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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1891
Page
3
A humorous column on doctors upholding dignity in service and payment. An eminent London physician pockets fees. A country doctor shames a patient for using a horse doctor. Bread is cut off when the baker refuses service to the physician.
In Chicago at Clark and Randolph a cold March morning an elderly news vendor sold his papers after a thin crowd mocked him. A well dressed boy around thirteen shouted Morning News and Times of Herald, drawing customers and lifting the vendor’s spirits as profits were shared but declined.
German commentators find hidden meanings in Shakespeare. At Rugby, Major Barttelot once answered a question about mirage with a joke: a place to put cats into. He cited a misread line from Shakespeare, prompting amusement and a puzzled teacher.
An old advertisement fragment recalls a mother giving Castoria for a sick baby then for a toddler and through childhood to motherhood. The taunting cadence notes Castoria as a constant in family life across stages.
A youthful party spends a rustic weekend at Mrs. Hopkins in a Lake Michigan town. They visit a hamlet mission school run by two women, stage a makeshift wax works show for fund raising, and end with a modest library gift after raising 8.10 dollars. The group shares heat, mosquitos, and moonlighted ice cream revelry with Miss Dodd and the Colonel beside their country adventure.
A Beaston Cultivator note says a team of horses valued at $600 costs about $1 per working day yearly for care, shoeing, depreciation, insurance, and interest. It argues livery prices reflect hazards and overhead, and daily care is a valued service even if not charged.
An article argues geese run free become nuisances but justify care. Geese yield feathers every six weeks in spring and summer, about one third pound per picking, with ripe feathers easiest to gather. Well fed geese also hatch many goslings, boosting feather production for holiday markets and overall profit.
Practical notes from Prairie Farmer by N. J. 38 on cutting and feeding green forage to hogs milk cows work teams and stall-fed stock. It recommends clover rye grass millet sweet corn sorghum and second growth for summer feeding and storing cut forage for later use. It notes convenience near stables reduces labor and stresses benefits when pastures fail.
Through the winter the flavor and appearance will be better. The creamery is a 30 by 30 feet square with an adjoining engine house. Equipment includes Cooley cans, two Boyd tempering vats, one heating vat, a 1,300 gallon churn, and a Mason power worker. Manitoba should make a grand showing in dairy over the next decade with richer pasture and better facilities.
At the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station several egg preservation methods were tested. Eggs wiped with fat and antiseptic then packed in salt or bran showed varying results, with April–May salt packs lasting four to five months but losing quality. vaseline and salicylic acid in salt yielding four to five months of good quality. Bran packs spoiled after four months. Temperature ranged 60 to 70 degrees, boxes rotated biweekly, fertility or diet showed no impact on keeping.
The article argues soil fertility is inexhaustible as plant food remains in subsoil and can be revived by science and farming. It cites a Marylander selling tomatoes, warns on manure water to kill pests, praises cooperative farming, notes Connecticut farm sales below build cost, and offers practical farming tips about plows, feeding hogs, and insect powder.
A newspaper note extols horse radish as a valued condiment and remedy, advising moderate use with lemon juice for rheumatic pain and suggesting its root aids public speaking when chewed beforehand. It describes cultivation: deep rich soil, ridges, inch sets, May or June planting, and catch crops like beets and lettuce.
A. L. Crosby muses on dairy life noting cows’ sensitivity to handling, the calmer pace when cows come home, and how replacing milking personnel on alternate Sundays costs butter in the churn. He warns bulls require careful anchoring and contrasts milking churns with shifts in milker routines.
Theodore Stanton notes in the Westminster Review that Lincoln's humor lightened Civil War pressures. The article recounts famous quips about General McClellan, weather, troop shipments, church seizures, Grant’s whiskey, Hooker, and office seekers, illustrating Lincoln’s sharp, practical wit.
Minnesota Senate passes a bill to regulate ammonia in baking powder amid dangers cited. The measure imposes penalties for selling unlabeled ammonia products and requires clear labeling and branding. The act targets sales and labeling to protect public health amid House debate.
Sam Meyers recalls a Chicago Force member who blushes after a theatergoer pokes a live officer at the box office. The woman’s red faced moment and the officer’s five minute mop create a tale of wax figures versus real guards of the peace from the Chicago Post.
A rural legislator absent during a crucial vote was traced to a farm where he was said to be jokingly comparing himself to Cincinnatus while diligently killing potato bugs. Two colleagues sought him out and located him in a field.
A New York trend shows men of all classes wearing button hole bouquets. Roses dominate with deep crimson tones, pinks next, and whites valued for freshness. Flower dealers may differ, but street observers note roses lead sales in the warm weather.
The article notes a shift in fashion from prominent facial hair to clean shaven faces. It claims two years of mustaches and whiskers were popular, but now professionals train skin to appear lean and peaked. The trend, said to have originated in New York, aims for an intellectual hatchet-face look.
A patient praises a physician who was away when ill, saying they would not have recovered without the doctor they sent for. The exchange highlights gratitude and missed care in a bustling city medical scene.
A zealous Annapolis graduate on duty as officer of the deck in the Philadelphia’s morning watch botched his command as seven bells rang. He mispronounced the bosun's mate order causing laughter along the deck. the crew mocked him, and he spent the day eating in silence and spending his month’s pay to hush the incident.
Payne Harrold Atzerot and Mrs Surratt died at Washingtons scaffold on July 7 1865 following a military commission verdict of conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. The four prisoners faced their end with varied composure as religous services preceded the execution and a lone speaker Atzerot bade farewell.
A severe storm swept through OarRuisie Pennsylvania with lightning striking the Cumberland valley and hitting the shoe factory. About 300 workers, mostly women, panicked rushing for exits as several fainted or were severely injured. Misses Spangler and Johnson were reported fatally injured. Six additional young workers were seriously hurt in the melee.
A lengthy, rambling Seattle divorce inquiry yields a drunken tale of Sara Ann Henry and a litany of comic misdeeds. The narrator details a kradil, coffee, and family quarrels with sharp regional and dialect color, ending with a request to call for more evidence.
In a mix of remedies and quirky notes the piece touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a reliable invig orant improving appetite sleep and digestion while men mock modern cures. It also mentions Dr Frank Powell White Beaver hoped to return to La Crosse and seeks Mutual Life Insurance agents in Minnesota with liberal terms.
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