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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1886
Page
3
The verse speaks of a final calm after life’s storm like a harbor’s light guiding weary hearts. Images of ocean tempests give way to serene shores and a safe haven described as the heavenly harbor at last.
Mr Perrin pursues Roxanna while the widow Deery resists a match due to Roxanna’s role and ailing sister. He debates family duties, Roxanna’s sacrifice, and possible California marriage as Roxanna and Joel Kirby court under wary eyes from Roxanna’s brother.
In a village tale Joel Kirby woos Roxanna while her brother Perrin presses hope and restraint. Miller the miller, a silent bachelor with a hard view of women, mentors his nephew Ike who grows fond of Ruth Bowne. Tensions of affection and protectiveness swirl through the mill community.
A boastful miller visits Deacon Bowne and meets Ike Craig and Miss Craig, joining a lively gathering. He feasts lavishly on cakes, fruit, and snacks, but the party ends with warm laughter. Years later the miller becomes the town’s happiest resident, credited to kindness to neighbors and newfound love in Ike and Ruthie’s home.
In Lewiston two young mill workers, both red cheeked and buxom, competed for the title of superior beauty. One was married, and both prepared after lunch with extra ribbon and jewelry. The mill hands judged the contest, placing them side by side and observing like art critics, as tears and blushes marked the serious, playful event.
Henry Stephens recounts James Lenoxs Sabbath devotion and a Paris June 16 1855 moment when Stephens identified the famous 1631 octavo Bible with the forbidden seventh commandment omission. He bought it for fifty guineas and Lenox urged immediate action. By June 21 the volume was shown to the Society of Antiquaries of London as The Wicked Bible, a nickname that endures.
Nearly six hundred refugees from Summerville near Charleston reach Columbia to be welcomed by a citizen committee led by ex Gov Thompson. The town suffered severe earthquake like damage with underground fissures, blackness, and widespread desolation.
George C. Morgan, Chicago hydraulic engineer, reports from Belle Plaine Iowa that the artesian well problem is exaggerated. The stream rises about ten inches, flow declines from millions to about six million, and nearby wells have temporarily ceased water service. The troublesome well is 1.7 feet deep with a six by three foot oval top. A cone tube will be sunk and cemented to halt the flow, or a lower plateau well may be drilled and stones used to seal it.
At Norwood Minnesota a Minneapolis and St. Louis freight train collided with a Milwaukee and St. Paul train. Numerous injured are named from Redfield Madison Aberdeen Tomah and Roscoe among others. Wounded include E P Scott Louis Krimmer J P Granagee Y A Brandt Rev R B Parshall Col Charles Richardson and more. Medical teams from Norwood Granite Falls and Bird Island cared for the injured.
Minnesotan cadet Arthur Johnson, an appointee of Gov Wakefield from his district, will be detailed to the West in an infantry regiment. He has been confined at West Point since graduation for striking a sergeant, a former superior officer.
Sixteen shocks rattled Columbia causing houses to topple, walls to crack, and bells to ring. People fled into streets as the earth rolled like ocean waves and clocks stopped. Doctors treated frightened residents while a party delivered a premature birth amid the tremor.
September opens the 1886 87 school year with strong promise for St Joseph's Academy St Paul praised as the Northwest model institution for girls due to its reputation and long list of applications The academy has introduced improvements in the past year enhancing comfort convenience and study aid for pupils and reflects well on its teachers and programs
On Wednesday in St Paul leading representatives of the Farmers alliance State Grange Knights of Labor and labor assemblies met no third party was formed though support exists for one The group prepared a two part set of resolutions urging both major parties to adopt farmers and labor demands and to nominate staff aligned with popular rights A convention is planned in St Paul September 23 1886 to consider these resolutions and representation rules for delegates from each organization
The territorial superintendent Hon. A S Jones presents 1885 figures: total expenditures 1 814 212 40 with 694 659 84 for school houses and sites and 500 081 56 for teachers wages. Public school enrollment 69 085, population 87 5634, property value 2 187 850, and per school house population 151. Dakota leads 22 states in public school expenditures.
The Chicago Scale Co slashes prices by over 50 percent on scales and around a thousand related items including portable forges and blacksmith tools. They invite inquiries via price lists or display at the Minneapolis Exposition.
Three months treatment offered for fifty cents for catarrh relief. VPiso's remedy is marketed through druggists with a focus on affordability and accessibility for customers seeking nasal and throat comfort.
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