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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1885
Page
4
A verse from Financial Journal mocks daily market figures and Wall Street wheeling dealing. It feigns a broker with pomp, a clerk with dust, and a pale tradesman named Mr Fresh who ends flat broke, lampooning high life and cash struggles.
In Annapolis Nova Scotia an Englishman, the Honorable Reg Vaughan, courts Miss Maynard, a dignified heiress worth about four hundred thousand, while his ally Smythe, a rich but obsequious friend, watches. Eva Church, bright and vivid, contrasts Maynard’s cool reserve and draws public attention as Reg proposes, amid heat and social scrutiny.
In a portrait of social intrigue, the Honorable Reg proposes to Ella Maynard while Sam Vaughan courts Eva Church. Eva, in turn, rewards Ella with a lofty dowry and support, revealing a web of fortune, friendship, and deception as Reg and Smythe depart quietly at dawn.
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette correspondent reports Mormon leaders may offer to sell church principal possessions to a syndicate of eastern capitalists. John W. Young, Brigham Young’s son, has pursued hearings with bankers to relocate followers to Mexico, arguing limited church property and district monopolies.
A Philadelphia News writer recalls Boyton saving a man swept out by breakers and undertow. The exhausted swimmer, grateful, offered 50 cents for a drink. Boyton declined the bounty, gave change of 49 cents in coins and notes, and kept the note as a souvenir of a human life.
A Springfield Sunday News item laments the prominent presence of the eternal baby carriage in a parade. It questions why certain critics persist in forcing a wheeled nuisance through crowds, disturbing pedestrians and provoking discomfort.
Washington correspondent notes Guiteau received many condolence letters and threats. A forged bouquet for the condemned man hid arsenic, intended to cause his death by chewing a centerpiece white rose. Guiteau showed cold family ties and little hope for reprieve as execution neared.
The writer contrasts American industrious zeal with a European view, arguing Americans overcommit to one task, inflating risk and dampening well being. He describes building, career, and public speaking as fevered pursuits that erode health, wealth, and moderation, warning of mono mania and its toll on youth and society.
Jehan McGovern argues in The Current that reading in moving streetcars strains eyes and wastes time. He urges a culture of deliberate rest, reduced work, and a rebirth of focus, proposing five subtopics of thought to ease daily life and spare future generations.
A boy in the mountains near Vanderbilt's rail route watches Hungarian laborers dig earthworms for bait. The digger, with ragged clothes and a stern mien, cooks worm pot pies for dinner as others prep snails and rats. The boy, curious but cautious, declines to stay for the feast and simply watches.
An Arkansan coroner presides over a drunken man’s inquest. The man asks about Ted Bryant as the verdict nears, prompting scorn from the coroner who notes the disruption will cost the community about fifteen dollars. The verdict is then delivered to fit circumstantial pressure. The Arkansas Traveler remarks that the coroner is usually honest.
A humorous Burdette quip contrasts prices and paradoxes from patent medicines to undertakers, flour to beef, and telephone charges. It notes goods and services cycle in cost, from a dollar dose to a hundred dollar price, ending with the idea that whatever is, is all right.
London dominates modern city population growth with a century of rapid gains. The analysis compares London’s vast urban area to New York, Paris, Berlin, and other metropolises, forecasting future census counts and noting Brooklyn's rising share. It highlights Britain's numerous 100000-plus cities and Britain's lead among young republics in urban expansion.
A Pall Mall Gazette commentary notes how wealthy Athenians fund public services at private cost. It cites M Syngros sponsoring reformatories and Athens University’s £2,500,000 endowment, contrasting Greek generosity with Athens hospitals lacking funds and inviting richer citizens to support civic needs.
A story from a Merchant Traveler has two New York brokers on a plank in front of the stock-exchange building arguing with a tramp who sits beside them and asserts he has a seat on the board. The brokers dismiss him yet he reveals his own status and earns a dollar to fetch a case of jam.
Professor Langley argues through spectroscope that the sun is really blue and that the earth’s atmosphere colors its light to white. He says the blue sky is the sun’s true light, and that our view is like sea-level fish misreading light, implying the moon and stars would be blue too.
