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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1889
Page
3
The article argues patience endures under everyday trials and fuels progress. It contrasts quick temper with steady calm, citing religion, war, crime, and commerce. Patience aids the sick, poor, inventor, parent, and society, urging all to cultivate this virtue for happiness and success.
A newspaper man recalls advising a tobacco firm to name a new smoke as Calumet. The label was misprinted as Calonet by a printer misreading copy, and the error went to market before correction. The anecdote suggests how branding quirks arise and endure.
The essay argues that growing cultivated tastes in music, literature, science, and social conduct lead to alienation from mediocrity and from general society. Those seeking uncommon experiences pay a penalty of loneliness, as the world admires but cannot share their higher standards and pleasures.
A dialogue from the Pittsburg Chronicle notes the Prohibitory law in Rhode Island leads residents to walk into Connecticut for alcohol, with a Rhode Island man joking that it promotes pedestrianism.
W. F. Brown argues for truck farming as a path to independence on small plots near towns. He cites crops like Irish potatoes, corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers, plus practices such as liberal manuring, early and late plantings, and direct sales to customers, to realize substantial per acre returns.
A San Francisco Chronicle reflection recounts a small boy torn between school and a budding affection. His mother pressures him to go, yet he fears a pinafore stain will spoil impressions, revealing love as a serious, learning experience in childhood.
Bangor captain Capt. Smith faced a far elevated danger as laborers on Grand Connetable threatened massacre and seizure of his ship. He maneuvered starved rebels onto a marooned barge, forcing capitulation and resume of loading phosphates for Cayenne.
A physician recalls a patient in the third ward who swallowed a fishbone and removed a Napoleon statue from her ear. She believes a heathen god sits in the other ear and asks for treatment. The doctor quips that another fishbone may extract it as he leaves, ending the odd case.
A Henry Shaw near Lexington Missouri once met St. Louis benefactor Henry Shaw. An English nobleman linked him to real estate in St. Louis, recommending investment. The emigrant’s capital was about 12 000 dollars, now similar, but he fears he would own property worth over a million if he had followed the advice.
Near Mack's Creek Lebanon Missouri a 15 year old boy faced accusations of stealing traps from Ed Hurst. The boy denied it and was tied to a tree and beaten. Ed Hurst and Wheeler Green then confronted the hunters and were shot, Green fatally. Hurst later died.
Mr. D. H. Cheney a popular vender of meats and vegetables held a quiet reception today after drawing 15 000 in the Louisiana State Lottery yesterday. A Times reporter verified the win as straight goods and Western Union confirmed 63 856 as the capital prize number, yielding Cheney a share of 15 000.
The Fort Smith Arkansas Times reports Mr. Cheney declared the suspense over after drawing $15,000 from the Louisiana State Lottery. He showed his bank book and said the ticket cost him one dollar. The funds are held at the Merchants' Bank.
A tale set on the 1840s military road recounts the arrival of a fair-haired young stranger at the Tavern of the Bleeding Heart. A storm brews, he travels on, contemplates fate, and is later found dead by a ford with a rifle wound, his identity lost except for a torn envelope from Dawson or Lawson, Savannah, Georgia.
The Washington Post recounts a rumor that Mrs. Cleveland recently shot a deer in the Adirondack mountains. The tale is framed as a boastful anecdote about a wife handling a gun, with a parallel memory of a woman who killed a rooster in a dramatic display.
A grandmother recalls a frontier Andover moment where two tall Indians visit a lonely cabin. After tasting whiskey and pepper sauce, their mistaken drinks trigger hoots of laughter, while the woman’s fear turns to wary respect for their good humor.
A gathering in the Region of Darkness weighs who inflicted the most torture on horses. Candidates include a country blacksmith, harness makers, tail cutters, and inventors of spurs and clipping machines. A crowd cheers as the judges prepare to decide the winner.
A famed resident hunting a hoodoo bull is thrown when his horse stumbles. The beast pins him, horns stuck in ground, sun blazing on both until dawn. Hunters arrive, free the horned animal, and reveal eight and six and a half pound gold nuggets, spurring a gold-field discovery.
The writer condemns wealthy American girls marrying titled men for wealth or status. He argues the practice erodes birthright, mocking American pride and urging marriages abroad rather than within American society. He references forebears and republican ideals to justify the critique.
The piece explains how water absorbs gases under pressure without changing volume, with carbonated water as a key example. It notes a direct relationship between gas uptake and pressure, and that releasing pressure causes gas to escape, producing effervescence.
Ex professional Quellman in East Point unveils a patent ball tosser to remove umpire influence. The device would pitch balls over the plate with adjustable height and speed, allowing one batter to face a regulated three balls per plate.
The article from the Medical Journal offers simple sleep aids. It recommends warm salt water baths before bed for children and suggests limiting tea and coffee at night. Other tips include warm foot bottles, crackers before bed, ammonia on palms and soles for sweating, and using imagined monotony or water dripping to induce drowsiness.
A man thought to be George Maston of Ada Minnesota was discovered dead in a large ditch about half a mile north of Moorhead by train passengers. He had visited the town the day before and appeared to have been drinking heavily. He was seen driving a horse to a cart before disappearing. It is believed he drove into the ditch and died from the fall. The cart lay atop him with broken wheels, and his elbow dislocated and shoulder injured.
Terrence Bay Nova Scotia families face hunger as only four households have any bread and the store’s remaining stock will not last. relief worries rise amid scarce supplies and growing need.
An appeal urges care for a young girl at a crucial life stage. It touts Dr Pierce's Prescription as a remedy to regulate health and establish a firm basis, claiming it may prevent chronic suffering and unhappiness.
Fragmentary lines describe a pleasant physie reference and praise Pierce's small pellets as a purgative, implying a medicinal purpose and a favorable impression of the product.
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