Brainerd Dispatch Satirical Theme on Time and Minds
In Brainerd a tongue in cheek column notes alarm clocks as a startling sign of the times. It jokes that some men’s brains are too formed to absorb much information.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1899
Page
10
Possible Dewey Balloon Return Aims for Chicago Stop
A fragment suggests a plan for Dewey to be induced to travel by balloon and make his first stop in Chicago, indicating a speculative early campaign maneuver with city as a key target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Chicago
Man claims vast sand supply linked to shifting strata
A man asserts a large sand quantity exists, noting the strata is a variable, shifting resource.
Man ignores painful truth about neighbor
A reflective line notes that a man often avoids painful truths about himself yet readily hears about the faults or faults of his neighbor, implying a bias toward others' faults over self-scrutiny.
Wise man’s lecturing journeys and homecomings noted
An exchange states the wise man leaves home to lecture and frequently returns home to lecture again. The statement highlights recurring lecturing duties and the cycle of departure and return.
Shakespearean Interest in New York Sparks Light Debate
The piece notes New York’s limited fascination with Shakespeare and suggests the poet showed little interest in modern New York culture, highlighting a contrast between classic plays and urban trends.
Magazines and the Spanish War Subject Fraying
The Cleveland Plain Dealer questions whether magazines have truly worn thin on the Spanish war issue and suggests it is time for them to fear it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Trusts and market schemes contrast in industrial aims
The article argues a clear distinction between combinations aimed at developing industry or reducing production costs and those designed to inflate stock values beyond plant and product worth. It notes many recently formed trusts resemble stock speculation schemes, risking economic distortion.
Venice Canal Transit Seeks Faster Service With Electric Launches
The demand for rapid transit along Venice canals grows as current tariffs stay low yet service remains slow. Doubling fare for an extra boatman boosts speed, while growing interest in electric launches mirrors the World’s Fair Chicago display and could lead to a syndicate developing the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Chicago
Merit System Aids Life Saving Service Efficiency
An officer credits the Life Saving Service with merit based selection as the key to efficiency. He notes that ambitious applicants avoid danger and hardship, giving merit a greater role than in safer public service. He praises the bureau for resisting political spoiling attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Life Saving Service
Record Price Tag on Fifth Avenue Real Estate
The land around the Bank of England site is famed, but a New York deal tops all. JP Huntington and Waldorf Astor properties on Fifth Avenue adjoin. Huntington buys a ten by 125 foot strip for 54000 dollars, about 403 dollars per square foot, over 13.5 million dollars per acre. A 350 square foot plot at Broad and Wall sold for 323 dollars per foot, nearly eleven million dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
New York
C. P. Huntington
Waldorf-Astor
Fifth Avenue
Broad
Wall Streets
American trade lag in South America noted in treasury letter
A Treasury Department bureau letter says American merchants do not match rivals in South American trade. It cites 1886 1896 import gains for Germany Italy the UK and the US into Argentina and shows US exports to Argentina fell from 9.29 million in 1889 to 6.43 million in 1893, against rising foreign imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
South America
Argentine Republic
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
United States
Argentina
Iron drives American industry as nations seek orders
The passage highlights iron as America's core wealth, praising iron, steel, and hardware production. It notes rapid invention in filming, smelting, and manufacture enabling abundant bar iron and related goods at world-competitive prices. It ends with American locomotive builders worldwide receiving orders, including from Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Pith of the News Week in Brief
A condensed weekly survey highlights key global events across politics, economy, and society. It gathers notable developments from diverse regions, summarizing outcomes and broader implications for readers seeking a quick, comprehensive snapshot.
