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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1890
Page
2
Ingersoll and Wieland publish from Brainerd. A Ga resident, a women named Tuerz, has never tasted or drunk water in her life, a surprising detail in local reports from Qarke county.
Mars Susa Youne Gates daughter of Brigham Young is chosen as editor of a young ladies magazine in Salt Lake City Utah.
An inscription notes a pen used by Oliver Wendell Hotel for a quarter century. The inked artifact remains gold in color and described as in perfect condition.
The data show an average cost of 2.17 cents to transport a passenger for one mile in the United States. The typical journey covers about 24.17 miles, illustrating overall travel expense and distance metrics.
Turner German steamers costing about $125 000 will be placed on the African lakes as Germany shows determination to push trade on the Dark Continent.
Prince Louis of Battenberg is described as one of Europe’s few royals who can support himself through a trade. He is noted as a skilled typesetter capable of earning a living via his craft.
A report claims average life length is greatest in Norway among European nations. It credits uniformly cool temperatures kept year round as the main factor for longer lifespans.
The St. Andre du Poirier mine in France contains two shafts at 2952 and 3083 feet. The 3083 foot shaft will be deepened to 4000 feet. The mine produces about 300000 toys annually.
The governor of Virginia defines intoxication as requiring the wearer to open his shirt collar to spit over his chin. The remark cites Davy Crockett suggesting he was not intoxicated until he reached the ground.
The Secretary of War has decided the Civil War began April 15 1861 and ended May 1 1865. The official duration is four years and fifteen days based on presidential proclamations and acts of Congress.
After finishing with whites, Gen Booth aims at the Negro. He sees the black man as an unknown quantity but believes that when developed mentally morally and spiritually he may excel the white man.
In Oakdale Washington a vigilance committee formed to restore order after long trouble from hard characters. Within thirty minutes the desperadoes had left town, leaving residents safer at night.
The present Englishman in London is defined by a constant use of a short pipe in all situations. Both peer and plowman share this habit, smoking persistently and making it a national characteristic.
The hornet nests wood into pulp to form sheets of paper and construct its nest. Though gray now, the material is paper of the finest kind, demonstrating an early form of paper production from tree pulp.
Dr. Julia Homes Smith of Chicago earns eight to ten thousand dollars yearly. Native of New Orleans she blends Southern warmth with Northern practicality and seeks to aid less capable women toward self supporting positions.
Kansas reporters note Jerusalem corn stands up to hot winds and dry weather. The ears are white and flat with grain full of nutriment. The crop began in Kansas from two grains brought from Palestine by a missionary several years ago.
A Missouri veterinarian claimed an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and telegraphed the report. Secretary Rusk investigated and found the doctor mistaken, issuing an official counterstatement to prevent harm to American beef exports abroad.
On St Helena, large galapagoslike turtles weighing up to 150 pounds abound along the coast. A English steamer once carried several dozen live turtles to Liverpool, discarding one branded creature when it sickened. The same turtle reportedly resurfaced the next year off St Helena, over 4,000 miles from the initial throwing.
A Tacoma report says a grove of 400 foot tall redwoods, 13 feet diameter, was found in Pierce County Washington. The Interior Department orders a census bureau probe and Congress may set aside the land as a national park.
Henry Villard and associates reportedly plan a Puget Sound to Alaska railroad with entire trains ferried over Behring Sea. Joseph M. Carey is elected U.S. Senator from Wyoming after securing all 39 Republican votes, while George W. Baxter wins all Democratic votes.
A shipwreck near Chicago is unconfirmed with unknown vessel and crew. Hamburg Iowa burns a $23 000 schoolhouse with $12 500 insured. Storms devastate cotton in Louisiana and Mississippi with no fatalities reported. Freight train crash in Kansas City kills four, with twenty five feared dead. Vessel ashore twelve miles below Atlantic City. Baltimore and Ohio express collision near Clarksburg Va. Details of fatalities include James Floyd J D Armstrong and clerks Charles Dean George Henry W A Bowden. West Duluth explosion kills laborer Norland and injures family and children with severe burns and injuries.
A Cavagnero man killed his wife then died by his own hand at Lerri Ranch near Clayton California. No motive is given. Several other crimes and trials are noted including forgeries, ballot stuffing, shootings, robberies, and a mass of violent incidents across the United States with detailed names and places.
The outbreak has caused about 8000 deaths in Spain with Valencia still at risk. A French tariff subcommittee favors raising duties on salt meats. Two nihilists are jailed in Paris over bomb-making links. Brazil weighs renewing ex-emperor Pedro II pension arrangements. Mousa Bey banished from his Turkish domain. Italian clericals brace for Rome elections December 14. Berlin reports Koch’s tuberculin uses a sealed incubator method.
A compilation of unsettled financial items and legal notes reports Barker Bros bankers and brokers of Philadelphia facing a three million failure. It also notes various political and criminal concerns across the country including courts, strikes, and public health warnings.
Report from Pine Ridge notes heavy troop presence including K F I N D of the Ninth Cavalry and Second Infantry, with reinforcements expected. Indian police expansion to 100 and 200 Rosebud braves arrive as tensions rise over rationing, ghost dances, and possible disarmament. Authorities fear conflict within days amid sensational press coverage.
