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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1893
Page
3
A Chicago Tribune quote advocates abolishing the small change pocket to curb profligate spending and drinking. The piece argues coins trigger loss of value and tempt cheap indulgences as people spend from loose change. It includes a vignette from a New York World item about barbershop chatter and fashion.
Proper steps for accepting or declining church wedding invitations include sending written acknowledgments at least a week before the ceremony and visiting issuing hosts with the invited numbers. Afternoon receptions may require leaving cards for toasts, while evening receptions often do not, and prompt replies prevent etiquette breaches.
The piece advises preserving butter by storing in clean jars with strong brine or in tight headed oak casks. Brine seals air and keeps butter sweet for a year, while emphasizing quality butter and careful buttermilk handling to avoid a tough grain or greasy texture.
A planter's wife, left with a $20,000 mortgage and five children, ran the plantation after her husband’s illness and death. Her business acumen impressed a merchant who funded her year ahead. Within three years she paid the mortgage, sent her children to college, and her plantation became county’s best improved. She later remarried the store manager she had placed in charge.
A witty quip on preferred creditors from a newspaper pane notes they are the creditors who never send bills. The piece mentions funeral care by a Mexico City street railway and London’s count of haunted houses exceeding one thousand.
A German-ruled Alsace story recalls officials monitoring a child's doll dressed in red white and blue. An officer traced the toy to a Leipzig maker and instructed banning further dolls from the city.
A ten year old girl fell from Ponte Margherita into the Tiber on July 24. While bystanders hesitated two policemen questioned whether it was murder or suicide. A street dog swam out, gripped the girl's dress, and drew her to shore before vanishing.
The bookseller’s lists reveal titles of over 600 cook books in the inventory. A note mentions a medical remedy and a promotional offer associated with a Mr. Restorative Nerve Pills. The text references Medicaine and a Mr. W. Rachne in sale notes.
An old catalog style ad lists Hegeman's Camphor Ice with glycerine and various skin and teething remedies. It mentions Man Winxlow's Soorwine Breer for children teething and warns about unreliable whiskey brands sold for medical use. It cites Chicago debt figures and praises Uncle Sam's Monogram Whiskey bottled by a major Northwest firm.
An advertisement urges savings on watches from The Syndicate Watch Co. at 312 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, promising wholesale prices and free mailed catalogues. A Barton county resident reportedly has a seven foot beard. Hall's Catarrh Cure offers a $100 reward for incurable cases. Propriety by J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
Hyacinth Vane accepts a May visit to Dene Hall where Alan Branston vies for affection, while Lady Fraser captivates the scene with potent beauty. Francis Vane warns Hyacinth that earthly love is fragile, as the spring gathers, and plans for the coming wedding loom amid intrigue.
Lady Fraser, renowned for beauty, plots to seduce Alan Branston at Dene Hall. Her vanity drives a plan to educate him by guiding his heart away from Miss Vane. A brave soldier, turned away by her manipulation, ends his life after her taunting smile.
Lady Fraser, admiring Alan's wealth and charm, believes she will win him. Alan compares Hyacinth unfavorably, while her photographs reveal past lovers and faded loyalties. Her vanity masks a history of heartbreak and rivalries in a county society.
A Louisville Commercial report describes a bogus fakir near a depot selling electro magnetic rings claiming cures for rheumatism consumption and catarrh. A skeptical buyer exposes the scam noting a mispackaged ring cured consumption though not rheumatism and the vendor hawks more fake rings for half a dollar.
George Montgomery and Lillian Luray share a tender farewell at the door with vows and kisses. Montgomery promises to return by 7 30 and assures Lillian of his devotion amid fears their parting may be final.
The New York Times reports on Ga licia maneuvers showing smokeless powder shifts warfare. Observers note reduced need for large forces, importance of stealth signals, and limited cavalry effectiveness against infantry armed with small bore repeating rifles.
A fortnight roundup reports Frank Pettit lost an arm in a train accident near Smith Lake. Threshing rigs burned between Clara City and Sacred Heart due to incendiaries. Red Wing stone works resume with a ten percent wage cut. A threshing crew member near Quincy fell and broke his neck. Convict Charles Baker attempted suicide in Stillwater prison but survived. Gov. Nelson’s uncle T H Kvelqual injured in Fergus Falls crash. recovery underway. Six liquor-license arrests in Fergus Falls prompt grand jury review next month.
News from Winona and nearby towns reports Governor Nelson reducing the sentence of a wife murderer named Beaver. Several fires burned structures and livestock, and a murder trial began in Winona.
September milestones include the La Grange flour mill in Red Wing grinding 98 000 bushels of wheat and producing 21 000 barrels of flour setting records. Deputy West reports Chas H Durt arrested for malfeasance in Meeker county. Charles Weisgerber in Winona held on horse stealing charge. Knox Lumber company formed in Duluth with 80 000 capital planning a Ely mill. Eric Truesden in Afton found unconscious after leaving a Stillwater tavern with 120 dollars missing.
Reports from Pipestone, Pine City, Moorhead, Faribault and surrounding areas detail fatal accidents and injuries, including Jacob Brown killed taking a threshing belt and L Sellers losing an arm after a gun discharge. Gambling arrests, a $5,000 damage suit, band reformation, a death near Dover, and Meeker County officials appointing a county treasurer amid an investigation are noted.
Explosion injures Mrs Hanson at Canby destroying her home. Ivar Simonson suffers severe head injury after horse kick at Kenyon. death expected. Two men arrested at Carlton by Sheriff McKinnon with stolen-appearing horses. A man named Dan Noble robbed of 22 dollars in St. Cloud yards. Roy Salisbury, three, shot in Le Sueur barn accident. condition critical with skull wound. death anticipated.
A fire at the Rothchild and Khan millinery shop in St Paul inflicted about $30,000 in damage. No injuries were reported. The blaze prompted efforts from local crews and residents to control the flames.
Martin Lewis was found dead in bed at Goodbye. Dover opens a new hotel built by Calvin Carter. W A Black of St Cloud to settle a shortfall with McGregor Bros. Urbanski crippled last year gets eighty acre farm via deed from H J Anderson. Urbanski suit failed to reach verdict. A three year old Osage boy dies after shotgun accident caused by six year old brother. A meteor near Rushford explodes with bright flash. Burglars try to rob Jackson post office, only $1 in till stolen. Monstrosity birth Luxembourg farmer's wife Mat Hammerding. Carlton County bank burglars drill into vault but take nothing. One suspect arrested.
The Season notes a patented German instrument called the perspectograph. It uses an elastic bead on a band to copy outlines at enlarged scales, allowing artists to reproduce large designs with proportional accuracy. A finer version swaps the bead for a needle point to trace delicate features.
A Kansas City Times account recalls a tragic clash during the Cherokee rush. A boomer describes a pistol shot, a soldier’s fatal shot, and a brother shouting not to fire as the train began to move. The assailant and later killer are unnamed in the excerpt.
A comment on Western women imitating Infanta Eulalia's style after her Chicago visit. The piece mocks the Alexandria limp and notes ladies adopting cigarettes and tiny mustaches, predicting a surge in hair products as snobbery spreads through the Wild West.
Anecdote of Admiral Greig who refused czar's seasick order to turn back on a Black Sea voyage. The imperial party endured a tempest until calm allowed obedience. The czar apologized, praising the admiral and gifting a jeweled snuff-box.
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