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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1893
Page
2
A Memphis man patents an electrical vegetation exterminator designed to kill rank growth along railroads and highways, offering a method to clear vegetation for safer, unobstructed right of ways.
Engineers in Germany are testing a new telephone wire with an aluminum-bronze core and copper-bronze envelope. The design claims low electrical resistance and high tensile strength, potentially improving line durability and efficiency.
A hog on Jule Gunter’s ranch near Gainesville Texas is claimed to be one of the world’s largest. The Poland China hog reportedly weighs 1420 pounds and stands 8 feet 4 inches high and 7 feet 2 inches long.
The article explains that most metals except noble metals such as gold, silver, and platinum burn or absorb oxygen when heated in the air. It notes that metals generally react and oxidize under sufficient heat. The piece contrasts common belief with the thermal behavior of metals.
Dr. Agnew of Philadelphia noted catarrhal affections were nearly unknown among the quakeresses he treated, attributing the protection to the bonnet that covers the back of the head and the nape of the neck from cold air.
The Duponts of baking powder fame show strong hereditary links to their French forebears with many family members resembling native Parisians. They would be mistaken for French on the streets abroad yet appear distinctly foreign in this country.
Society women led by Mrs. C. Van Etten Mack begin a campaign to erect a statue of Queen Isabella of Spain. The plan places the statue at the Fifth Avenue entrance to Central Park facing the Columbus statue.
The query accuses a cowardly act of poisoning coffee and questions why any able-bodied man would not challenge the Hawaiian army openly, demanding a direct confrontation without gloves.
After years of trials the Delaware college agricultural station says peach rot can be controlled by spraying trees with a mix of ammoniacal copper carbonate solution and ammonium carbonate. The treatment is to run from late April to early July.
A female employee at a Bridgeport car parts factory was rolled in a barrel as punishment by fellow workers during a hazing incident. The victim, accused of being "upish," faces probable mental decline per the doctor, though recovery is possible.
Columbus barracks in Ohio is a coveted army post where officers enjoy simple living. Officers with only pay as income can participate in society, dress parade entertains locals, and few officers face stringent duties besides possibly the quartermaster.
The sultan declares a quest for proper reparation for ill treatment of Americans by his views. He is praised as wise, and the move would spare the nation from a potential crisis over possessions long contested by European powers.
Accounts from France describe M. Carnot shaking hands with 500 mayors and many others. The gesture isLight and ceremonious and can be repeated without tiring a Frenchman, unlike the more energetic English style which would exhaust the arm quickly.
A recent estimate puts the sultan of Turkey’s domestic budget at 175000000 francs, about 38000000 dollars, covering repairs furniture mats beds toilet requisites extravagant wear and jewelery for the harem and sultan, clothing and personal upkeep, carriages and horses for maintenance.
In conservative Southern Virginia many villages grew from roadside inns called ordinaries. Names like Jennings’ ordinary in Nottaway county and Smoky ordinary in Brunswick county mark the area’s history. Maps also immortalize early shopkeepers and millers, while Civil War era names are scarce.
A cast Columbian bell to be produced in Troy next month will contain swords from Revolutionary and Civil War heroes, gold pens used for historic documents, goblets of early republic fathers, coins and colonial plate, a Lincoln watch-link, a Calhoun spoon, and keepsakes of Washington Hamilton Jefferson and Schuyler.
The digest compiles the week’s top stories from the Telegraph and Press Association reports. It surveys worldwide events, politics, and social issues with concise summaries and emphasis on key figures and locations.
Secretary Gresham denies reports that Patrick Egan the minister to Chile had been recalled. The article also notes changes in diplomatic postings including George W. Caruth succeeding Gilbert A. Pierce as minister to Portugal and Vic tor Visquain named consul general at Senne. The piece covers treasury and inspector appointments and a Supreme Court ruling against Northern Pacific Railway in a liquor sale dispute near Kit Ltass county.
A Byng Inlet saw mill and 6,000,000 feet of lumber burned. losses reach 200000. Colfax hotel and stores burn for 150000. Paxton store blown down. Mrs Wolf fatally struck by brick. Independence Mo and Beeton Mo damaged by cyclone. two Ohio explosions injure workers. Fires kill Richard Verbyke, Isaac Monroe, and Elizabeth Bentz. two more men crushed and fatally injured in Illinois. Colorado mines burn. two months to extinguish. A nine year old in Ashland shoots himself. Child rescued from fire in Tenn., mother dies saving it.
Mr. Smith praises Mr. Booth and predicts his recovery. Maj. James N. Wheelan receives a one month leave extension. Gladstone is aided by an assistant before a speech. Gen. Rufus Saxton earns a Medal of Honor for defiance at Harper's Ferry in 1862. Hans Richter declines Nikisch succession and stays in Vienna. Emma Sickels, Pine Ridge heroine, visits New York. Mrs. Hannah B. H. Tyler dies in East Orange, last of the Tyler line. Jennie Northern of Princeton dies at 110 after measles. her daughter is 90.
