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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1888
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch notes that since the start of the year 4,123 members of the Grand Army of the Republic have died. It also reports a French cruiser arriving at Zanzibar to curb using the French flag as cover for slave trade.
Sam Smail the evangelist is named as owner of about $100000 in taxable property. The notice notes his public profile and the large asset base referenced in the report.
A report states over 80 000 Knights of Labor members left the order in the last year challenging the adage United we stand divided we fall highlighting a national split in labor unity.
Nervous worshippers avoid services as rats swarm the Bristol Cathedral nave during ongoing prayers in the choir. Sightings of the vermin disrupt the congregation. Authorities consider cleaning and pest control to restore decorum and safety.
Workmen along the Western Railway of Alabama uncovered a human skeleton believed to be an Indian princess in a gravel bed. Among relics were a silver coronet bracelets a necklace of silver buckles on silk ribbon and a knife with a sabre blade.
Levetchko, a Russian peasant, after ten years of work, uncovers treasure on land once part of Prince Otersky's estate. The find includes manuscripts and valuable items besides gold. He receives one-third of the treasure while the czar claims the remaining two-thirds.
The dentist of the queen of Italy is described as a pale-faced dark-haired American named Chamberlain. He praises his royal patient and notes dental views, joking that teeth may worsen as civilization rises and people eat more cooked foods.
Dr. Holub maintains faith in Stanley’s safety but fears Tippoo Tib’s loyalty to Stanley. He believes Stanley may oppose the slave trade and suspects a secret pledge to refrain. If Tippoo Tib abandons Stanley, Stanley’s followers might rally to the African, sealing Stanley’s doom.
On a Sag Harbor road a man known as the Count lives as a hermit. He is described as a handsome courteous Frenchman who receives letters and papers from France. He asserts kinship to General Boulanger, a claim seen as possibly delusional or a joke.
The piece argues that city bakers raise bread prices as wheat rises and should lower them when wheat and flour fall. It notes no real shortage despite a possible 20,000,000 bushel shortfall and hopes farmers receive only part of the advance demanded by bakers.
Dan Appleton a 10 year old boy from Minnesota travels from St Paul to Washington and meets Congressman Nelson in the house. He asks for the right to block boots for lawmakers in the building and is directed to Architect Clark who grants the privilege. The boy is earning money from the task.
A language contest in a city of learning drew professors, students, teachers and journalists. Most could pronounce only three words correctly as rapid declines struck victims. Simple terms like naseous obsolete luxury luxurious and allopathy proved hardest to say.
A man digging near Trinity Church Margate uncovered a deep cavity that opened into a twelve foot high underground chamber. The chamber held human and other remains and a long subterranean passage likely connected to the seashore, near notable smuggler caves in the area.
Wright issues annual report on social sanitary and economic affairs of women in shops and factories based on interviews with over 17 000 women. Col Wright aims to complete statistics on marriage and divorce for Congress by January. Military prison commission reports to the secretary of war at Fort Leavenworth noting prison population 472 on the 9th inst with prior count 485 on May 22 1888 and findings about imprisoned insane inmates.
Isadore Meyer and Guillaume Ladure of Helena Montana built a small boat for a Missouri river hunting trip. They sailed from Stubb's Ferry twelve miles from Helena and have not been heard from since, feared drowned.
Reports describe Joseph Poy terrorizing Ten Mile Creek area with house robberies haystack arsons and gunfire. Other items include the missing Ira Haywood of Huron County Michigan with $2000 loss and a history of dissipation.
Daniel B Owen secured a license to marry Miss Nancy Vaughn in London. Rev Alexander Profit led the ceremony but halfway through the bride's mother intervened and halted proceedings. President Cleveland made a New York visit on Oct 26 with Mrs Cleveland and others aboard the Congressional Express. Daniel Hand of Guilford, Conn, donated 1,000,000 to the American Missionary Association for education of needy colored people in the South, with strict expenditure rules and a $100 cap per recipient.
A canal break at Cornwall blocks vessels carrying lumber for American markets for three weeks. Indians at Morley face possible trouble as Stoney Chief Chiviki is fired upon after being halted by Bloods while hunting near Sheep Creek and High River. Chiviki is wounded. A second Stoney Indian is shot while herding horses.
At the Salle Wag ram in Paris a Boulanger gathering turned violent as about a hundred antiites clashed. Lullier fired into the audience while Dur ing turmoil, both leaders fought off bystanders. Lullier injured, others carried out with facial wounds. outcomes for speakers unclear.
Minnesota Attorney General clarifies that small towns under 5000 need one ballot for all offices and that split or mixed tickets remain allowed. The report also covers US marshals ejecting settlers in Iowa, the River Land case involving B. E. Boynton, agency unrest at Standing Rock, Frost Head’s confinement, Crow tensions, and a sinking railbed near West Superior with extensive repair work and ongoing ground movement.
A lively New York convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union featured Mrs. Angie F. Newmann describing abuses among Mormon women in Utah. Delegates adopted resolutions urging federal school aid, prohibition of liquor exports, and broader anti liquor measures while affirming support for the Prohibition party and woman suffrage.
