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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
3
A reflective Minnesota opinion piece argues that looking back strains endurance and urges more meaningful holidays not like Sundays. It notes agitation shapes national conscience and suggests clearer writing comes from deeper thought.
A cautionary saying notes that a quiet person who dislikes complaining may become dangerous if provoked and highlights that individual fame often stems from personal effort yet can vanish due to others errors.
A reflection on the gap between popular clamor and genuine public feeling. The piece argues it is a mistake to pretend one is not hurt when pain is present, noting the value of acknowledging emotion in life.
A reflective remark questions those who seek world entertainment by dwelling on personal misfortune. It implies such storytelling confuses pity with amusement and critiques the purpose of humor.
Fragmentary sentence about human nature and expectations. no identifiable people, places, or events to summarize into a news card.
A playful quotation shifts a common proverb into archaic prose. The note contrasts the familiar saying with a wordy, formal rendering about young hens and their eggs.
A French physician announces a cure for insanity by injecting into the patient’s veins serum drawn from someone recently cured of madness. The report notes the approach as a new treatment method and raises questions about its efficacy and safety.
The company, chartered in September 1895, has absorbed all city street railways except one small concern. It is the world’s largest, with a capitalization of 110 million 395 thousand 910 dollars.
Prominent citizens led by Simon Bretano plan a college in New York to train firemen thoroughly. The project aims to establish an institution dedicated to expert fire fighting instruction.
An 11 year old blind boy at the Institute for the Blind at Ghiin near Mons has composed a full mass with organ accompaniment. Of middle class parentage and nearly blind from birth, he entered the institute three years ago with little musical education and now sits at the piano dictating as he composes. The mass will soon be performed at Verviers.
Freshmen name debates spill from Brown and Ripon into 1900 branding. Brown adopts The Century Class while Ripon suggests Naughty Naught Double Aught and several others. Princeton settled on Nitty-Nit as its 1900 identifier.
Berton M Main a Sheldon Indiana phrenologist palmist and hypnotist arrived in Jamestown four weeks ago to board. He wed Miss Mary Whitman sister of the landlady but remained jailed after his arrest on a charge of obtaining the girl under hypnotic influence and marrying her. The bride denies recollection of the marriage though the proof is said to be absolute. She seeks release from the man whom she condemns as objectionable yet offers no complaint in his presence.
A senate bill would grant Bethana Bostwick living at the Home for the Friendless in Buffalo N Y a pension of 12 dollars monthly. She is 93, daughter of the late John Bostwick who died in October 1848 at Pike Wyoming County New York. He served in the Revolution in Capt Wales company and in the Massachusetts regiment of Col Marshall.
The eleven months ending December 31 show coal production just under 40 million tons, below 42.7 million a year earlier. This year includes supply and washery coal and culm actually shipped and used, a practice not previously counted. Full year output is about 43.3 million tons versus 46 million last year.
Geo W Cunningham Jr of Baltimore angered by his wife’s bonnet bill and destroyed both bonnet and bill. His wife had him arrested but his father, a prominent builder, posted bail for him.
The island of Cuba is 720 miles long and varies in width from 20 to 135 miles, averaging about 80 miles. It is a good place to remain away from just at present, especially if you intend going there for your health.
A baby girl born in Chesterfield Pennsylvania the day before Christmas weighed one ounce less than a pound. She was dressed in doll clothes and placed in a cradle made from a doll carriage with altered wheels. The infant is bright eyed and cries and sneezes like other babies.
A compact meditation on long term impact and civic merit. The piece contrasts immediate actions with lasting benefits, arguing that planting a tree embodies stewardship and hope beyond personal gain.
A compact weekly digest outlines the most important events from around the world. It condenses geopolitical shifts, economic updates, and notable happenings into a convenient summary for readers with limited time.
