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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1890
Page
2
Brainerd reports Berba Lockwoop owns 20000 dollars in Washington real estate and earns 5000 dollars annually from her law practice.
Miss Belle Sarr, recently appointed resident physician of the women’s prison in Sherborn, Massachusetts, is 25 years old.
Victor Meyer in a recent address argues that chemistry may soon enable turning wood fibre into edible food. He asserts a hopeful path where science unlocks new sources of nourishment from forest resources.
An Indian resident near Port Discovery Bay hauled a seventy pound salmon ashore. The catch ranks among the largest salmon hauled from these waters. The fish was landed safely, a noteworthy event reported from the bay area.
The Limbless league, a new political organization in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, claims founder Arthur Jones and about 2700 members who have lost an arm or a leg.
William Warport Astor employs artists at about $10,000 to illustrate a private deluxe edition of his novels. Each copy bears the label My Personal Copy and holds a prominent place in his library.
The Niagara River Canal project is expected to cost 3,500,000 dollars and provide about 119,000 horsepower. The horsepower cost is estimated to be as cheap as twenty cents per ton of coal, with potential for near unlimited expansion unless the falls are deemed more valuable than power.
Latest experiments with carrier pigeons across European armies indicate normal velocity in calm weather over short distances is about 1210 yards per minute. With a strong tailwind, speeds reached 1980 yards per minute, demonstrating wind influence on flight rate.
Englass religious papers mock this country for state legal variances on marriage. A union lawful in one state may be unlawful in another, similar to England where marrying a deceased wife's sister is illegal, yet legal in Jersey.
Puswic Opinion notes the hottest earth spot lies along the Persian Gulf border in Persia. July and August bring forty straight days with temperatures at least 100 degrees both day and night. Bahrin area wells require 100 to 500 feet before water, yet residents continue living there, drawing water from submarine springs in the gulf.
The text contrasts an Englishman's difficulty grasping American vastness with humorous anecdotes. A member of parliament's wife questions a Chicago New York bridge. An Abbe in Nice asks if St. Louis lies near the Amazon, illustrating cross culture misunderstandings and surprising geography misperceptions.
A forum piece argues that society must value well rounded men over narrowly trained specialists. It cites Presidents and educators who favored broad cultural vision and the development of individuals fulfilled in all knowledge, not just one field. The essay frames education as a universal, nearly religious project.
Mme Carnot wore a coronet of cameos at a ball to stimulate interest in gem cutting, using a head ornament from the Grand Carnot. The cameos, set in gold frames with fine chains, proved handsome and became a public appeal, leading to the cameo being worn as brooches and hair ornaments.
News from Silftings Washington reports the president refuses to sign the McCord bill restoring Wisconsin and Minnesota water lands to the public domain. He argues preemptors rights under the flowage clause would be endangered. Congressman Comstock’s recall move failed in the tempestuous House. passage is uncertain without a veto status.
Maurice Dupont of Wilmington Delaware creates a sensation by marrying an Irish barmaid. Claus Spreckles, a sugar refiner, has formally complained to Secretary Wisdom that New York customs discriminated in polariscopic tests of imported German best sugars in favor of the sugar trust against him.
A cyclone struck Channabon Wisconsin causing multiple deaths. A boy Greenia drowned in Pine River near Merrill while saving an aged man. James Hamilton and two young sons drowned crossing logs on a lake near North Bend. Michael Murphy died in Jupiter mine near Hurley after gas and a fall. A train washout on the Canadian Pacific near Toronto drowned five aboard. Foreman William Parkinson of Butte killed by shafting. At Fairview Park Indiana a carshed collapse wounded several. Tornado near Cornell injured multiple. homes unroofed in Vincamp and Bradley families. Dunbar miners entombed with rescue ongoing and aid appeal.
A crippled report notes a raw description of a gunshot wound passing through the body near the marshal's back on the left side below the ribs. It traverses the spleen and intestines and is described as necessarily fatal.
French merchants threaten retaliation against the United States over customs regulations and the McKinley tariff. In Turkey the Sultan fears a restoration of the old regime and has ordered the arrest of multiple civil and military officials.
The New York Tribune says New York’s population will top 1.8 million, near 2 million, while Boston is placed at about 417,720. Louisiana lawmakers favor moving the state capitol to New Orleans by 9 to 5. The Junior Order of United American Mechanics declines to align with its parent body in Chicago. The Railway Telegraphers oppose strikes and plan a future conclave in Atlanta in June 1891. Indictments of former Metropolitan National Bank officers in Cincinnati are dropped. Cholera commission reports Asiatic type but localized cholera in Valencia and eighty cases in Puebla de Rugat, Malaga reports no new yellow fever cases. Kemmler case: habeas corpus writ vacated. due process ruling upheld. execution to proceed.
Regional grain and product prices listed for Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Milwaukee with Wheat No 2 spring prices ranging from 92 92.5 cents and lower across markets Rye oats flax and barley values shown for several grades including No 1 Northern oats white and mixed categories Butter and eggs prices noted as dairy first class 10 to 15 cent range.
