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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1890
Page
3
A heavy woman alights from a Breecher street car and a lighter man, both described with approximate weights, collide and exchange cold remarks. He claims gallantry, she retorts, and a platform passenger notes the moment as a witty, costly insult to the man.
The text discusses how growth period and lifespan relate to size, noting larger organisms tend to live longer. It cites trees reaching 6,000 years and whales living for centuries, and explains longer maturity means slower self-preservation. Leuckhart and Herbert Spencer are referenced regarding nutrient absorption vs size.
Tailors note that many men have imperfect legs with one bowed or longer limb. They cut trousers so outer seams fall straight below the knees while fullness hides inside the leg. Knocks knees present the toughest fit challenge.
An interview in the New York News notes fewer women try on shoes in stores now. Shoppers prefer home fittings, leading one speaker to suggest fitting a boudoir in the shop with Turkish rugs so customers can try on shoes privately.
The New York Tribune notes a Siam boarding scheme offering board at forty five cents weekly with washing, two servants, show tickets, three shaves and cigars, yet wages in Siam are barely enough to earn forty cents per week.
A vintage medical advertisement claims Dr Pierce’s Golden Medim purifies blood and cures ulcers boils tetter and other disorders. It promises rapid improvement and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit is seen.
A claim of perfection is made for Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy stating it cures the worst cases. The text presents a bold assertion without date or corroborating details.
William E. Purdy is convicted in Chicago for the murder of Samuel Reininger last September and sentenced to be hanged, marking a capital punishment outcome in the case.
A preacher links biblical miracles to natural phenomena, arguing Jesus used natural likenesses to teach. He cites storms, snow, and divine protection shaping belief, and notes how the natural world supports Christian faith and conscience. He also relays a merchant’s tale on price fairness and one-price culture.
A roundup of notable happenings across Minnesota towns. Incidents include deaths by suicide near Delano and a seven year old crushed at Fergus Falls turntable. Wins and losses span robberies in Duluth, a Faribault fatality, a St Paul rail worker, and a lake-city starch factory expansion. Also noted: tax-free bounty for wolves, a reform vote in St Paul presbytery, and a potential religious school in Lake City.
A resolution asks Congress for a soldiers service pension bill. Arbor Day is set for May 6 with tree planting guidance. Kidder county sells 7500 in five year 5 percent seed wheat bonds to J J Hays & Son for 200 premium. Hansbrough introduces a Minot land district bill, favorably reported in the senate. Grend Forks county shows 95 000 surplus and 4000 for seed wheat for needy farmers. Gov Miller names H H Ruger T T Lee and H R Dickinson to the Devil's Lake deaf mute school board. A Mandan district court verdict awards 1304 to Denzel against the Northern Pacific for prairie fire damages. Settlers continue moving from North Dakota to Rainy Lake district seeking timber land due to dissatisfaction with prairie farming.
Several items span politics and local concerns from DeSmet to Sterling county. Miss Pettigrew organizes Baptist missions. DeSmet women nominate school board candidates. two presbyteries seek Westminster revision. Redwater canal work continues. A gun accident near Harrison injures a man. Paxton, the eight year old Spink county fat boy, dies. Garretseon thieves attack a whisky shop. Judge Haney finds no adultery law. Slim Butte battle memory recalls Crook’s 2,400 troops defeating Crazy Horse and American Horse on Sept 9, 1876 in Harding county.
A roundup of local tragedies and incidents including the death of lumberman Thomas Lumsden in a logging accident at St Croix Falls, a hunting accident killing Andrew Bachstrom near Plum City, a fall injuring Mrs Barker in Holton Me, and inspections led by J H Disney at Ashland. Other items note diphtheria deaths among Bartel children in Scott, a bribery trial at Sparta, ice shipments from Stevens Point, a banker Graves arrest in West Salem, a fatal well incident near Eau Claire, a postponed beet sugar factory plan at Menomonee Falls, and varied rural anecdotes and humor.
During cold weather Gen. Macintyre and his party found a python hiding in a rock crevice. They tried smoke, digging, and even drawing it with an elephant, but the snake resisted until finally dislodged by a buckshot charge. It measured twenty one feet long and about two feet in girth.
An elderly observer recalls watching The Merchant of Venice in her youth and again recently noting Venice has improved while Shylock remains the same mean figure, a comparison drawn from Harper's Magazine quote.
No sketch of St Augustine would be complete without Jim Ponce the famous guide and hunter. About 50, he knows eastern Florida like home, still uses a muzzle loader, has over 1,000 deer and nearly 400 bears to his credit, and can imitate calls so perfectly that forest dwellers answer him.
The landlord of a Birmingham public house owns a canary famed for fluent speech and clear articulation. The bird trained by an Indian paroquet in close confinement began mimicking words and attempted to utter magic phrases, a rare talent for canaries.
A boy remarks so far so good after stealing a tart while an ad touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil at twenty five cents, claiming cures for coughs and a weak ankle and inviting readers to buy the old time remedies.
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