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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1894
Page
7
Genna, in a small village, tends her sick hunger for daily duties while her sister Nita departs with a Rome-based painter. Genna confronts grief and fear as rumors spread, questioning Nita’s innocence and awaiting the truth of the lovers’ departure.
California’s Midwinter Fair, praised as second only to the Columbian Exposition in scope, closed in a midsummer blaze of glory. The state displayed vast treasures and drew global aid, featuring gold, silver, wheat, oil, fruit, wine, silk, and wool, with the Dr Price’s Baking Powder pavilion among the notable exhibits.
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder outranks competitors in leavening power and purity and received the Highest Award and Gold Medal at the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco, confirming the Chicago victory and World’s Columbian Exposition honors. Mme Feuillet says Octave Feuillet’s nerves caused extreme sensitivity to sounds and chaos at home and in the countryside.
A recipe describes beating the whites of four eggs to froth with cream of tartar, then folding in sugar and pastry flour, adding flavor, piping into small tins, and baking until dry and lightly dusted with powdered sugar.
A new ant i dust brush from Cassell’s Family Magazine is patented to prevent dust when sweeping uncarpeted floors without water or absorbent materials. The circular brush carries a metal reservoir with stourolene disinfecting fluid and can be activated to rotate and dispense fluid during use.
In Paris the cry is no more black stockings as shops stock silk hosiery in varied shades from steel gray to pale dove. A remote corner holds thousands of open-worked black silk stockings seen as lovely yet snubbed and given away for little.
The manager asks how the understudy feels about the role and Miss Wings replies she dislikes it noting it is all work and no play. The exchange highlights the burdens of theatre work for upcoming performers.
Promotes comfort and improvement by adapting the best products to the body. The remedy Syrup of Figs is a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It acts on the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and is produced only by the California Fig Syrup Co. with its name on every package.
In the Flemish town of Jarnes near Dunkirk a yearly passion play procession unfolds with forty groups. Residents supply costumes for rich tableaux of Abraham, prophets, Mary and child, the Last Supper, Garden of Olives, Judas betrayal, and the crucifixion. After the performance, public houses are besieged and booths host dancing.
The article describes an all glass wedding setting using glass vessels mirrors and glass accents throughout the house and table. It notes cut glass in a closet enhances the display with yellow chrysanthemums scarlet gladiolus or scarlet geraniums as striking floral choices.
Husband questions the purchase of an expensive pillow while wife defends it as bought on markdown. She explains the item was discounted, prompting a domestic remark on value.
A quip from the Indianapolis Journal offers a wry take on a colonel driven by strong tastes and Bourbon related indulgence. The remark plays on types of ism and branding without naming specifics.
Frank J Cheney sole proprietor of F J Cheney Co in Toledo promises one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Mall s Catarrh Cure. Notary public A W Gleason attests December 6 1836. Cure is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials free. Sold by Druggists 7c Halls Family Ville 25c.
A local bush scene describes a hen whose appearance is compared to an old tramp as she lays. The comparison appears in a quirky rural note highlighting daytime behavior and animal imagery.
An advertisement warns kidneys may fail if neglected and urges use of Hos teller's Stomach Bitters. It claims the product can restore function and treats malaria, dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint, and general debility. The tone is alarmist and promotional.
A lone comment questions the humane treatment of the executed murderer, suggesting public sentiment remains cool and formal rather than cordial or celebratory.
An item notes that No Shirt becomes chief of the Umatilla Indians and raises a question about whether he should be allowed to visit white settlements. The brief focuses on leadership and cross community interaction.
A nineteenth century style ad offers Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve with a money back guarantee. It promises cure or refund and instructs readers to ask their Gruggist for the remedy. Price is unjustly stated as lo evata.
The suitor who earns the mitten shows reluctance to call the match an engagement. He avoids declaring a firm commitment and prefers cautious assurances over final vows. The passage frames courtship as tentative and framed by restraint.
An old advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as a blood purifier that freshens the complexion and cures constipation. It lists prices 25c and 500 units with a subsequent price of $1. The wording reflects 19th or early 20th century marketing.