News spread through the mining town as thirty miners entombed by an explosion at Dunbar and Mahoning mines were believed alive. Rescue teams worked within feet of the line to the Hill farm shaft, facing seventy five feet of coal to reach the trapped men amid a crowd of five hundred. The crowd swelled as tapping was heard and Mine Boss Gray reported rescuers might arrive, while outwardly silence met returning miners.
A reflective essay on how childhood jests by elders can seed lifelong antipathy. It notes a famed philosopher’s admission that disapproval sprang from a boyhood quip by a celebrity. The piece warns that youth may surprise with talent and satire, and that scornful laughter can return as fame or justice rebuttals.
Harper's Bazar notes that candlelight decor is fashionable with twisted and fluted candles matching room hangings. English high art candles come in sixteen colors though U.S. demand is limited, with prices for wax colors around $0.55 per pound and decorative candelabra and candlesticks ranging from $2 to $12 in various finishes.
A detailed account describes a conspiracy to pad Minneapolis census records through thousands of fictitious names. Detective Mason alleges Ed J Davenport and Ed A Stevens oversaw secret rooms where clerks copied, altered, and inserted fake residents into official schedules, triggering arrests and a contentious preliminary hearing.
The committee on public lands approved an amendment raising surveys funding from 200000 to 700000 dollars for the new states with a tacit pledge the money will be used there. Senator Allen chairs the subcommittee. Senator Casey supports the move noting surveys allow land selection and school sections. Democrats reportedly resist Powell and the geological survey, aiming to curb topographic spending while seeking higher rates for rugged areas.
A joint English syndicate including the stock yards company and A. B. Stickney plans nine square miles of ground eight to ten miles southwest of Curcaco for large stock yards and a railroad switching complex to serve as a freight clearing house. They are selling the current yards and will face rivalry from their new venture, while the old yards seek to reenter the market.
The Northwest reports one prisoner in Blue Earth county jail amid a flood of items. Otter Tail county nominates a full state ticket while Winona depot losses $10 to theft. Diverse notes cover a St Paul visit by James H. Canfield, divorce action by Mrs Mattson, prohibition support, fish die offs near Shakopee, a suicide near Cokato, railroad rate tensions, a massive log jam on the Mississippi at St Cloud, a fire in Stockholm with a safe robbery, burglaries in Mankato and Lake Crystal, the Minnesota G A R encampment at Ortonville, and a diary from 1832. Additional items include extraordinary rainfall, census fraud arrests, hospital bid, crop prospects in Miner county, and other local incidents.
Jacob Kluth was arrested at Forest City on a charge of selling liquor to Indians and taken to Huron for trial. The report notes that other arrests will follow and mentions a contract to furnish 1,025 tons of coal.
Alvin Baker's sentence to the Industrial School for Boys at Waukesha follows a Neillsville horse stealing conviction. Tillie Spreeburg of Racine faces arrest for stealing dresses and jewelry valued at $150 from Mrs. Charles Freeman. Milton posts hide burglars loot post office, W P Clarke drug store and Clarke book shop. A sunlit milk can ignites I B Cummings residence at North Prairie. flames controlled with minimal damage. Otto Pomerani, Emma Shiering, and Fred Shiering sail Lake Winnebago. boat capsizes, Emma drowns, others escape. George N Worden faces a serious charge after a divorce suit. Ida Bauer alleges Worden was married to Lydia A Bell before marrying her. George Croft receives letters about a $10 loan sent in 1888 and later $16 appears. he confirms receiving the earlier money. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs John Reynolds of Fond du Lac is seriously burned by carbolic acid but expected to recover. Ad White, inmate at Northern State Hospital, seeks habeas corpus and liberty. former Winnebago County sheriff and Republican gubernatorial candidate, now about 60, lives in Omro and has been intermittently confined at the asylum.
Insurance agent Mr J D Young dreamed of a wagon bearing two bodies and a wound on the right side. He identified the dead man as Mark Taylor, coachman for John Henry, who later said a new man had replaced Taylor and that Taylor was killed the previous night. Both men are puzzled by the uncanny link between dream and real events.
Paris letter recounts a 120000 robbery at Cora Pearl’s Paris residence years ago. One gunman was jailed for five years. after release he sought funds from a banker to go to Germany and redeem the stolen goods. The banker’s suspicions led to arrest and the revelation of a partner, but the recovered sum remains of little value as Pearl died destitute seeking memoir profits.
Dr Talmage draws lessons from Ruth and Naomi urging listeners to follow Ruth rather than Orpah. He argues genuine faith requires persistence, courage, and a break from worldly idols, citing Peter's conversion and Nebuchadnezzar's fall as contrasts. He warns of halfhearted starts that end in backsliding and stresses prioritizing religion over business or secular pursuits.
A Rockville Maine dentist replanted four teeth in a boy after an accident. Taken eight hours after injury, he replaced the fractured lip portion, cleaned sockets with phenal sodique solution, and braided the teeth with linen thread. After three weeks the teeth were firmly implanted as if never knocked out, per the Chicago Herald.
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