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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1894
Page
3
The Lielborn Union reports annual melting of jewelry found on unclaimed paupers. Rings chains brooches and artificial teeth produced a gold bar worth around 40 pounds with significant gold from teeth plates. Proceeds go to the union exchequer.
The Boston Transcript reports an inquiry showing one Boston location and possible New York sites sell foreign stamps at nearly double the price for return postage. The piece calls for official arrangements by governments to ease international reciprocity and citizen access.
An archaic advertisement touts Kari a Clover Root Tes as a blood purifier that claims to improve complexion and relieve constipation. A second line asserts that only a strong man can hold his own tongue.
Warrants to cure or money refunded. Ask your druggist for it. Price is 15 cents.
An old advertisement touts Itall's Catarrh Care as a constitutional remedy priced at five cents. The text compares truth to a masked lie, implying skepticism toward deceptive claims.
An OCR fragment markets a cough remedy as the oldest and best, promises quick relief from a cold, asserts reliability, and compares sharpness of language to a knife with no mercy.
The notice promotes Hostetter's stomach Bitters as a remedy for malaria, kidney complaints, dyspepsia, bowel disorders, nervousness, and debility. It claims regularity returns when used by the wise user of common sense.
Investors and home seekers are urged to explore Flathead Valley in western Montana with fertile farming lands pine forests rivers and lakes. Kalispell, county seat and Great Northern railway HQ, has water works electric lights mills and growing infrastructure. For more information contact Conrad Kalispell Montana.
French efforts convert desert into arable land using artesian wells. About 12 million acres already made fruitful, with roughly 900 million acres remaining to be reclaimed.
A brief adage notes that a man who is a fool initially gains little benefit from education. The observation emphasizes that innate traits can dampen learning outcomes and cautions against overreliance on schooling alone.
Knowledge promotes comfort and health with Syrup of Figs a liquid laxative praised for cleansing the system without weakening organs. Marketed by California Fig Syrup Co, available in 50c and 1 bottles, with the manufacturer’s name on every package and warnings against substitutes.
The Philadelphia Record reports experiments by F J Smith of London who built a layered soft iron rod target to deflect bullets. A Winchester round failed to penetrate the top layer, with the upper rod displaced sideways, suggesting a barrier could curb rifle and cannon projectiles.
A town girl describes waltzing as endlessly varied and thrilling. Each dance offers a new sensation with different partners and rhythms, from soft steps to vigorous rhythm, ending in a dreamy, space like escape and a return to earth as if a tired bird.
A Newport Daily News quotation argues that charging wealthier patients more for medical care is justifiable due to differences in life value. The exchange contrasts a doctor’s pricing with the moral weight of wealth in access to health.
In a village cottage a paralytic elder is coaxed to write with steady brandy rubs, a physician warns of risks, and a tense visit from Steinhardt tests whether the old man can reveal memories of Paul through slipping signs. The narrator, Birley, and John pursue a fragile clue to Lacroix mystery amid fear of harming Jaques.
The narrator notes a moment of recollection sparked by Birley, recording the question with difficulty in thick strokes as if to fix it on the page. The piece ends with a parenthetical aside and a tease of continuation.
William F Hoey's English guest learns the hard way about American travel at Grand Central. The Briton questions a long ticket quote and distance as a clerk stamps a massive excursion pass for San Francisco with Chicago stopovers. The moment ends with Hoey guiding the dazed traveler to a cab and a native exclamation What a country.
An editorial urges teaching children to swim to prevent drownings and balance mental and physical education. It argues swimming lessons save lives and provide healthy recreation, suggesting parents prioritize this skill alongside academics.
A man kneels before Lincoln's statue in Lemon Hill Park to vow rebellion after ten years of marriage. A park guard detains him, then learns the man seeks to reclaim control of his life, seeking sympathy and guidance rather than trouble.
The writer cautions campers against bringing firearms during summer outings when game laws restrict hunting. They argue a gun tempts lawbreaking and alarms locals who may assume campers plan to hunt. Weapons belong in proper uses, not in July camps, to prevent dangerous temptations like illegal killing.
A small boy sat alone at a table while his mother was away. A nearby woman offered to cut his steak to his liking and, after he thanked her, kissed him as a gesture of care in this brief moment of assistance.
Rich Hill and Panama residents recount Mark M. Woodson's decade long rheumatism treatment and eventual recovery after taking Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. He lauds the pills as miracle cure, cites medical affidavits, and warns against bulk or substitute sales.
Two men labored two weeks atop the New York Mutual Life Insurance building to gild the flag pole and balcony rail, with a final cost nearing $800. Joseph O’Neil climbed the 200 foot high balcony area and rigged lines to complete the gilding as winds tested the fragile setup.
