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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1893
Page
3
An Edinburgh Review article notes the armadillo acts like a domestic cat to field mice, using its body as a weapon against snakes. It hunts methodically, then shifts to vegetables if animal prey runs short, maintaining balance with little exercise.
Warmer weather brings lice to hens and their houses. Dusting with Persian insect powder helps but only if every crevice is treated. Coal oil is risky for wood fires. carbolic acid mixed in water kills lice and bed bugs and should be used for disinfection rather than with whitewash.
A guest in Detroit asks for his room number 127 and is shown a room blocked with quilts and matting. The astonished man suspects danger, but the landlord explains the protection ploy as a prank backs down and restores the room.
Farmers widely water farm horses three times daily morning noon and night yet opinions vary on timing. The practice aims to match needs over wants and avoid letting horses drink excessively during heat, which is damaging. Remedial, humane, and profitable changes are suggested.
Eleazer Chase, now over eighty, recounts a lifetime of accidents from childhood slips and near drownings to broken ribs and lost teeth. He describes slipping off a fence, drinking lye by mistake, multiple falls from horses, a wagon mishap tearing his forehead, and injuries from mills, belts, and tools. He also notes a winter 1891-92 incident breaking two ribs after a fall over a scale.
In a brief exchange a landlady and boarder argue over veal with a remark about spring chicken. Separately the Chinese government contemplates a sizeable rail extension planned for this summer, signaling infrastructure focus.
An old advertisement claims Dr Shoop Restorative Nerve Pills cure dyspepsia and constipation and offers a free medical book to prove merit. It notes druggists’ price at 25 cents and provides box address in Racine Wisconsin, with an additional line about Puget Sound furnishing sixty pound oysters.
Advice to travelers to carry Syrup of Figs for kidney liver and bowel relief and fever prevention. Sold at 50c and 1 dollar by leading druggists, manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co. Also mentions the Great Northern tunnel length planned at 13 169 feet.
The Bancroft Hotel at Calumet avenue and Twenty-ninth street Chicago advertises 244 large fireproof rooms with rates from $1 and meals at 50 cents. Near the World’s Fair grounds, it invites readers to write for circulars to reserve rooms.
Advertises that most bottled whiskies under famous names are fake and cheap. It promotes Uncle Sam's Monogram whisky bottled by Geo Benz & Sons as a reliable Northwest liquor house and a quality guarantee.
An advertisement extols Hoestetter's Stomach Sitters as a stomach fortifier for travelers by sea and land. It claims protection against seasickness malaria rheumatism and various digestive ailments, promising relief from constipation and dyspepsia.
A historical note states that the warmest hour of a day falls on an average between 2 and 3 p.m. This concise meteorological observation highlights the daily peak in temperature during that period.
The text promotes Gaby teething remedies and Mrs Wixstow's Scormyc Syncr for Children Teething. It makes a racial stereotype claim about Chinese immigrants from a province of the Celestial Empire. It notes the McIntyre lode in Montana yielded the largest gold quartz sample, weighing 1 785 pounds.
Aims at men with idle time such as teachers ministers and farmers' sons offering to show how to earn several hundred dollars in coming months by writing to B. F. Johnson & Co. of Richmond Virginia for details.
In early 20th century Greenbarns, Dr James faces rumors of murder amid claims by Miss Wilmot that he poisoned his wife for remarriage. Police recount a grave robbery and medical testimonies, with postmortem doubt and a chilling escape hinting at doctors and resurrection men.
Dr James, once cited in a murder plot, remains trusted in the village. He visits Mrs Maudeley at Maple Grove and proposes to move away with her, aiming to escape bitter associations as he pursues a new life.
Two youths spotted a six foot ten inch halibut weighing about 245 pounds resting on the sand at Stromness. Their father finally harpooned the back, crippling the giant fish after a struggle, and the creature was described as a splendid specimen in first rate condition. Its stomach contained small fish weighing over six pounds. The fish was packed and sent to the London market by steamer and rail.
A Chicago Tribune summary reports the Chewsures, 7,000 people in Troust, Tiflis, lack money as a medium of exchange. Valuation is by cows. wages and penalties range from one bead of wheat grain to sixteen cows for a damaged hand, thirty cows for loss of an eye, and a bearded-face cut, with a claim that they are happy and contented.
A New York Herald notice states laundries are not responsible for missing flannel shirts sent for washing. The alert appears at the top of customer bills, signaling limited liability for lost items.
Parson accuses the brokerage of gambling and urges reform while Deacon retorts you win little and hints at dealing in futures. The exchange hints at moral tension over speculative ventures and financial risk in a bygone era.
A wedding guest cites a paradox about 1 plus 1 equaling 1 while the bride and groom’s former partner retort that the formula 0 plus 0 equals 0 fits the situation. The Indianapolis Journal notes the exchange as a light moment amid nuptial chatter.
