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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1891
Page
6
A Bedford Massachusetts property long held by a single family for 227 years has changed hands in a recent sale reported by Brainerd Hispatch. The article notes the long tenure and the sale of the old homestead.
Petrolean discovered at Coligno in Fresno County California, oil described as superior quality compared with any previously found in the state.
A new method of diverting and healing the insane of Blackwell's Island is to have them rehearse in comedy.
The report notes that among 9 858 American criminals surveyed, 6 779 were not married. It argues that matrimony does not seem to deter men from crime or prevent imprisonment.
The past month in England has been exceptionally wet, described as unprecedented for half a lifetime. Observers note a boon for rainmakers if they operated there, implying unusual hydrological conditions and opportunities from the heavy rains.
The excerpt hints that Mr. Howells plans to marry the daughter of a millionaire to a reporter in his new tale. A possible grudge colors the note, yet the core Bohemian spirit remains intact and unshaken.
A boy in the East killed himself following his father reading an account of a death. He left a message saying he wished to know how it felt, a reckless consequence of morbid curiosity.
A historian notes Uncle Sam spent 9377 dollars to supply liquid coffee to troops in the late Sioux war. The remark suggests a parallel between military coffee and senatorial cold tea, highlighting cost concerns and questionable quality.
A claim says the Eiffel Tower attracts electricity causing cloudiness and rain nearby. The writer muses Melbourne could see rain if a tall portable tower were built, suggesting a similar weather trick with a different location.
The note claims Winning The Waxkworp shaved his beard and warns Willie about changing desires. It suggests Willie risks a fickle reputation if he discards his toys fast, recalling his father’s beard and Bismarck’s guiding influence as contrasts.
The 1860 importation of fifty English spar rows led to a vast population now infesting Australian islands. They outnumber native birds and push some species toward extinction. The jack sparrow is cast as an assertive, earth‑seeking figure in this comparison.
English discussion centers on whether Spurgeon, a longtime smoker, should continue. The article argues he should not smoke, except perhaps good cigars, and calls for tobacco products including cigars, cigarettes, pipes, and McKinley cigars wrapped in manila paper to be religiously banned.
Mount St Evias allegedly used to claim North Americas highest peak status. Seanmag seeks action against certain explorers over height misstatements. A prior measurement reduced height to 15428 feet by false trigonometry, while a current party estimates 18009 to 19000 feet.
Reverend Sam Smalln campaigning in Massachusetts for the Prohibition party was arrested on a charge of obtaining $1000 under false pretenses tied to a Western land deal. The veteran agitator, known for stunts to gain sympathy, faces legal trouble from monetary schemes.
A Rome dispatch reports the Pope, feeble and opposed by cardinals, disappointed by the Austrian reply about leaving Rome. Austria seeks assurances the next Papal election will be protected from Italian interference while the Pontiff desires stronger assertion of temporal power.
Mrs. Asa R. Wood of Washington Pa widow of a newspaper reporter reportedly received about 240000 from William H Jasper of Lewiston Idaho a wealthy bachelor and relative of William H Vanderbilt. Jasper is said to be worth about 2 million and has been in correspondence with Mrs Wood with drafts and deeds arriving via his attorney James Rodgers. The woman aged about thirty six is described as attractive and refuses to reveal the donor’s name to journalists.
A whimsical exchange unfolds as a rural officer identifies a scene as a goose paddock while a lady praises a natural carpet of green. The light moment hints at a countryside setting and local observation.
A compact digest of national and international items featuring key politics, crime, casualties, and diplomatic happenings. Highlights include notable statements, policy shifts, and evolving events shaping Washington and global affairs.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is printing the back of the two dollar Windom note and it will not be issued until December 1. Rumor says Steve Elkins may become secretary of war and the president favors a practical politician in his cabinet. James W. Warple has been named assistant to the World’s Columbian Exposition board of management. Commissioner Simons of the patent office affirms a denial of patent for Daniel Drawbaguh’s telephone filing from 1854. The mint director received bronze Friesland medals from the United States minister in The Hague commemorating American independence and a commerce treaty and will place them in the cabinet of medals at Philadelphia mint.
