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Newspaper

Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1888

Page

8

Senator Frye Attacked in Senate Session

Senator Frye was assaulted with a verti during Monday's session and later recovered after being taken home.

Frye Verti Senate

Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer Proclaimed Effective

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.

Hall

Burdette Describes Kansas Urban Growth and Prohibition Tone

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.

Robert Burdette Kansas

Ha'tlam Prayer Plea to Centre and Source of Light

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.

Arthur H. Ha'tlam

Quack Patent Medicine Ad Offering 25 Cent Cough Syrup

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.

Dr. Bull Salvation Oil

Hastings and Dakota Line Blocked by Severe Storm

The Hastings and Dakota line of the Milwaukee road was again blocked tight by a severe storm.

Hastings & Dakota Milwaukee Road

Would a horse speak a miracle or a cure for consumption

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.

Pierce Blair Hale Republic Spooner Congress Hoar Confederacy Messrs Hampton Riddleberger George

House Committee Approves Plan for Canada Reciprocity Commission

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.

House Committee On Foreign Affairs Canada House St. Paul Frye Fishery Commission Teller Senate Moffatt

Bill to allow military disability claims from past service

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.

Morrill Kansas Minnesota Bowen Colorado Royal Arch Park Senate Freedmen's Bank Menominee Wisconsin Duluth and Manitoba Railway Company Fort Pembina Dakota United States Blair Committee of Civil Service Confederate States Mr. O'Neill Missouri O'Neill Committee On Labor Department of Labor Court of Claims

Hypnotism as a Therapeutic Measure Questioned

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.

Nasal Voices and False Teeth Promoted Remedies

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.

Warner Eli Fisher Salem Henry Co Iowa

Do Your Duty Gen Lee letter found at Arlington House

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.

The New Orleans Picayune R. E. Lee Arlington House Arington House New Mexico Connecticut G. W. Curtis Lee

Albany Journal letter on whiskey and dyspepsia from Dr Harvey Lindsly

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.

Albany Journal Murat Halstead Kentucky Atlantic Pacific Lakes of the North Gulf of the South Congress Washington Harvey Lindsly Isaiah Brooklyn James A Briaas

Senate and House consider bills amid wartime era divisions

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.

Minnesota River Navigation Plan Gains Support

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.

Maj. Allen United States Minnesota River Mankato Fort Snelling 8. F. Barney Mankato Board of Trade Minnesota

Dora Klein the true heroine in farm theft tale

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.

Dora Klein Mrs. Myers Dora Ms. Myers James Mr.yers Martha Mr. Myers Myers Medder James Myers Klein Janie Althoug Jack Casey Mrs. Myer Joan of Arc

George Lewes and Mawrian Evans Described in Essays

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.

Rob. Buchanan George Lewes Douglas Jerrold London Zoological Gardens Adonis Sybil Mawrian Evans Carlyle George Eliot George Elliott Slyph John Locke Locke

Appropriations Bill Backs Texas War Expenses

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.

HOUSE Mansur Missouri Committee On Territories Idaho Washington Montana Committee On Appropriations Texas Boutelle Maine Senate Brooklyn Navy Yard House Committee On Appropriations State of B. F. Johnson & Co Richmond

Disease and peril混 and remedies in a historical notice

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.

Joseph Fischer le Sault Stearns County Royalton

Adirondack hunting trip proves rugged health booster

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.

New York Press Bob” Wheeler Samuel Wheeler Adirondack Metropolis Adirondacks North Creek Racquette Lake Blue Mountain

Experience of a Drummer in Dakota

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.

Detroit Fargo

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