The Correo reports the finance minister plans a revision of Spain's customs tariff. A fraud order targets Johnston's Reporting Agency of Chicago. Robert A. Courtney is named receiver of the German National Bank of Louisville. A lottery order hits Southern Mutual Investment Co. in Cincinnati and Louisville. Senate approves a Nebraskan rail path through the Omaha Winnebago reservation. A Hill bill on four year postmaster terms advances. Hearings on the Loud postal bill include W H Harvey author of Cain's Financial School opposing it. The president forwards a State Department list of US claims against Spain for indemnity. Fischer supports a $10 000 settlement with the Waalem band of the Tillamook for ceded lands. New War Department lieutenants named. Nelson backs commerce panel favoring booms and dikes and dredging for the St Louis River channel near the Duluth Superior bridge.
Joel T. Headley died in Newburgh New York from paralysis. Edward C. Wolcott Attended by Baron Rothschilds at his country seat. Edward W Emerson chosen Harvard poet for Phi Beta Kappa Day. Ex Empress Frederick met Mrs Uhl in Berlin. George F P Wilshire appointed receiver of the First National Bank Newport Kentucky after its failure. Jerome R Bingham Milwaukee lawyer died suddenly aged seventy one. Louis Centen cin Italian chancellor and consul general died in New York. Charles D Owens Atlantic and Danville railway executive found dead in Norfolk Virginia bathroom cause heart disease aged sixty three.
Casualties mount as Rudd Smith, famed New York journalist, dies from escaping gas in a Putnam house room. Four men die from gas asphyxiation in Houston, bringing weekly toll to seven and epidemic total to twenty five. A 16 year old in North Dakota dies after an accidental rifle discharge. The British steamship Abana sinks after grounding off Blankenose after a collision with Dartmoore. no damage to the latter.
The article catalogs several deaths by suicide including violinist Fritz Spahr in Berlin and former Havlin’s theater manager William E. Jones in St. Louis. It also notes Silas Crouch, a major political bettor, hanged near Geneseo Illinois. Other items describe a train wreck investigation at Cahaba Alabama, a $20 000 attachment on Frank C. Mils in Sioux City, a Toledo robbery with $500, and a jailed banker H N Coffiberry facing charges but dying of heart disease before arrest. Judge J F McDonald in Fort Scott is arrested on embezzlement charges but held on bond.
Count Cassella the pope's private chamberlain and ex Denver resident dies born in London in 1829. Massowah reports say Dervishes advance into Kedar ef district en route to Agordat as Italian forces concentrate near Agordat. Private notices from California report two young Americans H K Spring and C W Nelson arrested November 25 for murder of American J S Hubbard. Imperial authorities address translated dispatches amid Russia crisis.
A Rome dispatch notes the engagement of Infanta Maria de las Merced des, born 1838, and a census deadline of February 9. In Cuba, several women are under arrest including the wife of Gen. Lope and Antonia Romero, an insurgent Amazon, with trial by military judge set.
The item lists ongoing illegal hunting and sales in Wisconsin. It notes widespread concerns about wildlife, with references to enforcement and public opinion, alongside other brief national and regional items including labor, rail earnings, and municipal matters.
The Senate continued the Venezuela boundary talks and set plans for a final vote. Discussion also focused on the Yost Tucker election dispute from Virginia's 10th district. An agreement was reached on the army appropriation conference report as the day closed.
The senate teetered toward a filibuster over the Nicaragua canal bill with Morgan pressing for a final vote, opposed by Turpie and Vilas. A quorum lapse forced Morgan to abandon the plan as Vilas moved for delay. Hill of New York warned against trusts while the House denied Yost the seat in Virginia and confirmed Tucker.
In Washington the Senate faced three sensations as Mr. Sherman presented a protest letter from the Central American representative Rodriguez opposing US canal work in Nicaragua. The letter drew ire from supporters, who blamed Britain for the telegraphing influence. An Anglo American treaty was briefly discussed in executive session. The Cameron Cuban resolution and a Texas Eastern District court term seating bill dominated private and minor business before adjournment.
In Washington on Saturday the senate approved a bill to reclassify railway postal clerks with salaries set at first class up to 800 dollars and rising to 1 800 for tenth class. A concurrent house bill prohibiting alcohol sales to Indians and penalties for violations was also passed, extending current law to ban any intoxicating article sales to Indians.