A scattered roundup reports killings, suicides, abductions, and fraud across multiple locales. Incidents include two Cowboys killed at Dandy Crossing Utah, a Missouri suicide by James L. Pearce Jr., a Kansas City killing in St. Louis, counterfeited lagonda bank notes, a Kan. wife murder, and the Lewiston arrest for abducting Orpha Kelso. Additional items describe a Wolf Lake murder suicide, a Patterson killing over debt, California Veterans’ Home funds short, bank fraud indictments in Nashville, a Mo. preacher accused of seduction, a Kentucky coffee near-death after a daughter poisoning, lumber theft, a Denmark lynching, a Lafayette riot verdict, a New York priest swindle, Sing Sing escape still at large, Hoffmans church outreach, a St. Louis agent’s suicide, and pending financial revelations.
An exceedingly bad condition described as a suicide has stirred a great sensation in business circles, triggering concern among local commerce leaders about its implications.
A bomb near the Quirinal in Rome caused no damage. Prince Bismarck’s illness was a mild flu attack. Honduras’s revolution is ended. Ten acres of Hull lumber burned by striker arson, losses 500000 dollars. The Bundesrath proposes elevating the German legation in Washington to an embassy. Toronto banks accept US silver certificates at 1 percent discount. A theater riot in Trieste during an opera. seven arrested. Tin mines in Mexico rediscovered by an American prospector. An electric machine found in London. a foreign couple connected to the site disappeared. A jubilee mass by Dr Frank G Dossert in Rome. Hawaiian soldiers poisoned. all recover. Royalists suspected in food poisoning.
Twelve thousand miners in the Pitts burg district threaten a strike unless wages are raised. Striking boilermakers in Boston have won their demand and will return to work.
Across the country the press reports various events from a Missouri cyclone toll to stock market shifts. Illinois miners demand wage increases while a series of political and economic notes detail elections, bank failures, and corporate actions.
Winterbloom jokes about being paid back by poker, then reveals he will let his wife buy a $100 gown. Van Winkle questions relevance as Winterbloom hints at the reaction once his wife sees it.
At sunrise Chicago wakes to the gray dawn over the White City as scaffolding looms and the Columbian Exposition prepares for noon ceremonies. Troops, vendors, and officials assemble, with Baron Fava and Fred Douglass among early dignitaries as electric signaling gear awaits the president’s cue.
Crowds filled the White City plaza as President Cleveland, Directors, and officials pressed the golden electric key signaling the fair’s opening. The event featured the Columbian march, royal guests, lavish illuminations, and a night of electric displays as millions began exploring the grounds.
A massive naval review along the Hudson in New York ended with rain and a postponed program. Ships from Brazil Germany Britain and the United States fired salutes as President Cleveland and officials arrived. Spectators braved downpours amid a dazzling searchlight display showcasing French lenses and tactical lighting.
Haiti, a tiny republic covering 10 204 square miles with about 700 000 people, will be represented at the Chicago world’s fair. Despite nineteen revolutions in 101 years, the exhibit will focus on natural productions such as coffee tropical fruits native woods minerals and limited manufactures rather than exhibit revolutions.
A publisher notes a growing practice of literary work produced by others for public figures. Doctors, lawyers, pugilists, clergy, and journalists hire writers while signing the work, boosting reputations and income. A police incident then reveals a staged sham death to win back a wife, exposing deceit behind a dramatic scene.
A Boston Traveller list notes cases where writers based scenes on living events. A stowaway died on a National steamer with a novel found in pocket. a Hudson outing ended in drowning with passengers singing about being Lost in the Wreck. a book theft yielded Pound Out. Sydney solicitor locates two destitute heirs amid rags and a hut. Paris oddly mirrors such coincidences with striking occurrences.
Maj. Hughes, Louisville fire chief, slammed into a high stakes craps? poker night at Crockford’s. The battle against the dealer stretched from Saturday into Sunday, ending with losses between twelve and fifteen thousand dollars and a total swing near twelve thousand to fifteen thousand from his stack.
A Boston Budget note recounts a humorous incident at a Somerville negro church. Rain caused a pulpit fresco to fall. the pastor, muddy from mortar, announced that the gospel would halt until the rear abcess in the pulpit was fried, and the fresco was repaired the next day.
A commercial traveler visits a hotel and drinks beer with a teetotaler who sprinkles powder on it to claim he only drinks ginger beer. In unrelated notes, King Solomon's Mines is rendered in German as Old Testament Literature. A Allentown woman survives three gunshots thanks to her corset.
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