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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1893
Page
8
A recent patent describes an enamel for gas apparatus and decorative metalwork that offers extensive color options including gold and silver tones. The coating remains unchanged by air or heat to bright red, is extremely thin, preserves metal details, and claims permanent protection against dirt and smoke.
The article contrasts German and English grinders, noting the German’s superior technique with a stone set in front, sharp touch, and ability to grind blades as thin as paper, delivering the finest razors.
The duchess of Cleveland testifies that the great hall hearth at Raby Castle has never been allowed to expire. The castle, famed as England’s oldest feudal example, hosted 700 knights in the banqueting hall, serving the earls of Westmorland, a Neville family title.
Munich correspondent reports a Paris Siecle tale of a student who, to win a wager, swallowed five neckties cut into small pieces as a salad with oil salt vinegar and pepper. The stunt was performed in five and a half minutes at a Schwanberg beer hall, followed by ten litres of beer, and the bet was won.
English visitors in the Scotch highlands attempted to purchase milk from an elderly woman on Sunday. The spokesman asked for a pennyworth while the woman, Mrs MecNabb-Whit, refused to sell on the Sabbath but offered a token amount instead, saying she would make a present of a shilling’s worth.
An old advertisement touts Hell's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any uncured case. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as proprietors and includes endorsements from Truax Wholesale Druggists and Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo. The cure is described as an internal remedy affecting blood and mucous surfaces at 45 cents per bottle.
J L Ferris painted Sweet Charity an oil work praised for rich color and moving subject showing a young lady delivering aid to a poor family. The piece was purchased by the Youth's Companion and reproduced in color for new subscribers at 1 75 yearly, with free issues through January 1804 and into 1805.
Drogrephic office at Washington cites unusual heat this season to a scarcity of soubarga ts in the North Atlantic. The note attributes higher temperatures to the oceanic shortage affecting weather patterns.
A woman explains to a New York Times reporter that she thoroughly researches dinner conversations. She notes guests, dates, and topics in a notebook and reviews them before each feast to ensure a polished table presence.
A pugilist challenges a sporting editor after a misprint labels him a bully. The editor insists the line read bul ly fellow, not bully, sparking a brief confrontation and offer to settle with a punch.
An old advertisement touts Sage's Catarrh Remedy as a permanent cure for stomach and bowel troubles. It promises relief from constipation indigestion bilious attacks and headaches with a small sugar coated laxative form guaranteed or money back.
Edison the Wizard visited Alientown to study his magnetic ore concentrator and furnace charging machinery. He expects the magnet device to cut ore waste and create bricks with sixty percent iron, enabling northern furnaces to compete with southern ones. He has already deployed similar ore-mining machinery in New Jersey.
Harrison's Magazine discusses how van does not indicate nobility in Dutch belts and how von signals nobility in Germany. It explains usage in regions including the Netherlands Belgium and notes knighthood can grant von, as in Alexander von Humboldt.
A diner rises after supper, noticing a man fleeing with a gold handled umbrella. A determined patron from a nearby table follows, vowing to stop the theft and return with a policeman. The cashier suspects both men may not return.
The annual Paris gala, once priced at 20 francs, offered free admission this year. Elite attendees flocked, but as departures began, doors were guarded by leading artists handing each guest a card reading Exit 30 francs each, with the note that guests could not leave without paying.
Hyacinth curses Lady Fraser as a rival for Alan’s love and vows deadly revenge. Lady Rosedene notes the perilous change in Hyacinth’s temperament while Alan’s favoritism toward the widow fans the jealousy. At the ball Hyacinth’s passion erupts and she declares she will kill Lady Fraser if she takes her lover.
Lady Fraser lures Andrea by night into a secret meeting on the estate grounds. After a tense confrontation he departs, she sleeps in a dreamless, shadowed calm. Morning finds her absent, with the household unable to rouse her from slumber.
A roundup of notable Minnesota events listed day by day includes Thomas Ryan’s horse theft at Renville and capture at Fairfax, a fatal injury to Lief Erickson from a falling tree, and teen George Sanford’s arm amputation after an accident in Deer Creek area. J J Eggabroad died at Winnebago City, a leading agricultural dealer and former mayor. Rush City photographer's building suffers a fire with Dr Gemmel’s office inside. rapid response limits loss to about $500.