Washington dispatch reports Mr. Turpie’s two hour speech on the Cameron Cuban resolution denouncing Capt Gen Weyler as Havana’s Herod and praise for Gen Maceo. He plans to resume debates tomorrow as memorials honor ex-Speaker Crisp and Congress handles District of Columbia affairs and Indian appropriation.
Washington reports a busy session as Cuba resolutions, the international monetary conference, and the Nicaragua canal receive attention. Turpie urges U S intervention in Cuba, Walcott bill opens debate with no action, Daniels and Morgan address canal issues, while House votes on Galveston to Houston water route and vetoes are overridden granting $72 monthly pension to Jonathan Scott.
Market notes show mixed grain prices with wheat futures at 75 1/4 to 76 1/4 cents and cash bids for No 1 Northern around 77 to 77 1/2 cents. Corn No 3 yellow bids near 14 1/2 to 18 2/10 cents. oats steady 16 to 19 cents. rye and barley weaker. Live stock at South St Paul firm with hogs up to 3.30 and cattle steady near 2.20 to 3.10.
A January fire in Shelburn Ontario destroyed the entire business block on Main Street starting at Hannahs hardware store with a large gunpowder stock. The blaze shattered town glass and wrecked a boot and shoe shop two jewelry stores a dry goods shop and the Free Press office. Police suspect the Ballard gang incendaries and say confederates may have started the blaze to create a rescue opportunity.
The fire started in a grocery store and destroyed about twenty two buildings in Pacific Junction Iowa. No lives were known to be lost though the flames swept the business portion in Plattsmouth Neb on January 28.
Cadiz dispatch to World reports Spain's fastest and strongest fronted ironclad Carlos Quinto built from national materials at a private yard. The vessel, launched twenty months ago, has been completed and sent to Carthagena for docking and finishing touches.
The large W. H. Purcell Malting grain elevator in Chicago was destroyed by fire. Damage is estimated at about 350000 dollars, with most coverage by insurance. Firefighters faced frigid conditions and few fire plugs, and the blaze is believed to have been caused by tramps.
Washington January 28 The secretary of the treasury received a telegram from Ambrose Lyman internal revenue collector for the district of Montana tendering his resignation The department knows no reason for Mr Lyman action.
Hamburg January 28 8000 bags of sugar were saved from the 15000 bag cargo aboard the British steamer Abana which sank January 16 in the River Elbe after a collision with the steamer Dartmor leaving a substantial loss in sugar and-shipping disruption.
Spokane mourns Theodore Benham death by his own action in Chicago. The well known local resident’s widow is prostrated with grief, and friends here were greatly surprised by the news from the assist city.
Washington orders the removal of United States Internal Revenue Collector Joseph H. Dowling from Cincinnati for alleged levying of assessments for campaign purposes. Dowling had been on trial since October on charges tied to political fundraising.
A Madrid dispatch reports snow and rain storms threaten serious floods in Spain. Harrowing distress hits Andalusia with Jaen witnessing plunder and thousands begging in the streets as authorities struggle to cope with the destitution amid fights with police in many towns.
Theodore Benham, sixty, a traveling salesman from Spokane who worked for a Minneapolis house, was found dead in his Hotel Grace room. His muffler was tied around his throat and he leaned forward, indicating suicide after trouble with his wife.
Secretary Herbert has forwarded material to accompany his armor plate report. The package includes correspondence with Carnegie Steel management and Navy Department reports by Prof. Philip R. Alger and A. S. Dunham on the cost of Carnegie's plant.
Ottawa reports strong support for the Dominion government famine fund for Indians. Governors and major Canadian banks will collect and forward subscriptions to the fund to the government.
The Ward line steamer Janca hae rescued six shipwrecked seamen, including the bark Aladdin’s mate and four sailors, after the Aladdin ran ashore December 20 at Tecalutla during a norther. The tug Elsa was wrecked on the Colorado reefs.
