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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
3
Chicago special reports that a large sum was offered for the No To Bac tobacco habit remedy by a syndicate seeking to remove it from the market. General office inquiry shows No To Bac is not for sale to the trust at any price. The product claims marvelous success with most American druggists selling it under guarantee to cure tobacco habit or refund money.
In a New York Weekly snippet a man asks Mr Upton whom he is buying music for and replies it is for his daughter. He adds she should not have callers staying late, implying social expectations.
In a witty exchange the editor identifies the gentleman as a bouncer rather than a literary criminal. The brief note from New York Weekly preserves a light editorial tone about a confusing poem related moment.
The Northwest and Northland of the Northern Steamship Co operate regularly between Duluth and Buffalo with calls at the Soo Mackinac Island Detroit and Cleveland. Built of steel with three watertight compartments and nonexplosive boilers the ships offer top passenger safety and comfort and have government priority through the Sav canal. The Northwest sails from Duluth each Monday and the Northland each Friday aligning with Great Northern trains.
The London Standard notes a French translator rendered “A Stickit Minister” as “An Assassinated Clergy man.” The remark highlights how translation choices can distort meaning in historical phrasing.
Frank Fairfield enters a hidden iron door beneath the tower at Silverton Castle to witness Kate Lilburne in a perilous condition after a mysterious fall. He removes her from danger, shelters her in his ulster, and flees with her through a snowstorm to a distant home, while faced with potential exposure and his loyalty to Lord Lilburne.
Mrs. Fairfield battles fear and pride as Kate Lilburne lies near death. The nurse, who loves Kate like a daughter, vows to protect her while fearing the scandal for Frank and the Lilburne name. She recalls past ties to the castle and her loyalty to the family.
The narrator laments the risk to the Lilburne name as Nurse Fairfield resents Grace and the family’s spotless reputation. She would endure much to shield Grace from disgrace, fearing her son could sully the noble name and invite derision.
In Kansas City the lamp man discovers sparrows nesting inside car lantern cones high above streets. The birds rebuild quickly after nests are removed, proving the cones offer a safe airy home free from cats and mischievous crowds.
Five day tree stay ends happily as Fritz Krumbach climbs to the top of a Ross Street tree to reach the cat and carry her down. The crowd on Ross Street cheers as the rescue succeeds and the cat is safe on the ground.
A Louisville businessman recounts quitting by stopping purchase and begging friends for cigarettes until none would supply them. He says he gradually stopped asking, then refused one last time after lighting a cigarette that tasted awful, and has never smoked since.
The Walker shipyard, Sir W. G. Armstrong Mitchell & Co. launch a powerful ice breaking steamer for the Volga route. It measures about 150 feet long 35 feet beam with twin 1 400 hp screws and can be split longitudinally to pass through narrow locks then rejoined.
In a brief quip from the Washington Star a social couple jokes about the uncertainty of fame. Mr Dolan notes Hinnery Clay was a great man and even had a cigar named after him while Mrs Dolan corrects with a pipe.
A dairyman compares using a creamer and a hand separator for skim milk, noting cleaner separation with the separator but higher upkeep. He warns of sour milk from aging equipment and favors the creamer where water cooling or ice is used, arguing a separator suits larger herds while a creamer can be managed by less skilled staff.
The article explains experiments using Sporotrichum globuliforum to control chinch bugs, noting it as effective under favorable conditions but not a sole solution. It describes Bulletin No. 87 for farmers, funding by Minnesota, and methods to produce and apply spores via artificial food to infected bugs.
The writer praises portable fencing and pens for pigs chickens and calves arguing they stay clean healthier and easier to move. A moved pig happily explores fresh grass after a portable pen is set on clean ground illustrating improved welfare and efficiency.
The largest farm in the country, possibly the world, lies in southwestern Louisiana. Acquired in 1883 by Northern capitalists, it spans 1500 square miles with 16 000 cattle. Operations feature portable engines plowing 30 acres daily, three steamboats, 800 navigable miles, fencing costs, and a railway line of 36 miles.
The essay argues seedless grapes cannot be reliably produced by growing from cuttings over generations. It cites the red current as evidence that long cutting propagation still yields seeds. Nature’s exact mechanism remains unknown, and the honest answer is simply we don’t know.
Advice on poultry care covers diet and feeding, water needs, and housing for summer and winter. It compares poultry and cattle economics, notes the value of insects and gravel for digestion, and cites a Pittsburg Dispatch test favoring hens for lower labor and similar income.
A quip from the Indianapolis Journal notes the whisky trust intends to ship its goods in tanks via railroads. The Cheerful Idiot claims the practice has already been moving along sidewalks for years, while others remain silent.
A Connecticut farmer converts about 3 000 acres of abandoned farms and swampland into a private game preserve. He plans to stock native winged and four footed species and leave brush for cover, arguing such ventures could yield returns and sustain sport as hunting grounds expand.
The article notes gutta percha as a key electrical insulator, warns of leaks from poor insulation, and reports a Sarawak discovery by M Haurant that leaves can yield drying gutta percha more efficiently. It also mentions native harvesting impacts and praises Royal Baking Powder as a pure, economical leavening aid.
Professor Schuster describes witnessing cloud formation at about 12 000 feet in a Swiss valley. He notes electric discharges between the cloud and mountain walls as moisture deposits and the air becomes electrified. He cites Exner’s findings of positive electrification in spray from breaking waves along the Ceylon coast.
Scottish town adapts a four wheeled caravan as a mobile hospital to treat infectious cases on the streets. Each unit measures about 19 feet by 10 feet by 8 feet with double walls and 1630 cubic feet of air space and two beds. Priced at 500 dollars per van, the plan includes a tent for nurse or cooking use and the caravan can be drawn by two horses and moved to patient locations as outbreaks arise.
A London World opinion denounces modern writers for fixating on drains and dustbins of humanity under the guise of realism. It argues such detail is photographic but out of balance, failing the scientific touchstone and miscrediting their achievements.
A Philadelphia Record brief quotes a humorous exchange about economizing at home. A daughter defends sitting in Mr. Sweetem's lap as a way to save wear on a chair, while the mother questions the behavior. The dialogue reflects frugal humor in domestic life.
An editorial urges inventors to pursue small, useful patents as a path to wealth. It cites revenues from a Pigs in Clover puzzle and various simple devices, including an automatic shading pen earning forty thousand dollars yearly, a glass remonm squeeser selling for fifty thousand, and an automatic inkstand and funnel yielding large sums.
A discussion notes ample opportunities for bicycle improvements and urges a patent driven market. It cites demand for a bicycle operable by arm and hand alone and describes firms that handle patent procurement and sales for inventors.
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