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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1891
Page
3
An admonition urges homeowners to improve ventilation by opening street doors each morning to create currents that remove stagnant air. It warns that closed rooms with drawn curtains and minimal airflow cause fainting, drooping, and even infant danger, urging immediate action to restore breathable air.
A lyrical vignette about a sunlit day with a maiden, wildflowers, and a search for a four leaf clover. The couple wanders through apple trees and fields, finding a rarer treasure in simple companionship rather than the bloom. The text evokes spring imagery and romantic yearning.
A young man recounts a failed engagement with Lila Jewett and a late 19th century voyage that rekindles their bond. He sails aboard Captain Abbott’s Dauntless to Australia with family aboard, while Lila remains cautious yet curious aboard, each step testing forgiveness and fate.
On a voyage Lila, Glenn, and companions face romantic tension and a harsh trial when a fire trapped them aboard. A brutal storm separates boats, a rescue by the Columbia saves Lila, Alice, Mrs. Abbott, and Glenn, while the others are later found and reunited aboard the American ship.
A narrator recounts Alice’s illness and death at sea, Lila’s burial ritual, and a long voyage home. The couple, Captain Abbott and his wife, suffer heartbreak, with the captain’s later life ending in Boston and his wife joining their daughter, followed by years of travel without further disaster.
A Kansas City Star profile recounts Schumacher, a German immigrant aged around sixty, who built the world’s largest oatmeal factory by eschewing whiskey and beer. He runs a German workforce of hundreds and once fired a beer drinker with a $5,000 severance after a two year contract showed a drinker.
Reports from Paris describe experiments by charity officials who dressed as beggars to test earning potential. One man earned 15f in a day, another was turned away by a policeman for looking like a ruffian, yet a quick collection yielded 13 sous before services started. Average professional beggars reportedly earn 5f to 15f daily.
An Atlantic Monthly piece catalogs Arkansas plantation speech with vivid phrases. It cites terms like mighty quick weather and burn the wind, muddy shoe-mouth deep roads, got your name in the pot, taint goin to marry a wife won't work, gentle them for cattle, and all overs for nervousness, illustrating local humor and rural life.
The text emphasizes earthworms as essential to soil fertility and plant life. It notes Darwin's view that earth moves soil and claims revised calculations show soil renewal occurs every 27 years, with 100 to 200 worms per square yard and 15,000 tons of earth lifted per square mile.
Karline knits stockings for her friend Wilhelm who has joined the Imperial Guards and presents them on his birthday with congratulations. Wilhelm, moved to tears, vows to wear them as long as he lives, declaring Karline “a kind” person in a poignant moment from theIllustrirte Chronik.
A petrified horse found in Masonic ford creek near Stringtown Indian Territory astonishes locals. The large white statue shows hairs turned to stone, saddle marks, and an arrow in the neck vein suggesting cause of death. Recently moved to Stringtown then headed for the Smithsonian Institution after interest from dime museums.
In Krasnoyarsk two young men faced a police house search that uncovered locked trunks. They secretly retrieved dangerous letters and a photograph by removing a bottom board and replacing it before dawn. Police found only harmless contents like a hair-brush and a hotel bill.
The Hungarian opposition in parliament claims the ministers oath is hidden from the nation and not on the statute book. The oath pledges loyalty to Francis Joseph, vows secrecy, impartial justice, and obedience, with sworn reverence to God and the Holy Virgin Mary.
Al Potter of Bradford recounts a practical joke in a barber shop. Potter prepared for a shave when a drummer asked if he was the barber. Potter threatened with a loaded pistol as a gag, and the drummer fled in fear before the barber returned and they all laughed.
A historical anecdote recalls Alexander Herzen the first Russian exile in London and his bonds. When Nicolas I tried to repudiate Herzen’s bonds the elder Rothschild warned the Russian court and forced acceptance. The episode is told by Stepniak as authentic and witty in the Bell.
A humorous exchange notes a patient ordered more than the advised limit. The doctor forbids more than three glasses for the complaint while the patient cites another physician allowing three, claiming six glasses in total. The quote appears in Syddeutsch Zeitung.
