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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1888
Page
2
The Brainerd Minnesota Dispatch notes that hostility between Russia and Germany is said to be growing steadily beneath the surface. The brief item reflects rising international strain without detailing incidents or dates.
The recent warm weather has boosted corn crops and improved farmer morale as they anticipate better yields and ongoing field work.
Michigan courts examine the conduct of a public school teacher accused of beating a student with a club and then parading the room with a revolver to assert control over older students.
A 19th century report notes Belgium punishes intoxicated individuals by forcing them to sweep streets for two hours after sobering up, a harsher alternative than confinement in a station house.
William A. Smith dies in Richmond after resigning his Congressional seat claiming he lacked sense to properly represent his constituents. The article notes it as a unique and possibly singular stance in political history.
A steamer load of decayed vegetables was dumped into the North River recently. The piece recalls old New Haven measures where when oysters were unsafe, selectmen would distribute them to the poor.
A Davenport Indiana dog seized a young sparrow on the sidewalk when a mob of about six adult sparrows attacked the dog. The dog dropped the sparrow and fled howling with blood from several wounds caused by the birds' sharp bills.
Prof. C. V. Riley, a government entomologist, declares the seventeen year locusts will arrive this year. He notes their name comes from their rare appearance and says their period of disappearance remains undiscovered.
Ernest Butler of Millersburg Kentucky says a friend in the Indian Territory sent him an Indian pony six months ago. The pony remained in a stable until four weeks ago when it escaped and wandered across several states, swimming rivers, finally reaching the Indian Territory last Monday after covering about 1200 miles in four weeks.
A Russian young woman jailed for life after marrying sixteen men. In prison she thanked her lawyer and offered a gold watch as a keepsake, only to reveal it was the lawyer’s own timepiece she had lifted from him.
News of river Nus mining in Colombia turning and bed exposure sent 500 franc shares to 4,800 francs in France. When the dam broke and funds were needed to rebuild, new shares were eagerly bought with premiums of fifty to one hundred percent as investors sought stock.
Timothy Williams aged 76 of Lebanon Connecticut climbed a tree to get a swarm of bees. He fell breaking a leg and collapsing under a wagon where angry bees relentlessly stung him to death.
A missionary letter from 1821 describes a Ceylon or Malay island rite near Malacca where aging men are forced onto a high scaffold. If the elder holds on, he gains another year. if he is shaken off, the crowd attacks and his flesh is distributed among the youths.
In Jeffersonville Kentucky a minister at Mrs Wascoms funeral sermon comforted her widower Mr Wascom and after whispered counsel with a mourner he married the 70 year old man to the surviving widow. The couple left in the funeral carriage, the hearse left at the cemetery. Wascom has been married three times.
On June 19 the 1888 Republican National Convention began in Chicago with opening prayers by Rev Frank W Gunsaulus. John M Thurston was named temporary chairman as committees organized. John C Fremont and Frederick Douglass addressed delegates before the second and third days featured credentials, platform adoption, and calls for reform in tariffs education and civil rights.
The text advocates modern defense for harbors and cities, pensions for soldiers, and national works to improve harbors and channels of commerce. It argues for shipping interests and public debt payment, claiming benefits like jobs, industry activity, and cheaper transport. It criticizes Democratic policy of interest-free loans and condemns the current administration for foreign affairs and neglect of Monroe doctrine aims.
The article reports California casting its sixteen Harrison votes as the Republican national convention united the party on Harrison for President. Levi P Morton of New York is named for Vice President after the adjournment with details on his career and rise from a Vermont trader to a New York financier and congressman.
The article recounts criticism of the current Democratic administration over fisheries policy and treaty obligations, urges civil service reform, and condemns vetoes on pension legislation. It notes political upheaval during a legislative session with votes, adjournment, and candidates such as Depew withdrawing from a contest.
The Minnesota gathering began in Northfield with Rev H F Butler leading a promise meeting. Delegates discussed reports for the calendar year and adopted resolutions. Next year’s officers include J L Noyes Faribault as president and J W Griggs St Paul as treasurer, with meeting place to be decided by the central committee.
A viewpoint article argues territories deserve statehood when viable. It urges residency based offices until statehood and endorses South Dakota’s immediate admission under its own constitution, condemning Democratic House obstruction and praising Republican Senate bills. It notes pending senate acts for Washington, North Dakota and Montana territories.
Telegraph dispatches report seven deserters arriving at Yumburga camp. Stanley, after crossing upper Aruwhimi country, fights natives in rough mountains. He is wounded by an arrow, with many of his men ill, and he remains surrounded by hostile natives.
Senate members debate and vote on bills including a railroad bridge at Alma Wisconsin and a Venezuela claims treaty. House committees address sundry civil and public buildings funding while adjournment looms. Hoar to speak on fisheries treaty as Chicago convention disrupts business.
A historical reflection on Alexander the Great Hannibal Cesar and Napoleon describing how each met a dramatic death. The piece notes Alexander died after conquest in a debauched scene Hannibal poisoned himself while abroad Cesar was assassinated by close allies and Napoleon died in lonely exile.
A well dressed woman at the alms house sought John Tripp, claimed he left England for America to avoid inheritance. He would have inherited £4,000,000, now £7,000,000, $35,000,000. Tripp, traced to Albany, was considered a public charge. His English widow is eighty six. The caller said she lived in Troy and offered payment for information.
A collage of quips and tall tales traces oddities from arcane geography to social foibles. Bright anecdotes feature Mount Ararat’s height, a courtship misfire, a patched trouser joke, archery miscommunication, tramps and coats, a nickle purchase, a head injury in court, and humorous wordplay about globules and globes plus name lore and spelling mischief.
United States Marshal Kelly of Montana seizes 75000 ties cut on government land by Enoch Hodson for the Rocky Fork railroad under contract with Walter Cooper, authority from Dennis Ryan of St Paul. A lake lumber disaster follows a Rainy river boom breaking, dumping millions of feet into Rainy Lake.
An elaborate imperial funeral unfolds in Potsdam amid heavy rain then clearing skies. The procession features the new Emperor Count Von Moltke, Victoria’s wreaths, oak garlands, and a church service marked by a sunlit moment on the young Emperor’s face.
An older prospector UNCLE BILLY recalls prospecting in San Juan country and a big Bonanza scam. Jim Martin sells a claim to a St Louis money man for twenty thousand, only to be outmaneuvered by a syndicate that builds a mill and declares dividends.
A Waterbury American item notes a snow bank near Meadow Brook farm in Winsted measured at four feet then eighteen inches a week later. Broken branches and green leaves show trees appearing to sprout through snow, suggesting depths possibly twenty five feet during the blizzard.
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