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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
3
The ad argues for experience over experimentation in choosing remedies and doctors. It endorses AVERS Sarsa parilla as a proven, half century standard, claiming 50 years of cures and urging consumers to trust the old remedy over newer options.
The piece notes that ancient Chinese writings and modern physics identify a single keynote pitch in nature. It cites the Hoangho waters and winds as sounding the tone, linked to F as the natural pitch. It suggests a simple test: listen to distant natural sounds, then compare to a struck middle pitch.
The guide advises placing roses in open sun away from tree roots and ensuring rich soil with deep subsoil removal. Build well drained beds, add rotted manure, and provide ample water and occasional baths to prevent pests.
The Palais Sport in Paris bills itself as the largest cycling school in the world. It features a 1000 yard course with a spiral pathway from the main deck to near the roof apex and a 36 foot total height.
A Detroit Tribune passage notes a young girl educated through years of schooling who learned to paint a hollyhock yet weeps because the harsh world does not match her art. The line contrasts schooling with harsh reality.
An advertisement from Dr H H Green's Sons of Atlanta Georgia offers Dropey treatment gratis. Marketed as provided by the renowned drug specialists, the ad invites readers to read the accompanying column for details.
A lake two miles wide near Georgetown in the West Indies is believed to be the crater of an old volcano. Local legend says two hundred years ago a French town stood there and was washed away when the dragon beneath the lake awakened. Only one survivor, a blacksmith, reportedly became ruler of Grenada before dying or losing his claim.
A Sunday school teacher asks for the meaning of leper pad and Patsy replies by describing a bullfrog and its jumping nature in a humorous exchange. The judge-like quip highlights playful misunderstanding among children.
Miss Shamley tries to keep quiet about matters but confesses it was accidental. A Salem bridegroom fainted at his wedding due to the novelty of the moment while the bride appeared mortified. The Marquis de Cussy offers a humorous aside on natures and their viands amid remarks on beef sauerkraut pilau.
An advertising spoof for Cascarets promises a cure for constipation while a Brazil Indiana family endures a tragedy as a thirteen year old daughter of Mr H Fu zate becomes stone blind after a voluntary thirty eight day fast.
Advertises settler transport to Manitoba and the Canadian North-west. Guides obtaining a certificate from Canadian North-west Land Settlement Agent, buying a ticket to the nearest CPR point, exchanging certificate for a destination ticket to Calgary or Edmonton, with two cents per mile beyond. Return passages possible. Benjamin Davies, Emigration Agent, Canadian Government, 154 East Third Street, St. Paul, Minn.
Last Saturday marks the birth anniversary of the Age born in Houston on May 15 1871 now twenty six years old. The publisher enjoys ownership since inception and claims influence in Texas politics with many rises and falls. A special edition is planned to recount twenty six years of Texas affairs and politics as witnessed and shaped by its history.
A late Count Glecen serving as ambassador to London endures a taciturn guest at a dinner. After polite small talk fails, she yawns and he responds with a bold quip about having gold in his teeth, eliciting a sharp, humorous moment.
Amos Kelner from Cherry Vallef Illinois writes that Piso cures consumption. He claims the remedy saved his life and shares gratitude in a brief testimonial dated November 23. He provides no clinical data or external verification.
The editor boasts of his Cuban article as the best he ever did while a grocer mistakes the piece for a patent medicine puff. The exchange centers on the editorial page title The Only Remedy and the editor's pride in his work.
A speaking operative quips that he wants all he can get from his employer and accepts any form of payment even a promise. The exchange centers on free offerings and patience for compensation.
An advertisement touts Alien's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen sore feet bunions and toe discomfort. It promises instant relief from tight shoes and sweating with a trial offer and mail order available for 25 cents.
A quip from the Cincinnati Enquirer on marriage and motive. A woman weighs her reasons for marrying a difficult man, highlighting limited justification and social commentary from the period. The line underscores gendered expectations and pragmatic choices in relationships.
Dialog sketches tension as Billy and Petey discuss a primary election and the clash between high-toned figures and the street crew. The exchange hints at factional rifts and political maneuvering without detailing outcomes or names.
The Fine Arts building at the World's fair houses so many pictures that viewing every one would take twenty seven years at five minutes per artwork.
An old advertisement promises No-To-Bac as a guaranteed tobacco habit cure for fifty cents, claiming it makes weak men strong and blood pure, with a separate section for a one dollar price and druggist availability.
A fragment from Typographical Journal quotes a man claiming many seek benefits for nothing and an elder noting the need for a golf cart for his ninety year old son.
Three plays by Carmen Cylva queen of Roumania were staged in Bucharest and reported as a genuine success. Also noted is an accident at Lake Hopatcong where a cork from a ginger ale bottle injured a man’s eye, and a wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs John Leubert in Milford Maine. Millet, Baeckwheat and other seeds are advertised by Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin.
A Philadelphia inventor demonstrates a passenger carrying airship capable of about 100 miles an hour. The article surveys several trials and notes the persistence of designers in advancing airship technology despite repeated attempts and failures.
A cigar shaped airship with twin wing tips and birdlike beat tests in Philadelphia reports lifting power twice its weight. Inventor John St Paul aims to perfect it in months, while Langley predicts air ships for transport within a few years.
