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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1889
Page
3
In Brooklyn Rev. T De Witt Talmage returns to an overflowing congregation as he declares the dawn of a new ecclesiastical year. He argues for arbitration over war, rapid global reach of Christianity, and a coming era of light, urging believers to ready themselves for a swift, decisive moral triumph.
Hall’s Journal of Health advises a practical female hygiene kit including glass bottles of alcohol alum camphor borax ammonia glycerine or vaseline. It suggests camphor wash for mouth and throat, alum for fever sores, alcohol for skin bites, and scented soap considerations. It notes glycerine or honey soap is preferable and white castile for hair washing, with borax or ammonia used sparingly.
A Paris physician jailed for practicing without a diploma ran a lucrative clinic using alleged cures. During trial, patients testified to copper rod and leg balancing remedies. He produced a genuine diploma, explaining years of failed regulated practice before turning to quackery to earn a living.
The article notes the United States has about 160 000 miles of railroad about half the world total and argues future growth to 750 000 miles as development progresses Massachusetts leads in remunerative mileage with one rail line per four square miles while the nation averages one mile per nineteen square miles The piece predicts steady annual railroad expansion to meet growing demand
An excerpt notes Dr Finsch finding domestic fowl are valued only for feathers. Papuans avoid eating them, while chicken feathers, especially white, enhance women’s appearance. The piece satirically links culinary indifference to cultural views in Antipodean Travels.
George Shank a Philadelphia businessman spent 600 on experiments to preserve watermelons in ice houses kept uniformly cold and dry. He kept other fruit similarly for months, but the melons spoiled despite precautions.
A roundup of Minnesota incidents includes drownings, fires, accidents, thefts, and deaths. Notable items: John Hefner drowned in Bush Creek Hokah. Henry Kater house burglary near St. Cloud. binding machine accident injures Carl Hegg at Fisher. lightning fires at Stillwater and Marshall. W E Selement jailed for mail robbery. Fred Kingsley dies at Minnehaha Soldiers Home. West Concord train accident maims. Mora murder case moved to St. Cloud. Lommel dies from blood poisoning. Gutter Bros assign for Kenyon Waseca creamery. Preston fair dates announced. Anoka death from blood poisoning. Hastings river found body. Little Falls and Duluth developments. Texas? (ignore).
Practical tips cover maintaining steel on farm gear using kerosene mixtures, repairing whiffletrees, keeping records of sales, and stocking a tool kit. Advice includes horse care and rest, cow feeding for milk yield, care of poultry, weed control with a sulfuric acid method, and grape pruning guidance for midsummer to optimize fruit ripening.
Practical guidance on preserving eggs and removing stains, plus tips on cleaning tools, insect bites, and comfort foods. It covers ammonia uses for hair brushes, charcoal for teeth and breath, fainting first aid, and explains sensible versus insensible perspiration with health implications.
London Daily News discusses the term dervish used for the Mahdi's followers. It traces meaning from Persian beggar to religious mendicant and fanatical role, noting Mohammed’s dictum against monkery and the Turkish Persian monastic influences. It questions if the Mahdists accept the name or if enemies coined it.
Professor von Liszt of Merburg cites figures showing about ten million persons punished under German law from 1882 to 1887. With life expectancy 33, the period implies over 50 million criminals felt legal discipline, far above Germany’s population. The Germania notes that some convicts may be honest, and suggests the penal code itself offers room for improvement.
A San Francisco paper offered $200 for the correct guess of types in a display. Two men won by naming 34,200. One guessed by dividing 95,000 shot by three and fudge to even. The other recalled an old lottery ticket showing 33,200 and won $100.
Observations on undersea cables show hemp coverings eaten by parasites and armor worn by strong currents at great depths. Some cables recovered from a mile and a half down reveal rapid damage, while others show no deterioration after over thirty five years in salt water. Water acts as a preserver of insulating compounds.