Election results show Park Rapids voters approval to bond up to 8000 dollars for a water works system to be installed this fall. The report also notes several other local incidents and official appointments including a deaf and dumb school appointing Dr. J Gillett of Jacksonville NL as temporary superintendent.
Daniel Sullivan faces attempted criminal assault charges in Faribault county after arrest in St Paul. A Faribault county woman was arrested in Minneapolis for kidnapping. Conductor George Pfeiffer died after being run over near Minnesota Falls and passing away twenty minutes later. A. F. Barker died at Monticello after a long illness, noted for local growth efforts. An indecent assault case against Dr Ellis in Redwood Falls ended as the witness did not appear, with blackmail claimed by the doctor. Gertrude Almar, a St Cloud normal student from Melrose, sent to St Peter asylum. her condition mild and hereditary, cousin to Geraldine Almar of the Bos Tonian group. Dr C A Smith's Minneapolis residence burglarized, loot including 300 dollars in plate and jewelry and 63 dollars found on Miss Anderson. Stillwater prison night school expands with 156 attendees, higher studies added, access for convicts.
Saturday reports two masked gunmen robbed Druggist Cappell of St Paul. Several local incidents are noted including a jail plan in Redwood Falls, indictments for Father Connolly, and a rape case against Mrs Mullaley.
Judge Holland presided at a Itasca district term where Frank Allen pleaded guilty to grand larceny and drew a one year state prison sentence. Faribault moves to form a self feeding separator and threshing machinery company seeking 100000 capital with 80000 subscribed. Northwestern crew captured a crook fleeing Lake Crystal to Eagle Grove. A forged Wheat check for 190 dollars was cashed at Laverne Iowa before the culprit boarded a Northwestern train.
A forgery triggered a report to Conductor Sterling at Thrall and the suspect was jailed at Goldberg. Bennett Bros and William Arnt livery barns at Pipestone burned, destroying nine horses and many buggies. Total loss near 3000 dollars. Trotting horse Milwaukee owned by George Loomis of Minneapolis valued at 500 dollars perished.
Frank Huck of Omaha dies under peculiar circumstances at the Astoria hotel in St. Paul. The Minnesota division of the Travelers Protective Association is organized. Elgin fire destroys farm buildings grain and stock worth $3500. Miss Maud Pratt wins the Demorest silver oratorical contest in Pipestone among eight contestants. Beaver Falls farmer M. E. Gleason is attacked by two highwaymen. his team bolts and he fires at them with a shotgun. John Spopper and Charles Ripke clash. a severe blow from a sledge may be fatal. Convicts Bell and McDonald escape St. Cloud reformatory, steal clothes and cash, and flee southward toward Becker and Clear Lake.
On Tuesday October 31 the Mannath post office safe was blown open and its contents stolen. The Mesaba Consolidation faces reorganization in Duluth while Wet ore interest is reportedly out. R R Driese is injured by a dynamite blast on St Paul street car tracks. Diphtheria erupts at Red Wing seminary with nine cases and over one hundred students away. Two city deaths reported. Ancient Order of United Workmen lodge in Windom dedicates its new room and marks 25th anniversary with Grand Recorder Olaf Olson presiding and a post‑exercises supper.
Professor Henry Allen Hazen of the U S Weather Bureau proposes a program of at least 1000 high altitude balloon ascents to study tornado generation and seek its secret with plans for cross Atlantic air transit. He envisions a self contained balloon boat basket and ballast water to control altitude during prolonged flights. He aims to crash the idea before the Smithsonian board and Langley weighs in.
A Boston woman recalls her dramatic fascination with a butler formerly employed by a real earl. Her social circle praises the allure of noble servants, but the arrangement unsettles her and she admits meals have lost their ease as the man’s solemn gaze haunts the household. She confesses fear he will interpret their actions.
A Detroit Free Press writer recalls two raw countrymen at the world’s fair who, on a Sunday morning, filled an empty quart bottle from a sprinkling hose near the Kentucky building and each took a drink before walking away.
Plankington asks Von Blumer to dine with him tonight to meet a new cook. Von Blumer declines, suggesting tomorrow instead. Plankington insists she leaves tomorrow.
Chicago and Minneapolis price quotes show wheat easing with December at 62 1 4 cents and May around 70 4. corn and oats also lower. Cattle tops range 5 u0 with hogs trading between 5 50 and 6 35. St Paul mirrors with mixed beef and calf values and lighter veal prices.
