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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1894
Page
7
The article lauds the World’s Columbian Exposition as the peak of human achievement. It declares exhibitors proud and nonparticipants regretful, praising honest scientific juries whose verdicts validate the finest innovations of the era.
Astronomers note 1830 Groombridge, the runaway star, speeds through space at about 200 miles per second in a straight line. Its origin and destination remain unknown, and its velocity far exceeds gravitational limits from known celestial bodies, suggesting an extraordinary journey across the universe. It would take roughly 1.5 million years to orbit the sky once.
The old proverb true love never dies as two people who were once to be married, separated long ago, reunite at sixty and wed. A past incident involved a gendarme receiving a fatal blow during a quarrel, leading to a thirty year sentence. He was released last year and found his former fiancée, now his wife. A London Daily News note adds a Japanese view praising Europe over Cathay in modernization.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh cure failure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio claim long reputable business, with West Treax and other Toledo wholesalers endorsing. Cure is taken internally and sold by all druggists at 75 cents, testimonials for Family Pills 25 cents.
Witherby teases Plankington that his child has not shown bright traits yet. Plankington questions the claim, noting his wife’s remark that the child resembles him.
A playful column notes teething remedies for babies and a district telegraph office messenger boy on the run. A glazier who “gives you a pane” and a caution about drowning sorrow in drink appear alongside a quip about arguing with a bigot and feeling foolish.
Fishermen William Markel and R Gogrieve pulled a strange blue and yellow hogfish from the Rigolets near New Orleans. The three tailed specimen, with a hog like head and pork colored flesh, refused bait but was hooked by a sudden jerk. They planned to freeze and exhibit the creature.
The text describes a couple’s Paris marriage experience with two ceremonies and two wedding outfits. It notes hues fading from the first event and a later ceremony bringing ongoing celebrations, suggesting a feeling of being married twice and the social cadence of congratulations.
A jokey dialogue reveals a man asking a woman, who is identified as his wife, if she found him attractive. He then asks if she refused, but she accepted the proposal, prompting a humorous exchange about mistaken assumptions.
The Home Life Insurance Co of New York announces a new policy combining protection and investment with guaranteed cash surrender values and loans. Profitable agency contracts offered. for details contact Frank F. Loomis, Manager Northwestern Department, Pioneer Press Building, St Paul.
Dialogue hints at resistance to continuous performance with Mrs Toots insisting no acts interrupt. The exchange implies concern about pacing and audience experience in a stage or show setting.
You can eat wholesome ordinary food after strengthening your stomach with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The tonic claims to fortify kidneys liver and bowels, boost digestion, guard against malaria and rheumatism, and calm nerves.
The Bride asks if the groom married for money and the Bridegroom bluntly confirms. she then asks if he got any, and he answers yes. This terse exchange frames a wry, ironic marriage moment.
Cholly Chumpleaigh asserts wearing gloves at night softens hands, while Miss Coldeai asks if nightcaps are worn, highlighting a playful exchange on bedtime grooming.
Fragments show a dubious claim about a remedy named Coco's Cough Zatsam being the oldest and best. The text is unclear and likely unreliable with garbled wording and missing details.
A discussion contrasts poverty in London with harsh footwear reality. One speaker notes women go barefoot, while another dismisses it as commonplace, reflecting social attitudes toward hardship.
A farmer flees a bear in a blaze threat near a road as flames from a wood fire close in. The incident ends with a desperate dash for safety, while European horseflesh consumption and its medical dangers are discussed as a separate note.
A grandmother recalls old New England Thanksgiving scenes with grandchildren and gentle meals, then recounts a perilous bear encounter and a lively feast, ending on a nostalgic note about family and gratitude in a child friendly tale.
John Nelson, heading to battle a brush fire near Thanksgiving, encounters two cubs and their mother. After following the cubs, the mother bear charges. Nelson, climbing a sapling, watches the bear claw at the tree and uproot dirt in a fearsome display before the standoff ends.
The article traces hippophagy to the siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War and notes a growing European taste for horse meat driven by necessity and shifting sentiment, with science and opinion debating its acceptability.
The Inspector General's annual report highlights that nearly 700 million people rode American steamers in the last fiscal year with 235 lives lost, only 96 of whom were passengers. It notes 35 fatalities in the James D. Nicol disaster near Sandy Hook and credits inspection systems for preventing boiler and equipment failures, while excluding color blindness in licensing thirty-eight masters and pilots.
A Chicago Record summary details the precision of naval construction from paper design to steel plate assembly. It explains preproduction drawing, full size cross sections, and wooden patterns used to guide rivet placement, with hundreds of thousands of rivets and tens of thousands of steel parts required for a 5 000 ton ship.
Librarian Spofford and Supt. Green propose an underground pulley system and pneumatic tube between the Capitol and the new Congressional Library to speed book delivery. About 70,000 reference books remain at the old site, while the conduit aims to deliver volumes within four minutes.
Mr C W Bourne head master of King’s College School spoke at the reopening of evening classes questioning if meteorology can be an exact science. He argued twenty five years of effort yielded little progress toward precise weather prediction, though some advance in early disturbance indicators existed.
The article discusses tamarisk honey produced in Eastern countries notably Arabia and Persia. It forms from tear-like drops exuded by punctured tam arisk branches during June and July and is found solidified in the cool morning hours.
A fragment quotes a grim joke about a woman’s death from overeating at Thanksgiving. The dialogue mocks the slang of the era and revels in morbid humor about a corpse, reflecting bleak humor in old newspaper prose.
The article recounts the Pilgrims first Thanksgiving in Plymouth in 1621 after their voyage on the Mayflower. It notes the journey from Southampton to Provincetown, the settlement at Plymouth, and the feast contributed by deer and settlers. It contrasts early hardships with the later national celebration.
A discussion on facial expressions argues that a compressed lip signals weakness not strength. It contrasts the calm, controlled mouth of a commanding officer with the confident eyes of a sea captain and the poised demeanor of an engine driver who dominates vast power without constant lip tension.
The Pilgrim Fathers celebrate a three day Thanksgiving marked by abundant food from cornmeal cakes to wild turkey and venison. Massasoit attends with ninety followers as soldiers and ministers perform prayers and martial drills under Bradford’s narration.
Notable figures cherished felines while Napoleon feared them. Petrarch embalmed a cat, Rousseau mourned a pet, Johnson nursed his cat and hunted oysters, Southey raised a cat to nobility, while Napoleon trembled at a cat behind tapestry after Wagram. The anecdote appears in Harper's Young People.
The text argues that presidential proclamations fix Thanksgiving as an annual festival not only on the last Thursday in November but every day when gratitude and conscience dictate it. It contends the holiday is flexible and rooted in personal sentiment rather than fixed dates.
A veteran housekeeper argues that mistresses micromanage servants and should allow maids to follow their own methods. Training and contentment improve service if the outcome remains satisfactory, challenging the idea that the mistress’s way is the only correct one.
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