The 1783 Montgolfier ascent near Paris featured Palatre de Rosier and Marquis d Arlandes in a balloon test that soared to 300 feet, faced near disaster, then landed safely after a 25 minute flight. The event spurred further development and fame for the brothers, who received pensions and a public grant.
A playful event features a quotation game where guests guess unfinished lines or endings, prizes offered for correct recalls. An art collection activity uses catalogued titles and room objects to suggest books and scenes, with tableaux including vivid poster-like displays for humor and engagement.
From London on April 9, Mr Clemens announces a leaf will be added to future Recollections of Joan of Arc bearing an inscription to his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens dated 1870 to 1895. The note marks the book as a silver wedding gift and notes her twenty five years as his literary adviser and editor.
An estimated 10 000 fish washed ashore at Loring Park Lake Minneapolis after a unusually thick winter ice. Officials say suffocation from ice cover caused mass die off as it melted.
A shipment from Sterling in Rice County Kansas traveled to a New York state factory. The load included twenty cars and will supply material for 600 600 whisk brooms.
The article recounts General Meade as a disciplined, highly educated commander of the Army of the Potomac. It notes his linguistic skill, blunt manner, strict obedience, and a humorous incident where he dismisses a complaint about derisive nickname by mocks the idea of stopping insults.
Isaac Black of near Anderson, Indiana, longtime blind farmer, opened his eyes Thursday to find full sight, a moment of joy as doctors noted improvement. The next day darkness returned and vision remains lost, with oculists offering only slight hope of recovery.
A theater scene critique by New York Weekly features two auditors reacting to a poor performance. They discuss delaying until the next act to witness a staged flood scene with real water and potential danger to performers.
A compilation of curiosities: ants, bees and spiders preen for storms. a frog’s breathing excludes air unless nostrils work. Spider silk is stronger than steel by weight. senses wake in sequence. water purity rankings. vast evaporation estimates. Telecommunication lines span lakes. tiny telephony vibrations measured. Cape Colony caves yield six-fingered monkey remains with distinct traits.
A list of old measure definitions including spans, hands, inches, nautical kiots, quarts, odd page sizes like royal quarto and royal octavo, and common items such as a pin and a newspaper column. The figures give approximate lengths and areas for each unit.
Walnuts and butternuts are being successfully cultivated in Whatcom county Washington. They are not native to the region. Fewer potatoes are now raised in New England than fifty years ago.
In a quiet uptown hotel cafe a man and a woman converse while awaiting a story. The man reveals a plan to marry the Templetons’ daughter but confesses a past, ending with a piano encounter that results in a mortifying mistake when the mother is mistaken for the daughter. He escapes the scene with shame and a missing cane.
Jack frets over an overheard quarrel while Archie jokes about the Templeton scandal. A note from Mrs Templeton to Jack promises a morning call to discuss his supposed illness and his improved standing, as Grace recounts the night’s events and hints at a wider household stir.
A reflection on southern plantation life noting patriarchal structures while elevating women’s fashion and education. It contrasts northern trends toward celibacy with southern rural retention of marriage patterns, valuing youth and wedding potential as central capital.
Brother Martin, 53, of the Franciscan Order, starved himself to death in a secluded Waitzen church choir corner. He wrote on the wall that each cross marked an extra day of hunger and thirst, leaving nine crosses upon discovery. He had been a monk fifteen years and returned to his native Waitzen to die.
The Cleveland Leader quips about a story finally covering publication costs by embedding Peterson's Pure Family Soap twelve times at fifty dollars each. The joke underscores how product placement can balance expenses in writing.
New York Tribune notes a passenger bought a 200 page magazine on a train. The exchange highlights the unusually large issue as a curiosity of reading matter on the journey.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet portrays a conversation where a man confesses stealing and a woman forgives, hinting at romantic consequence. The exchange underscores themes of crime, remorse, and affection in a street scene.
Harper's Magazine portrays large Mexican haciendas as feudal domains with grand residences and slave labor. Peons live in wretched dwellings under store credit, yet the population appears cheerful, enjoying festivals, siestas, and laid back labor, where tomorrow never arrives.
During Lord Rosebery's term as foreign secretary he grew weary of an elderly visitor who pressed for talks on trivial matters. When she finally approached as he readied to enter his carriage he invited her in and ordered the coachman to drive her wherever she wishes before returning home, leaving him in peace.
A reader asks where the finance measures Mr. McKinley praised months ago can be found now. The letter requests location or status of the discussed legislation and emphasizes the need for clear action.
A collection of numerical curiosities on global population and density. It cites a 1895 Paris visitor breakdown, world population estimates, per continent densities, and growth rates including doubling time. The piece also notes tree shapes aid balance during gales and a globe of 30 miles would require microscopic viewing to find a man.
A readable dialect piece presents humorous proverbs and sketches about a clever tailor and a colorful set of characters. It riffs on luck genius life and social mores with playful phrasing and regional cadence.
The article notes Russia has the most rapidly increasing population, with a century growth rate just under 1,000,000 annually. A humorous exchange about slow turtles is also included in Tit-Bita.
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