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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
6
OCR text contains land lot references for multiple towns and ranges with numerous parcel numbers, owners, and assessment figures. It also includes a few cultural notes and a miscellaneous proverb on women, plus a brief mention of a Universalist preacher in Kansas and a Montana buffalo herd.
An unreadable OCR fragment shows scattered numbers and letters 7-88 37-88 S6-87-88 6xT SS oT S6ST with no readable names, teams, or context to identify event.
Mrs. Sophia Strout planned a winter with her daughter in the city but delayed leaving until late June. Neighbors visited her cottage to hear about city life yet she offered little enthusiasm, saying the city gave her a happy wear and memories of a pleasant stay in Brooksville with Mrs. Green.
A Connecticut man who took poison and wrote notes on his sensations was saved at the last moment. The piece argues suicide is more common among vigorous, ambitious people and questions the idea of legalizing self destruction. The Washington Star comments on the impracticality of allowing suicide despite theorists.
A season's first fakir pitches a "dead sure cure" for bites, waving a red liquor bottle and claiming a discount price. The crowd pushes forward as men search pockets for money, while souring hopes and skepticism mix with noise outside the gutter box.
Chambers’ Journal notes that studying Jan Steen pictures from two centuries ago shows Dutch faces, especially noses, were just as fantastically humorous as today. The piece praises the good nature of the Dutch and suggests their amiability stems from temperament or disciplined souls, keeping the broad comedy intact.
An old will directed sale of an orchard’s produce to fund Bibles for poor children in St Ives. Children would roll dice for the copies on the communion table. The practice continues, now carried out at a small table before the altar.
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