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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1891
Page
3
The governor calls for tight review of bills with public money, warns against class legislation and paternalism, praises railroad regulation while urging stronger review of rates, grain inspection, and prison reforms, and proposes funding, hospital, and tax measures for state needs.
Mrs. Thomas Showdy of Lake City is judged insane and committed to Rochester asylum. Rep.-elect E. D. Hammer in ill health and cannot take seat. Hastings man Mangold bound over for larceny after jail yard incident. Creamery funded in Montgomery with $3,300. operation by mid April. Fred Robinson bound over for perjury related to marriage. Poultry show in Winona with 600+ entries. David Smith sues Carlton County for $20,250 over blast damage. Golden eagle shot near Northfield weighs 12 pounds. Hinckley burglary at Brenan Lumber Co. state prison board advances binding twine plant at Stillwater. hemp fibre carload bought. St Cloud Journal Press puts city improvements at $652,505. Lind recommends Jackson become presidential office. Madeira as well. Garvin appointed Stillwater warden. praise from Joliet. Edward Tillson found dead by suicide near Birch Lake. Sister in Wisconsin.
A mosaic of notes from Bismarck to Cincinnati covers saloon struggles and profits, land sales, elated gamblers, wild game counts, school openings, railroad plans, newspaper deals, and legal actions. Notable items include a Fargo saloon profit report, a Seattle gambling caper, a state teachers meeting, and indictments in saloon search conspiracies.
Hot Springs reports nearly 1,000,000 in public railroad and building improvements for 1890. The Huron W R C distributed 959 in aid to the needy. Scotland hosts three original package houses in operation. The city levies a 25 per month tax. Huron’s artesian well reaches 820 feet with a 6 inch bore and 96 psi, yielding about 1000 gallons per minute. W. E. Owens improves after injuries from a tenant shooting and may be permanently disabled. John Fitzpatrick died in a blast while thawing giant powder. Wm. McDonald was fatally injured. A 4400 mortgage on W M Bartlett’s store fixtures and stock is filed after a 3000 Christmas robbery. his father is mortgagee. Real estate mortgage and deed recorded. total liabilities about 4000. store closed December 26. Geo J Kahl, near Watertown, was wounded while chasing hay thieves. two youths Hawkins and Ball fatally shooting suspected. thieves captured and jailed.
A set of short items covers a range of events from Wisconsin towns including Mrs Spencer Whippe of Oconomowoc madness linked to her husband’s sufferings, a Walworth County farmer's cow producing 2250 pounds of milk in thirty days, a perpetually moving vehicle project by Thomas N Sherwood in Janesville, Officer Cox attacked by a mob in Green Bay, and riffraff promising to repent in county jail. Also noted are rushed Wausau lands sales, two Racine youths ordered out of Kenosha, Eau Claire burglars stealing 1700 dollars of goods from Holm and Thompson, embalming delaying burial at Ashland, Gov Hoard pardoning Frank Dickerson in a Mack murder case, and Capt C E Dudley receiving a war sword later returned to him.
A Maine schoolteacher who inscribed her name on an egg in Sidney received a letter from a Massachusetts merchant admiring her. He visited Maine and a rapid engagement and wedding followed, revealing an unusual romance sparked by a humble egg inscription.
The Indianapolis Journal notes a calculation: 1,048,576 ancestors in the twentieth generation from one person, after multiplying two each generation. The piece prompts readers to lay down the pencil and ponder the insignificance of so many forebears.
An Irishman named Patrick O Flinn joins a frontier hunting party in early Montana to chase buffalo along the Northern Pacific line. After a failed charge he hides between rocks while the enraged bull mauls around. Pat banters at the beast in a humorous Irish brogue until his companions finally shoot the buffalo dead and rescue him.
George Murgatroyd awakens in a panic at his wife Maud's cry and hurries downstairs in a frenzied rush. Maud reveals their newborn baby suffered a curious accident with a foot in its mouth, while the husband, a pale book-keeper, confronts the scene with alarm and resolve.
A freight train of thirty five cars could move one million dollars in pennies, illustrating the coin's heavy weight and immense bulk as a curious fact from the era.
A Buffalo man found a silver dollar that appeared to strike oddly and reveal a hidden image. At a bank the coin’s face opened to show a portrait of a young wife, leading to a note to a prominent man to exchange the piece for a solid dollar. He hurried to retrieve it.
An old advertising jingle touts Castoria as the remedy for children and babies. The chant traces the product through stages from infant illness to motherhood, implying continued use across generations.
Senor Jose Fulano of Pasolibre describes San Salvador as volatile with frequent earthquakes and lava flows. He notes a brick column remaining intact after shocks and caverns beneath the city swallowing wells. A nearby volcano produced cooled lava forming walkable arcades with tree imprints through the hardened lava.
Quote from Mr Justice Maule on a smock frock innocence speech. The prisoner is found guilty by a jury and Maule prescribes one day imprisonment, noting the offender may go about their business after the day passes. Green Bay source referenced.
An Idaho man reports using a small electric bulb in bed to stay warm and snug when temperatures drop to extreme cold. He says the lamp between his feet beats rubber bags and tin boilers and adds a comforting glow like a fire in the room.
A naval officer recalls a tea walk inland on a Fiji island when cannibals appeared along the bank. He and a companion walked back to the harbor with a guide, after a climactic surprise from a growing number of cannibals forming a protective party.
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