At Pine Ridge or Rosebud area, a ghost dance village sprang up by a creek near the post causing a stampede when cavalry crossed to observe. Nervous agents fear pretexts for conflict as Rosebud Indians gather without passes while leaders show mixed signals and Little Wound resists agency orders.
The city council of Oneida, county seat of Sully, appeals to Gov. Mellette for guns and ammunition as alarm spreads. Reports say 100 rifles and 700 rounds were sent from Fort Sully, while Fairbank faces depopulation after a hunter was killed and locals fear attacks. Shields, a noted chief, is held by the city marshal as a possible spy.
A dwelling house belonging to Fred Ferguson in Willmar burned early this morning and was totally destroyed. Loss estimated at $1,800 with partial insurance coverage.
In JacKSOSVILLY Illinois on November 26 the trial of Posten for attempted murder of Frankie Keener concluded. Miss Keener did not appear to testify against him, and the defendant received a one year sentence in the penitentiary.
Judge Prendergast deposed Cashier Charles Johnson as assignee of Prettyman's bank and the North Division Lumber Co and named Jennings Trust Co to take charge immediately. Creditors protested alleging secret visits to the bank after failure and possible favoritism in funds. Prettyman, facing liabilities ranging from 300000 to 1000000, defended the matter and adjourned the exam until tomorrow.
In Rivers, Nicaragua, Tomas Martinez shot Dr. Flores after claiming he would be condemned. Gustavo Chamoroso and Gregorio Rogas were also shot. Rogas died from his wounds while Rojas survived after surgery. Martinez was captured days later.
Continuing experiments show interest from doctors worldwide in Prof. Koch's lymph treatment. Lister arrives in Recuis with his niece for Koch therapy as Humpress Frederick visits hospitals. Paris reports Dr Schaffer bringing three tubes of Koch lymph after seeing reduced lung cavities. In Colooor experiments by Dr Prior with forty five physicians, injections produced expected symptoms. Vienna notes Schnitzler pursuing Koch lymph on an incurable cancer patient with colleagues' consent. Beri records Dr Bergmann warning that no absolute cure yet exists for Koch lymph.
Jesse Adamson a nineteen year old saleslady from Chicago killed herself in a New York store room by poison. Despondent over ruined savings and rent demands she left letters to a housekeeper a friend named Will her mother in Chicago and an aunt at a hospital explanation and forgiveness for money entrusted to her death.
A violent gale from Loxpox continues across the English channel and coast of Great Britain causing multiple wrecks and collisions. The British steamer Uppingham ashore at Harland with 21 rescued and the first officer lost. Calypso sinks off Sandgate with crew arriving at Folkestone. Danish schooner Regina sinks after colliding with Prime.
White Arm, the Berthold Indian charged with the assault on Miss Dora Wright, appeared in examination and was bound over in $1000 to await the United States grand jury. In default of bail he remained in jail.
The body of a man was found near the zoo garden in Tacoma Washington. Police report he had been recently shot at a nearby house linked to a questionable character. The homicide is under investigation.
Secretary Windom and Chairman Cannon met at the treasury to examine department estimates for the 1891-92 government run. They discussed probable revenue and the tariff bill’s early impact on income. Cannon aims to keep expenses low to avoid pension increases causing a deficit.
Minnesota items report cholera among Lake City fowl, eight hour day agitation in Minneapolis and St Paul, newly formed WCTU state group, Prairie Queen post office in Fillmore, Fergus Falls theft sentence, Lake City suicide by whiskey, county election results, Duluth flour mill expansion, and various accidents, arrests, and disappearances across the state with multiple fatalities and injuries.
Ashland County fixed total property valuation at 5 500 000 with Ashland city at 4 009 000 Elkhorn donors gave 565 after a barn and grain fire Rice Lake presented Barron County with a new court house deed making the city the permanent county seat Samuel Morey was discharged after biting Chauley King in Florence Miscreants damaged targets at the Governor's Guard range near Madison Marinette residents praised for prudent nightly food gatherings A babe abandoned at St Marys Hospital Superior may have been left with no plan to return Health Board ordered Sprecher Bros Madison meat destroyed over diphtheria A North Western locomotive tramp burned when clothing caught fire near Kenosha An Appleton resident Merritt regained sight after twenty years of total blindness Neither treatment nor prior prognosis stopped it Luther Millerman 20 injured duck hunting Carl Schmidt near Koshkonong Lake maimed by logging blast Mayor Jones of Black River Falls moves against beer package dealers Iowa district text.
C Cements and W 8 Peabody lawyers of Washington DC forward a 2500 dollar bill to Aberdeen city for services in the Dayton land case and threaten suit if unpaid. Mrs Welden and her son arrived at Pierre on the steamer Abner ONeil from Brooklyn with Standing Rock ties amid scandal chatter. Fred Perkiss died after falling into an eighty foot well while drilling and succumbing to gas, despite rescuers hauling him within feet of the surface.
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