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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1891
Page
2
A Goose that had lived with the La Clair family for 41 years in Brainerd Minnesota died recently while in western New York. The bird was noted for long companionship with the household.
The owners of an unsuccessful pants factory are repurposing the facility into a maple syrup factory, signaling a shift in local industry and production. The move follows the factory's ongoing difficulties and hints at a pivot toward specialty food products.
The Kentucky constitutional convention votes to permit ministers to run for governor. This change broadens eligibility for state executive races and aligns with broader political participation rules.
If the government arms soldiers as freely as it allows Indians to be armed, the soldiers would have a much better chance. The statement contrasts weapon access between groups and suggests improved prospects for soldiers.
A recently enacted law in Mardanger Norway prohibits marriage for any girl until she proves proficiency in spinning knitting and baking. The regulation targets traditional domestic skills and seeks to enforce readiness before wedlock within the region.
A piglet was sent through the English post and delivered to the recipient in brown paper with both ends open.
English officials probe widespread ether drinking, a trend noted as many individuals use ether as a substitute for alcoholic beverages. The inquiry seeks to understand health risks and social impact of this dangerous habit spreading across the country.
A proposed exploration balloon measures 99 feet in diameter and 500000 cubic feet in volume. The voyage would depart from Spitzbergen and, with favorable winds, last four to five days.
The article argues that dark haired individuals have a better chance in the great struggle for existence than those with lighter complexion, with blondes being comparatively exempt only in contagious diseases.
The text notes wealth now totals about 14 percent of mankind's gross earnings, amounting to $5,000,000,000 annually, with both relative and absolute increases each year.
A reflective statement notes that while women are often labeled as changeable, one constant remains their enduring interest in love stories across generations and ages.
The Jewish population of France including Algiers is about one hundred thirty thousand. More than a third live in Paris where they operate their own educational and charitable institutions of a high standard.
A letter arrived at New York’s General Post Office from a small Erie Railway office. The envelope bore a one cent coin glued to the left side and a one cent stamp on the upper right corner.
One observer notes that recent failures of private bankers reveal a crying need for a law mandating state supervision of all trust funds.
The article discusses how diet and habits might alter hair color across populations. It notes the potential for discoveries that could modify human hair color through prudent dietary and lifestyle measures.
New York banker Isavor Wormser is said to smoke fifteen to twenty cigars each day. His preferred brand is the Peretto, which costs him twenty cents per cigar.
PuriapeLain not Brooklyn appears as city of churches with New York and Brooklyn totaling 760 churches for 2,419,000. Philadelphia has 579 churches plus 31 denominational and 11 undenominational missions for 1,050,000 residents.
London correspondent to the New York Home Journal describes a device called the electric cane useful against attackers. A press of a knob on the parasol handle supposedly incapacities an assailant instantly, enabling the user to escape or defend themselves.
The Star reports New York City's 1991 budget totals 33,160,891 dollars, 560,000 more than last year. Spending increases cover street cleaning, charities, correction, police, elections, and other municipal requirements while debt and state tax and school appropriations drop by over 1,000,000.
The New York Sun describes Henry M. Stanley as a short thick-set man with nearly white hair. It notes his face is seldom printed accurately and mentions his relaxed bearing after years among African tribes and his habit of lounging with hands in his pockets.
In Washington the Sioux reservation comes under military control with only one agent, Roger of Pike Ridge, removed. The senate votes 34 to 29 to displace the force bill with the financial bill, with Mr. Washburn, the Idaho senators, and five other Republicans in support.
A New York sheriff jury declares George M. Storrs lunatic. Detroit priest Bishop Jenner fined and jailed for cutting shade trees. Emma Abbott, famed American soprano, dies in Salt Lake City of pneumonia after insisting on performing Ernani. She remained conscious near death as physicians urged rest.
A cyclone near Sherman Texas blows down several houses killing an infant and seriously wounding four adults. Others feared dead. Paris fire panic injures women and children, many crushed. Thirty families left homeless. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars.
The report lists various incidents including suspicions, arrests, and outcomes: Hungarian suspect Thrella released in Wilkes Barre. shootouts in Carbondale and Pueblo. numerous murders, robberies, and embezzlement cases in Illinois, Georgia, New York, Colorado, Alabama, and Missouri. Notable names include Captain Wallace, Capt. Kean, and Ring. a Joplin depot robbery yields about 154 dollars.