Cor He wt t the last surviving Waterloo ote is dead. Mr Kexper notes press in America is irreproachable yet English critics unreliable. Prof Higerns, astronomer and spectroscopist, muses on star colors and star ages. Military presence at the Vatican noted. Maxstrexp writes Paris to Philadelphia health board about husband Frank Lacher. Thorncraft’s John Bright statue unveiled in Rochdale. Col William R Holsoway to edit the American Tribune in Indianapolis. Robert Warsox of Allegheny welcomes a cigars smoking two year old son. Timothy Herxinxs raises violets at Menlo Park shipping flowers to San Francisco. Mrs Arthur Wellesley and Mrs Hesket Smith run a Grosvenor Street flower shop in London with artistic bouquets.
A string of fires and accidents causes multiple deaths and extensive damage. A Mississippi drawer fire kills twenty. Virden Illinois and Hamlin Kansas suffer major blazes. Georgia Central lines lose seven bridges. a Soo Line collision near Thorson Minnesota crushes five, with one to die. Kimberly Pennsylvania mill blast injures five. Evansville streetcar burns, 75 horses perish. Cumberland mine dynamite explodes killing two, injuring three. trains collide near Tappi, fatalities among engineer and tramp.
Report outlines numerous violent incidents and legal actions in various states. Incidents include a fatal stabbing in Missouri, a death row inmate confessing murders, arson and incendiary acts in Kentucky, acquittal in a kidnapping case in Minnesota, a murder during an attempted rape in Alabama, a drunken killing in Arizona, alleged abuse by a steam whaler crew in Alaska provoking a native massacre, a life sentence in West Virginia for a Mafia related murder, a fatal factory furnace accident in Ohio, and a post office fraud case-leading to a shooting in Alabama.
Amid Cork clashes Paraeelites and McCarthyites fight with sticks and stones while floods in Northern Italy drown twelve. Reports touch on British politics, European incidents, and unrest across multiple nations with various officials reacting.
A mosaic of 19th century dispatches reports brigands demanding 50 000 francs for Marquiss Grimaldi in Sicily while ships suffer heavy seas in Marseilles. Other items note Yemen insurrection, a Moirans railroad crash toll, and European diplomacy including Russia Germany and leprosy efforts in Bokhara.
Reports describe a multi city labor wave with strikes by women in Pittsburg press rooms and Dubuque garment workers over wage cuts. Boston Knights of Labor urge anti poll tax stance while New Castle rivermen push wage raises. Rail companies withdraw from Western Traffic Association to form Colorado group. A St Louis Niederinghaus mill strike tied shooting of Iron and Steel Workers official James Rodgers.
Newspaper records two men in a brutal prize fight in Connecticut while boxing events spread across Milwaukee San Francisco and Boston clubs. Matches involve Joe McAuliffe Patsy Cardiff and future Brooklyn League plans. Sullivan arrives in San Francisco to gauge return prospects.
Samuel Gompins has called the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor to meet in Birmingham Alabama in December.
Iris proposes a national encampment in Chicago during the world's fair. The national Republican convention may move to Minneapolis. St. Paul leaders push steps to attract Minnesota immigration while Cambridge University rejects Greek study. The Tilden will is voided, and heirs will share $8 million. A Confederate general statue is unveiled in Richmond.
Ohio observers at Republican and Democratic headquarters report McKinley likely carried the state by 15,000 to 20,000 plurality and a Republican legislature, with Hurdles in Franklin and Columbus. Democrats concede possible loss. In Iowa, early returns favor Boies and a Democratic ticket, with Wheeler gaining but not enough to overturn Boies’ lead.
