. A separate record saw a New York to London message completed in five seconds in October.
A humorous exchange features a mother seeking medical help for her son’s leg weakness. The doctor sardonically suggests social remedies, asking if the son is twenty one and proposing that marriage to a girl who sits on his lap might end the issue.
The verse contrasts Little Dot and Little Dick predicting future flight. It jokes an Englishman could travel from London after breakfast to America for dinner and return before supper, highlighting rapid air travel imagined in good news style.
In a tense confrontation Alice admits a truth linked to Basil Oliver as her mother and Lyon press for a full confession. Alice defies coercion, claiming vows bind her, while Lyon schemes to isolate Basil and exert control. Basil, meanwhile, pines for Alice, while Lora’s pure influence stirs him toward hope and loyalty amid turmoil.
Basil calculates a secret reunion with Alice while Hall misreads the couple’s connection. Welborne aids his plan as Basil seeks a discreet approach to the locked up young lady, amid Lyon’s cowardice and envy in the village.
An Indiana congressman, reportedly sober, attempts a test of sobriety by declaring “truly rural” as he encounters a calico cat perching on a chair. The cat remains unfazed, and the elder statesman discovers his error when his wife’s snicker reveals the feline ruse.
Gov Clough declines to send capitol experts report and proposes a 15 member committee to study it. Bills include divorce grounds for drug use, fences to curb Russian thistle, and insolvent bank deposits. Birch Coulse monument location questioned. Sixth Regimental association notes wrong site. House items fund Civil War histories, mortgage taxation, county bonding for improvements, cigarette license at 500 dollars, Pipestone normal school with 40000 dollar building appropriation.
In St Paul on February 1 and 4 the senate and house advanced numerous general bills. Proposals include constitutional changes on sleeping car and telegraph telephones taxes, and investing the 12 million dollar school fund in bonds. Bills also target labor union discrimination, railroad street condemnation, and employment bans for drinkers. House measures include land law revision, a board of pardons, and abolishing the death penalty for murder.
In St Paul on Feb 19 the senate passed a bill granting district court judges in St Louis County a salary of 4500 dollars and approved an amendment allowing school funds to invest up to ten percent in any one state's bonds. The senate also introduced bills on transcription of judgments, defining railroad terms, employment bureau forms, building loan associations reserves, and tax title investments. In the house measures target libel penalties, mineral land sales, land surveyor licensing, real estate mortgage limits, and abolition of days of grace while addressing convict labor labeling and mutual relief building and loan associations with local business scope.
In St Paul on February 20 the senate and house introduced numerous general interest bills. Proposed are reforms for mutual building societies, bond filing rules, jury duty exemptions for executives, mineral waters protection from junk dealers, and school district statutes. House measures cover legal publications, real estate investments by savings associations, supreme court reporter salary, and statute consolidation.
From Philadelphia a tally shows Charles F. Warwick a Republican winner for mayor with a 27 000 majority from fifteen wards. Roney for receiver of taxes and other Republican candidates also appear set for victory, with Warwick's overall majority estimated between 60 000 and 75 000. In Erie, Republicans win council and school directors, giving the city a fully Republican government.
In Salem on February 21 anti Dolph Republicans shifted support from Williams to Lowell in the senatorial ballot. Dolph received 40 votes, Hare 10, Raley 6, Cogswell 1, Lowell 29, with 4 abstentions.
The Yankton Indian reservation in Washington will open to settlement on April 1 after the interior secretary assures Maj. Pickler that a presidential proclamation will be issued shortly confirming the action.
Reports from Honolulu via the Mariposa claim a pending ex-queen trial and multiple deportations including H Peterson and Creigton ex-cabinet officers. A rumor links Admiral Beardslee to raising the U S flag at Pearl Harbor and establishing a protectorate under treaty rights with Beardslee authorized to carry out the plan.
George Lydick of Grand Rapids, Itaska County commissioner, was arrested in Duluth by Deputy Marshal Ed Funk for allegedly cutting and removing timber from the Mississippi Indian reservation worth 20,400 during the winter of 1891 92.
A boiler explosion at Conklin and Peterson’s saw mill in Lumberton, Benin Ohio, today killed Howe Street and injured others. The blast occurred at the plant producing fatal injuries and prompted emergency response. Local authorities investigate cause as crews clear debris.
A blaze that began in Buell's hardware store last night gutted the entire block in Burlington Wisconsin. Losses include Charles Wolf & Sons dry goods 30000 dollars F W Buell hardware 10000 dollars Buell building 1000 dollars with smaller losses pushing total to about 50000 dollars, most not insured.
Capt Samuel Risk of the Mallory line steamer Neuces is held in 1000 bail for examination by US Commissioner Shields on a charge of assaulting Henry Rhodes the vessel's second steward during the Galveston to New York voyage.
The House committee on interstate and foreign affairs submitted a report on a resolution authorizing a preliminary examination of deep waterways from the Great Lakes to the ocean. The document calls the inquiry a practical path to a matter of national importance.
Count von Mirbach of the German Conservative party introduced a resolution directing federal governors to urge an international monetary congress. The goal is to take measures toward rehabilitating silver as a circulating medium.
Brooklyn legislative committee begins inquiry into causes of the trolley railroad strike with a special session and hearings.
Historical note describes arc light and incandescent lamps as disinfectants and purifiers. Experiments in Paris sewers show odor and contamination reduction. Dr. Margaret Cleates reports cleaning refuse odors with arc light. ozone from Tesla’s currents noted. Light baths reportedly stimulate skin browning and health benefits when combined with lenses and reflectors.
