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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1894
Page
7
A Kansas City man recalls meeting a fearless hunter described as Amazonian in Colorado, who shoots a mountain lion at dawn. The piece shifts to a New Jersey suburb wedding prank where the best man discovers the couple booked center orchestra seats, causing a comic theater scene and a sly reveal at the end.
The article lists fifty nine U S Supreme Court judges since 1789 and eight chief justices. It notes regional origins, with early chief justices from eastern states and later western appointees. It highlights states that never had a judge or chief justice, including Massachusetts and Delaware, and mentions changes in New York’s representation through 1845 and subsequent vacancy.
Clara recalls Hattie Talker mistaking Mr. Vincent for her brother after a year apart and rushing into his arms. He responds with restraint, keeping the moment from becoming a scene as others look on.
Dialogue shows an agent offering 32 bottles of medicine to paint signs on a barn in exchange for a deed of price. The farmer counters with two more bottles. The fragment links steel weight, gold value, tulip color range and boiler capacity as unrelated musings.
An old advertisement claims the product cures headaches in twenty minutes with no poison. It offers free samples by sending name or postal, or two cents for a full box to Goodrich & Jennings in Anoka Minnesota. It also notes the Vanderbilt family tracks household expenses and donates equal amounts to charity.
An advertisement claims Hanson's Maggie Corm Salve can cure and offers money back if not satisfied. It urges readers to ask their pharmacist for it with price listed in cents. A note mentions an English gardeners college opening a Women's branch.
S tick's Care Ts sold on a cusarvniee It cares Lecipient Consuma tion. It is the beet Conc Cure, Meck, Weta, & $L.W. There are in France 132,276 bicycles used for pleasure only. Hegeman's Cm. i cor coont Glyceriar, Tw original and opty Conuine. Cures Chapped Mand tid bacon, Cold Sor , tupe & Co. Slaves 4 Human sacrifices are still offered In Mon golian Siberia. Conductor F. PD. Loomis, Detroit, Mich., says: "The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure is wonderful.' Write him about it. Seld by Druggists, Te. A little over one-third of the American people are married.
Advertises Hoestetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for malaria by eradicating it and fortifying the system. Claims effectiveness for dyspepsia biliousness constipation nervousness rheumatic and kidney complaints. Also notes small screws of a watch are microscopic in size.
The article warns that many whiskies bearing celebrated names are counterfeit and bottled by unknown bottlers. It notes Uncle Sam’s Monogram Whisky is bottled by the region’s oldest and largest liquor firm and has won favor, urging readers to ask their druggist or retailer for it.
The Nineteenth Century attributes Chinese militia resilience with modern arms to frequent Franco Chinese clashes in Tonquin. It notes units from Yuonnan Kuang-tang and Kuangtsi, plus 40,000 occupying French forces, and an overall Chinese army near 3.5 million including the Green Banner troops. It asserts Chinese troops are disciplined, intelligent, and capable of enduring fatigue on a rice diet.
Dr. Lafferty of New Orleans cites chance events shaping history, from a Paris restaurant snub leading Murat to marshal rank and Naples throne, to Lincoln, Cromwell, Grant, and Blaine outcomes altered by luck or mishap. The Times-Democrat recounts lucky accidents shaping leaders and major events, including a miner discovering the Silver King ore by accident.
In a wintry moor cottage a legendary Wise Woman helps villagers with cures, warns of danger, and wards off mischief. A stormy night strands Bill Holmes and Samuel, while Mrs Warne dispenses remedies, money, and a chilling sense of justice.
The New York Herald recounts a tale of a self made millionaire who calls a single early event his sole true stroke of luck. As an errand boy earning 83 a week he saved his employer’s lost 37 dollars from a street quarrel and a police ruling, a moment he says shaped his fate and fortune.
