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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1891
Page
3
The Last Night of Lucien Hem at the Gaming House
Lucien Hem sinks into debt at a Paris gambling den on Christmas Eve then gambles away a child’s gold coin and a homeless girl perishes from cold. He wakes to discover the nightmare and later enlists as a lieutenant in the First Regiment of Chasseurs d Afrique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Hem
General Hem
Zaatcha
Lucien
Old Dronski
Monsieur
Paris
Pele
Louis
Chasseurs d’ Afrique
Algiers
Kasha
Jachen Hem
Strand Magazine
Burglar Pleads in Parlor Scene Amid North Philadelphia Break In
A burglar breaks into a North Philadelphia house. He shrieks, faints, and begs to be jailed, claiming he has endured many perils. He protests further inspection of the apartment and references macrame lambrequins and green tidies as he is taken away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Will Power Over Circumstances In A Long Ago Schoolbook
A New England farmer recalls an unopened old schoolbook from a girl student who died forty years ago. The pages show plant drawings, lecture notes, poems, and solved math problems, illustrating that will is stronger than circumstances and that past work rivals today’s student effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Diet and hardship across distant lands cited by Oswald
Professor Oswald notes that near the Australian coast natives do not die from lack of digestible food, despite consuming roots and unusual fare. He compares this to Central Russia where mental stagnation exists yet charity and parish poor laws prevent actual starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Russia
Professor Oswald
Building a Stock Barn for Winter Heat Efficiency
Farmers urged to plan barns with insulation to keep stock warm during cold months. Constructing a well heated shelter reduces corn usage for fuel and helps livestock maintain body heat through winter.
Tiger Hunt Tells of Calf Ambush and Panther Duel
Narrative recounts a hunter in India pursuing a tiger couplet by tying a calf to a tree, stalking the animal at close range, and delivering decisive shots to the heart. It continues with a tigress attacking a trooper and subsequent pursuit, plus a mounted chase where the hunter kills a tigress and encounters a wounded panther in a dense jungle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hai
Shikaree
Mangalee
Nursoo
Aring
Panther Attack Ends in Hunter Fatal Clash
A hunter recounts a brutal fight with a panther after a spear, rifle, and revolver clash. He describes being bitten, clawed, and wounded as the panther charged, then killing the animal with a spear after a desperate struggle.
Frog Remnants In Stomach and Big River Alligator Found
Cincinnati Inquirer correspondents report at Dayton Ohio Louis Whitcomb a care-maker endured a three year stomach ailment. He showed doctors undigested frog parts in his gut and symptoms prompted experiments. Akron residents marvel at a six foot alligator in the Little Cuyahoga river stomach contents revealed fish grass and a turtle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Dayton, O
Louis Whitcomb
H. T. Weis
Whitcomb
Akron
Cuyahoga River
Giant oysters tales from distant shores
The article recalls enormous oysters from history and abroad, noting eight inch to eleven inch specimens in Indian seas, Port Lincoln in Australia producing the largest edible oysters, and a South Pacific humor about ordering half a dozen oysters as a dinner novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific Islands
California
Pliny
Alexander
Indian Seas
James E. Tennent
Kottier
Trincomalee
Port Lincoln
South Australia
Adelaide
Discipline In Russia Shows Unyielding Army Obedience
A historical note contrasts Russian military discipline with battlefield outcomes. It cites a commander defying prudence to follow orders and a surgeon’s drill routine where soldiers instantly react to commands. The piece highlights rigid obedience as a defining trait of the Russian force.
Science and Progress Tips to Inventors
A curious experiment shows an engineer learning from an insect in a discussion on mechanical evolution and the potential of new cycle wheels.
Invention Ideas and the Future of Practical Skills
A discussion on practical invention from rail brakes to casting presses and bearing advances. Notes potential lines for inventors, from train stopping devices to half tone printing and streetcar starters, with Brunel’s Thames tunnel shield as a case study. Mentions aluminum for lamp leads and technical challenges with sealing in glass.
Evolution in Industrial Mechanics is a Business Process
The term evolution describes a gradual growth in machines and processes tied to industrial development. The text notes evolution is a practical business factor, similar to taxes, with improvements from high boiler pressure steam and multi cylinder engines. It cites Perkins and Welf as early players in high pressure steam and the adoption of second cylinders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Welf
Engine drawings reproduced after fittings in steamers
In Holland engines were fitted with Polid bugities and their drawings have now been reproduced in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
England
Curious injector idea led to boiler feeder invention
An engineer tested a funnel with a stop cock into a boiler at forty pounds steam. Cold water in the funnel rushed into the boiler due to steam condensation and water hammer. The resulting inrush was driven by a vacuum below the cold water and air pressure, prompting design of a boiler feeder though later abandoned.
