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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
7
A fragment from the Lewiston Journal describes Mixs Porothy W. of Winthrop aged two and a younger rival found in a silent, perilous closeness with a caregiver. The mother asks what is happening and Morothy replies that all is fine while directing care.
An advertisement urges farmers to plant Salzer seeds claiming yields of 4 to 6 tons of hay per acre and hundreds of bushels of corn and barley, with potatoes and oats. It offers a mammoth seed catalogue and 10 seed samples for 29 cents postage to John Alter Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin.
A fragment outlines a mystery about women and hair styling with notes on husbands' haircuts. It mentions a Rockford dog promoting itself and collecting coins, then heading to a butcher. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or dates.
A historical obituary-style notice extols a named figure for defending civilization, crediting him with saving thousands from death and praising his foresight and deeds that protected lives.
A prominent chemist T A Slocum claims an absolute cure for consumption not yet dying patients. He offers two free bottles to readers who send name and address, urging those with chronic coughs and lung troubles to contact 183 Pearl St New York City.
Detroit Tribune quotes a father explaining to his son that a poet laureate is just a poet who has had a mild attack. The quip contrasts fame with health in a humorous exchange.
An editor notes hog fattening at under one cent per pound using Salter's King Barley yielding over 100 bushels per acre, Golden Triumph Corn at 200 bushels per acre, and Sand Vetch and Teosinte. The piece promotes Salzer's Seed Co catalogue with a mail-in offer for a mammoth seed catalogue and samples, asserting high returns for farmers.
A health ad urges using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to renew vigor and nerve quietude by restoring digestive and general bodily function. It claims relief from dyspepsia malaria rheumatism kidney issues and biliousness.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a mouse speaks to his friend behind the clock and jokes about staying up to date by nibbling the calendar. The scene captures a playful domestic moment.
A regional notice invites readers to contact W. E. Chidester in Alexandria for information on improved lands wild lands timber lands and stock ranches in Douglas county highlighting lakes groves and fertile soil plus nearby schools churches and markets. The rest surveys fashion and health items from Jewett Paris to London and includes notes on royal telegrams Boer era curiosities and household remedies.
Herbert Cleve recalls a torn letter from Dick Ashland about gold and danger while Lucy trembles at the mentions of her father and Maclane kin. George and David Maclane read of Lord Cleve’s memory return and murder clues in London society as they plot to keep hidden past crimes.
T W Lydecker recovers Humboldt a homing pigeon eight months after it vanished. A Portland attorney Bretherton learned the bird was for sale via broker Henderson and a second finder offered it to Bretherton. Humboldt finally returned to Alameda after Lydecker paid transport costs.
A traveling man recalls a rural proposal in a flag pond district near Erwin Tennessee. Tom persuades Sal to marry and she agrees before dawn as they ride off to a dress and a future marriage. The lighthearted tale highlights simple country romance.
The article states about 75,000 elephants are slaughtered annually to supply ivory, with Africa in the Congo basin as the main hunting ground. It notes 15,000 elephants a year to Britain, average ivory weight per elephant around fifty pounds, and describes tusk values, uses in billiard balls and jelly stiffeners, ivory black production, and hippo ivory as hardest.
A Baltimore American report describes St Elmo s fire lighting twenty five parts of the Johnston Kane steamer Rossmore off the capes Sunday night. A north blizzard and snow swirled as a taut steel rope glowed with phosphorescence high above the deck. Lights appeared along rail bars and davits and at the foremast head before fading and reappearing in scattered sparks.
Two young Russian officers from the Orsk infantry regiment quarrelled over cups in a cafe chantant at Orenburg. One struck the other, they forgave each other, but the regimental court ordered a pistol duel at twenty paces. The offender wounded the lieutenant in the thigh, rendering him unfit for service. The correspondent denounces the court of honor as stupid and mischievous.
The French agriculture ministry reports 23 186 horses killed for consumption in Paris last year, plus 43 mules and 883 donkeys. Total meat sold weighed 5 180 tons across 186 shops or stalls, with prices from 9 pence to 2 pence per pound. two thirds of meat goes to sausages.
A Columbus Dispatch quotation comments on careers in medicine, law, and theology. It notes that new lawyers and doctors face years of struggle unless they join an established practitioner, while theology attracts young preachers who may hope for heavier workloads rather than greater pay.
A humorous exchange features a count uncertain about marriage while noting his fiancée's father works in clothing. The duke counters with a wry remark that there is money in clothes, while the count laments his own lack of wealth.
In a light exchange the characters discuss Miss Brown, noting she is tall and appears older for her age, while Miss Spightleigh expresses disapproval of her.
Farmers weigh shifting to specialties amid low coarse grain prices. Tradeoffs include corn as beef feed and stock prospects, with winter wheat rye and onions affecting acreage. Market dynamics, storage, and freight influence decisions as spring plowing nears.
