Public debt reduction in Brainerd month linked to pensions
The Brainerd Dispatch reports a public debt decrease of about 2,000,000 last month. The smaller reduction is attributed to heavy pension payments during the period.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1887
Page
3
Hopes for Dakotas and Washington Territory Admission Dim
The hopes that Dakota and Washington Territories would be admitted to the Union this session have fallen flat. The new Congress may be more disposed to admit new states than the last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Washington
Congress
Dead ducks clogging legislative bodies noted
The passage argues that many introduced measures are dead ducks not meant for passage. They waste time and hinder legislation, existing mainly for personal buncombe rather than any real expectation of adoption.
President opposes Texas seed bill relief argument
The President states that while a relief need exists, the constitution does not authorize such appropriation. He doubts the general government should extend to aid individual suffering not connected to public service or benefit.
Mrs. Anna Longshore Potts Lectures in England
American doctor Mrs. Anna Longshore Potts has lectured in England for a year to women with high praise from the English press. In Cork, medical students forced entry to a hall, exploded squibs, hissed, hooted, and drove her from the wall after smashing her models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Longshore Potts
England
Cork
Alsace and Lorraine Loyal to France Threaten War
The loyalty of Alsace and Lorraine to France fuels resentment in Paris over territorial losses. The French feel robbed of land and people and could demand the return of their territory, heightening tensions between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Presbyterians Plan Theological Seminary In Ann Arbor
Theological seminary idea at Ann Arbor Michigan seat of Michigan State University takes shape as Presbyterians organize a society and a wealthy donor deeds prime city site with house and lot. State raises fifty thousand dollars with fifteen thousand allocated for building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan State University
Army List Shows Rebellion-Era Officers Still in Service
The 1887 official army list indicates all colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors and almost all captains plus about one third of first lieutenants served in the rebellion. It suggests field officers average at least 55 years old and captains/lieutenants at least 50, forecasting that a new war would require younger, more capable officers.
Immigrant Real Estate Boom Transforms Southern California
The immigration surge to Southern California brings a wealthy buyer class purchasing small holdings for citrus and semi tropical embellishment. Land prices far surpass product value as Los Angeles area lots fetch fabulous sums. The longevity of the boom is debated, yet its current scale is clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles
Labor questions move to Rome with dual representation
The labor issue in America heads to Rome with both sides represented. Cardinal Gibbons will present Dr. McGlynn's view while Cardinal Taschereau defends his stance against Canadian Knights of Labor. It marks the first time American socialist disturbances seek papal adjudication. Leo XIII. is portrayed as an arbiter of church and people in social disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
McGlynn
Cardinal Taschereau
Montreal
Knights of Labor
Canada
England
Leo XIII
Regional splits in Woman Suffrage vote reflect uneven support
A statistical analysis of Senate votes on Woman Suffrage shows New England and the West giving a slim majority, the Pacific tied, and the Middle States and South with only a single supporter. The piece urges intensified missionary work in the South while noting the West and New England may counterbalance the Middle States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
New England
Western States
Pacific
Middle States
South
West
Beech er Death Stricken Ends After Gradual Decline
The obituary notes the long decline of Mr Beecher with the blow arriving slowly. he remained unconscious most of the time and the end was expected hourly. The report portrays a quiet, protracted illness and the family’s mourning as friends recall his contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Beecher
Beecher Stricken By Sudden Apoplexy In Brooklyn
New York telegram reports Rev. Henry Ward Beecher suffered a rapid apoplectic attack at his Hicks Street home. Doctors say recovery unlikely. he remained comatose as specialists warned of imminent death. Beecher, born 1813 in Connecticut, led Plymouth Church and shaped national debates on slavery and the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Beecher