In Trenton the Democrats secure likely majorities in both legislature houses. Hudson County results show a sweeping win with R. S. Hudspeth elected state senator by about 8,000 votes over Republican Carr. Most assembly districts plus county offices go to Democrats. International peace congress opens in Rome with 100 delegates.
Minneapolis and Chicago markets show No. 1 hard wheat at 91c, No. 1 Northern at 88 1/4c, No. 2 Northern at 85–86c, oats around 28–28 1/2c for various grades, corn 4th grade around 54c, rye 2 at 82c, barley 90–95c, and bran and shorts pricing from $10.75 to $13 for middlings. Hay and seed prices vary by grade, with flaxseed at 88–90c and timothy seeds around $1.18–$1.19.
About 200 New York sports fans travelled to Danbury Connecticut to see a finish fight between Jack Bees of Ohio and Joe Daly of New York. The bout erupted in seventh round when Pely left the ring and chaos followed. The fight continued with biting and pushing until ninth round when a foul near Cole McAuliffe as referee forced a stoppage and Bates was awarded victory.
Baltimore reports Election Day as a holiday with banks and offices closed. Frank Brown leads the Democratic ticket to a large governor’s majority, with state and city contests also favoring Democrats. Returns hint at a Democratic legislature and a possible replacement for Senator Gorman.
Dispatches from 47 of 106 Kansas counties indicate the Alliance failed to win statewide in the November election. Rural areas favored Republicans while cities saw limited gains for the Citizens' Alliance, but judicial districts show a wholesale defeat for Alliance nominees.
Special Telegram reports Jolley leading in early results with 3,892 to 1,711 for Wood and Smith after midnight tallies from 150 precincts across fifty towns. Smith shows a 150 plurality in Brown county and 75 in Day county, with Jolley conceded nationwide.
Partial returns from 15 precincts in the counties show the Republican ticket leading by about 300 votes. Chairman Coe claims the entire ticket is ahead by 5000. Helm is expected to win the Supreme Court seat by over 5000, per state party officials, while Democrats offer no estimates.
Returns from Bienmorp Virginia indicate a three seat gain for Democrats in the lower house with sixteen without opposition. Further tallies show Democratic wins in Brunswick Dinwiddie Prince George and Surrey counties increasing the count by three. The Senate also leans Democratic with uncontested seats in the Fourteenth and Twenty fourth districts.
At midnight from twenty one counties including Allegheny but not Philadelphia the GOP gains for Gregg as auditor general and Morrison for state treasurer are about 6, or 645 and similar. Philadelphia results arrive slowly but are expected to push the city GOP by around twenty thousand and establish a statewide GOP majority near forty thousand.
Boston reports slow statewide returns as two officials count votes to ensure accuracy under a new legislative requirement. The Journal and Advertiser expect Russell’s win with a small plurality, while Allen’s margin remains uncertain. Early data show about 100 towns counted versus 250 last year, with Boston likely tipping the race toward Russell by roughly 12,500.
George Woodbury was today re elected county commissioner in Jamestown North Dakota with only a few votes cast. The election law received little trial as the swift Telegram dispatch notes the minimal turnout and result.
Gov Campbell said he would go to the Hamilton county line with 15 000 backing him and a New York friend telegraphed a wager of 15000 from the Hofmann house asking if he should place it. The governor urged to place the bet as he believed in his election chances.
Sgt Arcoles of the agricultural department says all crops exceed average. Wheat yields 15 450 000 quarters maize 8 068 000 oats 2 065 000 barley 1 201 000 and rye 2 403 000. Eighty five percent of wheat is very good quality. Wine, orange and lemon crops also show strong results. Italy enjoys uncommon prosperity says Sgt Arcoles.
The United Kingdom chambers of agriculture consider a motion for fiscal imperial federation with a moderate tariff. The proposal aims to shield home industries from foreign competition while preserving some free trade within the empire, addressing injustices from unfettered imports and hostile tariffs.