A brace for fences works mid or end post, with boards placed to align wire and ground clearance. In boggy black soils across the corn belt drainage is key, with permanent water levels 42 inches deep ideal for corn and 30 inches limiting production. Purdue bulletin 57 notes straw plow under and kainit application raise yields. 44 bushels per acre after four years with straw, 54 with kainit.
Professor Watson from Pennsylvania Experiment Station notes crimson clover shows promise but varies by locality. It can yield well when sown with buckwheat, though buckwheat should be kept thin to avoid shading. sow 8 to 16 pounds per acre. fall sowing aids red clover in some areas. consider mixing with red clover for best results.
A Texas broom corn raiser describes his planting method for broom corn. Prepare land as for corn and plant when the ground is warm. if not, delay to prevent seed cutting in cold wet soil.
A simple snow plow made from two boards six inches wide and three feet long joined to form an A shape with a five foot pole and a cross piece handle. Light and strong, it can be pushed by a ten year old and speeds up clearing snow, avoiding heavy shoveling.
Experiments show potato scab can infect turnips beets and other roots. Scabby seed yields scabby crops and soil repeats the effect. Clean land and healthy seed plus commercial fertilizer reduce risk. If necessary soak seed in corrosive sublimate solution costing 25 cents for five acres, using strict safety. Rhode Island tests warn lime and ashes worsen scab. Potato blight links to heat drought and flea beetles. practice shallow cultivation and Bordeaux mixture spray with Paris green for bugs.
Farmers may add malting barley to crops with irrigation areas in the West. Chevelier, a two rowed barley, is widely grown on Montana farms, notably Gallatin valley. An acre yields about 40 bushels barley versus 55 oats per similar land, yet barley commands steadier prices than oats.
A Minnesota experimental station report by Harry Snyder finds potatoes averaged three quarters water and one quarter other compounds. Early varieties on fertile soil offer less starch and more bone and muscle forming material, making them better with grains. Feeding tests show potatoes with shorts yield 1. больше 11-4 pounds daily gain for two pigs over 44 days.
Agricultural Epitomist warns that poor seed yields arise from bad seed and urges farmers to save and care for seeds from the past season. It advises feeding and buying reliable seed to avoid risk and ensure a productive crop. The guidance emphasizes preparation and prudent seed choices for reliable harvests.
Farmers should focus on profitable crops and efficient practices. Experiments show flax unprofitable in Mississippi, oats productivity tied to soil, and cowpea vines fixing nitrogen when left to winter. Plow under fall vines, plant clover seed quality varies, and nitrate timing for spring wheat advised by Swedish college.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports two cures using Dr Williams Pink Pills. M J Eagan, an insurance man, recovered from long lumbago after two boxes, praising the remedy. W H Hanson, an engineer, healed from fourteen years of articular rheumatism and crutch dependence within months, attributing the improvement to Pink Pills.
In a tense Chicago Tribune note a young man confronts a jeweler about engraving the inscription From George to Laura on a ring. He insists he can afford to buy new rings when needed.
A misquoted remark from the Indianapolis Journal shows a dignified father seeking affordable footwear while a sharp clerk suggests visiting a pool room, illustrating a casual, era tone and local color from the piece.
A list of patent recipients includes John Bellinger of St. Cloud Minnesota for a sleigh, John T. Fuhrmann and J. M. Daugherty of St. Paul for a flue expander, John Lucas of Hastings for grain and seed separator, Edgar F. Millett of Portland for a letter copying press, Barton S. Molyneux of Minneapolis for an engraving machine, Eros J. Muller of Butte for a piston rod and cross head connection, Russell Stevens and W. B. Schroeder of Arago for a leather dressing compound, Ferdinand Walter of Gaylord for a typewriting machine, all submitted through Tr. D. Merwin, patent lawyer in St. Paul.
Perfumed butter becomes fashionable in major eastern cities. Patties made with floral designs are wrapped in cheese cloth and laid on a bed of roses and violets, then embedded in flowers and chilled on ice for several hours before serving with Vienna rolls and chocolate or mocha.
Lewiston paper notes a man earned $80,000 from the liquor trade in Maine over the past twelve years while praising the tonic as essential for stomach troubles colds and general distress.
A speaker from the Detroit Tribune recalls a scene where a man declares his love and his stomach to a graduate of a cooking school. He aims to craft a moving plea to win her heart.
A stranger asks about tonight’s amusements while a grocer reports selling eggs all day. The exchange from the Atlanta Constitution hints at a planned lecture drawing local curiosity and chatter in town.
A plainspoken exchange reveals a tramp confessing a drinking problem and a plan to save for a gold cure. The dialogue centers on recognition of the drink habit and a contentious admission.
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