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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
7
English performer Vesta Tilley now delighting New York clubdom plans a Rotten Row stroll in Chicago Opera House era attire. She says men should wear no cuff buttons while walking and cuffs should be tied with black ribbon, creating long dangling bow loops as a statement accessory.
An advertisement offers a free mailed package of illustrated transparent cards showing why men suffer nervous troubles and how to do the right thing at the right time. It invites readers to send their address to Sterling Remedy Co. in New York City or Chicago.
A fragment from the Wheeling Corner Stone presents a column of witticisms and quips. It features lines like Truth was stranger than fiction to Ananias and a dialogue about relatives and money. The page blends humorous sketches and social satire from a local paper.
A witty dialogue where a professor notes the French use euphemism for bold statements and a pupil explains how the French would profit by revealing that unspoken truth. The professor imagines a fortune in Paris if he could unveil it.
A passenger train was held up crossing the Missouri River recently. August Post of Moulton Iowa, Iowa Alliance agent in the field with binding twine, is praised as reliable for farmers and urged to write him for terms.
An exchange on Fifth Avenue compares cigars to Broadway, concluding Fifth Avenue offerings are superior. The ad copy then plugs Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a promise to cure any case of catarrh taken internally.
A fragment notes that hotel guest Mr Wayback died after a gas outage in room 97. The proprietor proposes charging his estate $20 for extra gas, raising questions about responsibility and closure.
A Washington Star quip has a speaker lamenting a catch and noting that fish get fresher the longer kept, juxtaposed with an office boy reference. The other replies that the connection is unclear, delivering a light, joking exchange.
Grace Lilburne schemes to marry Sir Victor Gayherd for freedom from her haunting crime. Her father’s stubborn consent stalls, forcing a Christmas wedding after delays and debt, while Grace fears discovery and broods over her sister Kate’s fate in the castle.
In London near the Bank of England, junior partner Frank Fairfield confronts Lord Roland Eyre about Grace Lilburne's disappearance and Kate Lilburne. Eyre reveals Kate was his promised wife and asks Fairfield to help, promising to write with details and seeking trust.
The nobleman recalls Frank Fairfield with fascination and suspicion after Kate's disappearance. He senses latent strength in Fairfield and believes the engineer holds crucial knowledge, though he cannot link him to the case. The impression lingers as days pass.
A Chicago Times Herald account recalls Henry Clay and Wade Hampton as devoted whist players. They exchanged loud blows, insults, and occasional high stakes bets to sharpen each other’s play, culminating in a dramatic moment where Hampton pays Clay $40 after a costly misplay.
A middle aged man reflects on a milk bill with no cow illustrated, noting how past bills always featured a cow. He recalls childhood rites of dairy payments, laments the loss of the pensive cow, and muses that modern practice mirrors streamlined business methods. He ends with a wistful sigh for the cow.
A Washington Post gossip story recounts a luncheon where two girls prepared and served wine jelly strained through flannel. The jelly tasted of moth balls causing shock and a vow not to make jelly again.
A Philadelphia Record note reports a new investigator linking modern American slang to Chaucer terms. Phrases such as to let slide and I guess are highlighted from Clerke's Tale and Canterbury Tales prologue. Other pairs include pitcher for jug freshet for brook and homely for plain looking.
A brief exchange in Tid Bits centers on a box of soldiers offered to a shopper. The shopper asks for Sunday playthings and the salesman notes the figures belong to the Salvation Army, prompting a humorous clash over Sabbath usage.
Gibbs recalls an old literary friend who authored How to Get Rich in the South and mentions a man who received a quarter at the hotel this morning.
An Midwest farmer urges removing unnecessary fences and repairing waste patches around fields, fences, and barns to grow buckwheat and improve soil. He notes draining frog holes, converting sloughs to ponds, and using artichokes or hedges to curb weeds.
David explains clover hay making across seasons and weather, favoring dry winds and avoiding dew. He prescribes curing in cock or windrowed cocks, mowing after dew dries, then turning to finish by noon, to avoid mold, retain color, and improve feeding value.
The article explains types of millets and Hungarian grass as hay, noting best cutting before seed maturity to avoid leaf loss and seed injury to stock. It compares profitability with corn and clover, highlights drought tolerance and weed suppression, and discusses catch crop use with the German millet's larger growth and required conditions.
Charleston area growers describe a system with rows 24 to 48 feet apart and 12 to 15 inches within rows. Beds of sandy loam receive heavy pine straw mulch after fruiting. No runner rooting contrasts with Norfolk practice, yielding up to 6000 quarts per acre with Hoffman as the main variety developed in Charleston about 18 years ago.
Advice notes linseed meal and sunflower seeds for glossy feathers, while nitrogen rich foods such as oats wheat and bran boost eggs. A balanced year round diet with grit like crushed crockery or pea sized gravel is essential for healthy hens and good hatchability.
