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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1893
Page
3
A compact note on the little toe within civilized feet. It argues that despite disuse parts persist and cites fractions of adults with ankylosed joints and reduced muscle presence while asserting the toe remains a functional basis for a corn. The piece reflects nineteenth century scientific tone from Popular Science Monthly.
Mr. Barlow informs foreman Harkins of a profit sharing plan for the firm, but last year’s profits were negative by $7,000 necessitating a 10 percent wage cut. The change is to take effect immediately. Silas Jones, 78, is jailed in Okomo, Indiana, on bigamy charges.
Three inmates fled from jail in St Louis prompting a manhunt. In far Montana, two members of the election canvassing board in Choteau County were…
A health ad urges readers to treat liver and digestive issues with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Syrup of Figs for cleansing. It touts the Bitters for jaundice, malaria chills, rheumatism, indigestion, kidney or nervous trouble and notes true remedies are from the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles. It mentions Joe and Fred Reynolds, counterfeiters, being jailed at Joplin, Missouri.
Local advertisements claim Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. Described as a nonquack remedy prescribed by renowned physicians, it is sold as a potent tonic and purifier combo. Testimonials available, price ten cents per bottle.
The San Francisco Chronicle describes how a native Australian climbs tall gum trees without knee use. Notches are cut into the trunk at regular intervals, about one and a half inches deep and three feet apart, to stand on and ascend. The method works up to 80 feet and requires repeated fresh notches for each ascent.
A sixty year old hypochondriac who prided himself on chronic complaints insists a young physician cannot dispute his self diagnosis. He leaves in a snit to seek another doctor, a brief tale of condescension and pride.
A woman confronts a man in the ribbon department claiming she must end their engagement which she says has troubled her since last summer. He remains composed and asks how he can help, while she insists the engagement be broken with urgency.
An engineer and a fireman were injured and a large number of livestock died in a collision on the Big Four near Hillsboro Illinois. Property loss is reported at $75,000. The notice ends with unrelated advertisements for patent medicines and scholarships.
A light dialogue sketches a wife asking about rheumatism and a husband replying it is the joints not the mind. The exchange ends with a playful suggestion of trying the mind cure, highlighting humor in everyday ailments.
The message notes Minnesota's sound finances with $1.4 million population, $600 million valuation, $2.1 million debt, and $77,000 annual interest. It urges employment for convicts via granite and twine at the reform school, expansion of the prison industry, and grain inspection reforms, plus needs for university, hospitals, Soldiers Home funding, and taxation amendments to broaden gross earnings taxes.
The passage argues for prudent state budgeting to aid farmers amid wheat market pressures. It praises the predecessor's fiscally sound governance while urging minimal new public spending, endorsing efficiency and lower costs to ease farming burdens. It highlights Minnesota's mineral growth, dairy farming prosperity, and the need for pragmatic policy to boost yields and prices without expanding public expenditures.
The survivor recalls Lafitte as a tall handsome Frenchman who commanded a tough crew on Galveston Island over sixty years ago. He notes Lafitte’s charm with women and mentions a gift for revenge, including a tale of winning a rival lawyer’s wife by elopement. The story hints at South Texas and Louisiana descendants of his crew.
Governor Merriam delivers farewell remarks outlining Emigration concerns, rail and warehouse reforms, prison industry gains, and hospital management needs. He calls for revising laws on immigration, emphasizes fair rail practices, urges better ward and prison funding, and advocates a capstone plan for a new state capitol and facilities, while praising state agencies and colleagues.
A street incident ends with an old man being charged with disorderly conduct after stepping on a woman's dress train and tearing it. The witness and defendant offer humorous defenses before the judge. the prisoner pleads self representation and the case is dismissed with costs to be paid if the case proceeds.
A sightless lad in Chicago constructed a miniature forty‑piece wooden house inside a four ounce bottle. After fitting and gluing the pieces, he inserted the cork with a wooden peg driven through it to lock the cork in place, a feat he cannot explain.
Burned cotton mills belonging to the Nausman Field company in Swepsonville North Carolina on January 2 causing an estimated loss of 100000 with 60000 covered by insurance. The plants produced plaid cotton goods and were destroyed by the blaze.
Estimated receipts and disbursements for fiscal years 1894 and 1895 are presented on a 1.14 mill tax levy basis. Receipts include state and railroad taxes insurance taxes and fees telegraph and telephone taxes incorporation fees interest deposits seed grain loans mining taxes and foresty transfers totaling about 2.105 million in 1894 and 2.143 million in 1895. Disbursements cover executive and judicial expenses printing and paper support for state institutions improvements repairs boards and commissions and societies totaling approximately 1.04 to 1.10 million.
A line item summary shows receipts 1 516 000 and disbursements 1 516 000 with a 1894 surplus of 396 000. It lists major allocations including insane asylums new buildings at Fergus Falls Mockchevien and St. Cloud, state schools at Owatonna and Faribault, Faribault Institute for defectives, state university, and World’s Fair expenses, plus deficiencies and judges salaries and Wolf bounties with several large sums.
A Christmas account from Russia describes crowded churches lit with candles and icons. At the stroke of midnight a child sings Kristos while 100 young voices join in a grand chorus, an experience said to be worth the journey.
A tunnel under Exchange Place in Jersey City enabled six boys to raid jewelry and cigar stores Gullbergs and Ramseys nightly. The scheme ended when one boy boasted, alerting Policeman Rickerich and leading to arrests.
The article argues dogs respond to music with varying sensitivity. It claims dogs howl at violins and most handheld instruments, yet ignore parlor organs. A piano may lull a dog to sleep during fortissimo, while violin, cornet, or accordion provoke distress.
A Toronto asylum dinner ends with knife, fork and spoon gone. A warder hears rattling from a patient, the son of a local clergyman, who has swallowed the utensils. Despite attempts, the items are unrecovered. The patient remains eating and apparently well, though no cutlery is allowed for external use.
In a Vienna court a cabman on trial was questioned about past punishments. He admitted a 24 hour police detention years ago and claimed no imprisonment or serious breaches. The judge, noting the cabman's short tenure, allowed the case to proceed with a light remark.
A Madison Georgia man registered at a local hotel and slept. In a dream he rode a fast railroad train and saw an inevitable collision with an oncoming train on the same track. The conductor shouted jump, and the sleeper awoke to jump from a second story window, escaping serious harm.
King Humbert grays, Queen Margherita frets, she sends hair-dye. The next day he fixes the look with dye and appears at breakfast with the queen's poodle while his whiskers stay white and his dyed hair hides beneath.
A century old testimonial claims long use proves Dr Bull's Couch Syrup the best cure for rheumatism, contrasting it with physicians' prescriptions. The piece asserts Salvation Oil has cured many rheumatic cases, praising popular support for the remedy priced at 25 cents.
Two boys on a fence hear birds overhead. Archy calls them eagles, William calls them sea gulls. The exchange highlights a simple lesson in perception and spelling as the birds fly by.
Harper's Bazar notes Young Mr. Yeerwed gazing at his three month old baby who, with a red face and no hair or teeth, suddenly laughs. He declares the infant almost human and his joy erupts in a surprised exclamation to Maud.
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