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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
10
The Arnewood mystery author behind Dead Man's Court Somerville's Crime Dartmoor and Maravin's Money is noted for a prolific output of crime fiction. The listing highlights the breadth of titles associated with the writer across mystery and detective genres.
Captain Arnewood and an unnamed accomplice are sought after the November murder of Luke Arnewood at a Soho lodging house. The handbill promises a reward for information leading to conviction, with solicitors and agents listed in Dublin and London.
The steward Gray’s tip about a first hour movement of Arnewood narrows the search as letters promising secrecy and a heavy reward flood the office. A fellow passenger hints Arnewood may visit the Beresford in Convent Garden, while a Birmingham union club contact offers a possible lead through a sighting of Webb.
The narrator notes a successful business exit with Mr. Rawkines praising Captain Arnewood. The partners vow to uncover the mystery for Arnewood and Weston, while the narrator enjoys fewer personal expense restrictions and a freer hand.
A stranger hides a letter inside a ship’s passage via a bathman named Spratt who reopens it and delivers to a saloon passenger. The boy who carried the shilling watches Spratt and a fifth engineer Blogg as the pursuit unfolds through disembarkation to the city. Blogg coolly evades pursuit, and the boy vows to expose them while awaiting further clues.
A collection of quips and witticisms on naval life and manners. The piece mixes playful sarcasm about discipline at sea with jokes about yachts and racing, noting a badly steered yacht whose spanker struck a buoy during a Newport race.
Miss Rosebud-Maude Osborne vows she never means to marry. Miss Pepperton quips that all her complexion work is art for art's sake in a Sydney Town and Country Journal item.
A humorous quote from Der Floh features a man requesting a tooth extraction without gas, arguing cost, then reveals the tooth belongs to his mother in law, prompting a reaction about bravery and timing.
Simpers notes a new era described as lossless by observers. The couple entered a loveless marriage, left in a horseless carriage, and received all congratulations by wireless telegraphy as cited by the Philadelphia North American.
A four year old girl Margie tells her father he is the nicest man in the world. The father replies that she is the nicest girl in the world and muses on how nice people end up in the same family. Story from Sydney Town and Country Journal.
In Chicago Times Herald style dialogue a couple debate gift etiquette. He notes gifts now omit cards, she vows to reclaim a $20 picture and replace it with a solid silver teaspoon for Nell Waterson.
Joe Ker notes earlier watches were cleverer timepieces than today's. Jacques asks about the era and features. Joe Ker explains older watches marked time with only one hand. Jewelers' Weekly presents the exchange.
A quoted exchange questions humane child raising and corporal punishment. One speaker claims never to strike his children except in self defense, asserting a principled stance on gentleness in parenting.
A brief dialogue exchanges asks about gossip and family matters with a concerned teacher and a cautious child. The exchange highlights discretion and propriety in handling personal concerns.
A Washington Star quip contrasts real life detectives with fiction, noting that true investigators do not always swiftly nab suspects while storybook detectives often do. The remark underscores the unpredictability and limits of real cases.
The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes a playful scene where Uncle Si identifies a wood nymph sculpture as marble, noting the humorous confusion and the remark that it resembles a first class imitation.
Waggie notes from Life quote contrast Sopwith Lombardo claim on genius and madness with a jab about daily meals. The quip pairs a bright mind with stability while labeling madness as regularly fed. The brief item reflects a silvery aside on intellect and sanity.
France relies on England for Transvaal war updates as cables are controlled there and a vast sum is readied to free herself. The passage likens this to dyspepsia sufferers spending fortunes seeking relief and recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal cure for dyspepsia constipation and biliousness.
A teacher at a North of England boarding school tests a class of young boys with a riddle about parents money. A boy at the back answers that the mother would have a fit, highlighting a humorous misinterpretation of the arithmetic problem in a periodical quotation.
Appealing advertisement promises a universal cure from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. for Rheumatism Sciatica Neuralgia Kidney Troubles Lumbago Catarrh Asthma Dyspepsia Backache Sleeplessness Nervousness Heart Weakness Toothache Earache Creeping Numbness Bronchitis and more. Trial bottles 26c large bottle 1.00 prepaid by mail six bottles 5.00. Respond to 164 Lake St Chicago IL.
Northwestern inventors are credited with several patent grants last week. Names include John Chial Lake Park Minnesota straw stacker John K Christy Minneapolis Minnesota shaft tag David M Houston Hunter North Dakota magazine camera Mike M Jerdee Dawson Minnesota har row tooth Chauncey E Richardson Duluth Minnesota seal lock Herbrand O Simle Manuel North Dakota bill coupling George Wetherby Duluth Minnesota apparatus for boring and disintegrating earthy matter Merwin Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys 911 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul.
Hortense Pottgieser fends off her furious husband who vows to confess he is wrong. The Detroit Journal captures a sharp exchange where she trembles before a display of dominating wit and perceived feminine psychology.
A 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars for uncured catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co and West Truax, Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse the remedy. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and promises testimonials and nationwide drugstore availability.
In a Syracuse Herald excerpt, Mrs. Jingso and Jingso discuss a Utah man named Roberts who marries three women at once. The exchange questions whether such a man can be sane, reflecting curiosity and disbelief about plural marriages.
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