A Winnipeg telegram claims a crossing of the Canadian Pacific by a Portage line. officials state Northern Pacific has no stake. The Manitoba government builds and owns the line, then turns it over to the Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railroad. The only link is a traffic contract via the Duluth & Manitoba and Red River Valley routes.
Chief Justice Taylor dissolves injunctIon barring the Red River Valley Northern Pacific and Manitoba roads from crossing the Canadian Pacific track. CP rail files another injunction claiming the line is not government property but handed to Northern Pacific. Citizens rally in rejection, urging special constables to guard tracklayers as the state supreme court ruling looms. About 500 locals enroll as volunteers to support the Northern Pacific.
The U S Supreme Court upholds the Iowa ruling that state law can regulate internal liquor manufacture even for export. It rejects Kidd’s claim that interstate commerce exempted local production and notes the new state law would shut distilleries regardless of the decision. Des Moines reports say the decision strengthens prohibition statutes and ends the old test case.
Cleveland reels as City Treasurer Thomas Axworthy flees to Europe after leaving for New York and Montreal. Attachments and garnishments surge as bondsmen seek recoupment on over 500000 in defaulted paper. Investigations show a large city deficit and uncertain bank deposits.
After a three day session the coroner s jury at Mud River Pa finds gross negligence by engineers of locomotives 452 and 466 of the seventh section for failing to spot a red signal and for not approaching the station under full control. Lookout men on both engines are faulted for not reporting the red light. The rear brake man of the sixth section and conductors of both sections are also found negligent for improper warnings and control.
The sixteen year old Randalls was found four miles from Fort Ripley while plowing on his father’s farm. A cousin Sumner was arrested after a confession surfaced about aiding in the Ziegler killing. The rifle used was a Winchester 45 caliber. Rumors claim Randalls previously shot his mother, but details are unclear.
The New York Graphic’s plant and franchises were spared when talks with a Southern syndicate neared completion, deferring the sale until the agreement with the Southern capitalist is finalized. Albert A. Shaver, former Clare County treasurer, is under arrest for misappropriating county funds in 1884. He was found bound and forged in his office after claiming a $4,000 robbery, a story not widely believed, now reexamined by investigators.
Dr Talmage argues that pictures have a divine mission and influence morality beyond mere decoration. He cites biblical scenes, master painters, and the need for virtuous art while urging philanthropists to fund enduring art galleries and free cultural spaces.
A cat near Chenango street in Binghamton livened a shooting incident by clawing a barbed fence after a bullet struck wood near her head. Despite wounds, the animal fought on, was disarmed, and is expected to recover.
The War Department and Secretary Endicott approve a novel weapon for hospital corps described as a large jack-knife worn at the side. It is non-combatant use, for carving, splint making, crafting a litter, or other versatile tasks, and will be issued to the hospital corps with drills to follow.
Dr. J. S. Wilson, whose feet were amputated after a switch engine accident in Augusta, is seen in a roller chair on the street. He reports continuous pain in his toes and the ball of his feet, despite the amputations two months past, and hopes the nerve irritation will ease with time.
German empire statistics by G. Hellman show lightning danger generally rises yet falls with dense housing. Soil type shapes risk with calcareous ground at one, marl two, sandy nine, and clayey twenty two. Oaks are struck far more often than other trees, with beech one and pines fifteen while oaks reach fifty four.
The narrator muses while leaning over a railing about Columbus’s voyage and the futility of finding tobacco before its discovery. He imagines the delays of travel, mutinous sailors, and the absence of forks as he contemplates tobacco’s nonexistence at that time.
A story tells how the celebrated poet Lessing tested his servant's honesty by leaving a handful of gold on a table. When a friend asked if he counted it Lessing confessed he forgot to count, implying trust in the servant or lapse in memory.
A Muscatine schoolteacher reports walking more than 600 miles in the past year as she commuted to and from her duties, highlighting dedication and steady routine.
A long list of home tips covers cleaning with alemon and disinfectants, cooking methods, fabric care, remedies from buttermilk to chamomile, coffee prep, and beetling on health and sanitation. Practical routines include polishing, dyeing, and managing odors, plus a caution on germs and fermentation.
An O J Farmer writer urges protections for children during blizzards. Directors should stock two weeks fuel. teachers should be law obligated to keep students in the schoolhouse during storms until parents can fetch them. The plan aims to prevent hunger and ensure safety.
A concise collection of Edgar W. Howe maxims on how newspapers, gossip, funerals, money, marriage, and vanity shape perceptions of heroism and worth. The quotes contrast wealth, frugality, and human frailty with social rituals and value.
Rev Sam Jones praises journalists as the best detectives in America noting newspapers expose shams and bring criminals to justice. He says going to a newspaper office offers square judgment and cautions that Christian conduct protects one from press attacks.
A scientific writer suggests reducing the jar of city pavements by imitating nature. The heel should be covered with an elastic rubber pad to replace hard boot-heels. It would cost only a few cents monthly for maintenance and would quiet footsteps and help prevent winter bone breaks.
A Lewiston man reported an umbrella missing from his hallway and his dog missing too. The dog later reappeared in a Lisbon street store beside the umbrella. A stranger entered the store, followed by the dog, who kept the umbrella until the owner arrived.
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