Philadelphia Record reports a scheme by growler rushers in Philadelphia near Sombard and South streets. A greasy interior of beer pitchers prevented foaming, letting dark skinned patrons obtain 50 cents worth of beer for 10 cents until the method, buttered growlers, was exposed and stopped.
A Pullman traveler questions a porter after a quarrel, saying he cannot help it since the porter is only a director in the company. The Epoch records the exchange as a pointed moment of workplace tension aboard the rail car.
An old advertisement touts Curicura Remedies for skin and scalp diseases claiming rapid, permanent cures. It markets Curicura soap and Resolvent as universal cures with dramatic claims and price hints, urging readers to send for a guide on curing pimples, blackheads and oily skin.
In Burlington Vermont on June 6 1891 T A Waetock recounts severe indigestion nervous exhaustion and weight loss. After two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla he recovered appetite flesh and sleep and his nerves improved greatly. Hood's Pills marketed as best liver invigorator and cathartic priced 25 cents.
A Bradford Era note recalls a tale of Sallie McGee at a sea hotel where two lovers vie for her. A Boston man takes Sallie away, leading to a confrontation by the sea and a baseball bat strike that ends the trouble.
A Chicago News critique laments decorous, risk-averse people who live by surface behavior only. The writer muses that such false virtue hides fear of public opinion and stifles genuine life, likening them to cheap veneering that wears away.
In a case for Roger Perins of Hopkinton Webster argued the dying moment in a will dispute. He cited doctors who disagree on when death begins and quipped that life begins with birth and ends with death. The exchange with counsel Sullivan drew laughter from court and audience.
The piece notes England’s royal color is scarlet, contrasting with blue for Portugal and Sweden, dark green for Russia, and black and yellow for Austria. It debunks the rose-origin myth and links scarlet to the royal standard and Henry’s yeoman dress, while recalling aldermanic wives once wore scarlet gowns.
Professor Thomas J. Murray of New York recounts training a common house fly named Dick. Over two weeks the insect learned to perch on a finger, ride a toothpick, stand on splinters, and perform jumps, while reacting aggressively when provoked.
In an Atlanta Constituion report a judge questions a prisoner about a jug of whisky and samples it aloud. The exchange leads to the prisoner receiving twelve months on the chain gang. The court condemns intoxication and irresponsibility.
The Boston Transcript reports Cairo's chronic unhealthiness and a proposed sewerage plan funded by half the octroi. France demands a three expert international commission to study plans and choose one unanimously, threatening to abandon the drainage project unless all experts agree.
Observing how a man handles a cigar reveals personality traits. Some never smoke but keep a cigar in the mouth, others press teeth through it, roll it or chew it to signal readiness or easygoing temper. A 45 degree lift implies mildness yet stubbornness if needed. A straight hold with smoke angled aside suggests a contemplative temperament.
Mono Lake in Nevada is described as highly mineralized with soda and borax. The water lathers when stirred and forms a wall of suds, three to four feet high, on the shore during high winds. The bubbly wall appears rainbow hued and can surge to ten or twelve feet before toppling, with wind lifting large balls of foam inland.
An advertisement urges recovery from fatigue through Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for debility, dyspepsia, constipation, malaria, and age related infirmities. It also notes a demand for Mutual Life Insurance Company agents in Minnesota and promotes favorable creditor relations and references.
A 3 inch weekly display from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co features a unique word puzzle each issue with a Crescent mark. Readers are urged to send the word to receive a free book lithographs or samples. The ad ups Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for stiffness and strains.
A nostalgic advert tone recalls Castoria as a remedy from infancy to childhood to adulthood. The lines emphasize constant use of Castoria for a sick child and for various life stages without naming any dates places or people.
The Century will mark the 400th anniversary of American discovery with a Life of Columbus by Emilio Castelar. Written in Spanish and translated, the work will be richly illustrated. Castelar’s interest in America is noted and additional discovery articles are planned. A marriage for money is generally a dol larous affair.
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