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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1896
Page
3
How are yous fences discusses choosing a durable smooth wire fence for long use. It praises De Kalb Fence Co for the largest line of smooth wire fencing and urges requesting a free catalogue. It highlights steel web picket, cabled field hog, and cabled poultry garden rabbit fences as claimed best options.
A Detroit Free Press humor line notes Maud’s heartbreak after she tells of proposing to Harry Duane who refused her. The man cites the reason as not being sudden erovaga, a playful quip reflecting social whimsy of the era.
The article argues nervousness is a real condition caused by imperfect digestion and malassimilation of food. It notes sleeplessness as a distressing symptom and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for nervousness and related ailments including malaria, kidney issues, biliousness, and rheumatic problems. It claims users gain vigor quickly.
Rumors swirl in Lacosie Arizona about a marriage between Cayuse Pete and Bessie known as the biscuit shooter. The chatter mentions a leap year timing and a lariat as possible symbols or details of the union.
Advertisement for Regeman’s Camphor Ice with Glycerine from C G Clark Co of New Haven Connecticut claiming to cure chapped hands and face and gold sores with the original genuine formula.
Detroit Tribune notes a witty contrast between a anxious married lady seeking assurance that her name is on straight and a humorous aside about lunar views. The item plays on domestic concern and a mock legal theme in a light column style.
Readers are warned against imitations and urged to rely on genuine Brown's Bronegig Traches remedies for coughs sore throat and related symptoms.
A humorous bit quotes a playful exchange about bed size and two extra feet, attributed to the Chicago Tribune. The joke sketches a comic punchline on space and posture, illustrating light domestic wit.
An advisory note urges careful reading and learning, highlighting guidance on health and related matters as presented in a historical newspaper fragment. The item emphasizes practical conduct and caution.
Ned Wall and the Maclanes dig a hidden shaft beneath Lord Cleve’s chamber using a sandy soil while perilously avoiding detection. Wall steals a waistcoat with keys and a wallet, plants timed fuses, and escapes to Boulogne aboard the Josephine, carrying nearly fifty thousand pounds in notes as the Reedon Lodge fuses burn.
After a month of isolation and recuperation Herbert's strength returns along with vivid memories of his father mother and school days. He recalls Lucy with growing yearning, while doubting Lady Evelyne. Sir William plans cautious steps toward contact as Herbert presses to see Miss Maclane.
A rugged figure sits on a horse before a colossal rock reaching toward the sky. A rude log hut clings to the rock beside a mossy, overgrown road. He recalls the moment in buckskin attire with a broad hat and moccasins, atop a horse with Mexican tack.
An essay on why calling a business head “the old man” signals authority and loyalty. It argues the term conveys power and submission, free of age implications, and honors the leader’s control within a democratic enterprise.
An experienced gardener explains practical use of compartment flats for starting seedlings and transplanting. He notes he now uses large divided flats for many tasks, preferring them to traditional trays or pots and describes a method to construct them from standard boxes and lumber.
Instructions describe making a pigeonhole tray frame from FICDL framing and bottom pieces. Measure and cut to form ends and sides, mark lid and bottom, install cleats, and create removable divisions. Fill from the center when assembling the tray.
A detailed home garden note explains building modular seed trays with bottom holes and margins, placing on coal ashes, and using them for strawberries. It also covers crop rotation with cabbage and beans to suppress weeds, plus seasonally moving beds and yields. It ends with tips for light seeding of kafir corn and drilling methods for even spacing and density.
An article explains advances in rapid photography showing how exposure times reach about one thousandth of a second. It cites Prof. E. Mach of Prague capturing a projectile in flight and air currents, including dust particles, plus a salmon leaping upstream.
The famed American chess champion Fitlzbury known as Pillsbury jokes with a London policeman about reaching King William Street. He asks for directions and offers a tip or drink, prompting a witty line about paying for it or getting someone else to cover the cost.
The Nanga Parbat region expedition last summer reached 20 000 feet. Silk tents weighed sixteen ounces each and provided warm shelter with minimal weight, aiding the exploring party.
A Weekly Telegraph report notes a widow questions whether her husband died naturally soon after insuring for a large amount. She claims he worked himself to death trying to pay the premiums, suggesting possible foul play or financial motive.
A terse dialogue fragment features Watts cautioning that the plan will fail and travel with it is not possible. The lines imply resistance and skepticism in the exchange. The text reads as a clipped interaction with regional slang and unclear context.
Gordon Grimes of Pagosa Springs Colorado built a simple labor saving land grader to level fields. Using two 2x4 runners 20 feet long set seven feet apart with a cross brace and a 2x12 front plank, the device scrapes high spots and fills low areas automatically requiring three horses if used with a seated driver.
Eastinxu advises on chinch bug life cycles and early spring control. He urges burning weeds to destroy mothers, protecting birds and game fowl, avoiding hawks, and using birds to suppress pests. He notes that dry springs and summers reduce damage and recommends cultivation and early plowing with note on cabbage butterflies Colorado potato bugs and white bugs gestion.
A gardener shares experience after trying the matted row system double rows and hills and other methods. The report outlines practical tips for improving strawberry culture and yields through simple, tested practices.
A field manual advises on soil, plowing, planting dates June 5 to 20, row spacing 28 inches, and inoculating beans with 4 or 5 beans per hill. It stresses early cultivation, avoiding wet conditions, and using a two horse cutter for harvest, noting beans pay well when kept weed free.
