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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1894
Page
5
An account from The Rise and Tround in Ceylon describes a dangerous buffalo attack. The hunter improvises a rammed charge with small coins, firing at close range to stun the beast. They flee to a fallen tree, the buffalo regains and pursues, finally collapsing within two hundred yards.
The Philadelphia Times advises hostesses to introduce guests or permit introductions, stresses permission from the lady, and notes gentlemen may seek introductions through friends with care to avoid awkward crowds. It emphasizes avoiding forced or awkward cross-room introductions and favors polite, well-justified refusals.
A dialogue between a couple reveals anxiety about visiting the wife’s mother. She asks for a new traveling outfit and dresses, while he insists he is earning money and offers a check, suggesting alternatives to travel.
Two family members argue over scheduling the funeral and realize they cannot hold it on Thursday because Bridget has her day out, revealing a clash of plans and a mishap in the dialogue.
A Pekin Museum holds a Chinese dictionary from 1109 B C, while a collage from Street & Smith features humorous lines about corn in a child's shoe. Letters praise acts of kindness and a Union soldier recalls relief from rheumatism with St Jacobs Oil.
A playful warning cites that many whiskies sold under celebrated names are spurious, urging buyers to trust bottles from reliable Northwest firms. It notes Uncle Sam's Monogram Whisky as from the oldest and largest Northwest liquor firm, praised for quality and urging shoppers to ask their druggist or dealer.
A robber demands money or life, but the inventor replies he has only his new invention completed that day. The burglar, deciding to abandon the attempt, retreats, stating he is after her dust and trouble.
Mrs Richard Clarke wife of Mobile congressman jokes about widowers seeking new wives after bereavement. At Mrs Hale’s house she remarks the litany’s focus on widowed and fatherless overlooks motherless children, noting her own experience as a widower marries again.
A Indianapolis Journal report recounts a wife convincing her husband to hide Mary Ann by sending her away on a ruse. The wife intends to lock the house and avoid confrontation, planning meals out of town and to accept no owed debt.
The Standard records a heated exchange where the young wife accuses her husband of having money before their marriage, and the husband retorts that his wealth existed in illusion, insisting he has always been rich because he has her.
A humorous local snippet shows Pete Amster dam wearing a mourning band on his hat, explained by Mr. Uptown as a way to keep the hat from looking shabbier. The exchange reflects lighthearted views on fashion and circumstance in town.
Sir Basil Dovetree, heir to Ravensmarsh, arrives with Pelham Warrington for a festive reception. Basil spots a mysterious beauty near a cottage and, despite warnings, seeks admission, entering the garden where a dog attacks him and a girl appears with a candle to aid him.
The Pittsburg Dispatch highlights Gheel Flanders a 5000 population town where 2017 residents were lunatics in 1897. Lunatics mingle with townspeople and are housed by those who can pay while violence is limited by a government commission and vigilant surveillance.
The Havoc built for the navy by Yarrows of Poplar made a satisfied trial in boisterous weather. It exceeded twenty six knots during a three hour run and reached up to thirty one miles an hour. Twin screws and 3500 horsepower power a 180 foot long vessel with fourteen steam engines and capacity for four thousand miles at low speed.
The piece notes officials collect newspaper clippings to flatter leaders, with private secretaries filtering praise while omitting scathing pieces. Washington News says clippings firms supply nationwide references, and Montgomery at the White House has built subject-organized scrapbooks for several administrations. Cleveland left behind about thirty volumes, with more to come.
The legend of Indian face painting explains why tribes stain and decorate faces with blood and ochre, linking colors to power, peace, mourning, and love. Chiefs and warriors apply tribal and individual marks, each with fixed ceremonial rules, reflecting clan totems and personal roles.
Aunty asks Tommy what he feared at the menagerie. Tommy admits the tiger frightened him and he would not poke near it.
Ex governor Hoard asserts cows have fixed butter fat limits of 3 to 6 percent. Some can be developed by feeding, but those at their limit cannot increase fat. Feeding raises milk yield but not fat percentage. June milk at 50 pounds yields 1 pound butter, October 25 pounds yields 1 pound. Water loss increases solids percentage but not total solids.
The dialogue notes Mrs Gadd praising Miss Landin for marrying for love rather than her wealth. Mr Skidds counters that Tillinghast wed for real estate. An unrelated line mentions a vast cigarette production total.
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