Charles A. Collier serves as director general of the first international Cotton States Exposition to run from September through year end in Atlanta Georgia. Collier, born 1848, has led public and exposition work including the Piedmont exposition of 1887. The Piedmont Park site covers 189 acres and buildings will remain as park adornment after the fair.
The text describes fish guano production from herring in Northwestern Europe. Processes include boiling in salt water, pressing to extract oil, refining and exporting oil mainly to France, and drying the residue in steam apparatus for seven hours until powdery. Cast-iron double-bottom pans resist acid, unlike plate iron.
The piece describes a novel umbrella form portable in a gripsack and adaptable to many uses. It can hitch to a bicycle in six positions, with aluminum segmented handles, resembling a carriage top. A prior attempt to fit an umbrella to hats or shoulders for free hands failed to gain traction.
In Berlin glow lamps attached to vehicles and the horses that draw them are now so common as to excite no remark. An adaptation of lighting practice has occurred, reflecting widespread acceptance of this signaling method.
A rural lover laments a split with his beloved after a spelling bee gone awry. He recalls her plea and the moment of parting, musing on how the word phthish altered their fate. He resolves to endure the winter without spelling bees, hoping she can bear the loss.
A brief quotation recounts a boy’s shift from fearing early death to grownup acceptance, reflecting a moral insight in American Review from New York. The exchange contrasts youth’s worry with matured perspective on life and fate.
A humorous exchange from the Cincinnati Tribune about women and money, suggesting women already have a “perfect” currency plan by crying for it. The joke contrasts traditional gender roles with financial pragmatism in a light, dated tone.
An old promotional block offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh and praises Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists signatories West & Trouax and Warpine, Kinnan & Marvin of Toledo Ohio as of 15 years' acquaintance with F. J. Cheney & Co. It promotes internal use and blood treatment with testimonials and prices 75 cents per bottle and Hall's Family Pills at 25 cents.
Larrabee recalls a late night ride on a cable car and says he will never play dice again. He compares the rattling dice to the shaking experience, grimacing at the memory.
A short exchange about past fishing trips and being punished for them. The husband recalls thrashing and lying, while the wife notes the pattern continues and asks why it will not change. The dialogue hints at ongoing family friction and discipline.
A brief vignette portrays two locals, one visiting with a baby carriage, remarking on a recent Brooklyn edition by de Ruyter, the former New York editor, hinting at relocation and changes in the press scene.
An old text extols Syrup of Figs as a medicinal laxative, recommending a physician for illness and praising the formula as pleasant in taste, wholesome in composition, beneficial in effect, and free of objectionable qualities. It frames remedies as a modern invalid’s choice between medical consultation and gentle relief.
Raucous club chatter names Reggy Van Thinbrain as the man set to wed a ballet dancer. Mills and Hills are central figures amid local feud and marriage rumors.
In a playful domestic moment Mrs Tanks accuses Tanks of knowing something, remarking on a sharp observation while he hiccups, revealing a lighthearted tension between the couple. The scene centers on a private exchange about awareness and trust in their relationship.
The John A Salter Seed Co offers 300 dollars for a name for their new oats and promotes high yields with claims of 200 bushels per acre. Farmers report six tons of hay from Salzer’s Meadow Mixtures and 113 Sunhale corn per acre in a dry season. A misprint invites sending 10 cents to La Crosse Wisconsin to receive the catalogue and a sample of premium oats.
Cartoon dialogue from New York Weekly describes Mrs Jinks in a pew bicycle costume with Mr Jinks commenting on shoulder spread and leg positions in a playful fashion. The brief exchange highlights the humorous style of the periodic cartoon caption.
A reader complains that the paper printed the signature Free Lunch instead of Free Lance. The editor explains the mix up in the Byline section and notes the importance of accurate headlines and signatures.
The text promotes Hosteter’s Stomach Haters as a remedy for dyspepsia, liver and kidney trouble, malaria, rheumatism, neuralgia, and general frailty. It touts a career spanning over thirty years and advises a wine glassful three times daily for persistent use.
The dialogue explores trust in Aunt Susan about an engagement. Edith doubts honesty, noting Aunt Susan’s habit of exposing personal details like age, implying she would reveal the secret if prompted. The exchange emphasizes caution in sharing private news.
Dialogue from Street & Smith's Good News featuring a mother urging activity and a girl replying they are playing by acting grown up. The exchange highlights childlike imagination and humorous misstatements.
The Woman's Era praises progress toward emancipation and equality, foreseeing final victory in coming years. It notes that achievements at the World's Fair and the Woman's Building impressed nations and will influence the globe into the new century, with honors at the Fair partially noted for others.
A terse note links Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder to laurels won in a recent competition, presenting a concise sponsor or endorsement detail without further context.
At a New York charity ball Gov. Morton and Mrs. Chester Griswold opened the event when a large black cat darted toward the governor. The crowd laughed as the animal fled to the floor committee and was finally caught after about five minutes. Another moment followed when hat checks were misused before recognizing the governor, who paid 50 cents for a check.
A girl receives a weekly dower allowance and traditionally brings her husband a bed, linen, a chest, cash, and clothing including a black silk wedding gown. She owns jewelry such as earrings and a necklace, with richer brides adding a gold chain and watch. Prior to marriage a valuer items her possessions on stamped paper for the headman of the groom’s family, and if she dies childless the dower returns and she leaves.
In a domestic scene Willie admits peeking through the parlor keyhole when his mother is away, prompting curiosity about the family dynamics and hidden moments within the home.
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