A wealthy man recalls starting as a sideshow performer when a failing act left him $100 in wages and an eighteen foot anaconda. The snake helped hold a train together on a mountain grade, earning him a $500 purse and a tale he later claimed to display in Denver as proof of his extraordinary start in life.
The scene ends with Mike and Pat mockingly declining to humor the gentlemen as they rush to pursue an interlude about divinings and spitting. Divine intervenes trying to stop the clash, but the men go off together after a brief quarrel.
Dick Gordon and a country lady friend dined after a theatre visit at an uptown restaurant. They each chose items from the menu, Gordon requesting six fried oysters and the woman six broiled lobsters. Gordon fainted and the waiter collapsed in a trance.
A distressed speaker confesses to a drinking relapse to Mrs Boozy and asks about family safety and health. The scene centers on concern for mother and brother Sam as the speaker battles guilt and urges calm.
In a rustic reminiscence Grandma Greenmount recalls Washington's early social scene. She notes the capital's tiny footprint in size and influence, with officials wearing simple clothes, reflecting a modest, homely tone of that period.
Mr. Fizzletop asks his son Johnny about the circus visit. The boy replies with a cheerful yes and asks to go again, showing evident enjoyment and eager anticipation.
A dialogue reveals a planned engagement challenged by a desire to flirt with a college youth. The university football term looms as context, adding social stakes to the confrontation.
A quip about gifts reveals tensions as a husband notes his father’s generosity in the context of a wedding. The narrative shifts to the husband visiting the library to draw four checks for the monthly millinery bill, signaling ongoing financial concerns.
A humorous exchange has a coroner candidate telling his wife that elected fees will fund comforts, while she retorts about no sudden deaths. He replies they will not dwell on negatives.
The dialogue recalls a sixty year marriage anniversary with a sharp remark from a grandmother. Herbie responds with a laconic line about a prior lynching, revealing a tense, strained family moment from the past.
A humorous skit features a departed spirit debating afterlife duties with Saint Peter. A girl named Surviet, labeled a fussy old maid, humorously questions her earthly occupation while a mother and Johnnie comment on rumors and classroom whispers.
A boy Phillip Gratebar dreams of a giant soda fountain with a huge glass and ice cream then searches for a similar one in real life. A dying man seeks reconciliation with a rival, warning that if he recovers nothing changes. A surgeon comments on a stone wound caused by the patient’s wife. A New York ferry encounter shows a couple judged as married by a passerby couple.
The subject Brown Jinks boasts about his role in high society while Robinson-Possibly faces exclusion from long-term access to that circle. The passage contrasts social aspiration with barriers to entry.
In a brief chat, Fred asks how Arthur likes the table at the new boarding house and whether there is anything to object to. Arthur replies that there is precious little to critique.
A dialogue scene shows the director confronting a performer about a harp as a guard jokes the harp song from Tara. The director halts the act noting Tara’s harps are not on display. A boy and father exchange a pun about yellow canaries and jaundice.
Col Slaughter of Louisville notes the London Lancet published a commission report on Chicago’s water supply. Col Bluograss of Louisville questions experts traveling from London to examine Chicago water concerns.
Prof Emmerich reports that serum from recovered animals can cure others with the same disease. Berlin Physiological Society notes strong experimental support. Mice inoculated with horse blood serum survive lockjaw exposure. untreated mice die. Human trials planned.
The article emphasizes drainage for cereal land and soil improvement through deep plowing and subsoiling with gains seen in later years. It discusses clay soil conditioning with air slaked lime, salt usage caution, and practical farm practices. It also provides extensive poultry feeding and housing guidance for hens, including dietary schedules, bedding, and dust baths.
An article advocates healthier farm life with reading rooms and social opportunities, praises outdoor work, and discusses celery cultivation methods. It emphasizes dairy quality, farmer education, and practical farming tips from celery planting to hive care and milk production.
The text argues against disbudding as ineffective for breeding hornless cattle. It notes rare inherited hornless traits, stresses using a polled bull as the sure method, and states polled sires can fix the trait over generations. It cites polled red Norfolk for dairy cattle and mentions Scotch Aberdeen cattle as good dairy types.
An agricultural writer recalls observing a bull free of lice and concludes dirt soaking helps. He has since used dry earth on livestock, applying it from head to tail to suffocate lice and deter infestations. He notes safety, lower cost, and better results than tobacco or acids.
The article advises farmers to plant spruce for timber and to create windbreaks along windward sides of houses and barns. It notes Norway spruce grows rapidly and a windbreak becomes increasingly valuable each year. A two row setup about ten feet apart with deciduous trees between improves protection.
The passage urges sowing grass seed or clover during the June showery season for a better stand, notes grasses can also succeed, and states manure is better used anywhere than in feed lots or stable yards. It stresses not delaying productive work despite late season.
A London blue book presents preliminary 1892 army returns with an 213,540 regulars effective strength and detailed arm distribution including infantry 133,110 and cavalry 18,387. Officers 7,653 and sergeants 13,331. home and imperial deployments, enlistment by service length, and medical rejections are itemized.
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