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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1894
Page
9
The president appoints F. McDonald as receiver of the St. Cloud land office. The piece mentions political squabbles and comments on the state alliance, income tax proposals, and Grover Cleveland references, reflecting a period political discourse.
Secretary Hoke Smith contends no Minnesota Democrats can run state offices and thus appoints Georgia ex rebels like R A Reid as assistant chief examiner of Chippewa Indian lands. The piece mocks the Dems as misguided and cites Hawaiian policy and tariff reform as proof of their incompetence.
Citizens protest the relocation of the Little Falls post office to the city outskirts arguing it benefits the postmaster and two friends while inconveniencing most residents. An indignation meeting Wednesday night produced a protest signed by over 500 residents and sent to Washington.
The Rocky Mountain Celt editor won a $1,000 prize for the best poem urging subscribers to pay dues. The verse links poverty to unpaid subscriptions, urging readers to send in payments before winter ruins their pants and stature.
The Fergus Falls Journal recalls a Farmers Alliance line about change and notes that the rich have grown poorer while the poor and farmers suffer. Banks railroads factories and mines have lost money and jobs have vanished as expenses shrink and incomes fall.
The 1815 battle repulsed a British invasion, elevating Andrew Jackson who later became a U S senator and Tennessee judge. New Orleans, founded 1718, remains a symbol of American resilience celebrated by his followers with a yearly banquet amid Mardi Gras interest. The piece notes travel tips via the Burlington Route and contact details for W J Kenyon in St Paul Minnesota.
A study notes that fist shaking as hostility predates boxing and appears worldwide. It may derive from weapon use and is common among women and men, with gestures resembling weapon handling even when no tool is present. The piece hints anthropologists may find instinctive fist shaking linked to early fighting behavior.
A Milton farmer puzzled by the word ditto on a grocery bill asks his wife what it means. She explains the term is a cheat used on charges for items not received, and the grocer clarifies. The farmer concludes the word implies they are both fools for believing it.
Napoleon Sarony reports on a Garfield studio portrait after his three months of suffering. Garfield wears a slouch hat and Prince Albert coat as he sits for impressions, protests the unlikeliness of a statesman look, yet approves the resulting likeness.
In a Fortnightly Review passage the minister praises uniform schooling across France, noting universal study among children and undergraduates. It asserts standardized knowledge, justice, and the enduring role of the University of France despite political changes and shifting codes.
Mr. Ernest Walker of New Albany Indiana notes how common wild sour grass Oxalis stricta ejects its seeds by a sudden capsule disruption. Oxalis violacea shows the same power and garden balsam Impatiens seed pods burst when grasped, reflecting irritability shared by most oxalis species per Meehan's Monthly.
The article explains a system where doctors are paid only when the ruler is well, citing the Chinese emperor as example. When the emperor falls ill, physicians lose salary until recovery, prompting intense efforts by regulars to restore the monarch’s health and salaries.
In Grafton county a fox started fled into a rocky cleft. A hound followed and wedged itself at the fissure, while the fox escaped by squeezing past. The trapped hound could not be freed for a day or two.
London Truth notes the late Professor Tyndall as dogmatic and quick to instruct others from Gladstone to Chamberlain on a range of topics from home rule to spontaneous generation. It says he never admitted doubt on any subject.
The San Francisco Examiner warns that old tinctures stored in family medicine closets can rapidly concentrate if corks loosen, as alcohol evaporates, potentially producing seriously toxic or fatal doses.
A gulf storm blew an editor into a tall pine where he clung for three days and nights. Landowner later found him, charged him with trespass, and demanded three days’ rent before he arranged arrest. The incident stems from the storm’s unexpected ordeal and a billing dispute.
Detroit Free Press notes varied superstitions about whistling. Arabs claim a whistler cannot be purified for 40 days and nights, Tonga and Polynesian natives view whistling as sinful toward God, and some north German villagers say evening whistles make angels weep.
Dr. Cuyler relates a boy from Presbyterian parents answering catechism with the line Man's chief end is to glorify God and annoy him forever. The preacher laments many men acting as if that were their chief end, per Ram's Horn.
In this portrait the fox hunting parson gives way to the muscular Christian who leads village sports. He commands respect through human warmth rather than spiritual authority, seen by locals as a mirror of themselves rather than an inspired messenger.
The New York Journal notes a historic bribery trace in England and Scotland’s 1707 union. Lord Seafield allegedly took a £500 gift to back the union and was challenged by his brother who called him a cattle dealer. The brother replied that selling cattle or nations is a matter of choice.
A visitor asks to see Mr. Jones in the office. The office boy confirms Mr. Jones is not at the office and says his home is in Hamtramck in a short exchanged joke from the Detroit Free Press.
The New York Herald notes that ongoing advances in agricultural gear allow a farmer to perform tasks with reduced physical strain. If such progress continues, farming may become a largely sedentary occupation as plow, rake, harrow, feeder, mower, and binder become easier to handle.
Team Wisconsin Central Lines runs two fast daily trains between St. Paul Minneapolis and Chicago Milwaukee and all Wisconsin points with connections east and south in Chicago. Tickets and baggage are through to all U S and Canadian points. For routes rates maps and folders contact your nearest agent or James C Ponp General Passenger Agent Milwaukee Wis.
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