Disaster reports from various regions including fires floods and drownings
The record lists outbreaks of disaster across multiple regions: Dawson City fire in Alaska, 14 drownings from a Danube ferry capsizing near Straubing, Germany, and deaths of George W Bradley in Vera Cruz and Dr F T Davison in Denver. It notes 100 houses burned in Bulgarka Russia and widespread homelessness, a Dickens Texas waterspout, crop damage, and a Wise county tornado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson City
Alaska
Danube
Straubing
Bavaria
George Wesley Bradley
New York
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Bulgarka
Panza
Russia
Dickens
Texas
F.T. Davison
Denver
Wise County
Oxford and Cambridge challenge Yale and Harvard in athletics
The piece notes Oxford and Cambridge challenging Harvard and Yale to athletic contests. It also lists several boxing results and feats from various locales, including a June schedule for the Fitzsimmons-Jeffries fight and a long-distance run by Charles L. Buel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
Englewood
Washington Talk Briefs From The Hague To Washington
Influ ential journals protest secrecy around peace congress deliberations in The Hague. The controller of the currency declares a 15 percent dividend for First National bank creditors of Larimore North Dakota after insolvency. The president pardons William Raster who pled guilty in 1808 in Alaska to assault with a dangerous weapon. Maj James Allen of the signal corps is relieved from staff duties to serve as assistant to the chief signal officer. The international congress of agriculture will open July 8 at Chent, not June 3. William Maximuller appointed second secretary of the British embassy in Washington. Col Alfred E Bates, pay department, to replace Carey as Paymaster General July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
First National Bank of
William Raster
Alaska
Maj
James Allen
Signal Corps
Miles
State Department
International Congress of Agriculture
Chent
Washington
William Maximuller
Maxmuller
Eaton and Oxford
Constantinople
Alfred E. Bates
Pay Department
United States
London
War Department
Carey
Col. Bates
Swiss council head Dr Moise Vautier dies
Reports note the death of Dr Moise Vautier president of the state council of Switzerland. The item mentions plague in Alexandria and shifts in Vatican appointments, with other global updates including a railway order for Russia and strikes in London Ontario. It also covers yellow fever in Vera Cruz with May figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moise Vautier
State Council of
Switzerland
Alexandria
Street Railway
London
Ont
Vera Cruz
Multiple Events of Violence Reported Across Cities
Reports detail deaths from a gunman in Kansas City including Emma Landis and Annie Campbell as well as a Honolulu harbor shooting by Wade. Choctaw flogging for cattle theft occurs in Indian Territory. Kansas City architect William Hackney dies by suicide after debt. Chicago officer James F. Sheehan is wounded in a shooting by Ed Hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Landis
Kansas City
Levi Moore
Annie Campbell
Moore
Honolulu
Wade
Capt. Evans
John Washtub
Joseph Stark
San Bois
I. T
William Hackney
Kasas City
James Ff, Sheehan
Notable Obits and Appointments From Across Regions
Gen Bermudez Reina former minister of war and Madrid governor is dead. Ada Bethner actress died in Elgin Illinois from spinal meningitis. James T Kerby promoter of Montreal died at the Mills hotel New York likely from apoplexy. Ohio State University trustees chose John F Sanborne Madison Wisconsin as assistant history professor. Ex Gov Harrison Reed died in South Jacksonville Florida at eighty six from age related debilities. Levis Leiter died suddenly of heart disease at Leiter home in Hagerstown Maryland, named after uncle L G Leiter, prominent businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermudez Reina
Madrid
Western Turf Association of
San Francisco
W. F. Martin
Ada Bethner
West
Teddy
Elgin
James T. Kerby
Montreal
Mills Hotel
Bleecker Street
New York
Ohio State University
John F. Sanborne
Madison
Wis
Harrison Reed
Jacksonville
Fla
Middlesex County
Mags
Levis Leiter
Leiter
Haggerstown
James Freeland Leiter
L. 4. Leiter
Washington
Chicago
Isidore Gebtrunk and Oscar Solomon File Bankruptcy in New York
Bankruptcy petitions filed in New York show Isidore Gebtrunk with liabilities of 898,783 and no assets, and Oscar Solomon with liabilities of 58,274 and no assets. The ledger notes other business and industry items including railway earnings, steel plants, wage increases, consolidations, and organizational resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidore Gebtrunk
New York
Canadian Pacific Railway
Oscar Solomon
London Daily News
Daily Mail
Toledo
Bicycle Trust
Memorial Day Parades Honor Spanish War Dead Across New York
New York and nearby areas marked Memorial Day with parades flags and grave tributes. Maj. Gen. Miles reviewed New York City ceremonies while Gov. Roosevelt led Brooklyn events as veterans and regiments honored both Civil War and Spanish War dead. A Jersey City monument dedication and Maine ship memorial unveilings drew crowds and funds totals around 12 500 and 6 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan Island
