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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1894
Page
3
The New York Evening Post notes that flowers used in watercolor studies aid embroidery in winter. It highlights careful shading, recommends conventional patterns, and describes a cream satin with apple blossom embroidery using multiple greens and pinks for realistic petals and stamens.
A bright youth on Woodward and Congress notes a Pingree man nearby and a Rich man conducting business across the street. The pair remark on the bitter cold as steam rises from the icy pavement and the taller man reveals his position between them.
A fragment describes Lake Titicaca as a high Andes boundary lake between South Vera and Bolivia, mentioning its elevation and alpine valley setting. It also contains unrelated dialogue about visiting family and time spent fighting.
A Richmond Virginia firm BF Johnson & to is advertising paying positions and inviting readers to write for business opportunities. The notice urges reading the paper and engaging with the company to devote time to its interests. The text also mentions the Lumen body and its pores in a stray line.
Henry volunteers to join a Brazilian battle front, leaving his lover in sorrow as she pleads for him to stay. He explains his necessity and acceptance of danger, while she fears loss and heartbreak. The scene ends with his grim resolve and her despair.
Gen. C. C. Andrews argues in the March American Journal of Politics that civil service reform has progressed but 200000 appointments remain spoils controlled by political leaders. He cites nonpartisan reforms in Massachusetts and New York and urges a nationwide nonpartisan civil service to restore respect for government.
Meredith Meginnity pleads for marriage while Constance McGillicuddy wavers in the afternoon light. She resolves against consent, noting he lacks a frock coat as a social obstacle to their union.
A. M. Thompson of Marion County owns a mudstone from Glasgow brought in 1814 by Chloe Stout. The 3.5 by 2.5 inch stone, pear shaped, porous, is heated to blood warmth, moistened, and applied to wounds. It supposedly draws poison from the wound while listening for absorption. The poison is later drawn from the stone with heated milk.
A humorous dialogue contrasts large ears with generosity. Miss Beauti agrees and Mr Longear notes ears as a sign of nature's generosity in a light exchange from the New York Weekly.
Sir Basil Dovetree and Pelham Warrington scheme to remove Roger Baldrick to gain Gertrude Gilruth. They lure Baldrick with drugged wine and push toward the lake in a moonlit plan, while Basil battles guilt and fear of exposure in the wake of the fatal deed.
A writer recalls Salt Lake Prophet's belief in divine aid during grasshopper plagues. Mormons fined 5 cents per gull to protect crops, leading to tame birds that follow plows and aid farmers by feeding on pests.
In the Sierra Ancha Mountains of Gila County bears roam near potato farms where farmers swap tall tales of colossal bears. A Phoenix Gazette observer notes locals avoid guns, preferring quiet coexistence as bears and people maintain a mutual truce in the woods.
A Scotland constructed dredger, the largest in the world, displaces 2 200 tons and measures 200 feet in length with a 40 foot beam and 17 feet 3 inch depth. It can dredge 45 feet below water and cut through solid rock without blasting, making channels at Alexandria and Bermuda.
Perdita questions Penelope about a proposal and kiss. Penelope confirms she declined not from anger but disappointment, revealing motives behind the rejection from Raymond's Monthly.
A revived canal project linking the Mississippi River to Lake Superior gains support in Minnesota. Congress is urged for a $10,000 survey appropriation, with St Paul and Minneapolis chambers of commerce backing routes via St Croix Bois Brule and Kettle Left Hand rivers.
The Rutland Herald recounts legends of a vast silver deposit near Lake Dunmore within ten miles of Brandon. A 1820 stranger claimed Spaniards mined two and a half tons, stored it in a cavern, and buried three iron wedges marked with symbols to unlock it. fieldsman Field searched, found wedges, and kept one discovery hidden while the search faded.
In a tense exchange, Dolly and Polly discuss punishing “him” by marriage. Polly proposes a drastic plan to marry the man, while Dolly contemplates implementing a fearful scheme.
The article recalls Sir Walter Raleigh as an adventurous planter in Ireland. It notes his yellow wallflowers, Alfane cherry, Tivoli cedars, and four interlaced yew trees in Youghal. It highlights his failure as administrator, his tobacco, and especially his trial with the Irish potato which became a global staple.
An old advertisement offers a 100 dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure, with endorsements from Toledo wholesalers West Truax and Kinnan Marvin. It claims internal distribution, blood contact effects, testimonials, and a 75 cent bottle price.
The article argues nonirritating treatments are essential for nasal mucous membrane diseases and dismisses douches snuffs and powders as failures. It highlights Ely s Cream Balm as a radical permanent cure and warns against spurious whiskies, praising Uncle Sam's Monogram Whisky bottled by a large Northwest firm as reliable quality.
The piece laments severe energy loss and digestive impairment, claiming liver and kidney withdrawal from business activity. It credits Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with restoring vigor, aids stomach and bowels, and quotes testimonials praising benefits for throat and malaria. It also notes a linguistic etymology for Kearsarge.
A. M. Lamb of Pennsylvania reports earning $5,000 from five acres cabbage and five acres onions. He credits Salzer seeds for their extreme early production, noting Lightning Cabbage and King of the earliest onions arrived three weeks ahead of rivals, commanding high prices. Salzer offers 35 packages of earliest vegetable seed for $1 postpaid.
A comic exchange depicts a cabby defending his horse, claiming the animal has corn at home and is too fond of work to eat, highlighting a humorous view of working animals.
Miss Wrinkles complains that her cross eye is treated as entertainment by strangers while Mr Kornblum jokes about Looking Backward. The dialogue reveals social mockery and personal discomfort in public conversation.
Dialogue snippets show a playful exchange about finding ways to pass time. Hollins voices inability to kill time, while She suggests sleighing it as a remedy, ending with a light humorous note.
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