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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1892
Page
3
Lady Henry Somer laments the curse of gin among London's poor and New York’s saloon culture. She argues public houses corrupt family life, turning virtuous daughters into victims of vice, as poverty and disgrace fuse in the souls of the needy.
The Trans Caspian railway, praised as an engineering wonder, overcame shifting Kara Kum sands by clay bed and desert planting. Gen Annenkoff solved water needs with pipes and his cousin built a petroleum fueled locomotive. A 1000 foot longer Oxus bridge was completed and the line now operates.
St Louis Republic argues the biblical monster in Jonah could be any sea creature. Greek Katos means sea monster, not necessarily a whale, allowing a shark or sea serpent as the culprit.
The article recalls how William Handcock, founder of the Irish Castlemaine line, gained a peerage for Union service after singing anti-Union songs in 1799 and pro-Union songs in 1800. It cites Barrington’s Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation and Lecky’s critique of Irish peerages, labeling them memories of shame rather than honor.
A promotional note for Bryant & Stratton Business College Chicago highlights its broad training in business, shorthand, and typing. It emphasizes strong job placement, the World's Fair boosting business in Chicago, and invites out of town students to visit grounds Saturdays with a mailed catalogue at 92 Wabash Ave. Chicago Illinois.
The cases against Capt. Officer of Tracy Minnesota and J G Ogorillo of Osaxosu were dismissed today for want of prosecution. The hearing drew great attention with reported winnings in the thousands of dollars. Nine deaths and thirty seven injuries were reported from a Massachusetts railroad accident.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P J Cheney Co Toledo presents testimonials. Cure taken internally, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists. A young newspaper man is arrested in St Paul, charged with forgery in Chicago.
In harsh prose a patent medicine pitch urges care of "Poor Dilapidated Toddlers" and "Young-old men" with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It claims the tonic strengthens bodies, freshens appetites, eases nervous tremors, and cures dyspepsia liver kidney disorders and rheumatism, warning modern life is too fast.
Aaron Arama, a Jewish prisoner in Schlusselburg, endures a brutal regime where oubliettes, secret killings, and deliberate starvation define the underworld of Tsarist Russia. He clashes with Ivan Alexieff and is mocked by police as he faces transfer to the fortress. Rachel awaits news as public outcry erupts over the incident.
The story follows Ivan Alexieff urged by his father’s rage against Jews After human kindness by Nekrassoff Rachel Arama lies sheltering danger as Ivan vows to remain loyal Despite counsel the youth seeks a path to Moscow with Rachel as protection shifts to the Chief Rabbi and a perilous future unfolds TO BE CONTINUER.
A brief, informal reminiscence from a reader in New York about stylish people and circuses, contrasting parental disapproval with a child’s view of Mrs. Stuckup riding, glimpsed lunch with bread and cold liver, and the narrator’s relief at not being stylish.
The Tradesman of Chattanooga reviews the South’s industrial scene for the week ending August 13, noting solid crop prospects, rising iron demand, stronger lumber markets, and many new or expanded industries. It highlights the Talbot steel process at $18 a ton from southern iron as a pivotal development and lists numerous new mills, plants, and public works across several states. The piece contrasts Republican and Democratic appeals, quotes Harrison, and discusses tariff debates and rag imports while noting overseas rags and British free trade trends. An interview with Norway’s labor commissioner abroad is also referenced.
A columnist lauds US postwar success in material development, debt relief, and employment, crediting protective laws. He argues Germany should imitate the American tariff system to sustain growth, noting indirect taxation that barely felt by citizens.
The Washington Post discusses the Sullivan Corbett fight and questions if Mr. Harrison is training down too fine. It notes the President spends days with his afflicted wife and expresses sympathy from all sides for a husband devoted to his wife.
Speaker faced two weeks of dilatory tactics before insurgents forced a Democratic caucus to adopt a rule for a vote on a designated date and hour with previous question and suspensions. The episode exposes a public confession that opposition to the last House rules was a slander and the result of obstructionists beaten by a strong majority.
Senate Finance Committee reports the McKinley tariff reduced living costs by 3.4 percent and raised wages by 0.75 percent, yielding roughly a 4.15 percent gain in workers purchasing power. England saw a 1.9 percent rise in living costs, while Vermont backs Republicans in a solid GOP trend.
The passage describes dust devils forming in arid regions from India to the Sahara and Arabia. It cites a Magdalena valley example where a hot day yields a vertical column of dust rising hundreds of feet, moving toward Magdalena and sometimes bursting with gusts and fine dust. Similar stationary whirls bind over volcanoes.
The Lancet notes a belief that a full stomach aids seasickness, but practical advice favors a light meal before sailing. Stay on deck, then rest in berth if symptoms begin, lie flat for 12 to 24 hours, then eat dry bread and roast beef. Recovery within 36 to 48 hours expected. Avoid fluids, coffee, and most medicines unless symptoms persist.
In a western Kansas town a lengthy cross examination ends in a snap as a witness refuses to estimate a barn's age. The attorney, famed for ragged appearance, pushes the man to compare his own house age, prompting the farmer to retort the house is as old as the lawyer and in need of shingles. The referee ends the encounter with the witness stepping down.
In Paris nothing is wasted as scraps, old provisions tins, boots, paper, orange peels, and even hair fetch money. Lead from tins is melted into cakes, paper goes to cardboard, orange peels to marmalade, and long hair earns two francs per kilo for uses in hairdressing and oil clarifying.
A device described as overcoming belt slip and reducing friction and wear uses a rubber belt with inner flutings and a pale corrugated cover. The cover can be applied to any pulley of wood or iron, new or old, improving power transmission.
A humorous list extols a woman's varied skills and mischief making traits from calm resilience to clever tricks. It contrasts female poise with male impatience and notes abilities from dancing in tight shoes to calming a frustrated lover.
A Currawildi organized hog-hunting party ended after three days with 568 hogs killed. The tally by day was 210, 189, and 160. Weapons included shotguns and improvised lances. The drive aimed to curb depredations, with alleged grunter predilection for young lambs central to the offenses.
The Brooklyn Eagle essay extols golden hair and pale complexions as objects of reverence. It notes how hair is styled with pearls, gold pins, and diamond combs, detailing middle partings, loops at the nape, Grecian knots, pompadour fringes, and favored amber or tortoiseshell pins while warning against rough pins.
A historical note explains cream measurement using can diameter and depth. It shows how to compute cubic inches in one inch of depth, equating 64.4 cubic inches to a pound of butter, and cites a quart’s 573 cubic inches as more than enough to produce a pound. It mentions cans eight to nine inches in diameter and the relation of space measures to butter yield.
A Scientific American suggestion pours saltpetre dissolved in water around cucumber and squash roots to deter striped and black worms that burrow at night. The method is touted as useful against root-burrowing pests and claimed to be effective for any attacked plant. The note adds a political aside about Gov. Tillman reportedly seeing all events in South Carolina.
An irate father complains about his coat found torn on a fence with the tail ripped. The daughter offers a terse reply about leaving it in the hall and mentions a possible prank by a man named Mr Nicefellow who may have tried it on for warmth. She adds a remark about a dog being untied.
Proprietors promise to cure Catarrh or pay $500. They claim long trial success, inviting you to test the medicine with a fifty cent payment to start. They assert high chances of cure and insist the risk lies with them, not the user.
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