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth
Beecher
Lrooklyn
W. S Searle
William A. Hammond
Searle
Dr. Hammond
Mrs. Beecher
Mrs Beecher
Mrs Beech
Hicks Street
W. A. Hammond
Brooklyn
Beech
W. Ted Helmuth
City
Halfpestt O'Clock
Litchfield
Conn
Lyman Beecher
New England
Amherst
Lene
Noianapolis
Plymouth Church
Beecher Emerges as Union Champion and Noted Preacher
The article recalls Henry Ward Beecher as a leading Unionist speaker and pastor. It outlines his eloquence, liberal views, and prolific writings including The Star Papers and Life Thoughts. It notes his editorial work, lecturing, the 1874 salary boost, his England visit, political stance, and surviving wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher
Union
The
Christian Union
Star Papers
Plymouth
Norwood
Christ
Yale
England
One of Lamb's Letters Inspires Barton to Stay at Desk
Bernard Barton faced the lure of literature over steady desk work but Lamb urged pragmatism. The exchange counseled choosing a secure banking life, valuing steady income, and embracing the desk as a source of daily purpose. Barton heeded the advice and found lasting benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Lamb
Providence
Leadenhall
B. B
Bernard Barton
Macmillan’s Magazine
Death of a Hero Gen Thomas E Egan
Gen Thomas E Egan died after an epileptic seizure at the Chambers Street hospital following a career as quartermaster of the Mozart regiment and New York volunteers. He served in major Civil War battles including Gettysburg Malvern Hill Second Bull Run Chantilly Chancellorsville and the Wilderness. He later held posts at the internal revenue service and customs house and was noted for lavish spending. His marriages ended in divorce and a recent engagement was broken off with returns of gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Thomas E. Egan
International Hotel
Chambers Street
Egan
Constitutional Guard
Mozart Regiment
Forteith New York Volunteers
Gettysburg
Malvern Hill
Second Bull’ Run
Chantilly
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Johnson
Gen
Grant
Internal Revenue
Custom House
Arthur
St. Nicholas
la Crosse, Wis
Unmade Request Helps a Brave Officer Rise
Mrs Field told a Washington story about Edwin Stanton asking her at dinner to name a brave officer. She named a lieutenant stationed far from glory. Stanton sent his thanks and promoted the man from lieutenant to major general after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Field
Edwin M. Stanton
Washington
New York Tribune
Romantic Missives From a Mash Actor
A New York Clipper piece notes the craze of love letters between romantic young women and stage idols. It cites a mash actor who received a copied poem from Chicago Times, recognizing the era of serialized verse in fan letters and the peril of unaltered reprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago Times
Orthodox Ruth Causes Clerical Confusion in Boston
A young man signing for church membership in Boston wrote Ruth to denote his denomination. The clerk asked if this was a new group, and the man replied with pride that Ruth stood for Orthodox. The tale suggests the signer’s creed may be more orthodox than his spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Association
Boston
Congregationalist
Ruth
Mrs Robinson Arraigned in Poison Deaths Case in Massachusetts
Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson faced indictments in East Cambridge Supreme Judicial Court alleging deadly poisonings of Prince Arthur Freeman on June 20 1885 Oliver Sleeper on August 1 1881 her husband Moses Robinson on July 11 1882 and Thomas Arthur Freeman on July 1 1886. The obituary notes Ruth Harmon mother of Mrs Folsom and grandmother of Mrs Grover Jennin died at Jackson Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah J. Robinson
Supreme Judicial Court
East Cambridge
Mass
Prince Arthur Freeman
Oliver Sleeper
Moses Robinson
Thomas Arthur Freeman
Ruth H. Harmon
Folsom
Grover Jennin
Jackson, Mich
Congress adjourns as president signals end of session
Senate announces readiness to adjourn after informing the president no further communications will be made. House actions close several bills as conference reports finalize the post office and financial measures. Deficiency bill failure disrupts postal services and delays juror and prisoner matters, with $75,000 in soldiers’ claims pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman and
Saulsbury
Presidi
Cockrell
Harris
Jones
Ark
Platt
Cullom
Dolph
Military Academy
Mess
Aldrich and Gray
Naval Academy
Senate
United States
Pruden
Capitol
Sherman
Congress
HOUSE
Blount
Conference
Mr. Holman
Messrs. Townshend
Cabell
Holman
Long
Reserve Bank Fund
Reed
Hatch
John G. Carlisle
Rar
Treasury
