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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1885
Page
5
A Brooklyn Eagle correspondent recounts watching Taiping rebels executed at length. Prisoners, calm and composed, lined up and were beheaded one by one as observers, including a sharing narrator, reacted with uneasy humor and reflection on fear of death.
An account links the Dauphin Louis XVI and Maria Antoinette with ominous events at Versailles and Paris. A fatal crowd crush in Paris claimed 132 lives in a public square as a doomed wedding day neared. A heroic lover carried a dying fiancée through the throng, only for another woman to claim her place at the last moment.
The Town Literary Club of Union Hill New Jersey staged Romeo and Juliet at Bath Hall. A lamp on a moon cue swung, smashing the chimney and causing smoke and a small blaze. Juliet fainted, spectators fled, fire put out, and the performance ended.
The 1669 law records of New Haven note a punishment for luring maidens from parental consent, with escalating fines and possible corporal punishment. A May 1669 trial describes Jacob Eth Martine and Sarah Tuttle accused of sitting close, embracing, and kissing for about half an hour, as witnesses testified.
An excerpt from The Current featuring Sarah D. Hobart’s poem on endurance and defiance. The speaker rejects despair, vows to rise above toil and pain, and envisions a final victory where radiant gods and triumph await. The verse urges steadfast spirit, celebrates resilience, and casts hope as the key to overcoming hardship.
A poor French wife, Mathilde, longs for status and luxury. Lacking money for a dress and jewels, she borrows a diamond necklace from her wealthy friend Mme Forestier, attends a ball in splendor, and returns to a life altered by deceit and debt.
Mathilde and her husband Leoisel lose a necklace at a ball. To replace it they incur massive debts and live ten years in poverty, with Mathilde performing hard labor. In the end the replacement necklace proves to be fake, while the original was worth little. Madame Forestier learns Mathilde’s truth and reveals she wore a 500 franc necklace, not the 34,000-franc original.
A Sacramento Record-Union report touts Angel, a hospital rat-catcher described as a dim figure, performing with brutal efficiency. He killed a quarter of a hundred rats at the hospital and again at Gerber Brothers’ slaughter-house, often beating dogs two to one. He once slaughtered forty-five rats in one hour at a K street basement.
A Detroit grocer warns a friend that much pepper sold for restaurant use is adulterated. He dusts pepper on notebook paper and shows red lines stained with red paint, explaining the mix includes rice flour and mustard husks colored by red lead.
A New York Sun reader in Berlin observes Unter der Linden street life and the emperor's frail health, noting poor housing for workers, failed tree plantings, and cultural sights like the Pergamon marbles. The writer critiques German dining habits, praises Berlin’s work ethic, and recalls Elgin marbles and a Yale anecdote, closing with a vignette about a famed bartender and social prowess.
A tippling patron at an up town cafe laments the missteps of poor bartenders. He compares a great barkeep to a skilled lawyer, noting how distractions, memory lapses, and rude interruptions ruin a good story and a drink. He praises a good bartender as a jewel, recalling the best he ever knew who retired.
Two Chicago visitors burst into an uptown barber shop and, amid jokes about heat, discuss what counts as hot or cold in different cities. The boss praises the Westerners for courtesy and lively chat, while New Yorkers supposedly prefer silence and passive grooming.
In a July Century retrospective, the author credits the Confederates with a decisive victory yet notes a string of mishaps. He argues if Jackson had arrived on the 26th and if Grapevine bridge had not fallen, McClellan’s army might have been destroyed. he critiques McClellan’s siege plan and Lee’s execution while praising Lee’s overall strategy but noting numerical disadvantages and command gaps.
A bald headed man in Louisville endured a swarming fly attack last Sunday as insects settled on his head and forehead biting him. The bites swelled and inflamed his skin, shutting one eye and causing severe pain. There are fears for the man’s recovery at about 70 years old.
A Boston Beacon critique notes the bend in Sarah Bernhardt s shoulders near the nape signals forty years of age. The piece mocks wrinkles and aging as trivial next to this evidence and suggests women must do more than cosmetic fixes.
A miscellany notes diverse items from crime to science. It cites potter’s field burials in New York, arsenic shipments in California, and a brass band parade in Fall River. It mentions Oxford funding, German language use in Alsace Lorraine, and rising alcohol consumption in Prussia.
Discussion on the rise of suicides blames factors from religion to poverty. Experts point to digestive derangements and blood purity as core triggers, urging prevention with Warner's Safe Cure, endorsed by Dr. Dio Lewis and cited by the Rochester Democrat.
Wheat and corn quotes from Cariaco Milwaukee Minneapolis and St Paul markets show No 2 spring at 80 percent and No 2 red 87 percent with cash corn at 44 and lard around 6.25. Mess pork near 8.87, butter dairy and eggs mixed with regional price ranges for No 1 hard wheat and No 2 white corn and oats.
J M McCann of Bridgeport West Virginia a noted poultry writer and large chicken raiser testifies from experience that mixing St Jacobs Oil with dough fed to chickens suffering cholera will restore those able to swallow and that saturated pills forced down the throats of non swallowers will cause them to flap and crow in denial
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a cruel fish pedlar on Beaubien street who butchers his tired horse with savage kicks until the animal retaliates, injuring the pedlar badly. The incident ends with the pedlar seeking hospital care as townsfolk express outrage. The piece also notes July internal revenue totals down from 1884, Gladstone on Parnell, and a New York financier buying Tadousac estate from Lord Dufferin.
In a periodical tone the piece argues women bear heavy household labor. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for nervousness and female ailments, urging readers to send 10 cents for a treatise. Also notes Bulldog Kelly’s capture in Emerson Montana and Omaha’s higher gross earnings by 50,000 dollars compared to last year.
A remedy claim links liver torpor to many diseases and promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a rapid thorough liver restore. It is praised as pleasant tasting and mild yet effective. The text notes Congressman Mills waging a campaign against Prohibitionists in Texas.
The New York Tribune notes light colored butter sells poorly with some lots moving at 8 to 10 cents. It recommends Wells Richardson color to yield a pure dandelion shade that does not turn red or rancid and helps preserve butter. Also reported is the death of Mr D P Kittridge, a flour merchant and long-time Mower County resident, from consumption.
A historical advertisement claims Perry Davis Vegetable Pain Killer cures ninety nine cases out of a hundred for rheumatism. It promises relief when used according to directions and asserts it will not hurt. The tone reflects late 19th to early 20th century patent medicine marketing.
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