Inventory of the American Ore Malting and Elevator company shows total assets of 1 307 761 with liabilities of 880 533 after its collapse under the National assignee.
Carrying bikes would incur a new tariff on railway travel. The plan seeks a formal rule to charge cyclists for transporting their wheels in future services.
London reports Palmer defeated Pediar in a sharp contest preceding the national event last night. The match drew sports figures and spectators, highlighting Palmer's lead and the tension surrounding the outcome.
Chicago January 26 opening of the city’s poultry show with entries totaling about 2,000 birds and 1,000 pigs. Judges and exhibitors prepare for a busy exhibit season.
The Minnesota legislature held an all day senate session on January 22 with Dunn Day contest, committee actions, rule changes, and many bills. the house moved to oppose arbitration with England and considered laws on plumbers, divorces, free text books, railroad powers, and tax provisions.
In St Paul the Senate declared Frank A. Day’s seat vacant and seated Dunn following a contested election review. The body adjourned after voting 21 to 0 against Day, with Dunn replacing him on all committees. The day’s session included swearing in Dunn and introduction of state aid and local option bills.
Albert Blant, an escaped prisoner from Stearns county convicted in 1888 for second degree murder, was paroled in June 1895 but violated by leaving the state in October. Warden Wolfer received a letter from Blant in New Orleans offering to surrender and return to prison, with transportation arranged via Pinkerton.
A January fire in Duluath Duluth Minnesota gutted the saloon housed by Jacob Steubler and severely damaged the St James Hotel next door. Furniture at the hotel was saved but both structures suffered about 15000 dollars in losses covered by insurance.
Fire at a stock barn owned by Simon Tenney and Charles Kelley on the Wisconsin shore opposite Wabasha Minnesota destroyed the building and its contents including twenty nine cows three horses a drive of hogs and hundreds of chickens.
Creditors of the Bank of Mapleton Minnesota will receive about ten cents on the dollar from eighty thousand dollars in liabilities. An examination shows the bank has not been sound for several years as of January 26 in Mapleton.
In Decorah Iowa on January 26 the Standard Oil company, dominant in the area, clashes with a new firm. Resulting price cuts drop fuel to 9 cents per gallon from 13 cents, altering local oil distribution dynamics.
Winona Minnesota January 26 Mrs Hannah Behrs marked her 99th birthday on Saturday still enjoying good health though she moves with crutches. If she lives another year the city will have a centenarian to claim.
Fred Stein ley of Jackson Minnesota is jailed in Indiana on forgery charges. He forged a $200 note and was tracked to Minnesota by detectives, then arrested at his home near Jackson.
Hibbing Minn Jan 26 the body of Henry Taylor a Frenchman was found at an old Mahoning Ore company camp he had hanged himself in an apparent suicide authorities reported no foul play likely death attributed to self inflicted hanging and the case was being investigated by local officials
Fire damaged the Slayton Minnesota high school when hot air pipes overheated. The blaze was put out by the local fire company. reports indicate no further injuries or details available.
Stillwater Minn January 26 Peter Rees a boarder at the Chicago house escaped to end his life by strychnine He was found in bed unconscious authorities reporting the case as a suicide attempt at the residence in Stillwater Minnesota.
Another Biesket Creamery, St. Peter Minnesota, Jan 26, reports the farm group of Cleveland township will establish a 3000 dollar creamery in the spring with 2800 dollars pledged.
Street car collision in St Paul injures several. L D Rice of Brown County dies suddenly. George Schwitzer of Sleepy Eye declared insane and moved to St Peter. grand jury probes Duluth municipal rumors. pension secured for John B Phillips of Minneapolis with back pay.
The article describes a three-ply skate runner stock with two hard carbon steel sheets and a softer center sheet. The softer center wears faster, preventing a dull ridge and distributing pressure to keep the edge sharper, making the blade effectively self sharpening.
A garbled quotation notes an unresolved exchange about a $10 loan and a person remaining unsettled. Details are unclear, but the speaker asserts being left with unresolved questions and a vague reference to Detrol.
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