Campaign Organizers Named and Rail Reform Debate
Henry Spatprine is named organizer for the 1892 county campaign. A joint resolution asks for senator elections by popular vote. Gull River fires issue prompts a sharp reply from Mr. Hallett. The city offers $200 reward for arsonists. A proposed rail regulation bill mirrors Iowa, shifting control to railroad commissioners and risking jobs. Brainerd rail workers fear reduced service. calls for fair treatment to protect a major business.
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Iowa
Brainerd
Price Dunn contest stalls in house over ballots
The Price Dunn seat fight remains unsettled as the house committee votes to empower elections to compel witnesses and administer oaths. A recount shows Dunn leading, but opponents allege ballot tampering and seek light from Little Falls witnesses. The resolution will delay final settlement pending further testimony.
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Dunn
Dunno
Morrison County
Geo. la Fond
Little Falls
Stevens
Election Committee
Committee On Elections
Aitkin County Seeks Tax Relief on Railroad Lands
Resolutions call for legislative action to end non taxation of railroad lands in Aitkin and other northern counties. Delegates from interested counties are urged to attend a Brainerd meeting on January 28 to pursue relief, noting railroads pay tax on gross earnings while vast lands remain untaxed.
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Brainerd
Wallerras
Aitkin
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Presto Change claims timeless joys endure over progress
The editorial asserts no future invention will surpass traditional pleasures such as savoring whiskey, embracing a partner, and soothing a baby, implying enduring personal rituals despite technological advances.
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Presto
Picture of Summer in the Lowlands sparks Palmerston commission
Sir John Watson Gordon relates how Lord Palmerston bought his painting after a joke about long grass and sheep. The anecdote notes the lord’s amusement and subsequent commission for two more works, marking a turning point in Gordon’s career.
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John Watson Gordon
Royal Scottish Academy
Lord Palmerston
Lowlands
London Telegraph
Locked Antlers Fascinate City Swell Seekers
The Utica Observer notes a fad among Adirondack hunters and guides who sell mounted locked horns. They describe bucks locking horns in death grips and a guide recounting the tale of skeletons held together by horns, drawing curiosity and high prices from rich collectors.
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Utica
Dom Pedro's Hospital Nobility Plan in Rio
Dr. Stellwag recounts Dom Pedro of Brazil and his quest to fund a Rio hospital by selling noble titles. The ex emperor gave non hereditary patents to donors, spurring a noble class to emerge and fund a grand hospital, with an inscription decrying human vanity.
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Stellwag
Vienna
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Rio
Joseph
London Daily News
Salt joke amid river man’s odd dinner tale
A Mississippi River native, pale and salt craving, eats a heap of finely ground salt at a city restaurant. The waiter jokes about being behind on salt as the traveler explains salt is finer than he’s seen. The man claims it tastes like corn and calls it calomel in a humorous exchange.
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Arkansaw
New Stutter Treatment Suggested by Dr Coen
The New York Telegram reports a method for stutterers where speaking is banned for ten days to rest the voice, followed by ten days of whispering, then fifteen days to resume normal conversational tone. The approach notes stammerers show no impediment in whispers.
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Wheeler & Wilson
Europe
Nathaniel Wheeler
Paris
Coen
New Yorkelegram
Extz
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Bur- FaLo
Niagara Falls
New York
Albany
Troy
Boston
New
New England
Columbus
Ashland
Chicago City
Clark St
Dearborn
L. G. Cannon
Ag’t
Hicago
Length of the Day Across World Cities
The article notes longest day lengths in various cities: London and Bremen sixteen and a half hours, Stockholm eighteen and a half, Hamburg and Ventspils seventeen, St Petersburg and Tobolsk nineteen, shortest five hours. Tornea near twenty two hours on June 21. Wardburry Norway sun never sets May 21 to July 22, Spitzebergen three and a half months. Philadelphia just under fifteen hours, Montreal sixteen.
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London
England
Bremen
Prussia
Stockholm
Sweden
Hanurg
Germany
Vantzic
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tobolsk
Siberia
Tornea
Finland
Wardburry
Norway
Spitzebergen
Philadelphia
Montreal
Canada
Drummer Cheeked by Country Merchants in Palmer Rotunda
In the Palmer rotunda on a Saturday night an outspoken trader recalls a tough deal with a large town store proprietor named Wolf. The seller emphasizes trying to win sales despite low terms and personal loss, highlighting the hostile reception from a national merchant planning to buy only when ready.
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Chicago Tribune
Palmer Rotunda
Sioux City
Wolf
Two Classes of Russian Clergy Explored in Historic View
The article argues most educated Russians lack religion and divides clergy into black and white. White priests suffer under serfdom heritage, depend on church fees, and show subservience to elites, while black clergy are educated scholars enjoying social prestige and worldliness. It praises Greek church chant as devotional without instrumental music.
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M. Leroy- Beaulieu
Silk cocoon farming urged for women nationwide
The article notes US silk cocoons total under 10 000 pounds with government purchases for experiments about half. It highlights France as a model where wives raise cocoons for income and explains how American women can begin by requesting silk-worm eggs from the silk bureau. Two ounces of eggs could yield 50 60 pounds annually, cocoons selling over a dollar per pound as demand grows potential employment for up to 100 000 women.
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United States
France
New York
Silk Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Charleston
8. C
Word
Exile lecturer George Kennan returns in prison garb
Frank G. Carpenter notes Kennan continues to draw crowds in his exile lectures as he wears the prison clothes and iron chain from Siberia. The outfit has already earned him about $20,000 and grows with each appearance on stage.
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George Kennan
Siberia
America
Frank G. Carpenter
St. Gloud
Mian
District Court
Brainerd
Minn
James BH. Tomlinson
Tvlow
Frank Pelkey
George Mattice
George Weaver
Alonzo Rout
Ft. Ripley
A. Barto
Register
Major Martin Reveals Texas Delegation Desertion Losses
In a Baltimore American excerpt, Maj. Martin of Texas cites colleagues in congress who allegedly lost substantial sums after signing for salaries not received. He lists names, years in service, and amounts lost, singling out Kilgore for overdrawn pay amid a broader claim about desertion and gas inflation.
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Maj. Martin
Texas
Mills
Congress
Silcott
Kilgore
Baltimore American
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T & Tk’t
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