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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1886
Page
3
A physician Nathaniel Reed makes a quiet match with his housekeeper Ruth Langley after she confesses her past deception born of insecurity. Her true identity and feelings surface as illness and hardship deepen their bond, ending with a shared future.
Henry George reports after investigation that the miners are the lowest earning workingmen in the nation and highlights harsh wages.
Ben Perley Poor recounts the July 12 1864 assault on Washington from Fort Stevens where Lincoln stood beside Gen Wright as sharpshooters fired. Spectators included cabinet members and citizens while stretcher bearers and hospitals buzzed behind the fort.
The royal brothers recount three years at sea with fair winds and few storms, noting a mysterious red light near Sydney. A spectral Flying Dutchman, observed by thirteen crew, passes without a visible ship. An ordinary seaman is killed during the event, and the Admiral at the next port is also struck down.
The narrator recalls dancing with the king of Hanover and his wife at a court ball. A diplomat, he boasted of continental experience and swift waltzing, while a Highland officer wore tattooed legs in Burmah and faced shocked nobles. Queen Victoria’s approval adds to the curious spectacle.
In a reflective exchange from The Chersonese with the Gilding off Emily Innes, a Malay criticizes Western dish washing as dirty while the narrator defends personal hygiene. The dialogue contrasts cultural norms and questions the reliability of servants in maintaining cleanliness.
A sailor recalls a perilous voyage toward Plymouth aboard the Braiswater, plagued by superstition and a missing petty officer. Icebergs loom as a spectral light appears, a life boat battle ensues, and a ghost ship vanishes, leaving crew unsure if they witnessed corpse lights or a true phantom craft.
The piece recalls Daniel Webster at Marshfield planning speeches and testing lines while fishing. It recounts a Bunker Hill quip heard by trout and a mackerel chase where a local skipper jokes the approaching sail is an office seeker, inspired by lighthouse appointment troubles.
A sailor guides his partner to church with sea terms like list to port and clew up her topsail while luffing and tacking. Another seaman rides a temperamental Mexican donkey by tail guiding, then meets his captain as Weaver explains his bearings by windward and leeward, tar paulin in hand.
In Toulouse the famed singer M. Ismael hears Faust where his first wife plays Marguerette and his newlywed wife appears as Siebel. Local journals report the two actresses agitated by the novelty while Ismael applauds both past and present spouses with calm impartiality during the performance.
Miss Haines aged twenty eight who was abducted from Elkton Maryland as a child by a man named Crawford was taken to Richmond where she lived until her deathbed confession. The rumored mother and daughter correspondence confirmed the tale and reunified the two.
A stranger asked a barber at the Continental if he worked Sundays after the law first enforced the Sunday shaving ban in Philadelphia. The barber named Luther replied that they do not work Sundays and explained he spent the forenoon diving for pennies up the river.
The report notes a sharp drop in German immigration over the last four months. Officials in Constantinople deny that the sultan sent gifts to President Cleveland for his marriage. A Huntington Pennsylvania businessmen colony plans land purchases in Oregon or Washington. The German press hails the sentencing of Johann Most in New York.
The article hails Dr. R. W. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female derangements and a promoter of bodily tone. It notes the medicine is sold by all druggists. It also mentions the growing Chinese population in Honolulu and the dispersal of whites.
Startling weakness general and nervous debility impaired memory lack of self confidence premature loss of vigor and powers are common results of excess and youthful indiscretions and solitary practices Victims should address with 10 cents for a large illustrated treatise giving means of perfect care World's Dispensary Medical Association 663 Main Street Buffalo New York
An editor urges families to take Perry Davis Parivier on country trips to save on medical bills. A citation promotes MecKaine’s St. Paul Chemical 671 for rheumatic pain, claiming long-term relief. The fragment notes a comet’s speed at 068,000 miles per hour.
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