A Sunday Mercury quip has a young man recounting being intoxicated only once, when a tooth was pulled and he took laughing gas. The exchange features a woman asking for truth and the man replying with the pun.
The article proclaims Africa as the cenner of the world enterprise. It notes the continent equal in area to Europe and North America combined and covering nearly 12,000,000 square tiles. It cites a greatest length of 5,000 miles and a breadth of 4,600 miles.
Paul Julian Wheaton former superintendent of Bismarck schools died in Asbury hospital Minneapolis after stabbing himself while temporarily insane ten days earlier. He had traveled from New York to Minnesota, held teaching posts in Mankato Janesville and Water Town, faced saloon-linked dismissals, and was jailed after a failed suicide in a jail cell.
Fifty nine railroad workers faced Judge Nelson in St. Paul for pleas on indictments charging conspiracy and mail interference during the Great Northern strike. Forty nine are charged with conspiracy. forty six from Barnesville, one from St Cloud, two from St. Paul. Bail set at 1100 per man. trial slated for September term at Fergus Falls.
In Sioux Falls South Dakota July 24 labor groups back prohibitionists move to shut saloons. Saloons pay 15 dollars monthly to a bank now weekly to the State Bank and Trust company. The union demands funds go to labor programs and not private hands. The mayor pledges partial funds but the plan sparks threats of injunctions and closures under prohibition law.
In Otsego lake near Hatters Point a row boat carrying Mr. and Mrs. J W Edwards their son and a book agent vanished. Four bodies were not recovered though rescue boats found two hats the agent's notebook and an empty whisky bottle. Police speculate the bottle contents may have caused the accident in calm water.
An incoming passenger train on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis line collided with a west bound engine at Griffiths, fifteen miles from Cincinnati. The fireman and two tramps were killed. No passengers were severely injured.
Anoka Minnesota July 24 Mrs Ajred Whidden a longtime resident of Anoka for forty years died yesterday evening from typhoid fever She was well known and greatly respected.
At the Sixth primary district polling place in Pullman Chicago a turf war over G W Miller and F G Robery nomination erupted. Police and two detachments of Company F First Regiment arrived to keep order as a crowd challenged the poll officials and challenger William Birkhoff.
A morning blaze destroyed the Union Manufacturing Company novelty plant at Swiss Valley near Pittsburg, leaving about 20000 dollars in losses. The McKelvey homestead and adjacent stables of R F Dickson were ruined, and Keith Miller’s Water Street factory also burned with an estimated 40000 dollars in losses, believed caused by spontaneous combustion.
Washington report notes M. B. Webber and his wife from Winona are in the capital city.
President Cleveland appeals to Chairman Wilson to stand firm for Democratic principles in tariff reform as Congress plans a conference to reconcile differences. He warns that abandoning core goals for free raw materials or sugar taxation would betray party promises and urges cautious compromise to secure prosperity.
In a humorous exchange cited by the New York Weekly, a man teases that his wife now follows anti suffrage groups. He recalls joking that Congress would compel all women to vote, sparking the misinterpretation.
A brief local quote shows teachers discussing a troublesome boy. One says they won’t have him in the next world drumming feet, another jokes he can flap his wings, reflecting a wary classroom moment.
In a bustling scene Freddy praises Miss Simpson for her bold display while an observer remarks on the low cut dress. The exchange frames public appetite for daring fashion and social reputations in a lively urban setting.
In the Truckee mining district near Pyramid Lake Nevada the so called singing mountain drew prospectors after its discovery in 1863. Wind and crystalline rock flakes in vast beds produced bell like tones heard at dusk while daylight silence hid the mystery. Despite interest no valuable mines were found and the district faded from activity.
Mary A Livermore notes in Youths Companion on two Boston statues based on Sargent measurements. The average man uses 10 000 male data points 16 to 26 years old and is unidealized. The average woman draws from 5 000 measurements showing a 50 percent deviation from a perfect type with distinct chest fullness and weak waist.
Uncle Mose recalls a former master as a high-toned gentleman before the Civil War while his companion notes the loss of such gentleness after the war. The reminiscence contrasts past respect with present days, hinting at changing social relations.
German forces employ birds of prey to intercept enemy carrier pigeons and retrieve pigeons possibly bearing war dispatches, aiming to disrupt Allied communications and bring back captured messages to the German lines.
The Brooklyn Bridge has hosted 304,875,286 travelers since opening, averaging about 30 million per year. Early envelopes were first produced in 1830 and sold for ten and twenty five cents each.
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