Long Island
New Jersey
Spain
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York City
Miles
Cuba
National Guard
Roosevelt
Jersey City
New Brunswick
N. J
Maine
Orange
National Capital Ceremonies Honor Dead at Arlington
At Washington DC June 1, public and private business halted as veterans and civic groups filed toward Arlington National Cemetery and other cemeteries for ceremonies. The president and cabinet members attended alongside top army and navy officers in a solemn observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Washington
National Capital
Arlington National Cemetery
Soldiers’ Home
Congressional
Army
Navy
Confederate Graves Honored on Memorial Day
Memorial day in Philadelphia featured elaborate ceremonies with speakers noting that the Spanish American War cemented North and South in fraternal sympathy. At Germantown National Cemetery 224 Confederate soldiers rests were decorated with flags and floral emblems by Union soldiers for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Spain
National Cemetery
Germantown
Lafayette Tomb Decoration Draws Large Crowd in Paris
A large throng gathered at Lafayette's tomb in the Pacus cemetery for the annual American decoration ceremony. Ex President Benjamin Harrison spoke, Ambassador Porter opened with a brief address, and Harrison delivered an oration that was frequently applauded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pacus
Lafayette
Benjamin Harrison
Gen. Porter
United States
Mr. Harrison
Confederate veteran Wheeler delivers Memorial Day address in Boston
Boston June 1 ex officer Gen Joseph Wheeler the cavalry leader who led the gray at Shiloh and later supported U S troops at Santiago spoke today before a New England Grand Army post marking Memorial Day in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wheeler
Boston
New England
Joseph Wheeler
Shiloh
Santiago
Memorial day service honors W Kinsley post at Boston theater
The immense Boston theater auditorium was filled to capacity for a Memorial day service of the G A R post No 113. Comrade Myron K Whitney led singing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Mrs Julia Ward Howe received the audience’s applause for her authorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Re. W. Kinsley Post
Boston Theater
Myron K. Whitney
Julia Ward Howe
Memorial Day Parade Reviews by City Leaders in Chicago
Governor Tanner Mayor Harrison Gen Thomas Anderson and other officials reviewed Chicago’s largest Memorial Day parade in years. The perfect weather drew 2,000 Spanish War soldiers and many out of town visitors along the march route. Grave decorations at cemeteries had no special features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tanner
Harrison
Thomas Anderson
Memorial Day Exercises in St Paul Parade Largest in Years
Memorial day observances in St Paul began with a military parade described as the largest in years. Morning ceremonies decorated the graves, followed by afternoon exercises at the Auditorium. Addresses were delivered by W. H. Harris, union vice commander of Minnesota, and T. R. Kane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
W. H. Harris
Jnion
Minnesota
T. R. Kane
Memorial Day Observed Across Georgia and South Carolina
In the Southland Atlanta Georgia June 1 National Memorial Day was observed fittingly in Georgia and South Carolina with ceremonies honoring veterans and fallen service members and local officials recognizing the day’s significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
South Carolina
Dreyfus Affair Dominates Paris Mood as Trial Prospects Shift
Paris observers note anti Dreyfus forces paused with no new proof while public opinion leans toward acquittal after the Court of Cassation summation. Drumont hailed outcome blaming Jewish interests, though others warn hatred will persist as the case moves to a new trial and potential acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dreyfus
Petit Journal
Comedie Francais
Esterhazy
Henry
Deroulede
Victor Hugo
Dreyfun
M. Balot de Beaupre
Court of Cassation
M. Drumont
Dreyfusite
Explosion at Leathem Smith shipyard mill in Sturgeon Bay
A boiler explosion at Leathem Smith's shipyard mill in Sturgeon Bay destroyed the structure but left no workers injured as the blast occurred before shift change. Glass in nearby buildings shattered from the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Leathem & Smith
Trains Collide Nearby Nashville Injuring Nine
Nine people were injured when two Louisville and Nashville trains collided head on in a dead end near Nashville Tennessee. Two victims are seriously hurt and both engineers sustained serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Louisville & Nashville
Here
Rivers Acquitted in Forgery Trial at Avoca
Henry Rivers, an agent for the Peavey company based in Avoca, was tried in Slayton on a forgery charge and has been acquitted.