New Cycle Wheels Uses Spoke Free Disc Design
A Newcastle inventor filed a patent for cycle wheels with no spokes. Two thin steel discs form the wheel, riveted to the rim and clamped by lateral tension across the axle. The design promises light weight, high tensile strength, and air cutting rigidity to prevent true loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Imagine So Small Wondrous Worlds Could Harbor People
A quotation from Chautaquan muses on a ten mile diameter asteroid with Earth-like density. It notes surface gravity at 1/800 that of Earth, a 150 pound person weighing about 3 ounces, a 50 foot per second throw escaping easily, and an inhabitant reaching about three quarters of a mile high without physical strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Chautaquan
Telegraphic Parcel Service by Wire Planned Between Cities
Telpherage or electrical parcel conveyance along overhead wires is described as an experimental idea. A 186 mile line in South America will connect Buenos Ayres and Montevideo with two towering pylons and a 19 mile La Plata swing. Initial setup enables two hour letter dispatch between the cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
la Plata
How Shells are Classified in Natural History
Shells are grouped as mollusks forming the sixth great animal branch. The classification spans two valve oysters, single shelled gasteropods, shell-less air breathers, and cephalopods. Oysters stand as the humble yet valuable representatives, with a blue point in a deep shell signaling a vast industry and delicacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Milliner's Bills and Roman Luxuries Compared
The New York Ledger notes Sara Bernhardt travels with 45 trunks and at least 100 gowns, calling it lavish. It contrasts with Roman figures like Lollia Paulina whose dresses were valued at 1.666 million dollars and Lollia Sabina who traveled with 500 asses for baths, suggesting even grand fashion fades beside ancient excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Bernhardt
Lollia Paulina
Agrippina
Pliny
Lollia Sabina
N. Y. Ledger
Little Brother and Poseboy Dialog Then Bedtime Prayers
The exchange frames a child asking to observe through a window and a parent guiding a tired boy to say his prayers. A mother pieces together a bedtime moment as Poseboy stands by, the child relents reluctantly about reciting devotions. The vignette hints at family dynamics and humor in a nightly routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poseboy
Poseyboy
English Cyclist Falls on Edinburgh Street
An English bicyclist, descending a steep Edinburgh street at high speed, capsized and fell in the road. Carters stopped to help and reacted with insular remarks, one quipping that a foreigner would have stayed in the gutter longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Jock
Monkey Raises The Household Cat War
The wife of a famed clergyman keeps Angora cats in a special room with a gallery for exercise. A resident monkey joins the menagerie and when the doctor finds the bath occupied by the primate he confronts his wife. She asks for 24 hours to decide between him and the monkey, and the monkey remains.
Disgraced peers and strange whispers in 1891 England
The Chicago Herald quotes harsh British gossip about disgraced peers in England. It notes an Irish earl once a Life Guards corporal served six months hard labor for military breach. Another English peer, son of a Lord Chancellor, lost his seat for a crime and now works for an Australian auction firm. The Marquis of Aylesbury clings to old habits, joking of selling greens in Whitechapel. The 1891 peerage lists the Marchioness Dolly Tester as Dorothy Julia Hasely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Life Guards
House of Lords
Australia
Aylesbury
Whitechapel
Dolly Tester
Dorothy Julia
T. Hasely
Tester
Chicago Herald
Arm chair electric light offers dainty reading glow
Day by day electric light grows in use with a new arm chair device. A user may sink into cushions and press a button to read with a bright steady light. The control wire runs behind the chair, simplifying consumption of kerosene lighting.
Macduff Defeats Tyrants with Hostetter's to Heal
The passage touts Hostetter's Stomach bitters as rapidly defeating biliousness constipation and dyspepsia. It claims the tonic conquers malaria rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles nausea and nervousness with certainty and completeness as a universal remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macduff
Hostetter
A Simple Diamond Test You Can Do Anywhere
A quick nonexpert method uses a dot drawn on paper and viewed through the diamond. If one dot is seen, the stone is genuine. if the mark is scattered or multiple, the gem is likely fake.
Castoria Slogan Recalls Baby Care Heritage
An old advertisement copy traces Castoria as a trusted remedy from infancy to motherhood. The playful verse links the product with care across generations, highlighting its use for babies, children, and mothers.
The Circus Lion and the King of Beasts Debate
A circus man argues that lions are not kings of beasts after recalling incidents in Midlands shows. He notes a powerful bystander kicking a lion back to its cage and a drunken keeper being saved by a barrel stave. He warns kicking a wild lion on its territory could be fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Hazard
Midlands
Simple remedy for rheumatism praised by physician
A famed doctor extols oil of gaultheria on sugar with Rochelle salts as a fast acting rheumatism cure. He says the regimen, followed every two hours, can end symptoms and reduce medical costs, and he furnishes the advice free for humanity.
Eugenie’s Limited Education Highlighted by Authors
The Empress Eugenie displayed intelligence yet lacked formal schooling. Immersed in high society, spelling flaws mark her letters though she studied through reading. She ascended the throne at twenty six and spoke English flawlessly, converse with Napoleon III in private. She excelled in horse riding and drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Napoleon Iil
Philadelphia
Trouble for Nothing Chappie in Love Rejection
In lively dialect exchanges Chappie confesses kneeling to ask for marriage, Challie confirms the rejection, and Chappie laments losing his fortune and pride to no purpose in a humorous scene.
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Sleeping Sea
Isaac
Rankin
Sporting
India
Ohio
Science and Progress
Thames Tunnel
Mark Isambard Brunel
Brunel
New York Ledger
Ward
Crookes
Cincinnati
McGregor
Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
Johnson &v
Mass
Queen’s English
Beecham
Dobbin
Mississippi
Grippe
Vicksburg
Miss
Dixon
Boschee
Peter J. Brials, Jr
Cayuga
Hines Co
Sigkhe
Carters
Carter Medicine Co
New York
Lenox
Tuti
Bayou Sara
Park Place
UMAN
Wilcox Specific Co
Phila
McVisker's Theatre
Hamilton
Bion
Ita
P.O
T. A. Slocum
Bi. C
Pearl St
Benotte
I. G. Root
M. C
N. Yo
Penna, Salt Mfg. CO
Gen
Tyrant Macbeth
Johnson
Castoria
Circus
Hood
el Draggiete
C. J. Hood & CO
Lowell, Maas
Chappie
Challie
Yaas
Chollie
St Jacobs
Thoos
ECHAM
St. Helens
Lancashire
Nerally
F. Allen CO
Canal St
Sapolio
Piso
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