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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1893
Page
3
A Paris court heard a dispute where a married man and a governess in his household clashed after a new cook was dismissed. The governess bit two fingers during eviction and was fined £2 with £2 damages. the husband received no damages and his counterclaim failed.
The Buffalo Express recalls a tall English passenger aboard the Ombria who kept asking the captain if half ropes were over. The captain finally scolded him as the man explained he feared being blind drunk and meant no harm, highlighting the odd reporting from the voyage.
The article describes a steep oceanic depth rise west of Ireland from 1,400 feet to over 9,000 feet within twenty miles, forming a submarine prairie beyond 12 000 feet. It notes the British seas lie on European platform banks and speculates a 100 fathoms drop could expose much of the North Sea and connect England with nearby nations. It mentions the Sublician bridge at Rome as the first wooden bin.
Cure constipation and dyspepsia claim with a free medical book for a 2c stamp. Advertises Dr. Shoop pills sold by druggists at 25 cents a bottle in Racine Wisconsin. Also promotes Quaker Heapache Car soles promising relief in ten minutes.
The essay traces how the Pacific was once treated as a Spanish lake after Balboa's 1513 claim and Drake's voyage. It notes Spain's protests over American circumnavigation, near-war actions in 1789, and Spanish naval losses. It then describes early Hawaiian land tenure under chiefs, the feudal-like system, and Kamehameha III's land reform granting a bill of rights for permanent tenure.
The author argues young giraffes are the only workable captives for shipboard handling, while mature animals resist discipline and pose danger. In Africa, giraffes grow rarer year by year, and after Khama’s death the species south of the Zambesi is at risk of extermination.
A Scotch clergyman who had sworn off snuff preached against the habit. During another sermon an elder near the pulpit pinched snuff, provoking the preacher to seize the snuff box and rebuke the smoker, returning the box to its owner.
Magistrate questions the defendant about birthplace and upbringing. The prisoner confirms he was born in Pennsylvania and raised there and in every other state in the Union.
A Lin coln Wisconsin man reports discovering an eight foot snake in a hollow stump while felling an old pine tree. In California a Fresno county woman is noted for seven elopements. Moss colliery near Ashton-under-Tyne remains the deepest English mine at 2,820 feet.
The note mentions a claim that Quaker Corn Cure cures. It also notes that Toledo and Damascus blades were highly valued in the middle ages and sold by weight in gold, highlighting their popularity and precious metal basis of exchange.
In Trenham woods and the castle grounds a burning July day frames a tale of the Earl of Trenham who, burdened by debt, marries for love the German Baroness’s daughter Hilda Reichart. She finds happiness in the simple, nature filled life at Trenham despite poverty and duty.
In Lord Trenham's English estate, Evelyn Trenham and her secretary Lionel Cateris secretly fall in love while the earl plots a advantageous marriage for Evelyn to Lord Brooke of Brookelynne. The family ignores the growing bond as Bertie eyes a military career and a path to restore status.
Katherine cries out that Lady Trenham is present and urges calm as she announces her father Evelyn waits in the library. Lionel Cateris exchanges anxious looks with his daughter while Evelyn turns pale before Lady Trenham leads her away to meet the Earl.
On a China bound man of war a midshipman Jones helps himself to the captain's sherry after reading the mercurial barometer. When asked about the barometer and decanter he replies steadily rising and steadily falling. The captain laughs and spares punishment.
A San Francisco Argonaut writer records a woman's musings on wealth enabling extreme personal care. She outlines costs for cleanliness beauty and health routines from private baths to grooming, travel, and designer outfits, concluding wealth would make her very good looking.
Passengers describe a suburban train scene with a tyrannical three year old tormenting a patient nurse. The mother compounds the scene by ignoring limits and encouraging the boy to seize a wasp despite the nurse’s protests.
The text lists key political upheavals from 1066 to 1889, outlining the overthrow of rulers and the establishment of republics or confederations. It covers events in Rome, England, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Netherlands reforms, England’s civil move, American independence, French Revolution and wars, Paris revolutionary year, and Brazil’s 1889 shift to a provisional government and republic.
A young man who delivers ice asks a jeweler for a ring for about eight dollars. The jeweler recalls the ice delivery and offers a ring priced at six dollars but agrees to eight dollars given the circumstances.
A humorous dialogue between a young housekeeper and her husband about eggs being cooked with chestnut coal, sparking a puzzled remark on why egg coal would be stored in the cellar. The exchange hints at domestic quirks and mistaken kitchen uses.
