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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1895
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch item notes the Chinese minister's wife as the most admired beauty at the president’s reception. It also mentions Mme Japanaise and M Zola’s fourteenth defeat in the French academy with no votes, plus Fremont Ohio residents affected by a gas supply disconnection.
The Berlin parliament building rises as a splendid structure costing 7 million dollars while New York's capitol looms as a costly, crumbling project at 22 million with 2 million more needed. Cotton growers watch Egypt as Egypt's budget includes 800 thousand dollars for an Upper Nile irrigation dam, signaling bigger cotton output. A Detroit scientist links seasons to polar atmospheric lenses. Heine’s fate is inverted as his statue gift is declined by Dusseldorf and Mainz. A new electric road in New Orleans runs fourteen miles from Carrollton to the United States barracks, promising trolley returns. Li Hung Chang statue in Germany awaits disposal since not desired in China.
Senator Fair planned a broad bequest of 50000 dollars to any widow or for any forgotten children, reflecting his easygoing life. The text notes such generosity could overlook spouses or offspring elsewhere, implying potential unclaimed beneficiaries.
The Lexow committee findings threaten to push residents away from New York City and the police headquarters as captains and inspectors confess to amassing fortunes amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
On the far western plains the antelope, once common by rail or wagon routes, has largely disappeared. In Colorado, Texas, and western Kansas only small bands remain, whereas fifteen years ago the herds were numerous and large.
The article links Cadmus to an early writing method found on Crete, suggesting a pre Phoenician alphabet. It notes Alaska's settlement prospects, Siberian reindeer, and fish and game limits. It also reports Japan's civil administration in occupied Korea and church disputes over a pastor's Democratic political ties.
A Danish inventor has made nine hollow six foot diameter aluminum globes with paddles for air sailing and spikes for ice travel. He claims these globes will solve aerial navigation and reach the north pole in one stroke. The design is described as practical rather than merely a dream.
Seely, the bookkeeper, condemned for eight years, notes no one can hide a mistake with money that belongs to others. He started with a $1000 overdraft and, over ten years, grew the defalcation to $354,000. He remains a persistent thief. his coconspirator chose death by suicide.
Digest of notable events from home and abroad arranged for quick reading. Highlights cover politics, economics, conflicts, science, culture, and notable events from the past week, with emphasis on entities and locations.
Washington reports 135 presidential postmasters terms expire this month. Congressman McEttrick pledges to push a department of commerce bill. Treasury says sugar receipts will cover expenditures once normal. Postmasters told to curb overtime claims. New U S senators from Montana Wyoming and Washington will serve four years of their six year terms.
The list recalls Christina Georgiana Rossetti death in London and other prominent figures from literature theater and society. Susie Fennimore Cooper dies at Cooperstown aged eighty two. Duchess of Marlborough marriage plans surface. bloomers advocate Mrs. Bloomer dies in Council Bluffs. a Keene voice loss due to cold. various legal and crime items sweep across towns from Kokomo to San Francisco.
A series of disasters and accidents across multiple states leaves several dead and many hurt. Incidents include a gas explosion in Elwood Indiana nine casualties. dynamite blast at Nashville penitentiary killed three. drownings in Sac Harbor and Channahon. a runaway horse fatality near Syracuse. a fatal fall of ex state senator James McGrath. a tenement fire in New York suffocating Lena Lehman and two children. other accidents and a hotel fire with unknown fatalities.
Reports describe A H Webber and wife beaten to death in Sacramento and their home looted while an Albia fire is blamed on concealing horse theft. St. Louis attack leaves one dead and another wounded. Morgan County Alabama faces a threatened race war over Bob Harris murder. Cascilla Mississippi fatal dance shooting. Sioux City man arrested for defrauding a Portland lodge. San Francisco wine merchant Charles Keller commits suicide over liquor habit. Hudson River bank book-keeper indicted for embezzling 14000. Michigan boxer Edward Powers sentenced for larceny. Spring Valley Illinois mayoral store fire and mob interference. Santa Rosa rumor: Mrs Laigne, a New York diamond smuggler, arrested by government detective Mrs Barrough.
Dr. Alvah H. Doty is appointed health officer of New York succeeding Dr. Jenkins. In other notes Mexico buys large sums of American silver for coinage and Western Nebraska faces hunger amid food shortages.
Gen Nelson's biennial message to the Minnesota legislature reviews forest fire losses at Hinckley and proposals for relief, grain inspection, Itasca Park expansion, fish and game law updates, Red River drainage, municipal government, labor legislation, and state finances and investments.
Broderip and Sir Richard Owen recount visiting J M W Turner at his dim house. Turner explains that darkness aids viewing his bright canvases and serves as a preface to his odd hospitality in offering wine. Owen leaves noting the lingering effect of the sherry and the odd private tableau.
The recently married editor of a comic weekly declines all jokes about mothers in law noting that two mothers in law are no joke.
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