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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1885
Page
4
A speaker declares contentment with her orderly home and quiet life but insists she values and wants her four splendid sons above a partner's leisure and the promise of a peaceful, well kept household remains her priority.
A group seeks shelter from a violent storm in a farmhouse where a suffering traveler, Godfrey Lambert, shares a tale of betrayal, loss, and renewed love. His first wife’s affair, laments, and a chance reunion lead to a dramatic reunion with Floy and a peasant girl, ending with a newfound hopeful companionship.
Grant’s physicians report his disease nearly stationary with excellent general health. He walks about the house and in the street without fatigue and enjoys daily rides in the park. Hotel proprietors at mountain resorts invite him to visit.
A critical column mocks three star and dash paragraph breaks in modern writing. It argues such devices disrupt flow, compare unfavorably with classic authors, and resemble sausage links rather than coherent prose. The piece condemns unnecessary divisions while noting legitimate uses for footnotes and ellipses.
Carrel's Weekly surveys a Patent Office report noting women issued seventy patents in a year. It cites quirky examples from Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maine, Oregon and more, including indicators for bed posts, mouse traps, scandalous telephones, and absurd gadgets.
A comic D before the rink catalogues jokes on poverty shoes weddings and bachelorhood. The piece lampoons women men and social vanity with light satire and a moment of rueful observation about a mustache and a scorched evening scene.
In a New Orleans Times Democrat item, Hoffenstein hawks an almanac style coat claiming it foresees weather and wards off cholera. A farmer customer tests it for comfort and price at eight dollars, while the storekeeper cites a European letter and Prussian orders to justify the coat's disinfecting claims.
A traveler recalls English farm life, noting moderate beer use could help laborers during haying. He cites a gallon daily as tolerable, observes beer dominates workers’ meals, and describes evening taproom rituals and widespread drinking among laborers. He recounts a “bread-and-cheese carpenter” who drank ten quarts daily.
The rink manager recalls a West Virginia story of a Scotch terrier and a Maltese cat trained to skate on roller spools. He says the idea is practical and recalls an early dog trainer urging daily exhibitions to draw crowds.
A New York Mail and Express report describes a trainer who developed dog skates to perform in a rink. The plan anticipated high crowds and a potential profit, with concerns raised about cruelty from Mr. Henry Bergh but the dogs would skate short distances without harm.
A collage of quips and curiosities from the era, noting odd boasts about slugging, fishing, and coal, plus jokes about elephants, star naming for cash, a Florida boot-heel tale, Maj. Burke’s Exposition duty, a dairy maid’s milking feat, libel suits by Carter Harrison, and a French judge warning a defendant.
An American Agriculturist warning describes fake auction schemes in cities where a red nosed operator lures farmers with false Europe bound furniture and carpets. He buys no goods, instead raises kids to pose as buyers, while a widow’s husband related to trucking becomes a warning.
In 1761 Haydn served as capellmeister to Prince Séerbaie in Austria. To persuade the prince to end a long stay away from families, he composed a farewell symphony in which players stop one by one, prompting the troupe to return home while the prince eventually travels to Vienna.
Theuis de Mores testified in Bismarck about his arrival to America as a Seventh French dragoons lieutenant on leave. He described stock ventures with Frank Moore and others at Little Missouri, disputes over a $20,000 claim, and conflicts with local hunters led by O'Donnell who threatened his life. He recounted guard duty at Little Missouri, gunfire exchanges, and a pursuit to arrest the attackers near the south trail where Luffsey was wounded and they fled.
The will of Augusta M Huntington of Cincinnati, donor of Shumway Memorial Chapel at Shattuck School Faribault Minnesota, is probated and sent to Rice County deeds. She bequeaths 300000 dollars to Bishop Whipple and successors in trust for Shumway Hall educational building and perpetual endowment, Johnston Hall at Seabury Divinity School, and endowments for scholarships, with payments within five to seven years after death.
Ex Senator Chaffee argues New York should fund and host a Grant memorial remain removal to Washington could be funded within thirty days with no state aid. He questions a reported message to Col. Fred claiming Grant favored New York and asserts West Point Washington or Galena were his choices.
An essay-like piece notes the liver as the source of evil impulses from ancient times to today. It cites Fothergill and praises Warner’s safe cure for liver ills, claiming it prevents catastrophes and moral failings driven by an irritable liver.
The work Old Times by John Ashton mirrors late 18th century England, noting civil service corruption through public office advertisements, sale of commissions, and recruitment abuses. It cites the Duke of York pressing regiments for minors, press gangs, riots over deceitful lodgings for recruits, and Pitt's plan to enlist idle men via magistrates.
The ninth annual reunion gathered 10 000 in a large Portamouth Ohio tent. Ex President Hayes stood in for Gen Cook and praised the Army of West Virginia for frontier service and frontier rail line support. He noted many Ohio and Indiana troops gained their first service in West Virginia and called it a significant military training ground.
Wheat and corn prices vary by grade across Curia co Minneap olis and Minnawukker regions. No. 2 spring wheat around 79 percent in some areas. pork cash around 8.75 to 8.85 dollars per hundredweight. lard near 6.20 to 6.25. butter and eggs quoted with dairy and creamery ranges.
Reports indicate Puritan, which defeated the British yacht Genesta, will be auctioned as owners seek to recover costs from the cup defense. The vessel is out of commission and unlikely to race again under current owners, having cost about $25,000 with added race expenses near $10,000.
Capt. D. Lee of Frazee City Minn owns and markets the Wellman Fife wheat at the Saskatchewan state fair. His display wins first and second premiums for best bushel rate and $50 cash for the general display. Men’s Man’s Peptonized Beef Tonic advertised as a beef preparation with full nutrient properties for indigestion nervous debility and general fatigue. Caswell Haz arps Co proprietors New York distribute through Druggists.
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