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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1891
Page
1
Nearly a thousand delegates from Minnesota gather for the Farmers' Alliance state convention in St Paul. William Donnelly wins the presidency with 592 votes while Eva McDonald secures a pivotal role, as debates cover credentials, finances, and a lengthy platform demanding tariff revisions and railroad reform.
A rhymed verse about a young man named Fred wooing Ruth as Christmas nears He works at Cheatem's notions and sells soap and dry goods The couple share a quiet talk about weather and love with Fred proposing marriage to Ruth
The New York Star recalls an Altoona to Philadelphia winter night aboard the Pennsylvanian express. Senator John Sherman, noticing a brakeman without adequate warmth, removes his own coat and forces it on the man, proving his humanity over the stereotype of cold-bloodedness.
The Northwest reports a Battle Lake Northern Pacific station fire from a defective flue with freight and express saved. Other notes include Washington business with ex Senator Sabin and missing clerk F E Comstock. County salary cuts favored by the Alliance and a list of local incidents across Minnesota and nearby states.
The president signed a bill for the erection of a public building at Fargo. The state ranks forty first in population. Edmund Hackett, Bismarck’s first mayor now in Seymour Texas, has invented a potato digging and sacking machine. Ex-Gov Pillsbury of Minnesota says farmers in the region will be all right. An onetime fatal shooting in Neche over drink payments is noted with Dahm arrested. The state boiler inspectors meet in Fargo and plan changes for the season.
A Deadwood Pioneer report highlights Huron boasting 620 school children, the most in the state. Other items note moose training in South Sioux Falls for the world fair procession to Chicago, cross-state reunions after 31 years, Deadwood licensing of saloons billiard halls and gambling dens with monthly fees, a Pennsylvanian hunter seeking a million dollar fortune with his Saxony-born brother, and a transfer of a convicted killer to Yankton insane asylum. Additional notes mention Pierre mighty hunters with a Kodak rabbit photo, Rapid City facing perceived Indian threats, and high farm transport pay of six dollars per day for government work.
Cornelius McDonald disappears from Janesville restaurant leaving wife and debts. Gustav Kuentzel in Waupaca County misappropriates 1461 with bondsmen claiming property. Madison mayor Bashford’s assistant attorney general bid vetoed. Merrillan agent Jay Trumbull received 70 after theft of 1000. Corporations have souls. William Smith struck on Christmas Day by Conductor Tilton on St Paul train near Racine. Silas Coryell killed when horse carriage crash. George Lloyd poisoned candy from unknown foe. James Scribner carried dynamite to Rosendale school but not harmed. Rhode Capile incident ends with multiple gunshot wounds. James Arthur, Wisconsin giant, dies at Linden. 7 feet, 300 pounds, legendary strength.
Prosecution results in new managers for Carroll saloons while speakeasy style schooners continue to ply the bar trade. Several local notes cover hay markets in Palo Alto and Kossuth counties, land values in Ida and Cherokee, and small business highlights across Iowa towns.
A parrot dealer boasts of a bird that makes original observations. A buyer pays fifty pounds but the bird stays silent. The trick is ventriloquism by the dealer who claims the bird makes original remarks only in his presence, fooling several others.
A narrator recalls serving as a typewriteress at a legal firm and navigating a workplace romance. She vows to remain faithful to work, rejects a junior clark, and ends up celebrating the senior partner’s favor while emphasizing professional boundaries. The tale closes with a brief moral about staying at the desk and keeping romance distant.
Captain Griffin recalls a village flag-raising gone wrong when a fifteen year old boy climbs a tall pine staff to rehang the broken halyards. After exhausting efforts and dangerous fixes, he frees himself with an improvised auger and returns to sea, earning the nickname Monkey on a Stick.
An irritable old man in his office fuming at papers orders in a book agent, a demure girl, to bring a volume. She reveals it is a $5 illustrated collection and he, flustered, buys it, only to find at home it is a collection of love songs.
Mrs. Cornelius Rainwater of Savannah receives a letter from her brother James III in Calabozo Venezuela describing the death of his daughter aged 16 who wandered away in a trance and was found dead with a vampire on her throat. The bat, three feet across and weighing over twenty pounds when full, rose and was shot. The incident is recorded as painless and sleep inducing.
A traveling English observer notes a sharp contrast between the United States and South American republics. He describes US voters as trusting in a safely conducted opposition led government while South American politicians prepare for power by expelling opponents and arming followers. The piece credits durable citizen trust in the North American system.
A nickel plated eight inch high cylinder sits at a public wash basin with a pull handle. Soap powder is dispensed as you pull the handle, offering a cheaper cleaner alternative to cake soap in hotels and public restrooms.
An elderly judge sleeps after Mrs. Mouser gives Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. A Baltimore cattle dealer, JOS. S. FOX, endorses Salvation Oil for rheumatism and claims full cure after one bottle. An aside notes a wine spill cleaning stove coal in a stove pipe.
A mix of health remedies and public notices. Claims praise for Syrup of Figs and Johnsons Anodyne Liniment, seed dealer endorsements from D M Ferry, shipping reports for Charleston, and a bank collapse in Hastings Nebraska. Mentions Allen's Iron Tonic and Dobbin's Soap with brief consumer tips. Includes seed annual offer and a call for readers to request it.
An old notice describes fever chills and sweats from malaria and biliousness with remedies including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and turpentine for pest banishment. It presents a period tone promoting medicinal cures and cautions about persistent illness.
An advertisement recalls Castoria as a remedy for a child’s feverish distress and a mother’s nursing, detailing stages from baby to adult with repeated use of the product across generations.
The New York Star argues a small, well chosen private library suits most readers. A reader should know and master the spirit of his books, even if not every word is read, valuing familiar works as essential companions.
Proponents invite claims of an incurable catarrh and promise a $500 cash payout if no cure is achieved. They assert Dr Sage’s Remedy provides a permanent cure not just temporary relief and invite readers to try it by paying fifty cents at a druggist, with risk borne by the makers.
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