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Newspaper

Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1890

Page

7

What Is in a Name Jesus Says in Talmage Sermon

Rev T De Witt Talmage preaches aboard the Avrania in harbor on What Is in a Name from Philippians ii 9 11. He extols Jesus as the name above every name, linking it to Bethlehem Gethsemane Golgotha and the fields of everyday life with vivid imagery of its beauty power and eternal endurance.

Avrania Liverpool T. de Witt Talmage Philipians ii Holy Land America Paul Jesus Jehopkins Tiglath-Pileser Instituthone Apostle Jeans Heaven Christ Bethlehem Gethsemane Golgotha Genessaret Emmaus Sncb Kingdom of Heaven Mnan Rothschild Cuvier Irving Waslington Wellington Saul Newton England U Victoria Germany Emperor William France Carnot Italy Humbert Garibaldi Satan Spain Austria Eespee Castle Brazil Cies Gregory VI Sancho Conrad J Richard I Louis XVI Catharine Russia Spirus Alexander Popes Dr. Youngs St. Marks St. Peters Parneys Richard Baxters Jor Earth Fin Guicagt Agiversal Argon God Sharon

Two Famous Misers and Their Frail Fortunes Across London

A Chicago Journal history recounts the lives of Sir Hervey Elwes and his heir John Ward. It details extreme frugality, lavish gambling, and neglect of kin, including a mother starved at home and a dog killer obsessed with economy. Both men amassed fortunes yet lived in hardship and controversy.

Chicago Journal Hervey Elwes John Sir Hervey Beol London Lines John Ward Hackney Ward Westminster

Dom Pedro’s Retirement and a 50 Cent Fare

An English observer recounts Dom Pedro’s rumored retirement from Brazil’s throne. He claims Pedro was a democrat who likely knew forced retirement was near and did little to stop it. A humorous Egypt episode reveals Pedro dodging ceremonial chariot duty and leaving a 50 cent fare unpaid.

Philadelphia Inquirer Dom Pedro Brazil Egypt Sta Alexandria Jehu

Counterfeit Would Do in War of 1812 Anecdote

During the War of 1812 several banks outside New England suspended specie payments forcing use of irredeemable notes. A Pennsylvania bank refused gold and silver, then could not provide United States bank or New England bank notes, prompting a temperate man to demand payment in the best counterfeit bills.

New England Pennsylvania United States Bank Perate

Suspected cheating at sugar weigh by Jones

Mrs Broughne says she saw Jones rest his hand on the scales while weighing her sugar two days ago and believes he is stealing. Mr Broughne defends it as just a weigh and orders no action.

Doings of Congress and Montana Senate Contention

The article reports that William A. Clark and Martin Maginnis were presented as Montana senators elect and admitted pending contests. It notes Senate actions including a $500,000 Columbia River improvements appropriation, an immigration investigation resolution, and Milwaukee harbor obstruction removal funding, alongside House debates on customs and a world’s fair plan. It mentions the Senate pay affairs committee and discussions over four Montana contended seats, with party splits and procedural delays.

West William A. Clark Martin Maginnis Montana Senate Columbia River Chandler Milwaukee Harbor Buijer Ingais House McKinley Morrison and Milli Bayne Genemede Toles Treasury Department Rose Senate Committee On Bath House Committee On New York Party Committee On Finance United States Mississippi Henry J. Faunce Aberdeen Miss Proctor Walthall Congress Reagan Davis Sault Canal Hay Lake Committee On Commerce State of Michigan Berry Sherman Cleveland Vance Messrs Blair Call Coke Plumb Secretary of the Treasury District of Columbia

Identification by Telephone Umbrella Mislaid at Western Union

A Hartford man misplaced his umbrella at the Western Union telegraph office and, after calling for it, a telegraph messenger fetched it. He waved the umbrella to the telephone and asked, “Is this it?” from a distant room as the owner answered, “Waal, I swow!”

Hartford Western Union Telegraph Office Telegraph Office New York Sun

Archaeologist Traces Man in Glacial North America

Prof. G. Frederick Wheat, noted archaeologist, studied the Trenton gravel and determined evidence of human presence on the continent during the period when glaciers were advancing over its surface.