A South Carolina moonshiner who fled authorities for eight years refused to surrender when confronted from behind. He survived five bullet wounds and credited a backwoods nurse with his recovery. The piece effuses about back-shot defense, urging sportsmen to use the so called dead shot and to cover themselves.
American papers note Nellie Grant Sartoris contemplates returning to the United States to reside. She found London less welcoming after her father lost the presidency and after marriage to Algernon Sartoris, with a difficult mother in law and a secluded family life.
A physician cites fresh air and social immersion as cures for nerve and mood distress. He notes patients improve outside isolated routines, with crowds, music, church, and public gatherings. A lawyer recalls Bascom on connecting people, while youth and women benefit from diverse contact and shared experiences.
A first person account describes Behring Strait natives living largely on whale blubber and walrus products. It details hunting sea elephants for oil and hide, the dangers of their tusks and bites, and the brutal process of killing and processing the carcasses into oil and raft blubber blocks. The narrator recalls close encounters and grisly methods used to subdue the creatures and extract their valuable spoils.
Chicago area and Lake Region markets list Wheat No 2 spring at 79% cents, No 3 spring 68, Corn 44% cents, Oats 25 or 26 cents, Rye 56%, Flaxseed 1.19, Pork $8.77 to $8.85, Lard $6.22 to $6.25. Milwaukee shows Wheat 80 cents, Corn 43, Oats 25, Pork $8.75, Lard $6.20, Butter 15 to 17 cents, Cheese 7 cents, Eggs 13 to 18 cents. Minneapolis quotes No 1 hard 79-76 cents, No 1 Northern 76, Corn 42 cents, Oats 25-26 cents, Bran 8.75-9, Shorts 10.25-10.50, Hay 7-11, Pork $8.75, Lard $6.20, Eggs 12-13 cents, Butter 16-18 cents. St Paul lists varied Wheat 81-67 cents, Corn 43, Oats 29-20 cents, Barley 60 cents, Rye 48, Ground feed 16-17, Hay 7-9, Eggs 11-12, Butter 16-18 cents. Duluth reports Wheat around 80 to 83.5 cents for top grades, No 2 Northern 84-87 cents.
Mrs W E Chamberlain wife of Professor W E Chamberlain principal of Pacific Business College San Francisco writes from experience that Red Star Cough Cure gives instant relief for cough cold or sore throat A Paris music college plans a free school of music theatre for 2000 capacity concert halls a painting china school artists club fencing hall billiards shooting gallery library and a wing with forty suites for foreign members
In a late war engagement a federal chaplain, near a hotly engaged artillery battery, asks a profane sergeant if Divine Providence will support them. The sergeant replies that no Providence is expected, noting the Ninth New Jersey has been ordered to support the battery. The scene captures grim, frontline resolve and practical military faith.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets touted as cures for bilious headaches and sour stomachs. Anoka unveils a new schoolhouse costing $9,000, reflecting growth in the town.
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo promotes a 18-physician facility claiming cure for chronic diseases including throat lung liver kidney digestive disorders women’s diseases and skin conditions with cures advertised for ruptures piles and other ailments. Sends 10 cents for a guide book detailing treatments and correspondence cures.
The passage praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for painful maladies and weaknesses that embitter many women’s lives, noting its standing among druggists.
Wichita Falls Herald notes Mesars John Cameron and J Q Morrison own one fifth of ticket 48954 in the Louisiana State Lottery drawing July 14 which won 25000. The paper defends the draw against fraud claims, praising the owners and urging belief in the lottery’s legitimacy and luck for the future.
High reputation dairymen adopt the Improved Butter Color by Wells Richardson Co of Burlington Vermont, deeming imitative colors base less and insisting on this brand. Mrs Mary Peterson serves sixty days in Fergus Falls jail for cruelty to husband. Perry Davis Vegetable Pain Killer advertised as cure all with 99 percent success claim. Kansas liquor law contrasts with 1895 licensed sellers under federal permit.
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