A large bank account is noted for its size, with reports spanning weeks of coverage. Readers see columns of news space chronicling the sum and its implications.
Genna frets as Nita and painter Rufe disappear after noon. In a town of Cecco and friends, fear swells when Nita’s absence stretches into evening and Genna confronts a dangerous unknown in a society of vanity and secrets.
Genna endures quiet hardship after Nita vanishes and a painful rift with her lover, while Old Masso dies and Genna remains solitary. Years pass with little change until Teresina arrives with news from town, lifting a fragment of the quiet gloom.
O L Davidson of Atlanta reports turtle fishing near the Gulf of Mexico in the St Louis Globe-Democrat. Turtles sought include green turtles and hawksbill. Fishermen use a fish called reve to trap turtles by attachment to its head plate and tail ring for retrieval.
The keeper enters with live gudgeon and penguins eagerly gather at the door. Below water the penguins become swift, silver gliding birds, using wing strokes to chase fish and swallow prey while surface activity remains minimal. They emerge to dry and digest after finishing. Spectator described the remarkable underwater change.
A Milwaukee Sentinel reader asks how to pronounce Brzezewski from an Sobieski street affray. The piece explains Polish spelling differs from English with rz sounding like sh and ez like teh hitching, noting w equals v and s sometimes sounds as sh and z as zZin azure.
A New York World report notes monocles are common across Europe among officers and social figures. The single eyeglass originated in the British army after an early 19th century ban on spectacles, later spreading widely for a stern, determined look.
Mountain area hoteliers clash over unsettled room charges in a one zone region. The dispute centers on unpaid board bills as authorities weigh how to enforce payment in the isolated district.
The fragmentary text mentions cheerful tones and a pleasant path. It offers no clear people places organizations or events to identify a concrete news item.
A compact recap of notable Minnesota happenings from the week arranged for quick reading. Highlights cover political, social, and economic items, naming key places and organizations involved in each brief entry.
George Sander lost the index and middle fingers of his right hand in a premature shotgun blast. The Glenville post office was burglarized, the safe blown open, about $100 in cash taken, stamps removed and returned, papers scattered, no clues found. Otto Miller of St Charles shot himself, a single man about twenty, blamed his father for his act. He died soon after. In Sanborn excitement rose over Ed Meiling found dead in a hotel room. Coroner’s jury ruled death due to excessive whisky use.
Glenville post office was burgled and the safe opened with substantial money and papers taken. Robbers escaped. Hugh Landy of Orion township Olmstead county died from grip after living in Minnesota twenty five years born in Ireland in 1852. State Catholic Benevolent Association holds annual convention at New Ulm Oct 16 to 18 with 500 to 600 delegates expected. Prison board paroles granted to several inmates including John P Reilly Siegfried Burrie A A Watkins Faribault Robert Wilson Polk and Adolph Leroy of St Louis counties. Mrs J H Leavitt of College Grove eloped with the hired man taking livestock. believed near Red Wing. Leavitt making no effort to locate wife. They were married seventeen years with two children a daughter and a son in North Dakota.
The new steel ship Kearsage departed Duluth carrying 3 250 tons or 158 000 bushels of barley the largest load ever sent from Lake Superior. The Duluth park board approved buying about 8 000 trees and shrubs for streets and avenues in a first time effort.
Obituary notes the death of John Dezell, longtime Hastings resident, at age eighty five. Other items record election judges named in Glencoe, editor Blandin ending the Sanborn Sentinel, and a Minneapolis rail line sale by sheriff to a reorganization committee for 5.01 million dollars. An accident at Staples left Frank Stumbaugh severely injured with both legs amputated below the knees and a doubtful recovery. News includes Batchelder named to succeed Whipple at Shattuck, and Delaney with a Polish man Pasterwoski arrested for horse stealing in New Brighton.
The report of a chair factory starting at Stillwater state prison is denied in toto by Warden Wolfer. The text also notes Ed Graff, twelve, killed at Whalen's crossing near Stillwater. Lars Frederickson’s barn in Cobden burned with livestock and grain. I. W. Sheldon widow’s death in Chicago. J. H. Troupe of Winona died by morphine in a despondent act. letters suggest St. Paul Typographical union ties.