Reports state Russia forbids enrollment of Hebrews as barristers and expels those already enrolled. Across Europe unrest grows with strikes in Ireland and sympathy rallies in Britain for Scotch railroad workers. Bitter cold grips Paris as three frozen corpses are found, and Prince Nicholas of Leauchenberg dies in Paris at forty seven.
A bill introducing an Australian ballot law modeled on Minnesota will be brought to the Illinois legislature. Gay-elect Boyd of Nebraska responds to citizenship attacks by asserting long-standing citizenship and expected seating. The New York annual charity ball becomes a society event with Gilmore's 70 piece band. receipts reached about $17,000. About twelve hundred employees of the Westinghouse Electric Light Company of Ohio?
Articles report prolific opium refineries in Victoria and Vancouver with 48369 pounds landed from China in three months, while Chicago manufacturers discuss a wire monopoly and a possible West Coast trust. Navy orders push eleven warships and five revenue cutters to Pacific duty, with seven armed steamers rumored for Bedring Sea.
In a New England college a graduating class gifts their favorite professor a bound edition of Inferno. A brother warns the wife that the students are set to give him hell this morning, provoking alarm and later a dramatic reveal when the husband returns with the book.
George Cole recalls a Port Townsend party tale about a trained bear named Ruby who could bluff at poker for sugar stakes. The bear allegedly showed an eye for the game, passed by wagging his head, and drew an extra ace from a neck wrinkle before the crew killed him for dinner after he ate most of their sugar.
The Lewiston Journal reports Dr Hill in tears over little Willie M a scarlet fever patient. The doctor laments his aunt feeding sugar treats that hastened the boy toward death while quipping he cannot kill her or stop further harm from her doughnuts.
Pine Ripley S D January 14 The situation near the agency remains unchanged with hostiles a mile and a half north and chiefs not arriving for council. Peace hopes persist though earlier expectations have failed. Buffalo Bill departs to join Brooke's command while miles plans inactivity to pacify the young warriors.
Agent Pierce reports a weighing at the corral where October cattle averaged 1132 pounds but now average just over 900. The drop prompts claims of government overpayment and potential loss to Indians while hostilities linger near the agency two miles away. Gen Miles and Agent Pierce discuss arming four Indian companies for reservation duty and arming receipts as protection.
A lengthy legal dispute centers on T. E. Hall, sought in Missouri for swindling via patent contracts turned into promissory notes. Hall is jailed in Marshalltown as Missouri and Kansas City authorities seek his custody, while a habeas corpus writ blocks transfer and requests from multiple counties and individuals pour in. Hall, reportedly from Chicago, is valued at about $100,000 and is described as fighting to avoid capture.
Maprsox Wis Jan 14 Gen Bragg notified Col Vilas he is out of the race for the United States senate. Indications favor Col Vilas securing the seat as senatorial contests head to a conclusion early next week.
Col. William Fishback will publish a card withdrawing from the race for United States senator. His action leaves the field to Senator James K. Jones who will be re elected without Democratic opposition.
Representative Turner of Kansas says a young lawyer in his district wrote the controversial letter to Frank McGrath of the Kansas farmers alliance in revenge after Turner declined to grant an appointment. Turner claims the lawyer has left Washington and he will have him arrested when found.
Mrs. B. P. Snider wife of Representative Snider held her first reception of the season in Washington with Mrs. W. R. Merriam assisting. Minnesota guests and Washington society leaders filled the parlor in a brlliant display of fashion. Mrs. Merriam remains in the city through winter hosting Friday receptions, enhancing social gaiety and prominence of Minnesota in Washington society.
In Carcano Jan 14 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line telegraph operators fail to gain concessions after General Manager Earling maintains no wage cuts just equalization. Operators in towns receive 50 dollars monthly with housing, vs 60 dollars in cities without extras.
Three railroad workers perish in an explosion while thawing giant powder at Ryan's camp. Harry Lewis and Dennis A. Simmons die instantly. Joseph Hughes dies within hours from blast injuries. Lewis, Seventy? years old from Virginia. Simmons, about fifty from unknown location. Hughes, twenty three from Baltimore. Bodies brought to the city for relatives.
A grain elevator at Eleventh street and Thirteenth avenue burned from 1:30 am with flour inside. A second alarm hit a seven story brick building of Vaught & Williams iron steel and oil merchants. An elderly couple escaped but one man is missing while the factory and elevator burn with losses estimated at 250000 to 300000 dollars and 125000 dollars respectively. Both fires were brought under control by morning.