A coal gas explosion struck the steam collier San Mateo Sunday night while en route from Como to San Francisco. The blast in the forward hold bent deck plates upward, injuring sailor James Anderson and throwing Oscar Anderson overboard, from a 4200 ton cargo bound for Southern Pacific. The vessel docked at Esquimault for survey. a similar Barracouda accident occurred months earlier.
November 1 report from Minneapolis says Joseph Clark a Black man of 100 Second Street South was fatally wounded when street car conductor W J Burnham claimed Clark attempted to rob him at Second Street Southeast and Central Avenue Burnham fired a revolver striking Clark near the naval Clark was taken to hospital Burnham surrendered at the police station after the shooting
London dispatch reports Cardinal Rampolli asked to resign as secretary of state after cardinals urged a Vatican shift toward a government friendly to Italy. The pope refused the request in a private audience following a whispered meeting with the French ambassador, though he noted cardinals' discontent.
In Red Wing Minnesota on November 1 a prisoner identified as John Doe, a mulatto, who had been in custody for burglaries at Zumbrota on April 1, escaped by sawing the iron bars from a window and picking a combination lock on the cell door. The break is described as one of the finest jail breakings heard in the area.
A meeting in Malta drew about 20,000 people to condemn the marquis of Ripon for curtailing archbishop of Malta’s freedom. Priests spoke and Maltese deputations attended from across the island. A telegram of resolutions was sent to the pope at the close.
In Fargo on November 1, workers on lateral sewer lines faced a pay cut from 1.50 to 1.23 dollars per day as daylight shortened work to nine hours. About twenty-five men struck on one line while others shifted to the lower wage with ease as contractors Kennedy and Allen pressed ahead.
Johannesburg dispatch reports the Matabeles abandoning a river crossing plan and preparing for a decisive clash near Uope Fountain. British Chartered Company forces concentrate men toward the frontier while telegraph lines are cut beyond Tati, hindering front news.
Berlin reports Prince Victor of Italy who recently received an honorary appointment to the cuirassier guards has sent 25,000 marks to be divided among the non commissioned officers and privates of the regiment.
A young girl died from an unknown internal disease after a post mortem revealed a large ball of indigestible nail morsels in her stomach. The report links nail biting to serious health risk and suggests sufferers heed the warning.
Mrs George asks for a sealskin sacque for winter. George jokes about prison after learning the Bering sea decision makes buying or selling sealskins a penal offense. The exchange ends with the taunt about prison.
Hegeman's Comphorice with Glycerin touted for curing hands and pains. Clarke of New Haven advertises. Sale offer for a horse power engine and roiler by Errick & Frost, Minneapolis. Dr. Frank Aiport, eye and ear surgeon, moves his Minneapolis office to the Dayton Building at Nicollet and Sixth. Teething remedy Mas Wiessow's Sooreixe Sixor for Children recommended.
A Potsdam dispatch to the Cologne Gazette reports twenty five loaded cartridges discovered among bed straw removed from guardsmen’s barracks. The find has caused a sensation in Berlin and Potsdam.
Washington, Nov 1. The summarized bank report for thirty-nine South Dakota banks shows loags and discounts totaling 4,459,854.20 versus 5,160,577.48 on July 12. Total resources stand at 8,254,154.79, deposits at 3,560,792.46, with average reserve at 26.86 percent up from 24.36.
The internal revenue office in St. Paul collected 230000 in October while customs price brought in 13000.
Rome reports growing danger in Sicily as workers form fisci clubs to press tax cuts and higher pay. The government sends an official to assess and possibly dissolve the clubs, fearing clashes with the bourgeoisie and officials.
Drexel and Son of Omaha, the contractors awarded the project, plan to use Minnesota granite for the new Omaha public building, with the choice signaling a regional material preference and potential impact on local quarry interests.
A riot broke out today at the prison near Steyr in upper Austria, injuring two officers. Reinforcements have been sent to restore order and oversee the aftermath.
The Red Juiver steamer C E Satterlee struck a snag ten miles above Grand Ecore Monday morning and sank. No lives were lost.
Schedules filed in the court of common pleas show liabilities of 401381 and normal assets 768048, minus mortgages totaling 599478, leaving 168570. The nominal assets include about 150000 of bad accounts in the assignment of Canda & Cane to Matthew Baird.
St Paul November 1 Insurance Commissioner Smith approved the Masonic Aid Association of Dakota to transact insurance business in the state. The company is headquartered in Yankton, Dakota Territory.
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