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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1891
Page
3
In Shiraz a house snake rumored to be the late master’s spirit disturbed residents with a buzzing noise. Dr. Willis recalls a pale yellow snake swallowing sparrows from a window frame, then dying after a duck shot. Servants sulked while the landlord laughed at the superstition. the sound ceased.
A Fall River clergyman recounts a church wedding in New York where the groom gave a pocket book containing a dozen wrappers and a single bright cent as wedding fee. A year later a letter enclosed a $50 check, suggesting the man’s fortunes had changed and he valued the service differently.
The writer contrasts European views with American growth, noting Chicago's rise from fire wreck to major city and highlighting the Burlington route as a rapid connector across ten western and northern states. It promotes rail travel information via W J Kennyon and notes Johnson's Anodyne Liniment endorsement.
In New York Ledger style a young heiress Abbie Draper faces ruin after her father's bankruptcy. She travels through hardship to hospital where Dr Carroll Noyes, once childhood friend, reveals love and a plan to marry. Miss Draper supports Abbie as Sunnydale and a country life await.
A table contrasts American and English usage for common terms such as telegram and wire, ticket office and booking office, railroad and railway, and other words. It notes money terms like sovereign and crown, with conversion quirks and regional names such as thick un and big un, highlighting how American readers find English money values confusing.
The article explains nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash as primary soil nutrients. It notes nitrification makes nitrogen available, outlines common phosphate and potash sources, and stresses barnyard manure and artificial fertilizers. It also urges on-farm trial plots and soil analyses to avoid fake fertilizers and guide sustainable fruit production.
Instructions on washing and salting butter in a churn, including temperature steps and avoiding handling. Describes ideal dairy cow points, crossbreeding, and breed notes. Extra sections cover Shropshire sheep, hogs, and humane dehorning, plus a superstition about blue gums and a Baltimore News wrap about Prof. Haley.
The article explains blind staggers in hogs as excessive blood flow to the head due to digestive upset from overfeeding. It advises catching the hog, laying it on its side, cutting a three inch skin wound over the brain, peeling back lips, packing with fine salt, and applying pressure. It claims rapid recovery and no deaths after this treatment.
The article explains how badly fed cows suffer indigestion that disrupts liver function and thins the blood, causing dark urine. It recommends purgatives, linseed oil, and foods like bran and ground corn to treat and feed through recovery, and notes turkeys thrive with free range but can damage neighboring farms if roaming.
A Harper's Bazar essay reflects on eighteenth century French salons as bright social circles that fostered wit and free exchange. It contrasts their graceful, equal social tone with the later century’s diminished salon culture and the serene, buoyant good humor that kept peace among diverse members.
A limited arrangement offers the Weekly Pioneer Press for one year plus a complete twenty volume Revised Encyclopedia Britannica for 7.50. Subscribers or new customers can obtain the set with free delivery and continue the paper for a year past their current term. The Britannica edition contains 7000 pages per volume, 96 maps, 4000 biographies, and is described as up to date and comprehensive.
A Houston Post editorial condemns arresting editors for printing criticism of the anti lottery law. It argues free speech must protect press debate and questions enforcement. The piece notes American newspapers resist government pressure and urges repeal or modification if laws chill criticism. It cites Atlantic Constitution and defender stance.
A sample from a historic page shows a mix of quips about a ringed moon predicting rain, catalog jingles, and late 19th century patent medicine pitches. It features a conductor jokes line, a word puzzle tease, and ads for Dr Harter products, Hostetter’s Bitters, and Cal. Fig Syrup.
The Louis Chronicle notes high prices in Chili with figures for bonnets dresses and menswear. A lady's bonnet costs 30 to 100 dollars, dress silk 6 to 20 per yard, making 30 to 50 dollars. linen handkerchiefs 12 per dozen, boots 18, suit 60 to 100, patent leather shoes 15 to 30, silk hat at least 25. Breadstuffs are expensive, but a starched white petti coat remains a luxury for Chilean women.
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