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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1888
Page
3
Rose Marks is the beloved young woman in a fading old house her cousin Roger a clerk dreams of wealth to fund a new life. After a storm forces a crisis in their tense relationship Rose faints. neighbors arrive and the narrative hints at looming tragedy and strained affection.
After a night of storm and a lightning fire, Roger and Rose escape the burning Vance residence with the roof collapsing behind them. Mrs. Vance helps them regroup as insurance later provides 2500 dollars for business and new home funds, preserving their future.
The tale recounts Garibaldi seeking a wife to temper his restless life. He spots Anita, mother of his future children, on the Barra hillside near Laguna of St Catharine in Brazil. Despite language barriers, he declares, You must be mine, confirming a bond sealed by fate and audacity.
In a Washington Critic item a church sermon on charity leads to a comical dispute. Mr Tite pate promises to give 100 but later asserts he already did, arguing 100 percent of 100 equals one hundred, and the deacon finally concedes the joke translating investment to divine return.
A Chicago visitor reports Tennessee mountain life as uneducated but content, noting ignorance as blissful and detailing scenes from Cumberland mountains to local lumber trade and a boy ignorant of large money. He contrasts low urban awareness with potential value in hardwood logs and cedar lumber.
The column lists leap year facts for February 29, Washingtons birthday and Memorial day on Wednesday, Bunker Hill anniversary on Sunday, July 4 Wednesday, Thanksgiving on November 29 if followed, Christmas on Tuesday, Lent starts February 15, Easter on April, Trinity Sunday May 27, and two total lunar eclipses with timings. It also details solar eclipse dates February 11 July 8 August 7, viewing locations, morning and evening stars, Mercury viewing windows, and the Presidential election on Tuesday November 6.
A humorous collection of quips about marriage superstition and social behavior includes jokes on weddings rocks in matrimony and the habits of ministers, poker players and suitors with playful exchanges between a timid applicant and a sarcastic father.
A compact review notes that hardship for boys forging a path builds character and that oatmeal can substitute for whiskey in health routines. It cites manure spreading benefits, horse digestion tips, and the vast 1887 hay cash value. It also discusses land use, farm profitability, and watermelons varieties including Kolb Gem and Pride of Georgia.
Notes from Farm Stock and Home on how trees flowers and plants shape children. Practical farming tips cover manure handling bridle bits straw use and manure piles. Mayor Brooks criticizes herd books and emphasis on diversified farming over single crop methods.
The article notes growing sleeve volume and declining shoulder straps for debuts, praising pliant silk girdles and river silk ribbons for gowns. It highlights hats with velvets, Tom O Shanter bonnets, polonaises for short gowns, the return of the peplum, and moire fabrics with various silk combinations for draped skirts and bodices.
A reflection on farm life noting that home is eroded when family structure becomes simple eating and sleeping space. Argues life is not inherently degenerate in farming and critiques sole blame on wives and mothers for such conditions.
The Ohio Farmer opines that a woman’s home is largely her making and that personal appearance and dress, though not all, greatly influence comfort and happiness. Spending fifteen to twenty minutes daily on these interests yields substantial dividends.
The piece notes that polite ladies should not fuss over a gentleman. It urges discretion, tactful talk, and letting him lead the call. It cites male complaints about fussiness and the expectation that women avoid overbearing attention or pressuring a man to return.
Use soft rags cut into half inch strips and crochet a 21 stitch chain. Follow a stepped single crochet pattern across the chain with varying counts at stitches one through seventeen. Work back along the chain and widen in the center three stitches of every three stitches. Finish when the mat reaches desired size. Colors can be chosen to taste.
This article advises a window garden with a few select foliaged plants such as palms begonias and ferns interspersed with flowering varieties. It notes that under potting or under-potting yields healthier growth and warns against overwatering a plant in a large container.
The writer shares the lesson from last year's oat crop: sow as soon as spring ground is dry to improve yield. Fall plowing, early spring cultivation, broadcasting and harrowing are advised, with caution not to roll on non sandy soil. Two bushels per acre of white Pobsteier oats maximizes yield, more seed is wasteful.
A Wisconsin farmer disputes value on butter sold to a village grocer. In Milwaukee he views samples from a commission merchant, rejects them, and learns higher priced stock exists. He identifies his own package, then agrees to sell all his butter to the merchant at a price that would lure him to convert his land to dairy farming.
The writer argues cement floors in milk cellars prevent mould and moisture, offering a water proof, easily cleaned surface like glazed milk cracks and cooling troughs. Asphalt or tar surfaces are also cited as durable, clean, and protective for cellar walls and yard surroundings.
The article notes capital accumulation outpacing industrial growth, lifting interest rates in London and Toronto markets. It highlights strong demand for securities like British consols and Canadian Pacific bonds, with high subscription and premiums on loans. In the U S real estate speculation and railroad building drove earlier strength, but idle funds are once again rising in New York and other centers as capital supply tightens.
The Secretary of the Interior acts to recover lands allegedly wrongfully acquired by the Winona and St. Peter and St. Paul and Sioux City Railway companies, pursuing restoration of title and settlement of claims.
Vincent Lumberg physician in chief to the king of Sweden endorses Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer for scalp and hair care.
A Dodge City woman cites a book on etiquette to scold a couple, saying engagement should be kept private. The tale recalls Hi Daggett chasing and kissing the girl three times at a recent party, prompting social scrutiny and warnings about proper conduct.
A tale recounts a man who scratched out his eyes in a bramble and later restored them with Salvation Oil. Separately, freight rates rose for trunk lines, yet Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup remains priced at 25 cents.
The parliamentary election in Doncaster division of the West Riding of York shire filled the vacancy caused by Walter S Shirley's resignation. Liberal-Unionists secured victory with their candidate W H Fitzwilliam.
Dr J H Collis of Owensville Ohio reports four hereditary lung disease patients in advanced stages improved with Scott emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites. They showed weight gains from 16 to 28 pounds and no longer need medicines.
A dog owned by farmer Sharp in Lucas county wounds a boy and attacks fifteen cattle, several horses and hogs, and other dogs. Cattle horses hogs and dogs are killed or shot as authorities try to save the boy.
A brief notice advertises Explaining the Liberal Faith as held by Unitarians, offered free by J. E. McCaine of 194 Pleasant Ave, St. Paul, and M. E. Partridge of 1108 Harmon Place, Minneapolis.
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