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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1894
Page
1
Fisu and Donnelly with Queen Lil teased as a museum attraction. The suit against Twin City street car firms seeks vestibule access. The state elevator plan is struck down by the supreme court, displeasing alliance members. The Donnelly Fish scrap ends as Ignatius is elected state alliance president.
Senator Washburn denounces the income tax proposal as perjury and fraud in Wilson tariff debates. Grover’s campaign rhyme fades as clover jokes wane. The St Peter Tribune notes Hoke Smith doubts Minnesota Democrats’ capacity and appoints Georgia ex rebels, naming R A Reid to a state post.
A critique of democracy contrasts with a harsh view of tariff and Hawaiian policy. A Little Falls uproar over post office relocation spurred by postmaster Peter Medvid led to a mass protest to Washington. A poem prize highlights unpaid subscriptions and rural poverty themes.
The Fergus Falls Journal argues the change in the economy favors the rich becoming poorer while the poor and farmers suffer. Banks railroads factories mills mines show losses and employment falls. The piece laments reduced wages and jobs as the rich gain little, calling for more relief for labor and farmers.
January 8 1815 marked the repulse of a British invasion led by Andrew Jackson at New Orleans The city founded in 1718 becomes a symbol of American victory and Jackson’s rise from senator to judge and later president Mardi Gras adds northern interest Burlington Route promotes travel via W J C Kenyon St Paul Minn
The piece argues the fist shake as a universal hostile gesture predates modern boxing. It links the gesture to weapon imagery, noting men and women mimicry, with anthropologists considering it an instinct at a preweapon stage, observed across cultures in the Nineteenth Century.
An old farmer misreads a grocery bill until his wife clarifies the term ditto and the tale ends with a humorous exchange. The article then notes Napoleon Sarony’s Garfield portrait and a Fortnightly Review reflection on the enduring University of France.
Mr Ernest Walker of New Albany Ind notes how Oxalis stricta releases seeds by capsule rupture flinging them far. He claims Oxalis violacea and common balsam or lady slipper also eject seeds when pods are grasped. The piece connects these plants to the same natural order and explains Impatiens Latin name deriving from this trait.
In near Mexico City a retired Spanish nobleman Don Pedro Guierrerres lives as a reclusive millionairess of misbelief. He thinks himself leprous after a wife died by suicide following a leprosy diagnosis. He rarely leaves his eight foot fenced garden and communicates with his manservant through a hidden window while a priest visits twice monthly.
The Ashton Reporter explains a pay system where doctors are paid only when the ruler is well. When the emperor is sick, salaries are cut until he recovers, prompting zealous efforts by regular doctors to restore his health. The result is a very healthy emperor and few salary losses for physicians.
In Grafton County a fox run ended with the fox slipping through a rock fissure while a foxhound followed. The dog wedged in the narrow passage, and hunters could not free him for a day or two as the fox escaped.
The late Professor Tyndall was dogmatic yet genial, never doubting on topics from home rule to spontaneous generation and even advising Mr Gladstone and Mr Chamberlain in business matters. London Truth warns that long‑standing tinctures in loosely corked bottles can evaporate alcohol, concentrating the drug to dangerous levels.
A storm swept an editor into a tall pine where he stayed three days and nights. The landowner later found him, billed him for three days’ rent, and had him arrested for trespass. The incident is reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
The Detroit Free Press notes diverse taboos about whistling. Arabs claim a whistler cannot be purified for 40 days and nights with Satan said to have touched him. Tonga and Polynesian natives deem whistling sinful, while some German villagers say evening whistles make angels weep.
Dr. Cuyler recalls a boy taught in catechism who answered the chief end of man as to glorify God and annoy him forever. He laments many men act as if that mislaid aim were their true end, noting the Ram's Horn quotation.
The piece contrasts the sporty parson with the muscular Christian in village life, noting their spiritual influence via affection and respect rather than devotion. It recalls 1707 England Scotland union bribery, Lord Seafield taking £500 to vote, and a cattle dealer retort about selling nations.
A visitor asks for Mr. Jones at the office. The office boy confirms the home is in Hamtramck and implies access is through his residence rather than the inner office. The exchange reflects a streetwise quip from a Detroit Free Press item.
A New York Herald note says ongoing improvements in agricultural machinery could turn farming into a sedentary occupation as farmers increasingly ride plows rakes harrows feeders mowers binders and more.
Two fast trains daily between St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago Milwaukee and all Wisconsin points with connections east and south. Tickets baggage checked through to all United States and Canadian points. For routes rates maps and folders contact your local agent or James C Penn Milwaukee Wis.
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