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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1891
Page
7
A Boston Commercial excerpt reviews palmistry and physiognomy claims. It describes how a limp lifeless hand signals untrustworthiness while a firm hand suggests honesty. a thick hard hand allegedly marks obstinacy. It adds nose shapes indicate traits such as generosity, inquisitiveness, or theatrical talent.
English humorist John Poole unknowingly befriends a hotel drummer in Brighton. A stranger watches, interacts about local trades, and finally denounces Poole as not a gentleman, triggering a colorful dispute in the commercial room of the hotel.
The article argues adults may ignore writing angle, but children should be taught erect penmanship to prevent spinal curvature. It cites Drs. Von Reuss and Lorenz asking Austria's Hygiene Council to adopt this stance, noting slanted writing strains the neck. It ends with a metaphor about rednosed men as warning lighthouses at sea.
A first person memoir of Jacques Bigorne, six teen at the start of the 1814 siege of Salsbourg. In brutal winter, hunger and cold press the garrison. his father Serjeant Bigorne leads a desperate sortie then faces surrender. To save a flag of truce, the son and father draw on courage and duty. The father is to be shot, but spares him by bearing the burden of command and ordering the son to fire in a last act of sacrifice for his mother.
An old Western tale describes a dying cowboy shot by a horse thief, a photograph pressed to his heart, and a lingering romance as he dies. Also recounted is O Neil the Confederate scout who outwitted Union General Terry in North Carolina.
The article notes blind Japanese workers serving as night shampooers with a musical cry, some becoming professionals such as storytellers or spies. It details a nine year training path including apprenticeship, acupuncture study, and probation with earnings sharing. It mentions a famed blind go player and a prolific blind author, highlighting societal distances and reputational harm from harsh debt practices.
The Brooklyn Eagle explains hard water contains more earthy salts like lime, while soft water is purer. Water dissolves minerals from soils. sandstone and granite yield soft water, calcareous formations yield hard water with lime causing scale when boiled. Pure water exists only to chemists and distillation is used for chemical purposes.
A French inventor introduces a fireless egg boiling technique. Place an egg in a small iron vessel lowered into a pit with a stout string. After two minutes pull it up to find the egg cooked to a turn.
The Dispatch reports a string of incidents and developments across Minnesota. Fire destroys Parsons threshing outfit at Spicer while Sleepy Eye mill and Crookston fire parade honors are noted. real estate sales near Moorhead and Lakeville reflect market activity. Winnipeg Junction hotel robbed. Russ-Jones Desk Co plans to move to Shakopee. various accidents, arrests, and court actions unfold from Moorhead to Hastings and Winona.
Two large prairie fires blaze north and west of Bismarck seen from afar with no further details. Major Ed wards reportedly to launch the Daily Forum in Fargo beginning November 7 using old Argus materials. James Brown, intoxicated, fell from a high seat in Grand Forks injuring his head and is in critical condition at the county hospital. Two Indian youths were arrested near Steele for breaking into Jacob Hoover's Tappen residence and are en route to Standing Rock from Devils Lake. E J Moore sold his stake in the Ellendale Leader to Ed A Smith of St Paul. Smith and Goddard form the new firm. Moore moves to Fargo to join the Commonwealth.
A wide range of reports spans tragedies and crime from the Fargo boiler explosion death of Albert Marsh to burglaries in Sioux Falls and Canton. It notes trials and leniency in Hyde County Judge Haight, plus local civic moves like Watertown’s dam plan and Rosebud artesian well bids. Cattle arrivals from Nebraska hint at winter readiness.
Dr. J. F. Geisler of New York observed a hat caused excessive discomfort after exposure to hydrogen sulfide. Analysis showed sweat-band containing 0.8585 grains of lead per inch and 46.992 grains total, from white lead and litharge used with boiled oil to gloss leather.
A shopkeeper boasts of his daughter's refinements after sending her to finishing schools. He praises her talents but bursts into a blunt claim that a French visitor could not understand her, insulting foreigners and admitting his daughter's ignorance of the visitor’s language.
A digest of notable November discoveries including navigational compass use in 1302, the Cape of Good Hope in 1497, the Sandwich Islands in 1778, and Thanksgiving origins in New England. The note highlights travel routes via The Burlington line with ticket info for W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, C. B. & N. R. R., St. Paul, Minn.
The National Capital in Washington is celebrated for its beauty and historic interest. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad advertises its through trains from New York to Chicago via Washington with vestibuled cars and Pullman sleeping cars, noting recent improvements and nationwide ticket accessibility.
A fire undetermined origin burst from a natural gas line at Ball Bros. tin stamp works in Munch causing about 25000 dollars in loss. Shulleworth's boarding house suffered 10000 dollars in damage. A local man described as a raven maniac and a cyclone mentioned in local slang are noted in the report.
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