The article argues that in face of global pork shortages American farmers should shift to hog raising and optimize feeding. It compares barley rye wheat peas potatoes skim milk and buttermilk to corn, notes Denmark England and Ireland as high bacon producers, and stresses lean pigs 180 to 200 pounds for best bacon. It also warns against overreliance on corn and discusses turnips mangels and sugar beets for dairy feed and flavor control.
Dr. Salmon of the Department of Agriculture explains a horn growth preventive for calves. The emulsion combines caustic soda kerosene and water in precise ratios and is applied to the embryo horn within weeks of birth. Careful, localized application is required to avoid facial skin damage.
A pest named Asopia costalis is damaging clover hay stacks this spring. Farmers should overhaul old hay and burn heavily infested material to destroy larvae and pupae. Non infested hay can be fed after removing worms. the moth lays eggs on clover hay, larvae mature in weeks, then cocoon and emerge.
The article urges dairymen to install a cream separator on the farm to keep skim milk and fertility from waste. It highlights the Sharples Russian separator as a low priced, simple, efficient machine that pays for itself in a season by enabling on farm skimming and delivering only cream to the creamery.
An agricultural note warns that all kinds of turnips are objectionable for cows as they produce strong effects. The passage stresses caution in feeding and suggests alternatives to avoid adverse results.
An Ohio farmer shares a humane, practical method for teaching calves to drink. He allows calves to suck the cow twice daily for two weeks, then uses warm milk and his fingers to guide the calf's mouth to the pail. This stepwise approach yields larger, easier to feed calves.
Advice urges removing all waste ground on farms as it lowers value and profits. With strong plows, patches of willows and swamp ash can be grubbed out, and small roots killed by turning. Keep back sprouts to eradicate pests. plow margins carefully to prevent weeds and improve appearance.
A veteran swine breeder advocates buttermilk as the best starter for pigs and claims mixed feeding yields prospering, attentive pigs. He favors small groups of up to a dozen to ensure equal care and better improvement, attributing his reputation to these simple stated practices.
The article stresses regular, punctual feeding for farmers and pig feeders. It warns against feeding wastefully, noting millions lost yearly in the United States from wasted feed. Fatten pigs by letting them eat all they will, avoiding constant corn availability.
Dr Robertson of Canada advises farmers to let breeders choose pigs by body length first, then depth and breadth. Allow young pigs water, three months of suckling, and emphasize cleanliness and ventilation. Prefer sweet foods, feed whey with muscle-forming grains, add charcoal in summer, sulphur and saltpetre weekly, and offer green feed. Target sale weight is 150 to 200 pounds.
In France heavy wagons use six inch wide tires and shorter forward axles so front wheels roll a two foot wide swath each pass. Wagons ease horse work and improve road wear, with typical loads of two to three tons per horse on soft ground. This exceeds loads on our best roads here.
A collection of pragmatic agricultural tips covers warm and quiet calving cows, caring for sires, summer pig feeding on clover, prudent sheep and wool practices, wine manure for soil fertility, ashes for potash, berry pruning, pruning for milkier cows, intercropping potatoes with berries, humane sheep handling, Arizona sheep industry metrics, farm housekeeping, educating horses, swine disease prevention, stock exercise, soil moisture maintenance, replanting failed crops, and marketing horses and wheat. Strong guidance on soil warming, feed quality, and efficient market transport through better roads.
A St. Louis Republic tale recounts a merchant who remarks on faith as his daughter, about twelve, asks for a pair of shoes. She offers a gambling game to match his dollar, then prays for another dollar, prompting her mother to smile and the child to declare prayer can influence outcomes.
The Niagara Falls Route offers diverse and scenic journeys to Petoskey Mackinac Island and Michigan resorts Niagara Falls Thousand Islands and the St. Lawrence River Adirondacks Green and White Mountains Canadian Lakes and the New England Sea Coast. Also notes 86 of 355 towns lack resident physicians and a Manchester New Hampshire one armed man is cited as a pool expert.
Many families chasing western fortune face chills and fever from malaria and tainted water. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters protects the system against malarious atmosphere, enabling pioneers, miners, and travelers to safely endure the frontier dangers.
A fragment notes that Scotch whisky made in Germany is largely imported into India. It mentions a fatal owl versus hawk fight in Scranton last week. Washington is nicknamed the Evergreen State by many residents.
Praised for comfort and improvement Syrup of Figs is touted as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and aids kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. Sold by druggists in 50¢ and 1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
In a playful exchange Mrs Casey Faith and Mrs Ryan joke about doctors and quacks. The dialogue alludes to two quacks at the same table as if parroting a tavern banter. The light banter evokes a folkloric tone from a bygone local setting.
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