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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1894
Page
11
Nordenskjold's Siberia journey notes occasional cosmic dust showers. At Jenisiesk Prof Marx collected dust in a pluviometer after a shower and found brick red dust containing iron nickel and cobalt. Prof Lenz calls the dust cosmical, aligning with annual November meteor showers.
In a Philadelphia shop window a piano relic bears an inscription about John Jacob Astor selling to one of New York’s first families over a century ago. It includes a New York ad dated January 1780 by J Japolb Astor at St Queen Street listing pianofortes and London makers, with cash for furs and various skins.
The Philadelphia Times describes a swift male elopement in Arab custom. A young man abducts the girl at night, stealing her from another tribe or clan. If caught, he is killed. if not, the tribes retaliate with a raid and then join in a ceremonial wedding.
The record arch over the Kialte in Venice is the longest single stone bridge span. It measures just under L00 feet, marking a notable feat in architectural history.
Warns buyers to avoid fake whiskies and seek reliable spirits. Claims Uncle Sam's Monogram Whisky is bottled by a top Northwest firm and highly regarded, urging readers to ask their druggist or retailer for it.
A black house sparrow has been observed in the vicinity of Newcastle on Tyne. The sighting adds to urban birdwatching records in the area.
The text notes Coe’s Cough A Team as an old reliable product. It mentions Swiss exports of condensed milk valued at over $2,500,000 annually. The Pacific coast shows rising codfish output.
An ad proclaims Banson's Magic Corn Salve warranted to cure or money refunded with a 15 cent price. The piece also notes bans on convents in Norway and Sweden, agent recruitment for farm and dairy products, and a Duluth company promoting quick selling articles. It cites Boston marriage data for girls under 17 and a French railroad female workforce figure.
Two farmers John Davis and Char ley Schlosser on a hunting trip near Delaware discovered a hidden network of four clay caves on the Mlentangy riverbank near Clinton. The chambers range from ten to fifteen feet high with thick walls and a vaulted roof. Torches revealed a ruinous, ventilationless hideout once used by an outlaw band as a storehouse.
In Paris a newly elected barber deputy Chauvin presided over a professors of tensorial art gathering. He praised a coiffure fashion and urged banning hats in theaters to boost coiffure work, joking he will defend hairdressing interests in the chamber of deputies.
In a colonial city, Adam is raised under Strickland’s care with a foster mother and police guard. Imam Din and a Naik debate his future, foretelling influence and danger as the child grows amid East India Company rule and local authority.
In a narrative set at Strickland’s hillside house, Adam confronts a whipping after disobeying orders amid horses and domestic tensions. A memory-driven dialogue with Imam Din reveals past beatings and the child’s growing sense of power, fear, and identity as he questions authority and honor.
A long essay extols amber as a superior natural embalming agent, detailing Baltic amber origins, fossilized insects, plant remnants, pollen, and even hair and feathers trapped in resin. It notes the amber trade, mainly from Baltic sources, and its role in revealing ancient plant and insect life.
A pocket telescope appears with an inch thick closed form and watch like weight. It uses aluminum toothed bars for parallel motion to open and close and to focus. Claimed to be high power with clear definition, suited for military and racing use.
The lord mayor of London’s stage coach now features electric interior lighting. Lamps with an enamel reflector sit on the roof, powered by storage batteries in the boot. A rubber sheet suspends the lamp to reduce vibration, with a battery lasting about eighteen hours.
A playful dialogue unfolds as lettuce scolds the turnip for not having a heart and facing mashing. The turnip retorts that it is mashed while the lettuce escapes. The exchange ends with an unfinished line suggesting life continues beyond the quarrel.
A Saturday Review excerpt recalls Sir Cornwallis Harris's 1840 observations on quaggas and Burchells zebras. It notes quaggas in vast herds once, now extinct or scarce, while Burchells zebras have retreated, with vivid descriptions of their alertness, speed, and untamable nature.
Harper's Weekly reports a government plan to cheapen quinine for malaria in India. Quinine is sold in five grain doses at Bengal post offices for a farthing a dose, with demand reaching 120000 packets in September. Additional supply goes to fever patients at dispensaries, signaling broader relief for India.
Appetizing claim for Hood et Pille pills promising relief from liver complaints head aches and indigestion. Sold as a cheap remedy with instruction to try a box for 25 cents.
An international exhibition of machines and devices for cleaning screening dressing and drying grain and seed will be held in St Petersburg from March to 16 1894. Organized by the Imperial Free Economic Society to educate farmers implement makers agents merchants and others about the latest in grain processing gear.
A westward idea describes a tornado proof house on a pivot with four weather vanes at one end and four six-pound cannons at the other. When a storm cloud nears it turns to face the threat and automatically fires, aiming to destroy the twister, inspired by ship guns firing at waterspouts.
Honorably discharged Minnesota veterans or their representatives may obtain a free copy of the second volume of Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861 1865 by applying to the Adjutant General in St Paul. The volume is a hand bound octavo of 6d pages containing official reports and correspondence.
A brisk exchange shows Mr. Upton praising the hired help. He tells an employment agent his wife is pleased with the girl he sent, calling her an angel after a week with the family and no complaints.
Frank J. Cheney of Cheney & Co signs an affidavit in Toledo Ohio promising to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. This oath is sworn before a notary on December 6 1856 in Lucas County.
A truncated historical notice references Brown's pene hig Troches for coughs and throat disorders. The garbled text includes a remark by Rev. Hours Ward about a birthday, with unclear context and box notation.
A Berlin area family marks thirty seven and a half years of marriage with an aluminum wedding giving the couple a choice set of aluminum gifts. The Paris American Register notes Berlin hosts even more festive events, joking a “seven years war” jubilee for seven-year marriages.
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