Summary of Measures Enacted by the Forty-Ninth Congress
List of laws enacted by the Forty-Ninth Congress including railroad land forfeitures pension raises for widows and Mexican war veterans and taxation and regulation measures. Senate bills cover presidential succession militia and patents while several public and private acts were vetoed or failed to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
Pacific Railroad
Naval Establishment
Congress
New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg
Sis
Territories
Hourkern
National Soldiers’ Home
Court of Alavaina
the Treasury
United States
United States Circuit Courts
Commissioner of Labor
Canada
Senate
Washington Territory
Idaho
Montana
Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
Duluth
Minn
Texas
Kansas
O'Neil
Morrison
National Defense
House Appropriations Committee
House Committee
Mystery of Col. Rion’s Birth Told After Death
Col. James H. Rion a distinguished South Carolina lawyer died in Winnsboro on December 12. He left a claimed birth mystery linking him to the French dauphin Louis XVII, with ties to Calhoun and an Austrian arrangement. He spoke of royal blood and kept details secret until near death. His family may publish the full account later. He possessed a diamond monogrammed Orleans snuffbox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, & C
James H. Rion
South Carolina
Winnsboro
Col Rion
Canada
Washington
Jolan
Calhoun
Tyler
Col. Rion
Caloun
Hanikan
Dauphin
France
Louis XVII
de Rion
Hunter
Rion
Europe
Orleans
Cardinal Gibbons backs Knights of Labor in pope report
Cardinal Gibbons favorable report to the pope regarding the aims and standing of the Knights of Labor is welcomed by Knights in New York. He inspected the order’s manual and met with Master Workman Powderly, signaling strong church backing amid Vatican opposition to secret societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Gibbons
The
Knights
New York
Knights of Labor
Siyan
Henry Geo
Rome
Cardinal Taschereau
United
Order
Workman Powderly
Vatican
Italy
Spain
McGlynn
Acid Bottle Attacks At New Jersey Ferry Depot
A colored man found a small glass bottle containing an acid like phosphorous in the Pennsylvania railroad ferry depot and it exploded injuring the floor. Suspect Thomas Hennessy, an upholsterer dismissed from the company, was arrested after giving contradictory stories. A second explosion occurred on the Cortlandt street ferry Chicago as chemicals reacted with water near the paddle wheel. A second bottle matching the first was found aboard the same route and discarded overboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenser
Cortlandt Street
Chicago
Pennsylvania Company
Canadian Retaliation Bill Sways Ottawa Opinion
In Ottawa on March 4 observers view Blaine as central to a retaliatory bill aimed at shaming Cleveland’s administration. Ministers Thompson Foster discuss risks and gains, noting port and rail impacts, including Grand Trunk and the Interstate Colonial railway, while some see it as a political dodge. Overall sentiment leans toward cautious acceptance rather than discouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Blaine
Cleveland
Thompson
United States
Grand Trunk Railroad
Portland
Boston
New York
Canada
Colonial Railway
Grand Trunk Road
Foster
the Marine
Maine
Suit Against Edgerton Over Invested Funds
Joseph Ketchum of New York files suit in Fort Wayne Indiana against Civil Service Commissioner Edgerton for 7200 dollars invested by Anna C Ketcham of Stamford Connecticut in farm mortgages. Interest paid until three years ago, then stopped. heirs and executors handled the estate. remaining balance about 450 dollars unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Civil Service
Edgerton
Joseph Ketchum
Fort Wayne
Ind
Anna C. Ketcham
Stamford
Conn
Miss Ketchum
Mary L. Ketchum
Mary J
Ketchum
Ketcham
Washington
Geo Augustus Sala in the Tropics Seeks Thanks to Doctor
George Augustus Sala praises a ship’s doctor on his last Australian trip for tending him through bronchitis and spasmodic asthma caused by sea fog. He credits the doctor’s prescriptions and heat as the tropics approached, aided by two Allcock’s Porous Plasters placed on the chest and between the shoulder blades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Augustus Sala
Tropics
George Augustus Sala
London Daily Telegraph
San Francisco
Allcock
Unclear archival cry from Pittsburg Chronicle fragment
Fragmentary text shows a garbled line about a person named Gallagher and a request to wait or hold on a moment. No clear event, date, or location is determinable from the legible words. The piece lacks coherent narrative or identifiable subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gallagher
Pittsburg Chronicle
Young Stinshanks
Mixa Thaid
Gallagher
Miss Timt
