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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1887
Page
3
A Victorian poem from New York Ledger extols the ideal wife as fair, dutiful, and loving, shaping a harmonious home. It praises the gentle, wise woman who wins the household with kindness and seeks to cradle the frail and strengthen the strong.
Mildred and John, a newlywed couple, confront money strain and creative ambition. Mildred drafts a story to aid their finances, while John privately tests her honesty with sharp criticism. A mistaken letter and a hoped-for romance unravel into comic drama, ending with reconciliation and new insight into their intertwined lives.
In Sweden a man and woman who parted as lovers plan to marry after decades apart. Gus Larson, now prosperous, encounters Christina in Stockholm and invites her to join him in America. Christina, widowed or unmarried, agrees to consider the offer, and they soon sail to Council Bluffs, where they live in a cottage and pursue happiness denied by poverty in youth.
Six Philadelphia women join 333 men in the city practicing dentistry, with colleges now graduating about six women yearly. The piece notes costs of training, the hurdles faced by American women, and a success story of a student who shifted from clerical work to dentistry to support her family.
Savannah News recounts Jabe Mathias a coed soldier who quits walking during pursuit then surges forward with renewed vigor. The captain scolds him as enemy fire rakes the battlefield and dust trails behind Jabe as he races uphill.
A Washington Herald anecdote recalls the era of costly stockings as fashionable luxury. An elderly observer cites a young wife with three dozen pairs costing 360 dollars and notes stockings in rainbow colors with lace, embroidery, and ever-changing trends. Black stockings emerge as the season’s chic choice despite past stigma.
A naval officer, young and brave, dons full uniform for hotel guests who pay a quarter each to view him. Curated by a government official at the door, the scene unfolds with all the pageantry and a sign Hands Off. Receipts total $3.75.
Lord Iddesleigh died after fainting in the Downing Street apartments of Lord Salisbury. The 1885 created earl, Sir Stafford Northcote, suffered syncope amid cardiac ailments. Doctors attended, and he died within twenty minutes of illness. Henry Northcote was summoned but arrived too late.
Col Frank James, recently acquitted for the Northfield raid murder, arrives in St Louis in a beaver trimmed overcoat and sombrero to seek a salesman position in a large shoe and clothing house. He dined with Judge Nuvoonan and lionized new friends while declining social invitations.
The department documents a cora yield of 22 bushels per acre from 75 million acres, value of 610 million dollars, down 41 percent from last year. Wheat produced 457 million on 37 million acres, value 314 million, 68.7 cents per bushel, down from 77.1. Oats output 624 million bushels on 23 million acres, value 156 million, yield 26.4 bushels, price 28.8 cents.
At a Washington Yale alumni event, Secretary Bayard condemned government by brute force, arguing military power cannot safeguard civilization or progress. He urged the American spirit of education to develop humanity and limit military force to a temporary, subordinate role.
C B Farwell of Chicago, a millionaire merchant and seasoned statesman born July 1 1823 in Painted Post New York, won the Springfield nomination on the second ballot amid Republican caucus unanimity. Morrison was the Democratic choice. Farwell moved from New York to Illinois at fifteen and later settled in Chicago in 1844 to pursue banking and real estate. He served in the U.S. House starting in 1870 and 1872 reelected, chairing the manufactures committee.
The Grand Lodge of Minnesota met in St Paul with 121 of 154 lodges present. Officers elected include John H. Brown as M W G M and J E Jester as D G M, with Pierson and J H Thompson among appointees. Also covered are farmers congress resolutions, a profile of Sir Andrew Clark on a disappearing gun system, and officer promotions in the engineer corps.
Reports include the Celtic Mon arch abandoning its voyage after leaving Cardiff for Philadelphia with no passengers. Judge James Jackson of Georgia dies in Atlanta aged 67. a New Jersey case ends in a fatal rocking chair attack near Palmyra. canal funding optimism faces scrutiny. Henry M. Stanley receives London freedom. Bis mark era politics note French military credits. Virginia Pelham Stuart wed Robert Page Waller. War Dept reorganization proposed. Garland declines Arkansas Senate bid. Lord Iddesleigh honors and press critiques. Montana Republicans pick leaders while Democrats name clerks. Montana cattle worries rise. Elam R. Jewett dies aged 76. postmaster and tariff reform bills advance. several districts abolished. sentencing in Kansas City.
Watsonville California resident John Gregg reports St Jacobs Oil as indispensable for rheumatism. The liniment is sold at fifty cents.
The senator is described as a meticulous collector who gathers signatures from distinguished individuals, highlighting a passion for preserving autograph relics across prominent arenas and eras.
The piece contrasts practical advice with a Red Star Cough Cure pitch. It notes a possible spring exchange of the Eight cavalry in Texas with the Seventh in Dakota, outlining a long series of prior transfers by marches. It also reports Controller Trenholm proposing a $1,000,000 bill to reimburse Freedman's bank depositors with supporting argument.
A Genial Restorative. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are a genial restorative. The changes this great botanic remedy produces in the disordered organization are progressive, never abrupt or violent. It suits delicate constitutions and weak nerves and aids digestion, biliousness, and constipation, promoting digestion, evacuation, and secretion. It also acts as a deterrent to malaria and serves as a diuretic.
A 19th century style classified notice invites young and middle aged men suffering from nervous debility memory loss and premature aging due to bad habits to send 10 cents for an illustrated book. Address World s Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
An advertisement urges treating impurities of the blood with Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters. It claims only the genuine bottles bear the signature of J. P. Allen, Druggist, St. Paul Minnesota.
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