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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1893
Page
3
In 1772 Professor Maskelyne measured the attraction of Mount Schihallion on a plumb line, finding a deviation of six seconds from the perpendicular. Using earth diameter 7912.41 miles and water weight 62.32 pounds per cubic foot, the earth’s weight is calculated as 5.842 quintillion tons.
During Reconstruction in South Carolina a former slave named Pompey Smash rises to Trial Justice. A lawyer reminds him the jury has not been charged, and Pompey asserts in a dignified drawl that he will charge each juror one and a half dollars.
In St Goar a historic Lower Rhine custom endures where on Easter Monday the town crier auctions the right to dance with the chosen girl for a year. The maidens are sold to the highest bidder and the proceeds go to the public poor-box.
In a light exchange, a character accuses another of flirting to provoke George while the other denies it and argues that a more attractive man would be chosen if that were the aim. The dialogue reflects social maneuvering and romantic tension.
A Detroit Tribune quip notes a plumber asking about encumbrances to justify billing, sparking a brief exchange between a plumber and proprietor about transparency and charges. The humor hinges on clarifying facts before settling the bill.
Health advert promises Dr Shoop Restorative Nerve Pills for constipation and dyspepsia with a free medical book upon sending a 2 cent stamp. It cites Dr Super of Racine Wisconsin and mentions druggists selling at two cents. The note also oddly claims men have longer hair than any animal and women can now be seen drying cabs in New York.
A historical snippet discusses Quaker Corn Care and public health concerns. It mentions Hungarian populations in U.S. cities and an English arm of an American firm building rooms over nine years. A physician advertises a remedy for female health issues offering free samples to readers who send addresses.
An enthusiastic hygiene columnist recalls a friend ill from hot water and discusses why many people insist they cannot drink it. The writer notes a greasy stale smell and flavor in hotel and domestic water and explains how a clean kettle yields a refreshing taste like spring water.
A distraught man claimed to suspect his wife of infidelity and watched a house from the back of a grocer’s shop. He threatened to kill her, then fled. Later the shopkeeper found fourteen rolls of butter, a skin of lard, two hams, and other goods missing from the back of the shop.
A poet asks why the applicant seeks their autograph and the applicant replies humorously that only the poet can write it. The exchange reflects playful self regard and a light literary mood.
A casual barbershop exchange about mug storage mixes with ads touting Salvation Oil for wounds and Hostetter’s Bitters for kidney and stomach ailments. The column references quick relief products like Quaker Weabacuk Carsuces and notes large Australian trees and a tobacco plant factoid.
Nell clings to hope as letters from Charlie fail to arrive while Captain Graham faces a conflict between duty and a new passion with Inez Munro. He secretly loves Inez, but Nell’s faithfulness and Mark’s concern bind them to the same old ties amid a moonlit Indian night.
Charlie Graham confesses love to Inez Munro, but she commands him to marry Nellie Foster. Years later Inez, ill and dying, reunites briefly with him in Florence. he keeps his distance, bade farewell, and the lovers part forever as Inez dies in Italy. Nellie and Charlie honor her memory with their own child named Inez.
A farmer urges systematic practice to end drift and patchwork farming. He advocates one large fenced pasture, consolidated cropping, and timing plans to convert labor into cash, stressing time is money and field layout boosts efficiency. The piece also discusses well safety and well sealing to prevent animal intrusion.
The article surveys Utah's sheep abundance numbering in the millions, with Merino flocks producing fleece weights of 5½ to 6½ pounds. It notes 40 to 45 million acres of range land, limited irrigable farmland, and wool prices of 15 to 20 cents. Sheep owners hire expert shearers, pay crews 35 to 45 dollars monthly, and run flocks of 2,000 to 2,500 under a single manager with company outfits. Charles Crane estimates annual sheep upkeep at 70 cents per head, clip yields 12½ to 14 pounds in a single flock.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that after two months in office Secretary Carlisle suffers nervous prostration and insomnia amid demanding duties. It argues the treasury job is too exacting for one man and suggests dividing it into finance and revenue departments to prevent further mortality and preserve public service.
Chauncey Depew notes that a coon story he told years ago has 109 variants. He recalls hunters misreading a tree top, a wooden bump, and a man on a pump as the coon. Some versions feature a rising river. others, all three hunters treed and praying for high water.
The Norfolk chamber of agriculture reports field trials showing 150 pounds per acre of nitrate of soda raises barley yield by about nine bushels per acre versus no manure. Minerals add little. salt helps none. Over 100 pounds per acre reduces yield, and 200 pounds badly lodges the crop. In fair soils, 150 pounds of nitrate applied in April boosts barley by about fifteen bushels per acre plus more straw. Wet winters wash away soluble nutrients, so nitrate of soda can restore yellow grain. apply in April and May.
The article promotes using sulphur as a cheap remedy for fowls and vermin, with methods to feed or apply it. It urges keeping toadless wells, describes dairy and winter feeding strategies, cash-based farming, and breeding notes. It also covers hog care, road maintenance, turkey breeding, and pig and clover farming for cheap pork and manure benefits.
During dry mid summer the wagon tires loosen causing delay. A remedy uses a trough wider and deeper than the wheel felloes, filled with boiling linseed oil. Turn the wheel slowly through the oil one or two revolutions per wheel. Reheat oil if needed. cost only a few cents and minutes. The oil can be reused.
The article from American Cultivator warns that an eye growing in warmth and darkness dries out the potato, sapping vigor and leaving seed unfit for eating. Sunlight and drying winds improve seed, and keeping potatoes in a light cool room speeds green growth this boosts earliness for market. Some gardeners cut seed and dry it to enhance greening, ensuring early potatoes in market.
The Sheep Breeder urges flockmasters to use blue vitriol as the reliable cure for foot-rot. It must be applied as an active solution in water, not mixed with tar or white lead, and the affected area must be exposed by washing or paring. After thirty years, emphasis remains on copperas turpentine tar and sulphur as effective treatments.
Instruction outlines teaching piglets to drink and eat from fresh milk in a shallow trough avoided by the sow. It prescribes a starter ration of 50 percent middlings, 25 percent corn meal, 15 percent bran and 10 percent oil meal, moistened with milk, then increasing meal as pigs age to a 50 25 15 10 mix by six to ten months.
A brief juvenile vignette from Boston recounts a nine year old boy named Charlie learning he has become an uncle after a nurse informs him of a new nephew. The line shows playful dialogue and childlike reaction.
A compilation notes that handwriting is not universally worsening, with editors and readers largely agreeing on legibility in novels and exams. It cites fatigue from heavy copy work, writers cramp among prolific authors, and argues slanting writing harms eyes and posture, while upright script is preferred. It also discusses fashion in women’s carriage and the social aim of dress to please men.
Senator Davis recalls an aborted Boston visit when heat drove him to Young's hotel. He bought Virgil at a bookstore and stayed four days reading, trying to forget reality. He plans a future trip to New England if weather allows.
A witty exchange notes speculators in Chicago seek corners in markets and always end up squeezing someone. The dialogue hints at speculative pressure and opportunistic behavior in financial circles.
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