G. Frederick Wheat Trenton

Scented sting from Oshkosh penny-pinching tale

A Times of Oshkosh report tells of an elderly miser who hides gold at home and uses two boys to recover a dropped 5 cent piece. She rewards them with a cent each and a lingering perfume scent before sending them away, while praising them as dear little children.

Oshkosh Isaac York

Pump Down Ozone Idea From Sanitary Pioneer

Sir Edwin Chadwick famed as father of sanitary science praises fresh air and proposes tower structures to pump ozone from above in cities. He cites an American machine turning 1200 rpm to purify neighborhoods and notes Eiffel’s interest and small scale sea liner trials.

Edwin Chadwick England St. Paul’s

Replanting Teeth Considered as Novel Dental Practice

The Liverpool Mercury notes that a tooth can be extracted cleaned and restored to its socket and become a useful natural instrument. A Liverpool dentist reportedly does this, surprising many. A ship owner had a tooth treated years ago and it remains serviceable. The piece suggests exploring extracting old teeth and inserting new ones.

Liverpool Mercury Liverpool

Findlay Doctors Raise Grippe Visit Fees

Report from Findlay Ohio states physicians have formed a combination to raise visit charges from one to one and a half dollars during the grippe epidemic. The New York Times notes the practice as mercenary and lucrative given many patients afflicted.

Findlay, O New York Times

Increased Fifteen Thousand Fold- A Very Lucky Countryman

Mr. Z. P. Cole of Pearsall won fifteen thousand dollars in the Louisiana State Lottery from ticket No. 98,455 in the December drawing. He cashed the prize in New Orleans and returns the money promptly, planning to use it to improve his life while remaining modest and grounded.

the Express Z. P. Cole Pearsall Mr. Cole New Orleans Express Louisiana State Lottery Company San Antonio (Tex

Doctor’s Night of Death and a Vanishing Specter

A physician recounts experiments to restore life from death and a haunting on the anniversary of a deadly night. The NY reporter visits after a midnight revelation. a sinister visitor from Fifty-seventh Street presses for entry, but vanishes. The doctor collapses, never waking.

Dave Laney Ae Cornelius Agrippa Sixth Avenue Oll Edinburg Fifty-seventh Street Specter

One of Herschel's Problems About Population Growth

A breakfast table discussion from The Century explores how a world population that doubled every thirty years since Cheops would reach impossible heights. The dialogue estimates layers of humanity rising toward the moon and beyond, using a thought experiment to whitewash war famine and pestilence.

Neptune

Judge in Ireland speaks on jury law at London dinner

Minister Phelps and a distinguished Irish judge discuss the new jury law. The judge recalls addressing impaneled jurors and notes nine walked to the prisoners' dock from force of habit, highlighting skepticism about the reform.

Ireland Phelps London

Can't Always Do That Way. Writers and a Third Column

A humorous exchange from Brooklyn Eagle features an Experienced Writer and a Young Journalist. The Young Journalist laments an assignment to fill the third column whether he has content or not while flies cluster around the writer.

Burdette Brooklyn Eagle

Murder in New York Russian Lover Fatally Shot

Mary Ferikovsky, a young Russian woman, was shot and killed in New York by her lover Michael Popoff. The suspect, from a wealthy Moscow family, was arrested.

Mary Ferikovsky New York Her Loyer Michael Popoff Moscow Russia

Forger Larkins Hidden Past Unmasked in Sioux City Jail

Larkins, jailed in Sioux City for forgery, lived in Pureons Kansas for three years posing as an ex professor of geology and an ex Methodist minister.

Larkins Sioux City Pureons Kan

Slow cure for chronic female ailments urged by Favorite Prescription

An advertising appeal warns against expecting rapid relief from Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for long standing female ailments. It urges perseverance for months, promises complete restoration with time, and offers a 160 page treatise on Women's diseases for ten cents.

World's Dispensary Medical Association Main St Buffalo N. Y

Night hotel nightmare tale at uptown inn ends in edible fear

A Washington Post report recalls a hotel clerk describing nightly disturbances in an uptown inn. A guest, after indulging in deviled crabs, dreamed he was locked in a treasury vault, prompting a startled door pounding and a cautious room check by staff.

Washington Post

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