Advice to poultry keepers on summer care for hens and chicks. Do not grain feed too heavily in heat, keep brooders near 100 degrees, and provide shade, water, and green matter daily. Emphasizes cleanliness, ventilation, and avoiding direct sun exposure for fowls. Plant sunflower seeds if possible and ensure dry, clean poultry houses.
A Philadelphia Record note recalls a man famed for copying Charles Dickens era style. He resembled Dickens in hair, beard, attire, and keen expression, living as one of many imitators who studied the novelist’s mannerisms. Now he has died, the last of the Dickens imitators.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the Hudson River rises only five feet above sea level at Albany, creating a slow descent per mile. It begins 4,000 feet above tide water in the Adirondacks and is energized by rapid upper-channel flow. Tides merely impede progress, and at Newburg, sixty miles from New York, water tastes fresh and tidal rise and fall are slight except in high tides.
A nine inch tautawa from New Zealand is described as the laziest creature, often clinging to rocks or logs near rivers and remaining perfectly motionless for months. Its means of survival remains a mystery to observers.
Two deaf friends pause to chat about a long night out. One asks what his wife said and learns she has a sore finger, explaining the silence. The brief, dry exchange appears in the Washington Star.
The Florida Times Union reports F A Dennette and Elton D Dennette killed a 14 ft 3 in alligator near Fort George. The beast fought fiercely, injuring one hunter before the pair finally finished it after a lengthy struggle in a creek, noting the creature's age and size).
The Wisconsin State Board of Health officially recommends the Royal Baking Powder as a pure cream of tartar product containing neither alum nor ammonia. It notes the powder received a rare special mention, the highest compliment accorded to any powder.
A Paris correspondent relays a conversation about national stereotypes in hairdressing. It contrasts American, English, Russian, Italian, Roumanian and hereditary princess clients, noting tastes, payment habits, and dependence on models, with humorous generalizations from a French Figaro perspective.
In Delhi streets a herd of Brahmini cows roams freely hindering travel amid temple hubs. A stall is overturned as the animals assert themselves, their horns and bodies forcing a carriage along. Believers guard sacred temples while outsiders glimpse shrines from a distance.
A Putney resident, described as a humble man not quite right in the head, walks daily to Wimbledon to buy cakes from a local shop for a small group of hungry children. A bystander, recognizing him, notes he is a poor gentleman who buys cakes for the youngsters.
In a school class a teacher asks about Noah's three sons Shem Ham and Japheth. She describes Shem descendants settling in Asia and Japheth descendants settling in Europe while Ham's location is humorously misdirected by a student.
Count Volstad in Revue Encyclopedique recounts a rainy autumn Sunday near Soukharey where a dense crowd of workers, from operatives to prostitutes and merchants, move through markets and free lodging houses. He argues that nine tenths of human suffering stem from worldly life and that nearly all are martyrs to false needs, leaving fields and families behind.
Mary Isabelle Mulliniaux of Gratsville Franklin county sued for divorce from Thomas F Mullinaux in Union Missouri. Nine minutes after filing her petition she was granted a divorce and changed back to Mary Isabelle Lewis. Six minutes later she wed Frank H McCance, then the couple left town within thirty minutes for Mosselle Missouri.
A famed Bohemian visits Professor Price and samples a dark brown substance on paper. Petie tastes it and finds no immediate effect, describes the taste as bitter, and a veterinary surgeon is contacted to identify the poison suspected in Mission-area horse poisonings.
A copy of Poe's Tamerlane, his first issued book and one of only two surviving copies, sold at auction for 1450. A copy of Walton's Complete Angler 1655 brought 1525 as a first edition. Dodd, Mead & Co. led purchases, likely representing Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose bible collection nears 50000 and grows with each sale.
Beloved lines from Bulwer Lytton and Washington Irving exalt tears as powerful, sacred expressions. They contrast weakness with strength, linking tears to loyalty, patriotism, love, and solemn duty in moments of grief and fear.
A damaged notice touts Trestetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to preserve kidney function and prevent serious illnesses from inaction. It claims the product cures stomach ailments, rheumatic and dyspeptic complaints, and revitalizes the body.
A fragment from New York Weekly shows a quarrelsome exchange about a wedding tour. Miss Million worries about public disclosure while Miss Rosebud jeers, suggesting gossip will label another as a mother.
In a New York Weekly column a tenant asks for guidance after noting plaster in his dwelling is deteriorating. He fears landlord retaliation if he repairs it and deducts costs from rent. He seeks sound, lawful steps to protect his rights amid possible eviction risk.
A distorted fragment shows a sad-eyed child asking about a poor pensioner and a jolly man who is a rich pension agent. The text riffs on racial stereotypes and a sensational line about Hindercorns and a treatment that supposedly lets a person walk, run, and jump as desired.
In Somerville Massachusetts Maude rejects Charlie Wallister’s marriage proposal. He tells her she ruined his life and fears he may harm himself. Maude and Wallister spent the evening at the club playing pool, and her reassurance downplays imminent danger.
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