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Newspaper

Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1889

Page

3

Minnesota Cullings Show Wide Local News From The State

Minnesota cullings report diverse items from St Paul to Winona. A eight year old boy named Andrew Bentrow is in custody for barn arson. Sleepy Eye seeks Brown county seat with a thirty thousand dollar bond issue. St Cloud promises ten thousand dollars cash and forty acres for a saw mill site. John F Russell faces trial in Caledonia for embezzlement after eight years as Houston county treasurer. S J Truax lands a sixty five thousand dollar river work contract at Lake Pepin. Little Falls National Bank authorized with capital fifty thousand with Davidson as president and cashier. Duluth alderman loses seat for holding two offices. Homer land patent signed by James Buchanan is filed at Winona. A mad dog incident in Plainview prompts stock losses in the area. Albert Lea cops crack down on tramps and thefts. Sauk Centre tightens drunkenness penalty with street work order. Heavy rains boost Minnesota crops with wheat thriving. John Backes of St James loses one horse and his team suffers illness. locals fund replacement. Russell faces insurance company embezzlement charges in Caledonia. State boiler inspectors appointed across districts. A farmer near Minnesota Lake finds a man’s hanging body in his cow shed. Reverend Franklin Carter, veteran M E minister, dies in Faribault. Unknown man found hanged near Winona. coroner’s inquest pending. clues scarce. Red haired man’s body indicates possible foul play after hanging hours earlier.

Armstrong Duluth Homer Wales Register Winona James Buchanan Plainview Wabasha County John Backes St. James Carver County Mankato Backes John F. Russell Houston County Caledonia Minnesota Lake Franklin Carter Minnesota M. E Wisconsin Faribault Carter Robert

Deceased Novelist Charles Reade Mobiled in Public Eye

Charles Reade the English novelist is described, detailing his birth in 1814 at Ipsden House Oxfordshire, education at Magdalen College, and legal training before turning to a literary life. His major works and dramatic endeavors are noted, along with a famous 19th century New York Times suit over Griffith Gaunt.

Charles Reade Ipsden House Oxfordshire England Magdalen College Oxford University of Oxford Peg Woffington Christie Johnstone Griffith Gaunt Augustin Daly Reade New York Times

Agricultural Notes For The Farm and Garden Tips

Ornamental trees should be planted early and farm horses fed well during work. Emphasizes cost of production over mere yields and warns against cold weather dips for sheep. Recommends reliable breeders for birds and eggs, feeding cows for milk, and using oil cloth and coal ash to keep coops dry. Suggests sharp tools save labor and advises beef breeds for market. Provides pest, soil, and barn construction tips, plus a note on Australian agricultural finance ideas.

America

Witty Fragments and Light Jests From Old Papers

A collage of humor and anecdotes from old newspapers includes quips on hearing and wit, social manners, and generic gags. The selection features light exchanges about marriage, fashion, and daily life with short dialogues and cartoonish jokes. Characters include Mrs. Hodgson Burnett, Elberton locals, and unnamed humorists.

The Gold Island Tale of Robert and the Boatman

Robert leaves home to seek a trade and meets a lake boatman who tests his work ethic. After refusal to work and a golden island of wealth, he finds misery in ease, agrees to job near a battlefield, buries 1000 bodies, and earns three trees that grant wealth, longevity, and skill in life.

Moodus Miracle Ended By Blueing Drink

In Moodus Connecticut a resident cured of rheumatism after applying a kitchen table bottle as lotion and washing with it overnight. He woke to find his pains gone but discovered his skin was black and blue after using the family blueing bottle by mistake.

Moodus Connecticut River

Irresistible Rat Bait Found at Zoo

Capt. Weedin at the zoo discovers sunflower seeds attract rats, making traps catch more rodents. Traps now hold many rats nightly and the pests are moved to cages with weasels and minks, which quickly kill them.

Weedin Zoo

Glass cloth woven from glass and silk described

A French inventor developed a glass and silk woven fabric where silk forms the warp and glass forms the weft. The process is slow and costly but offers brilliant color patterns, comparable to other decorative novelties favored by the wealthy.

New York Telegram

Two Doctors Certificates Mix Up In Mail

A government clerk misfiles two medical certificates sent to an insurer and his chief. One certifies illness for a leave request, the other confirms health for life insurance. The error means the insurer has the ill health form while the chief has the good health form.

Friend G. C Scott Cincinnati Inquirer

Broadway tramcar embodies corrupt American life

A London Times critique derides a Broadway tramcar as a juggernaut of illegality built by bribery and corruption. It calls the line owned by Philadelphia shareholders, crowded and unsafe with smokers and pickpockets on each platform, and the driver speeding against city rules with frequent accidents.

Broadway Philadelphia London Times

Preventive Examinations Promoted for Kidney Health

New York World editorial urges routine physicals for all to catch insidious kidney and pulmonary diseases early. It argues prevention surpasses cure and endorses Warner's Safe Cure as a reliable aid when kidney disease threatens health.

The New York World of Warner

Misread Bible QAs Show Inadequate Clerical Teaching

Examination answers reveal distorted biblical details with misheard words and errors. Moses, Abraham, and the good Samaritan are described with incorrect facts, such as a golden cart and a brazen snake worship, and misnarrated journeys and injuries.

Hypnotism Scandal Involving Schoolboys In Budapest

Police investigate a sensational case from Budapest where a father reports his son and many classmates at a public grammar school confessing to stealing money under hypnotic suggestion from a mysterious man. The affair, linked to a claimed series of experiments, remains wrapped in mystery.

Buda-Pesth Pall Mall Gazette

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