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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1893
Page
7
A Parisian woman voices firm resistance to Empire waist fashion in a dialogue with a leading dressmaker. She denounces the waist under the arm, calls the new style preposterous, and declares she will not submit to such gowns.
A detailed description of a female shoplifter who uses a hidden skirt pocket to stash goods. The thief distracts clerks, sits close to counters, and shows a lopsided, wobbly gait when her bag is full. Store detectives watch her hands and walk, signaling arrest when the theft is evident.
Eight doctors treated me for heart disease and rheumatism with no benefit. I could not speak aloud or sleep, and all medicines distressed my stomach. A neighbor lent a book, I bought Green's August Flower and used it. Now I am stout, hearty, and strong, enjoying the best of health.
An old advertisement promotes Reid's German Cough and Kidney cure amid winter blizzard talk. It claims to treat colds, throat troubles, diphtheria fears, and croup, promising relief for night awakenings. Small bottles cost a quarter and large fifty cents from any druggist. SYLVAN KENNEDY O., Peoria, NL
Parisian sculptor Louis Xavier argues that ideal statues require harmonized feet and hands. He criticizes tiny feet as deformities, noting Juno’s tall stature should pair with larger footwear, and urges balanced anatomy over fashion trends and padded shoes.
A columnist offers a paradox on automatic human reflexes and speech when distressed. The Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Canal and Harbor Company deeded the canal from Sturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan to the government, with an appropriation of 81 833 dollars noted in the last river bill. Col Nicholas Smith, Horace Greeley’s son-in-law, previously disliked as consul at Three Rivers, Canada, has been reassigned to Liege Belgium.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications they fail to reach the disease seat. Internal remedies are needed Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is a reputable prescription by leading physicians and combines tonics with blood purifiers to produce results. Testimonials available free from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
Maisie Bowman, famed as the second belle, captivates poet Jose Mansfield at a Washington reception. He declares her the first and only, awakening her to love and doubt if he seeks true partnership or a wealthy match. Their magnetism hints at a deeper fate to unfold. TO BE CONTINUED.
Maisie Bowman falls for Jose Mansfield, a Washington poet, dreaming of a marriage funded by her mother’s fortune. He wooes with admiration and cryptic promises, aiming to transcend wealth and propriety, while Maisie imagines a life of Westward ideals and high society.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat yarn recounts Major John Allen’s wartime tale from 1863. He describes a Peoria Illinois boy among four captives tied to a Georgia sergeant and guards. The improvised escape ends when the boy shoots two guards and kills two more, then vows to take a bully gun home if he ever reaches safety.
An Aberdeen chronicler reports on a Balmoral trip where the young Prince Albert Edward, aged five or six, tugged a tasselled sofa, provoking his mother to spank him on the yacht. The account says the Queen then disciplined him, a scene described as one of several such thrashings.
An 18th century young Wirt farce mocked Virginia lawyers by exaggerating their traits. A minister to England is shown using lofty speech as he calls a name to court. A loquacious female witness provokes a sharp retort and the line about Tass Eternity ends the scene.
A downtown all night drug store is robbed by a burglar who impersonates a customer. He tests the new spoons and confesses he can tell plated ware from solid. The pursuer is the newspaper’s religious editor who rides the 2:22 car each morning.
Poem excerpt from Good Housekeeping reflecting on hidden grief behind wealth and beauty. It ponders the unseen burdens, tears, and pain behind public masks, and hopes for a future day when burdens are made plain and gains counted.
In 1781 Molly Pidgin rides Duke to Middlesex church to fetch news for her family as British troops plunder the area. Molly and Ruth escape when rebels seize the church, Duke carries them to safety, and Duke later serves with the Continental army while Washington triumphs in victory.
Hans Neilson of Copenhagen has faced three death sentences, with two reprieves and a long prison term. While imprisoned he killed a jailor, continuing a life of crime that began at age eight with a farmhouse arson. He once lived in London.
Trivvet and Dicer spar over marriage as Dicer reveals an impediment prevents Miss Kittish from saying yes. The dialogue hinges on love and a silent barrier, highlighting comic misfortune in a terse exchange.
A 15 year old insurgent in 1871 Paris breaks from execution to see his mother, offers his watch, and begs to return after a home visit. The officer mocks him, then ejects him. The boy later reappears ready to die, while the Colonel mocks the rebels as heroes and dismisses the boy as a brigand.
A refined passenger refuses to part with her small poodle aboard a mountain parlor car. The conductor insists dogs go to the baggage car, but she ties the dog to a trunk and faces a perilous ride until the dog is tossed from the trunk at the next station.
A writer recalls General Taylor during the Mexican War at an advanced outpost. A Spanish speaking Texan scout burst in and spoke rapidly to the general, who knew only English. A sentry laughed, then Taylor demanded if anyone spoke Spanish and the soldier pointed to the scout.
The passage notes Turgot, a French minister, dismissed a proposed tax with a sharp line. His judgment was trusted, and the idea faded after he wrote on the memorial that it would be safer to execute the author than the project.
A lady ill at home sent friends a card reading Mrs C. being confined to her bed by illness, will not be at home next Wednesday as usual. The note reflects early etiquette and social rituals when receiving callers, humorously noting the phrase’s absurdity in fashionable life.
A young female lion tamer beckoned Nero the lion, who stepped forward and took a sugar shard from her mouth. A spectator bragged he could imitate the trick, and the performer retorted that he could do it as well as the lion.
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