Secretary Proctor reports a letter from Gen. Ruger dated Jan 1 praising the conduct of Indian police in the Sitting Bull engagement. He urges government recognition and support for families of killed officers to encourage other Indians on the reservation to conform to new conditions.
Tremendous excitement in the Okanogon region as reports say young Indians have war paint and may maraud. Five citizens telegraphed Fort Spokane demanding troops, while others warn of no outbreak and call for calm. Gov Burke holds arms ready to quell any North Dakota trouble.
The report notes Hill of Colorado has been named to a monetary conference, a move viewed as a direct blow to Teller and Walcott. Hill, a longtime rival of Teller, opposed him during his interior secretary term, fueling a long running feud. Colorado senators’ stance on election and silver bills may influence the president’s choice, with opposition expected to push for rejection.
Baron Lutz, once Bavaria's prime minister, wounded in both legs, arranged two doctors to treat each leg without letting them know of the other. Each surgeon used a different method, and both wounds healed about the same time. The baron then reveled in the doctors’ differing approaches and questioned them on their methods.
Acting Governor Laughton urged prioritizing immediate improvements over a large state display at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He argued funds should address local needs and conditions rather than attract attention with a grand but costly exhibit.
Detailed roll calls and committee allocations show N B Pinkham elected Senate president pro tempore with a large party vote. W B Allen chosen as House speaker. multiple contests and bill introductions mark a busy start as sessions resume. tests of contended seats loom as Ramsey and Burleigh cases advance.
The tale, told by Judge Payson, recalls a Pontiac man who drifted through life, talked theory while neglecting work, lost his forty acre farm to foreclosure, moved to Nebraska, and later rode a political surge to U S Congress with a 10 000 majority. The anecdote ends with a decisive fall election result.
Blackwood's Magazine notes the mustache as a cavalry badge pre Crimean war and explains shaving as a service mark rooted in ancient slave mutilation. It traces shifts from ear-piercing servile marks to head tonsure debates in sixth and seventh centuries, contrasting priestly norms and modern fashion.
J C Price argues in the Forum that full constitutional rights for the Negro do not seek social equality with whites or other colored people. He asserts the struggle is not about morality but about social mixing and degradation, urging that white men seek contact more than Negroes and harming both races.
The article notes German naturalist Stern describes speaking fishes in a Revue Politique et Littéraire piece. It lists Scievia a six inch chub singing like a warbler, Trigis hirundo the sea swallow with a grunting sound, and Triglanolitans a whining puppy tone, while Scivens gather in bands for concerts.
The Cleveland Plaindealer recounts a humorous tale from a seminary for young ladies in the East where German is spoken at meals. A student confesses in English that she is mashed on a young man. The headmistress then proclaims she is mashed of the Lord in prayer meeting.
The New York Tribune recounts a Washington social gathering at a rich Senator's palatial home filled with guests. A man who did not recognize the host asks for a drink, illustrating how strangers mingle at elite receptions.
Col D T Casper of the signal service favors experiments to produce rain by dynamite explosions. He compares the idea to Franklin’s lightning control and suggests a future rain making bureau may join the signal service with expert cloud creators. Colorado Arizona and other western states could bloom and crops thrive if moisture is plentiful.
A Scotch sheriff recalls crime oddities from 1844 to 1865. A woman jailed 167 times for drunkenness and window smashing. a man stole only Bibles and was transported for seventh theft. another stole only spades. a woman stole shoes. another took shawls. the quirkiest thief stole tubs and faced penal servitude for his seventh tub.
Workingmen in polite society, led by William Morris and other London advanced socialists, launch the United Democratic club to introduce workers to West End refinements. The club will hold weekly meetings with debates, smoking and singing, and opening night features a Bohemian supper of beefsteak pudding, Irish stew, Scotch tripe and Welsh salad served by ladies.
An old-time advert extols Salvation Oil as relief for neu ralgia priced at 25 cents a bottle. It mentions recent cyclones in the South and West causing damage but notes people clamor for Dr. Buli's Cough Syrup as a comfort.
Estimates place potato production around Easton Maine last season at about 50 000 dollars in value. Local farmers reported yields that boosted area economy and future planting plans.
A historical note recalling Johnsons Ano dyne Liniment as a notable remedy from the past and mentioning Beechams Pills as a treatment for liver disorders while reflecting on generational virtues and paternal self-contrast.
An old advertisement touts Dobbins' Electric as the best and purest family soap after 24 years on the market. It urges customers to ask grocers for the real product and warns against imitation soaps.
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