A tile plant protector lifts drooping branches of gooseberries and small fruits from the ground. It keeps fruit and branches off soil, aids hoeing and weed control, and helps retain moisture around roots for easier picking.
Garden guidance on sowing peas including early smooth varieties Carter's First Drop Little Gem and American Wonder with late wrinkled types Champion of England and Stratagem. Advice covers succession sowings and risks of mildew in hot dry weather.
The Market Garden, long neglected by many farmers, now stands as a meaningful food source. Federal census shows market garden products plus small fruits valued at 29,033,000 dollars, a third higher than ten years prior, with urban-adjacent gardens selling directly to consumers. Including natural growth, the sector likely totals 35,000,000 dollars annually.
The piece urges farming on the best land, grassing poorer plots, and rotating crops. It cites Canadian experiments showing rape as optimal green fodder for lamb growth, and outlines tobacco cultivation steps from Bulletin 33 of Calhoun station. It notes muck enhances manure absorption and oats respond to moderate seeding. Teosinte yields up to twenty-five tons per acre but lacks mature seed in the climate.
Camden Maine houses numerous ship anchors produced in its shops for vessels of all sizes from tiny pleasure anchors to 5000 and 7500 pound weights. Old iron is recut and forged into symbols tied to historic ships including the Cumberland. About 5000 residents rely on anchor making as the main industry.
A Berlin dispatch describes the Julius Tower of Spandau as the guarded storehouse of Germany’s war fund, totaling 820 million in gold coins. Twice yearly officials and Reichstag members inspect the 9 foot thick walls and iron gates, with gold bags of 10,000 marks sealed in oak cases and weighed by random selection.
A Woman's Literary Club recounts two anecdotes about Abraham Lincoln. One features Addison, a polished though plain man, visiting Lincoln who, while being shaved, jokes that losing Addison would make him the homeliest man in the government. The tale is sourced to the Baltimore News.
The early spring fashion notes praise Paris colors vivid and bright with orange red nasturtium and cherry pink. Fabrics include white pink yellow blue pique with white hairlines. blazers coats waists with five yard back gathers. gowns use plaid striped checked zephyrs lighter than gingham.
In Lewiston Maine a former high private told villagers a grand war story claiming he saved 60,000 men and earned a promotion from General Grant. The piece notes how veterans’ memories distort over time and magnify past deeds.
A Curious Hello and Bliss share a playful Spare Moments bit about a letter from Bliss’s best girl that starts with My darling Fred and ends with Yours lovingly as ever. The gag hinges on unreadable handwriting and a mistaken certainty of romance.
A Detroit mother, Mrs. A L Hartness, reports her daughter Blanche recovered after three years of illness with the help of Dr Williams Pink Pills. Blanche gained health, rode a bicycle, and played piano again, inspiring belief in the remedy as a safe, proven treatment.
A small incandescent lamp mounted at the muzzle provides a faint light to align sights in darkness. The device, powered by a compact battery, could illuminate machine guns against torpedo attacks at night and assist sportsmen using rifles or fowling pieces for night shooting without dazzling the target.
A pitch from Osborn, Crosby & Co. offers a so called investment system that claims to pay $2.00 daily for a cost of 2 cents. It asks readers to mail for particulars and assures no regrets.
A playful exchange notes a novel butter-making approach by claiming cows are taught a koochee-koochee dance. The dialogue features Liewell and Askitt and presents a humorous, fictional technique rather than a real process.
In a Detroit Free Press item a humorous exchange centers on Maud and a suitor whose complaint that the romance was not sudden enough stirs light social commentary. The dialogue playful ends with a brisk note on expectations and timing.
A Chicago Record item hints that Willie feels left out among the group after the others have had their fun with him. The quote portrays social exclusion and irony as a small-town scene unfolds.
A brief fragment shows Steele coughing and Flynt offering water while joking about a frog in the throat. The dialogue captures sympathetic banter as Steele struggles to speak.
An advertisement promotes Hindercorns as a cure for corns, claiming full removal and foot comfort. It urges customers to ask their druggist for the product.
Agricultural Epitomist advises farmers to plan crops to protect soil fertility while aiming for high returns. The best money maker may exhaust land. balance profit with land health to sustain yields over time.
The note from a church Ladies' Aid Society tea praises German Coffeeberry seed as equal to Rio. Silzer's Seed Co offers 35 packages of earliest vegetable seeds for $1 postpaid. send 15c stamps to John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse WI to receive a free coffee seed package and a 148 page catalogue.
A Chicago Tribune item quotes a note that Rivers appears in Rocksworthy's will as a witness. The speaker reveals a $500 loan hinged on the document and expresses astonishment at the revelation. The excerpt hints at intrigue over the bequest and the loan.
The Milwaukee Citizen reports a murder scene where the killer jeers at his victim, repeating ha hat phrases and declaring his merriment while displaying his dagger, emphasizing a chilling disregard for life.
A sharp critique questions the source of sensational writing in the newspaper world. It contrasts two writers, calling one piece a strong, attention grabbing hammer and the other a manufactured fabrication.
In Paducah Kentucky a prisoner appeared in police court under the name Chink Dollars. Police say the man is legally known only by that name and no other identity could be learned.
A historical ADA style ad promises rapid relief with minimal nerve issues after first day. It touts marvelous cures and offers a treatise plus two trial bottles free to battle cases by sending to Dr Kline Arch Street Philadelphia.
A ten barreled machine gun is described as equal in intensity and sustained fire to a full infantry company at full war strength. The assertion compares a single weapon system to a large unit in combat.
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