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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1897
Page
1
Representative Gunn accuses Executive Agent Ful lerton of Minnesota game and fish policy failures. He condemns intensified confiscation, reduced enforcement, and a drive to profit from shipments while claiming laws erode forests and streams.
The July 24 report details Pokegama reservoir capacity issues and legal hurdles delaying work. It proposes subsidiary reservoirs at Deer and Bass lakes and dredging to boost capacity. It notes Gull Lake rights negotiations, no start on the project, and an upper Crow Wing plan for a 6.75 billion cubic foot dam, plus multiple small reservoirs. It calls for rebuilding weak Leech Lake and Lake Winnibigoshish dams and strengthening both dams due to safety limits and water waste. Continuous hydrological records show 12 to 18 inches rise at St Paul during low water.
Newton McFadden a longtime Brainerd business leader died Sunday night after firing a revolver at himself in his home on Front Street. He had been ill with inflammatory rheumatism and sought relief in health resorts before returning to Minnesota. McFadden's funeral was held Wednesday at his home with a large Masonic turnout and local fraternal society members in attendance. He was born November 28, 1850 in Allegheny Pennsylvania and moved through Pittsburg and Detroit before settling in Brainerd in 1872 where he ran a drug firm that evolved into The McFadden Drug Co. He served as county treasurer for ten years and held other public posts. He was married in 1877 to Julia Johnson and had a daughter, Mrs. C. E. Chiperfield of Canton Illinois.
A brief note of gratitude expresses thanks to friends who offered sympathy and ministrations on the occasion of a death, acknowledging the support and kindness received during the bereavement.
Obituary note expresses gratitude to Newton McFadden’s widow and the Brainerd Fire Department, State Fire Association, Masonic order, and A. O. U. W. for their kindness and tributes. Floral tokens are remembered as lasting tokens.
A tribute notes Newton McFadden died after long illness. The obituary praises his charity and forgiving nature, calling him the soul of honor. It mentions his political and business life in Brainer and recalls a sacrifice sale at 6th street opposite the Columbian block with money refunds for unsatisfactory purchases.
John Punnett Peters describes the Euphrates as a current desert stream now, but ancient Mesopotamia was wooded and prosperous. The Syrian bank held dense settlements and ruins of great cities, with forests noted in Assyrian annals and remnant relics rediscovered, as prosperity expanded civilization and roads extended cultivable land.
The Aurora Lodge 100 A F and A M adopts resolutions on the death of Newton McFadden. It expresses sorrow for the loss, offers condolences to his family, drapes the charter in mourning for thirty days, and directs publication in Brainerd newspapers and proper record-keeping. The latter note about a lawn sprinkler sale by Losey & Dean is unrelated and outside the lodge item.
The Fiat and Pere Marquette Steam ships sail from Milwaukee nightly at 8 45 except Sunday and the Pere Marquette car ferry from Manitowoc nightly at 11 00 except Saturday. Both reach Ludington next morning to connect with Michigan Ohio Canada East and South trains. Save time and money by buying tickets via F and P M R R. Ask your local agent for tickets and more information.
There is no school unless the father mother the teacher and the pupil keep school together. Know thoroughly the subject to be taught and explain to the pupil why you teach it. Gain and keep the attention of the pupils. Excite their interest. Begin with the known and go by easy steps to the unknown. Take the whole class with you. Excite self activity in the pupils and lead each to discover truth. Three fourths of education is a habit of work.
A son of an Iroquois half breed vanished while buffalo hunting along the Red River. His horse and gear were found. the man was not. A year later a buffalo cow bears a human pelvis wedged on its head, hair worn away around it, suggesting the missing man was carried by the animal until his body disintegrated.
Cremation became widespread in Italy with Milan opening its first crematorium in 1876 and now about fifty crematoria are in operation across Italian territory.
A northwest congressman recalls six months of effort to establish an office and the department sending blank bonds to the appointee. The episode centers on a name conflict, a man altering bonds to insert his preferred name, and the long wait for commission and the office’s arrival. Washington Post.
A San Francisco Examiner anecdote recounts Chief Justice John Marshall’s wheel caught by a roadside capling. A nearby negro offers to cut the tree for a dollar, but Marshall pays a dollar for the man’s lesson in sense. The tale ends with the man earning the dollar and the judge learning a prudent reply.
An anecdote from Harper's Magazine recalls a chaotic theater night in Zanesville featuring real animals, a blasting cannon, fire engine horses, and a thunder machine. The audience praised the realism, while the author dictated it was not art.
A report explains the composition of several Japanese alloys once kept secret. Shadko uses copper with gold to create blue black hues. gai shI bu ichi blends copper with silver for gray tones. Mokume fuses multiple metals, and sinchu brass and karakane bell metal mix copper with zinc tin iron per the described ratios.
A St Louis Republic excerpt describes Malayan husbands treating wives tenderly with a marriage monition. It warns husbands not to wound wives with weapons and to discipline by a handkerchief if she disobeys, noting a cloth not tied in knots as sufficient chastisement.
Miss Cavennet analyzes a remark about judging others and quotes a Washington Star line noting a man’s large self opinion. The fragment portrays dialogue on perception and vanity.
The passage mixes a dated quote about consent and a Detroit Free Press remark on a monastery near Grenoble, plus notes on scarlet flowers in England and a comparison of locomotive accuracy to watches. It references La Grande Chartreuse and the scarlet pimpernel among stray observations.
A foreclosure sale of mortgaged premises is ordered for seven o’clock at the court. The property includes lot five in block four and lot ten in block one in Crow Wing County. Costs include attorney fees and the sale proceeds go to satisfy the mortgage.
A narrator recalls stalking two rhinoceroses with Somalis as guides. After a first elephant hunt, he threads through a forest path to confront a wary rhinoceros, fires at the shoulder, and witnesses a death cry as both rhinos die in a distant open space. The Somalis celebrate, transforming from grim scouts to relieved, joyful companions.
A proposed fog signaling system uses sirens and horns to indicate vessel course. A single sound marks a common easterly direction while two sounds denote other standard points. combinations signal north or south by specific horn and whistle patterns, aiding collision avoidance at sea.
A Somerville Mass Journal reflection notes that a man sometimes reaches over thirty before realizing a gold watch cannot guarantee punctuality. It emphasizes personal responsibility over relying on material keepsakes for timekeeping.
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