Shortly before 8 o'clock the glaze mill of the Ohio Powder Works four miles north of the city burned, killing two men Joseph Maags and Ben Somans. The mill contained 500 kegs of powder and the mutilated remains of the men were scattered over a ten acre field.
Wixvipee special report says Gillette the forger, serving a ten year term at Stony Mountain penitentiary, escaped last night and has not been recaptured. He is the convict Burke allegedly confessed about in prison here.
Dusit report details McDermott nephew of the late Charles Stewart Parnell publicly horsewhipping Timothy Healy MP after heated words at Longford. Healy claims McDermott was drunk. McDermott says Healy insulted him first and delivered about fifty blows before police arrived.
In Pitkin county near Glenwood Springs a hunting party led by W H Hubbard woke to fear a bear and shot Price as he crawled into the dug-out. Price died several hours later. coroner's jury returns verdict of accidental shooting.
John Haller aged forty four prominent liquor dealer and business man for years killed himself today after financial troubles worsened by prohibition laws. In separate reports the British ship Strathblane wrecks near Astoria with six of thirty one aboard drowned and Churchman’s Light fades as Rt Rev Mgr Thomas S Preston dies in New York City.
Eleven townships in Staytos County vote 340 in favor and 150 against issuing bonds for a new court house, per the Special Telegram report dated November 4.
Rep Wino Minn Special reports vaccine virus cultivation at the state board of health farm has resumed. Early results are described as the best and the plan is widely commended.
Count Von Munster, longtime German representative in France, will leave Paris on November 10 and is not expected to return. The Kaiser is satisfied with his handling of the delicate position but desires a younger, more military representative.
A livery stable and ten horses burned along with the Hallin House lumber yard two stores and several dwellings at Hamlin Kansas. Loss set at 25000 dollars with only small insurance.
Augustine Paul, 14, was playing football in Betutenem Pa when another boy pinned his neck with a knee. The injury left his neck immobile and doctors fear attempting a reduction could snap the spinal cord or paralyze the body.
John Dunagin serving ten years Walter Briquelet eight years and Charles Keehn fifteen years escaped this afternoon from Michigan state prison via a tunnel thirteen feet long and nineteen inches in diameter running from the iron shop to outside the north wall amid iron ore and wall breaches.
Military and public interest rise after a Truth publication reports an uprising by the Grenadier Guards at Windsor Castle over insufficient rations. The incident highlights tensions within the regiment and concerns about supply conditions.
A frail old man with gold spectacles orders vichy at a Broadway drug store soda fountain. He lectures the clerk on mineral waters and ancient remedies, cites Greek and Roman authorities, then the terrified soda jerk escapes, leaving the man still lecturing.
The piece cites Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes as a model of lifelong hygiene and disciplined living. It notes his precise routines, room instruments, temperature checks, and strict time allotments for reading writing exercise and recreation. It argues such systematic hygiene can sustain body and mind into advanced ages and even near 100.
A Newberry House Magazine article attacks the home of the English language London as the greatest sinner in pronunciation, claiming its use undermines purity and sets a poor example for others.
The piece argues articulation matters more than mere pronunciation, cites regional speech differences and the need for training in consonants from early life. It urges public reading to open the mouth, move the lips, and clearly utter final consonants as done in Irish Welsh and Scottish speech.
A businesswoman confronts a fruit seller at a State street stand over the price and weight of grapes. She demands exactly three pounds, but the scales misread, causing a tense exchange as she snatches the bag and departs in anger.
The Royal Baking Powder Company faces criticism for one sided public claims and alleged deception. Authorities from Ohio and New York challenge its assertions and cite misuse of official endorsements while exposing the false authority of a so called Government Chemist.
Board of Health members disavow any endorsement of Royal Baking Powder, calling the certificate false and the publication a forgery. They describe pressure, fraud, and an intent to mislead the public, with officials preparing legal action and demanding redress.
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