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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1897
Page
3
A Blue Rapids Kansas man displays a rabbit head with eight horns, lengths from one and a half to two and a half inches. One horn emerges from the nose while the others encircle the jaw, attracting local curiosity.
An advertisement from Philadelphia announces cessation of fits after first use of Dr Kinne's Great Secret. Claims permanent cure and offers a free $2 trial bottle and a treatise by Dr Kink. Includes address in Philadelphia, Pa.
A woman conducted the marriage at Lowell Me with justice of the peace Mrs. Louisa J. Cabel officiating. The couple Flora Horton and Gilbert S. Pery departed rejoicing after the ceremony.
A Scotch minister in Melbourne dresses male choristers in Highland robes and females as the Lady of the Lake. Hymns resound to bagpipe music as the church fills to capacity.
A brief exchange about a clock appears in the Yale Record with the questioner asking if the clock is correct and the grumbler replying that it seems off. The item captures campus humor and dialogue typical of the student publication.
The piece touts the Kootenai region across Montana Idaho and British Columbia as a rich mining country. It highlights rapid town growth like Rossland from 200 to 6000 in twenty months and promises free descriptive materials from the Great Northern Railway offering maps and territory information.
A humorous note asserts that a prudent Chicago man carries $3 to pay a theater date if she refuses to remove her high hat. The quip frames social custom as a mock fine, reflecting period manners and urban etiquette.
Advertisement for Salter Seed Co offering 1 pkg each of Bismarck Cucumber, Round Globe Beet, Earliest Carrot, Kaiser Wilhelm Lettuce, Earliest Melon, Giant Yellow Onion, 14-Dey Radish and 25 pkgs Earliest Vegetable Seed plus 21 Brilliant Blooming Plants for $1.00, mailed free with 14 cents postage. Also notes on an electric mouse trap and Cascarets laxative with brief health claims.
The Century Company offers a first prize of 4 dollars plus smaller prizes for top solutions to 150 questions spanning many topics. An extra prize of 500 dollars awaits anyone who answers 9 percent of questions from ten reference works other than the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. Write to Century Co New York City for details.
A narrator recalls a ten year old tale of Cecile Long and her fiancé Frank Whittington. Cecile wears a pale green enclase ring given by a dying Polish artist, and vows bind her to him. She refuses to remove it, despite pressure, and later faces a frail bridal path as the wedding nears while the ring casts its weight on memories and fate.
A bride’s gown shivers with fate as Cecile faints before her wedding. The church turns somber with snow, the bridesmaids cry, and the centerpiece ring loses its stone revealing the inscription Do zobaczenia Paul signaling a vanished future and a chilling end to the day.
The article argues faces often mislead about inner thoughts and moods. It notes expressions reflect enduring dispositions more than momentary feelings and urges judging people by deeds and words rather than looks. It cautions about misreading calm, shyness, or happiness and advocates giving others the benefit of the doubt.
A reflective critique of American marriages to foreign titled suitors. It traces how wealth, status, and social naivety drive arranged unions with princes, often ending in ruin or comic disillusion. The piece notes how fathers rush to marry their daughters for titles, while daughters seek security and husband repute, with lasting costs.
The Sultan of Constantinople reportedly mixed interest with dread toward electricity. He halted theater wiring, demanded exposed poles, and kept engines from hidden wires. He owned electric vehicles and even banned telephones here to deter conspiracies, per Cassell's Magazine.
A comic exchange shows a sister defending a suitor at dinner. The dialogue reveals a father's rough first impression, later corrected by the family as they insist the man is not judged by appearances.
Jacksonville Florida authorities announce a baby show for colored infants to celebrate progress in child welfare. Event aims to showcase healthy infants and engages community groups, with organizers emphasizing inclusive participation and local support.
A Minneapolis Journal writer recalls a wild deer chase on a five mile wide bay. Boys and dogs started the chase, a ring of skaters surrounded the deer, and despite a circle trap some slipped through. The deer escaped as wind held and the party deemed it the merriest skating event they ever witnessed.
The San Francisco Call reports the State Mining bureau studies California oil potential from San Francisco to the Mexican border. W L Watts spoke before the Academy of Sciences detailing explorations with stereopticon views of wells and bituminous deposits. An asphaltum flow image showed animals bones and cattle stuck unable to rise when surface becomes soft.
The firm head asks who sends anonymous letters, noting a signatureless note received for the third time in two weeks. The porter questions if the writer cannot sign, while Mike offers a speculative doubt about the sender’s ability. Minneapolis Journal.
The London Telegraph reports a young evangelical curate who smoked in the street. A parishioner who witnessed the act was so shocked she immediately renounced belief in the thirty nine articles.
A mix of curiosities and small incidents: young ladies usher at a Carthage church boosting attendance. Norwegian roofing slates waterproofed secretly. a Japanese bride’s veil used as a death shroud. an apple tree in Lawrence Kansas spreading over a 100 foot circle with a 12 foot trunk. wine essence tablets sold in France yielding 100 quarts of claret. electric lighting speeds ripening of lettuces and radishes. a British critique labels modern drama with a sip of sin and a pint of chestnuts. a Westwood Michigan man dislocates his jaw yawning and now guards his mouth.
The article discusses how champagne is served in France, its varying sweetness, and the health cautions relating to carbonic acid. It notes global variations with Austria, Germany, England, and America preferring different sweetness and body, details corking and labeling practices, alcohol content around 10 to 11 percent, and machine bottling controls with pressures from four to six atmospheres and bursts near seven.
Prominent Cedar Falls educator A H Nye endured severe lagrippe assaulting his strength and mobility. After doctors failed, a skeptical trial of Dr Williams Pink Pills led to marked improvement. Nye endorses the remedy and invites inquiries. Also notes Milwaukee figure C Jerome Cary requested cremation and rose ash distribution to friends.
An advertisement warns against mercury containing catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and notes testimonials are free and price 75 cents per bottle along with Hall's Family Pills.
The note says wheat will shrink by six percent in six months, reducing bulk by two quarts per bushel. It implies August prices at 94 cents per bushel, equating to about $1 in February after threshing.
A dated penny press style mix notes a cold cure claim with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a money back guarantee. It also mentions U S Treasury note handling, Haydn’s early music, Cascaret candy, silk strength, and a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption from Amos Kelner in Cherry Valley, Illinois, dated November 23, 95.
A Providence ordinance bans frame structures exceeding 2000 square feet. A builder plans a 40 by 80 foot bowling alley with a 14 foot segment in Providence, while the remainder lies in Johnston, the neighboring town.
A bachelor guest at a hotel table reacts to a wedding party facing him during their bridal trip. He jokes that there is no marrying in Heaven. The bride retorts there is heaven in marriage. The bachelor angrily goes downstairs to quarrel with the clerk.
A New York chemist, T A Slocum, claims a reliable cure for consumption and lung diseases and offers three free bottles to afflicted readers. He asserts thousands cured worldwide, urges swift action by writing to 98 Pine Street, New York, and asks readers to mention the paper.
A Detroit Free Press reader quotes a remark about a well known tea merchant who spoke on finance and wealth last night. The remark questions how a man could afford to waste time on a platform, describing the speaker as a wholesale tea merchant who “busted.”
Two figures named Bluffy and Whooly exchange blows in a windy duel, with Whooly finally retreating as his voice fails. Detroit Free Press records the quarrel as a comic wind battle between rivals.
The speaker questions whether their father understands the plan. A sister notes that his concern is the only issue troubling him, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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