Minnesota Senate elects Buckman pro tem amid rowdy session
The Minnesota legislature closes its session with Buckman chosen as president pro tem by 34 to 9 after a tense day. A governor’s communication triggered an executive session to confirm about three hundred notaries public. House chaos included book-throwing. one injury led to a dispute as officials awarded severals sums for clerks and janitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Senate
Buckman
Ward
Scheffer
Durant
Ives
House
Potter
Potter, Jr
Howard
Judiciary Committee
J. H. Barnes
W. E. Wilcoxson
Drewers’ Gazette
Donnelly
Trayon
Merriam
Banda
Androvides
Matoton
Board of Railroad Commissioners
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Board of Immigration
Police and Fire Department
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Congress
Red River Valley
State Agricultural Society
Flynn
Memorable Quips From Maj Polk During Mexican War
Gen Viele recollects Maj William H Polk as a witty but inept officer in Mexico. Polk, brother to the president, once claimed Naples caused ministers confusion. He admitted ignorance of military matters and relied on aides for orders, seeking quick promotion while promising rewards to loyal adjutants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Gen. Viele
Maj
William H. Polk
United States
Naples
Mexico
Maj. Polk
Polk
Viele
Congressional Electricity Voters Now Seek Capitol
Baltimore American reports a humorous scene as congressmen take electricity in the Capitol basement. Members ride an elevator to the engine room where a copper board taps power, delivering a charge via a chain and wire to a seated user. They say it refreshes after long receptions and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Congress
Capitol
Not Engaged. A New Jersey Boy’s Quick Reply
A Harper's Bazaar note describes a smart New Jersey boy who, when a book agent asked if his mother was engaged, replied that she was not engaged but married and had another child, stating he was her son. The incident highlights quick wit among local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazar
New Jersey
First Bethrothal Kiss in Shadowed Dawn
The poem recalls a tender farewell at dawn as two lovers share a first kiss and shy words amid praise and teardrops. The speaker, Samuel Minturn, reflects on a life of toil for fame and finds lasting bliss in that remembered moment of betrothal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Minturn
Doc in the Southern Backwoods A boy’s quiet voyage
In the early spring a fragile boy named Doc joined a Georgia family. The narrator recalls his dying mother and the care shown by the household, shaping a gentle lesson in unselfish love as they nurture him through a sunlit rural summer. Doc bonds over fishing, songs, and shared chores, his eyes reflecting sorrow yet his spirit slowly strengthening under their guardianship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ga.) Constitution
Doc
Dee
Weill
Sawyers
Barbara Allen
Barb'ry
Barb'ry Allen
War Comes to the Barrens and a Soldier’s Sacrifice
In the barrens tale a boy named Doc grows from a frail youth to a war veteran. He volunteers as John Paxton’s substitute as war calls drain families. Lucy Paxton’s affection and a growing love vine symbolize hope, while Doc’s illness and fade reveal the cost of conflict and communal bonds.
Doc Mystery Buried Under Old Graveyard Mound
Lucy Paxton, wife of a farmer, shows children a graveyard mound where the letters D O C appear on a headstone. A man asks if the golden threads are growing and dies soon after, hinting at a rural legend tied to the buried doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Paxton
Little Dandy the Hero Dies at the Front
A Confederate company recalls a sixteen year old private known as Little Dandy who sacrificed himself at Vicksburg. He faced a deadly Federal sharpshooter, crawled toward the tree to draw fire, and died after delivering a final, heartfelt pledge to his men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Vicksburg
Atlanta Constitution
Federal Works
Little Dandy
Dandy
Federal
The Grip of Habit and Early Personal Fixation
A Popular Science essay argues that critical years for forming personal habits lie before twenty, shaping vocalization, pronunciation, gestures, and dress. It asserts persisting accents and manners persist despite wealth, with social ascent failing to alter style due to an invisible rule.
Girls on Horseback in Quitman Free Press
A nostalgic urge favors women riding horses, arguing horseback training yields healthy, strong, self-reliant traits and praises women as riders amid a town with many horses and outdoor amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitman
Free Press
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