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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1894
Page
5
The piece reflects on a mother's daily labor tending eggs cake and vegetables assisted by a housekeeper. It notes a shift to self heating irons saving effort and recalls the mother's calm reply that a few moments rest keeps her strength for years.
An old trade page advertises Ely s Cream Balm Brown s Bronchial Troches and various tonics. It mentions coal delivery and ash removal and notes DuPont powder mills safety measures after explosions. References several brands and locations including Sheboygan Troy Wilmington and Del.
An 19th century style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh case with Halls Catarrh Cure. It lists Cheney & Co as Toledo proprietors and names West & Vrees Walding Kinnan & Marvin wholesale druggists. Internal cure claimed, testimonials offered, wine price note included.
An interview with De Benjamin Sharp portrays native Hawaiians or Kanaks as a mixed race with straight black hair and brown skin. It claims they are not lazy but prefer irregular work, excel as cowboys, drink rum in cities, avoid sugar and rice estates, and are highly susceptible to European diseases, with epidemics decimating populations.
Dialogue shows a teacher debating grocery math with Harry about bread prices and a baker offering three loaves for a quarter. The exchange highlights pricing confusion and a cheaper bulk option.
A lighthearted Inter-Ocean remark explains an alarm clock as a device that entertains the baby while others sleep. It adds practical farm advice about cows entering the barn, stressing warm, comfortable housing to prevent calf chilling and stunting.
The notice warns against buying whisky for medicinal use unless bottlers are reliable. It touts Uncle Sam's Monogram Whisky as bottled by a leading Northwest firm and well received as proof of quality. It also advises consulting druggists or retailers for it. A stray line mentions three in every 155 Mugiish-speaking people have red hair.
A testimonial from B F Winey of Converse Co Wyoming claims severe coughing and bronchitis were cured by five bottles of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. He says the remedy strengthened his body, ended coughing, and allows him to work on his ranch again after a year without use.
The Maharaja of Patiala plans his first European visit with his wife Florence the Queen of Patiala an Irish woman and sister of Charles Bryan noted in Indian racing circles. The ruler belongs to the Sidhu Jat Sikh clan and governs 5419 square miles with about 14674 people including Sikhs and Muslims. He maintains a force of 4247 infantry 2428 cavalry and 109 guns and holds a seventeen gun salute. Toronto Empire.
A reader notices a disturbing classified entry in the paper offering “Heavenly Twins” at 75 cents each. The exchange prompts conversation between Mandy and Josiah about people willing to sell family members.
A terse dialogue reveals concerns about kindness after a death, with one party questioning the other's feelings and future plans. The exchange centers on compassion and practical considerations in remarriage.
Frank Close of Minnesota reports two acres of Marvel Spring Wheat yielding extremely high, with 75 to 100 bushels per acre possible. Frank Winter of Montana claims one bushel of Great Northern Oats can produce 274 to 300 bushels with proper tillage. Also mentions Salter Seed offer and a 1892 hunting horn sale at Christie’s auction house bringing 80,304.
Sir Basil Dovetree visits Gertrude Gilruth at her cottage and learns of her grandfather John Gilruth. Gertrude reveals she cannot be Basil’s, as she loves another, leaving Basil anguished and confused. The grandfather’s silence deepens the mystery surrounding the couple.
Sir Basil Dovetree confesses Gertrude Gilruth refused him and loves another. Warrington, a creole, plots to exploit Basil’s weakness to seize power, aiming to ruin him financially while building his own fortune on the baronet’s downfall.
Mrs. Cleive Thorne Miller recounts how grasshoppers devastated crops in the West and how Mormon settlers believed and protected flocks of gulls sent to save their fields. The gulls became tame, following plows and feeding on pests, while some traditional authorities punished birds, highlighting a clash of belief and science.
A Hanken correspondent reports 900 candidates faced militia exams with 63 promoted. The 22 year old from Ningpo area excelled in lifting, tested at 600 catties, tossing an 800 cattie stone. His father, a military officer, trained him. The governor awarded him top honors despite modest archery scores.
A prominent citizen discovered a tin box in a pound of butter from an undisclosed grocery. Inside lay a note written by a young woman seeking a letter from a bachelor, revealing a romance that ended with the woman’s death years ago and an aged husband left behind.
A long, vivid history of Perryopolis Fayette County Pennsylvania detailing how the town earned the name Washingtons everywhere from Washington Square to Washing ton Mill and Washington Falls and Tun. It notes the octagon central square and the social pull toward the Washington name amid early settlement and local legends. It recounts Braddock's defeat and George Washington's leadership during the 1755 Monongahela campaign and his urgent ride with dispatches after Braddock's defeat.
The article recounts George Washington as a young land seeker in Fayette County pursuing a large tract west of the mountains for a plantation. It notes his early letters to Captain Crawford, early land entries, and later improvements including a water powered mill. Strains of frontier danger delayed progress and led to leasing the mill to Colonel Isaac Shreve in 1780.
A narrative traces Perryopolis history from Washington's enslaved workers to Lafayette visits in 1825. It notes Funty Munty, valued at £60 in the 1830s and £10 at the rebellion’s start, and describes the town’s isolation, gradual outside interest, regional resources, and a glass house built early in the century that operated until recently.
A Hawkinsville Georgia reader seeks to swap a good gentle family horse due to its voracious appetite. After three weeks the horse has eaten shingles, gates, a sugar kettle, and begun on the house, leaving the writer desperate to exchange for a possum dog or fish bait, or face losing home.
The piece surveys notable women and their collecting obsessions from Queen Victoria era to modern times. Princess of Wales collects stamps while Victoria sought curios, with examples like Cliva Morris and Mrs Langtry loving horses and Mrs Bernard Beere amassing mechanical dolls.
A stormy day scene on Fifth Avenue features a handsome carriage with a yard of white ribbon and a white kid slipper, signaling a newly married couple en route to Pall Mall station amid cheers from cabmen, bystanders, and gamin headlines.
Captain Neale demonstrates a waterborne signaling system using sound to exchange Morse code between two punts moored a short distance apart. A submerged bell transmitter and submerged drum receivers transmit messages through water without a direct link, with manual operation now and future electric enhancement planned for faster signaling.
A writer in Youtt's Companion describes a children's game evolved from an old pastime. Children form a line and imitate a leader, reciting a rhythmic ditty as they move. Mistakes lead to playful penalties, with those faulting being turned out in a humorous shake and cycle of turns.
The remark links improper barn care to potential udder infections. It suggests a farmer who neglects proper milking and cleanliness will face consequences for cow health and product quality.
Petroleum, noted for its value in industry, is described as an effective remedy for boiler incrustation. It can be squirted on cleaned boiler walls or added to full boiler water to loosen sediment as water runs off. No detrimental effect on boiler plates has been observed. The Prussian state railways administration reportedly uses petroleum as an incrustation remover across its lines.
In a voice from a Georgia courtroom a defendant pleads guilty to voting twice in one day. The justice condemns the offense while the culprit explains fatigue and rheumatism slowed his speed, making the act his best effort. The Atlanta Constitution reports.
A brief comic exchange shows a man named Tom claiming to be done with a woman after she says no. Jack asks what she said and Tom recounts the rejection as the pivotal moment.
A cartoon caption mocks a dressmaker described as an abolitionist. A reader is told to look for two eagles in the page’s economy to glean a message. The note also mentions England publishing a pedigree book of Lich-bred cats.
The ad claims bad digestion causes irritable moods and suggests Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, chills and fever, rheumatism and kidney trouble. It recommends a three times daily course and asserts worldwide reports of annual personal crises.
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