Senator Frye Attacked in Senate Session
Senator Frye was assaulted with a verti during Monday's session and later recovered after being taken home.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1888
Page
8
Senator Frye was assaulted with a verti during Monday's session and later recovered after being taken home.
An advertisement asserts that a single bottle of Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer will restore natural hair color and cleanse the scalp, claiming visible results.
Robert Burdette visits Kansas and notes rapid town booms without whiskey shops. He contrasts old Western town growth with modern Kansas, where churches give way to colleges and a maze of homes and reading rooms, yet a drink still requires sneaking around.
A devotional fragment expressing a seeker’s return to faith. The speaker appeals to a divine Centre and Source of light and strength to settle the restless spirit and rejoin with God through prayer and devotion.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil as quick cures for coughs and pains. It claims quick relief for cuts bruises sprains strains burns scalds and frost bites and notes a price of 25 cents.
The Hastings and Dakota line of the Milwaukee road was again blocked tight by a severe storm.
The ad argues that a talking horse would be miraculous, but so would early telegraph and telephone advances. It claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption if used timely, restoring diseased lungs to health when other means fail, and asserts thousands testify to its efficacy. It ends by noting all druggists carry it.
The House committee on foreign affairs unanimously passes a resolution to authorize the President to appoint a commission that will draft a plan of commercial reciprocity with Canada.
Mr Morrill of Kansas reports a bill to prove and adjust state mili tia man claims for disability from battles with rebels or Indians while in service, if not prosecuted before July 4 1874. Minnesota allows sheriff calls to summon military in anticipation of Indian outbreaks, a practice used during the 1862 Sioux rising.
A correspondent asks if hypnotism is a valid therapeutic tool. We reply that it is not for general use, only affecting weak or unstable nerves, and it increases irritability. It may relieve some hysterical or insane symptoms and certain neuralgic or spasmodic conditions on rare occasions.
A prominent English woman cites nasal voices among American women and links catarrh to diet and inactivity. Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption Remedy and Cabin Sarsaparilla are advertised as cures for catarrh, cough, and consumption, with user testimonials from Comrade Eli Fisher and his wife.
The New Orleans Picayune publishes Gen Robert E. Lees 1852 letter to his son from Arlington House. He urges frankness duty and honesty and recalls a Connecticut Puritan tale about doing one's duty. The letter ends with affectionate regards from R E Lee and G W Curtis Lee.
In a letter from Brooklyn dated December 1887 James A Briaas questions Murat Halstead's claim that good Kentucky whisky cures dyspepsia. He cites Dr Harvey Lindsly’s essay praising cautious use of stimulants and warns against alcohol as a digestive aid. He urges physicians to oppose indiscriminate alcohol prescriptions.
The Senate and House weighed numerous measures from Utah statehood to civil service reform, with debates over labor bills, pension questions, and war-time finance. Legislation included indictments of convict labor, civil service protections, and grants for Indian affairs, timber sales, and infrastructure.
Maj. Allen reports Minnesota river from Mankato to Fort Snelling could host steamers drawing two feet with movable dams and locks. Cost estimates for six locks total 1.527 million dollars, ten locks total 1.884 million dollars plus damages and contingencies. President S. F. Barney of Mankato board foresees 3.5 million dollars in annual waterborne shipments if navigable and freight rates fall 20 percent.
A weary girl Dora Klein seeks work at a farm. She earns the farmer and Mrs Myers trust, guards valuables from robbers and returns the unpanned silver and money after a daring night hiding in the woods. The couple vows never to doubt her again.
The passage portrays George Lewes as a sharp, alert thinker despite critics calling him ugly. It also depicts Mawrian Evans, likened to the tenth muse, with a vivid likeness to John Locke and Carlyle, noting her graceful figure and later altered appearance near her husband’s death.
The urgent deficiency bill carries a $927000 item to reimburse Texas for costs tied to Indian insurrections. The text notes remarkable earnings for agents with B. F. Johnson & Co. in Richmond Virginia, with daily rates of $20 to $50 and higher, urging readers to correspond to verify.
Old notices warn of disease and danger with medical ads. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription claimed cures for feminine ailments while Brown’s Bronchial Troches address coughs and throat issues. A fatal train accident in Le Sault, Minnesota Territory, reports a man killed after jumping from a moving train. Allen’s Lung Balm touted as a cure for consumption with prices listed.
New York society figure Bob Wheeler returns from a four week Adirondack expedition. He credits the hunt with restoring appetite and vigor better than medicines, describing the deep forests, outfitting costs, daily provisions, and a bear incident at camp near Racquette Lake and Blue Mountain.
A Detroit Free Press account quotes a drummer who rode through a severe Dakota blizzard. He confirms reports were accurate and recalls staying in Fargo hotel rooms to avoid going outside while three days of bunker-like billiards and heat kept morale. He paid $4 per day for lodging and describes the storm as truly awful.
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