The Southern Minnesota Teachers' Association will meet in Mankato on October 26 and 27.
Judge Sanborn declares state law regulating nursery stock sales unconstitutional. Capt A H Reed withdraws from Third district race. County Supt of Schools Maguire dies after seven weeks with typhoid in Ellsworth. Charles Edwards wounds himself with a butcher knife at Moorhead residence of Mr. Gibbery. Mike Keokh’s house of ill repute burns in Stillwater. Deputy Sheriff Fred Bloom fatally injured in Inver Grove while removing a rifle from his buggy.
The text notes a rumored sale of the Huron cop per mine and mill to the Atlantic Mining Company for 40000 dollars with assumption of heavy liabilities. The transfer cannot be authenticated at Houghton but would likely benefit both parties. Huron works 400 men when active but has been idle for two years. A separate incident mentions a shot entering a groin, fatal minutes after.
A feathery bankers’ ledger records Daniel Webster’s legal receipts from 1833 to 1836, showing yearly totals around 15 to 21 thousand dollars and single fees up to 7 500. Noting underappreciated value, contemporaries recall Webster’s services were undervalued despite long Boston practice.
The London Hospital explains walking involving calf and back leg muscles lifting the heel and bones, with forward trunk movement to maintain balance. It details hip rotation rocking the trunk, shifts of center of gravity over each supporting leg, and the alternating rise and swing of the body as weight shifts.
French physicians seek a remedy for electric sun stroke a heat and light related ailment affecting metal workers at electric furnaces. Symptoms include copper bronze skin eye sensitivity yellow vision and sleeplessness. Doctors say best cure is rest in subdued light.
A Maine soldier, marching with his regiment on a hot dusty Pennsylvanian road, forages against orders. He chased a fat gobbler from the sumack bushes, Major Brown shouting to halt. The man struck the turkey with his rifle and claimed the halt meant halt.
A humorous dialogue from New York Weekly argues for a universal signaling method for cyclists and walkers. It suggests a ring-based code: one ring stay still, two dodge right, three dive left, four jump up, five back handspring, and so on, to avoid accidents.
The applicant says they want a skilled bill collector and notes prior work as a policeman. The exchange implies experience in enforcement and debt recovery.
A live count named Camille Mer cadere is found in Braddock Pennsylvania. His father owns estates near Vienna Austria and the son now works as head draughtsman at Carnegie's Edgar Thompson steel works.
The London Telegraph warns that dueling has faded in England yet gains ground across Europe. It cites Germany’s student bouts, Italian and Austrian clashes, and Russian czarist orders, noting officers face compulsory combat and bloodshed now widespread beyond the nobility.
An angry lover confronts his partner Miss Simpson claiming she was unfaithful after a night at the gate. He questions her about Emily the friend, describes Emily's outfit, and the pair reconcile when Emily is revealed to be innocent. The scene ends with Billy making up.
African explorer Count Teleki faced a wounded buffalo while native Masai assistants lagged behind. He stepped into the open to meet the charging animal, fired a neck-aimed shot, and killed it as his companions arrived, rejoicing and then aiding in the hunt.
A Southern mill strike story contrasts stereotypes with a Northern foreman’s trial of a seven to six labor day. Workers argue dawn starts were practical, striking when asked to shift to fixed hours, until management relented and allowed dawn to dusk work while visible.
A Paris New York Herald sketch compares women’s attire across nations. It describes French women in large hats and long gloves, English women in tailored outfits with flowers on hats, and American women blending styles with practical, occasion-specific costumes, praising their calculated wardrobes.
The piece notes a revival of Irish point lace in Ireland and its superior quality. It explains the technique of basting varying cords on linen to form rings, securing them with buttonhole stitches and slender cords, and mentions the old style with tighter piquets.
The exchange suggests a circus performer was knighted in England and raises a question about whether he attained the title Lord Somerset.
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