Col Davis, a Lake Street road right of way man, recalls in a Chicago Herald interview a San Francisco to Sacramento journey in the 1870s. He notes a whisky gift valued at $5500, the stagecoach assault by highwaymen, and a moment to share a drink before the robbery.
A traveling narrator recounts being robbed by a gang who forced drinks from a bottle while confiscating cash and valuables. He notes saving a quart bottle and keeping it as a superstition, describing the robbers and their actions during the encounter. The tale ends with the narrator vowing to always carry a spare bottle on journeys.
Tennessee man John W. Thomas Jr of Theta narrates a dramatic recovery from a years long illness with extreme weight loss and lumps over the body. After trying doctors he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health and weight and ending heart palpitations.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch story recounts a married man George who played poker with friends until 1:30 am. His wife secretly placed an alarm clock in his pocket set to 1:30 as a reminder to come home, leading to laughter and a mixed reaction about domestic schemes and time pressure. The tale notes George owed $75 from the game.
J B Holbrook presents an extension ladder for upper berths in railway cars. The ladder folds and swings out from a partition hinge, slides in sections, and lowers to near the floor for easy ascent. It folds back with a string and spring action and stores with the berth.
An American traveler in Granada reports a hotel scene where a man at the door refuses to be treated as a porter. The man declares he is not a porter but a beggar, denying alms and asserting his poverty with a sharp rebuke.
An Indianapolis Journal feature touts a new road-scrap system by a clever inventor. The device replaces five minutes of work with six minutes of effort, supposedly meeting long felt needs and offering employment to laborers.
The report states Gushby-Miss Chelstone shows no sign of heart or responsiveness. Authorities suggest consulting her family physician for medical evaluation and possible diagnosis.
Pennsylvania bride Lillie Beale reportedly received 10000 to relinquish her marriage certificate and renounce claims on Robert Beale who wandered the west after a 1892 elopement. Beale, a Chester County mansion owner, faced possible return to luxury as details unfold from Cain station to Philadelphia and Denver.
Inventor unveils a supposed patent gun claimed to fire only when pointed by fools who fail to see it is loaded. The exchange with a gun dealer questions the mechanism and implies a warning to the inexperienced. The dialogue frames a sensational invention as relief for a suffering world.
A humorous exchange unfolds as he urges action and she delays while he notes the United States senate as a precedent for continuing the discussion. The dialogue hints at ongoing political discourse and scheduled future floor time.
Benjamin F. Davenport, a New York advertising man, amasses towels from hotels across the United States and Mexico. He catalogues each with notes of how obtained, saying many were secured without permission and that the hobby is unique among collectors.
In a brief city exchange two young boys aged four and five discussed origins of a baby. The four year old asked where the baby at his friend's house came from, and the five year old answered Heaven. The younger retorted he came from Scotland, ending the playful theological dispute.
In a fragmentary dialogue Will Wishington recalls telling his sister Ja about a young woman he calls upon. He says she made him feel like a fool and his sister remarks that he is too self conscious, revealing tension and embarrassment.
Returns show aggregate value around 50.000 but below 92. Nickel tops metals with 5.092, US2 tons valued at 27.01. Gold output valued at 2744, copper 164, silver 321,425. Coal mined 3,000,700 tons valued at 422,259. Iron ore 124,705 tons valued at 208,018. Iron Age.
The Philadelphia Ledger comments on Valley Falls Kansas where the Law and Order League keeps a list of all liquor buyers since January. With 900 names the list covers about three fourths of the town and the paper jokes it would be cheaper to publish the nonbuyers.
A Brooklyn deacon develops a money sieve to sort pennies nickels dimes and quarters dropped into the church contribution box. The device aims to speed up counting and improve collection accuracy.
The article recalls Rev. Chas Prosser of Mount Carmel Northumberland County Pa praising Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for curing severe dyspepsia and liver complaints after long suffering. It also cites J F Hudson of Whitcherville Sebastian County Ark who reports relief from torpid liver indigestion constipation nervousness and debility after using the same remedies.
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