A biographical sketch portrays Cushman K Davis as a distinguished Minnesota senator and skilled lawyer born in Jefferson County New York about forty nine years ago. It notes his Shakespeare knowledge his upright character and ties to Matt Carpenter plus a career as US district attorney and governor nominee. It praises his wife as a lovely Northwest beauty.
A large manufacturer details the global origins of skins for gloves including deer from the Americas and hog skins from Mexico and Brazil. He notes American hogs are unsuitable for gloves, praises American kid tanning that outperforms French, and cites savings and exports to Germany France and Austria.
Frank Marbury, cousin of Dr. M. Marbury of Independence avenue, recounts surviving seven hours in the Johnstown flood. The 38 year old had been bald for twelve years, tried hair restorers, then found a dowdy substance on his head two days after the flood that grew into hair, now about one inch long.
Oakland Maryland celebrates a dusky man who cannot read yet vividly imagines newspapers by touch. An official asked his name and he replied with a wink, Do not spell it. I just write it down. The exchange illustrates creative record keeping.
An Epoch dialogue quotes Saysit Anyhowe and Grinand Barrett debating a marriage for money. Barrett admits being deceived by a wife who allegedly claimed a fortune, prompting reflections on what she left behind.
Montana correspondence argues Cheyennes lack irrigation and farming means, rely on agency schools with little benefit, and display imitation over work. It suggests placing them on agricultural land with tools and stock, while reducing rations, would spur self-sufficiency amid long-standing policy and bureau aid.
A 19th century critique argues wealth pursuit harms social health. It condemns child labor, factory drudgery, hoarding during scarcity, and quack medicines. It also denounces charitable sanctimony while tolerating harmful commerce and harmful traffic.
The New York Independent ranks seven leading churches by membership and shows about half of adults over 18 belong to one of them. It notes 33 million under 18, with 16 million covered by these churches, and a yearly rise of 887 thousand members across 3,732 more churches. Chicago News reports.
Systematic study along a line of telegraph wires shows extensive year round bird destruction on the Scotch and English moors. At dawn marauding bands of birds feed on the dead and dying, with farmers noting more grouse killed by wires than by sportsmen.
In northern England chatter, Prince George of Wales may not need an allowance as Lord Armstrong plans to leave all his fortune to the heir apparent's second son. If true, the future royal will be very wealthy.
While detonating a submerged wreck at St. Johns bar in Florida a dynamite blast killed R. T. Moore and Grand Howell colored. The accident halted work as authorities investigated cause and safety procedures.
The July drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery produced a $15,000 prize for ticket holder Louis Salada, his wife, and Edward P. Gaylor. No. 42758 won the $200,000 capital prize, with each one twentieth share amounting to $15,000. The winnings were confirmed by New Orleans lists and paid August 1 via First National Bank. Salada and family are in Missouri visiting relatives. the wife plans hospital treatment in the east for several months.
Boston Herald notes the Earl of Fife’s motto Virtute et Opera and his conditions for marriage to royalty. It discusses a potential shift as princesses may “stoop for freedom,” shaping a new order in Britain if the match with Louise Wales succeeds and ranks are altered.
The 1880 US census shows 50 million people with about 882000 more males than females. Centenarians totaled 1409 men and 2607 women, while boys outnumber girls until sixteen. After thirty-six, women dominate, shaping each state’s birth balance with a persistent but small male surplus at birth.
A Mayence correspondent describes children from six to eighty going to school at 7:30 am with heavy book bundles. German summer vacation is four weeks, ten weeks per year in total. A fourteen or fifteen year old girl carried thirteen books, pale and underfed. many students are overworked and undernourished. In Berlin some wear glasses while the poor endure harsher lives, with strong women laboring in fields appearing increasingly degrading.
The medicine claims to outsell all rivals by proving superior curative properties. It is sold through druggists under a money back guarantee if it does not benefit or cure the patient. It is advertised as curing deranged liver and impure blood diseases including biliousness skin conditions and skein ailments.
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