Grand Stand Collapse at Garfield Park Racecourse
A grand stand at Garfield park near the road race course collapsed in Chicago on June 1. Many spectators are reported injured and rescue crews work at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Garfield Park
Death of Sel Ayres Pioneer of Polk County
Seth Ayres of Osceola Wisconsin died at age seventy. a Civil War veteran and early Polk County settler. The obituary notes his status as a pioneer resident of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sel Ayres
Osceola
Wis
Seth Ayres
Polk County
Felagas
Still a Mystery in Kidnapping Case
New York on June 1 reports Capt. McCluskey saying no new details emerged about kidnapped child Marion Clark or nurse Carrie Evans. Investigators continue to search for clues and follow leads as the case remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
MceCluskey
Marion Clark
Carrie Evans
Otis Seeks Maximum 30,000 Army to Meet Filipino War Needs
The Post reports Gen Otis told the war department he is satisfied with a 30,000 man army in the Philippines. President will approve this figure. Otis says insurgent activity is overstated and 30,000 can meet all requirements. Total forces now 36,000 with 24,000 regulars after volunteers depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
War Department
Philippines
Adjt
Corbin
United States
Manila
Two American Sailors Missing After Harbor Incident
Two petty officers from the U S hospital ship relief went sailing in Manila harbor and were later linked to natives near the Paranique lines by the monitor Monadnock. They are presumed killed or captured as the Boston prepares to sail for the United States. Captain Barker briefly commands the Asiatic squadron until Rear Admiral Watson's arrival. Captain Wren forms a 100 Macabbees scouting company under his command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Relief
Paranique
Boston
Barker
Asiatic Squadron
George F. Wilde
Watson
Wren
United States Army
Otis Asked To Report Further Reinforcements Needed
Secretary Alger cabled General Otis on June 1 to state what additional troops he may require after the arrival of all regular regiments to replace volunteers in the Philippines. The prompt Otis report is sought before finalizing any further augmentation of his forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alger
Gen. Otis
Philippines
Otis
Severe Fighting Between Americans and Filipinos in Mindanao
London dispatch reports severe fighting on Mindanao Island with Zamboanga bombarded and in ruins. Trouble also in Sulu. Americans blockade the port. A British steamer was denied admission and escorted seaward by the US gunboat Castine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mindanao
New York
Journal and Advertiser
London
Labuan
Zamboanga
Sulu
United States
Castine
Succession in Saxe Coburg Gotha Rumor Reignites
London dispatch reports the Berlin Morning Post correspondent stating the duke of Connaught will remain in England. An arrangement allegedly shifts succession to Prince Leopold, duke of Albany, passing from the duke and Prince Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxe-Coburg
London
Berlin
Morning Post
Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Connaught
England
Prince Arthur
Prince Leopold
Duke of Albany
Paderewski Not Married Declared False Rumor
Paris June 1 agents for pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski deny reports that he married the former wife of M Gorski. The woman identified is said to be Paderewski sister not a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paderewski
Paris
Ignace Jan Paderewski
M. Paderewski
M. Gorski
Six Men Burned When Oil Well Ignites Near Marion
A spectator struck a match near a well east of Marion Indiana causing oil around the well to ignite. Six men were severely burned in the resulting flashover at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Upoi
Here
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