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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1892
Page
8
Announces Sunday April 17 events for Man's Resurrected Evening Sunday School service at 12 m and 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. worship. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:45 p.m. Ushers greet visitors and the public is invited to all services.
Howard Paine visits Little Falls. Dr Groves professionally visits. J F McGinnis Co advertises latest neckwear and shoes. Dan Caffery eyeing Little Falls realty. Obituary for Ed M Johnson 28. boys hats at McGinnis. WCTU to meet at Y M C A. Uncle Tom's Cabin company to present matinee at 2:30. J J Kennedy builds residence on Fourth street. Easter services at St Pauls church with schedules posted. County notices include probate, library ball May 6 and theatre reopens under Alexander.
The deal to locate the Northern Mill Co at the site has been advancing for weeks and details will be released soon. The railroad bridge and mill construction estimates have been submitted, signaling a mammoth project with 75 million capacity per year and about 300 workers. A public vote on the final closing will follow an informative presentation to voters, with comprehensive coverage planned next week.
Arrangements completed for the third annual ball to be hosted by Division No 197 O R C in Gardner Hall Brainerd on May 4. Dresskeli's orchestra will play music. Tickets cost 1.00. Committees appointed include Arrangements J B Quimby H J Porter John Hoffoss C Jones Wm J Flynn J A McDonnell Invitation J B Quimby Wm J Flynn C A Collins Cline E A Ball Phil McTaggart Reception S Corrigan C A Robert Tuffs S A Coulter T Jernigan George Haas rod Westbrook Mesdames H J Porter E W engine J R by J King F C Jones R C Wes cott Robin Gilby Sadie Reilly Maggie Johnson Floor Managers J A King F D Still J L Henderson Wm Fox E H Simmons George Harter.
The Mansfield opera house hosted Rusco and Swift's company presenting Uncle Tom's Cabin with an impressive close vision and excellent music. The Springfield Missouri Herald notes the Saturday show on April 16 with a 2:30 PM matinee. Admission is 25 cents to all, seats available at Cable's.
Jacob Dobmeier of Grand Forks plans a stock company to open a Brainerd brewery. Saloonkeepers are urged to invest up to 2000 total as a good faith measure to ensure local use of the product. Building to cost 10000, near the old Northern Pacific pumping station. A fire at 3 am caused by a cigar stub burned sawdust in wooden spit-boxes. janitor H. Bennett reported the blaze. Also advertised is a 10 percent Easter sale on cloaks and wraps hosted by Henry I. Cowen.
Iver Benson, foreman at J. J. Howe and Co. planning mill, nearly died after a runaway horse on Eighth Street South threw him from a two wheeled rig. He suffered facial cuts and bruises but is recovering. doctors sewed wounds and he will bear noticeable scarring. Henry I. Conen.
The city saw a rise in petty theft as tramps looted three warehouses. Falk, Jung & Borchert lost six beer cases, A. Angels two sacks of flour, while Nelson, Tenny & Co. lost nothing. Police rounded up two suspects, Wm. Miller and W.E. Wilson, who confessed and were jailed for thirty days with fines of $25 each. some beer recovered, flour missing. Henny I. Couen.
The Boom company will begin turning logs Wednesday and start the drive from Brainerd. Over 80 million logs lie in the river and an additional 30 million from last year in the Rum river will be ready within two weeks. Together this creates a stock of just over 100 million logs, enough to keep mills busy for about two months, possibly extending to June 1.
Eighty acres of land partly cultivated offered in exchange for a residence in Brainerd. Land lies within half a mile of a thriving village and within two miles of a large Wisconsin paper and pulp mill. Interested buyers may call at or mail to this office. Includes a 10 percent reduction, business by Henry I. Cohen.
A note on completing a lady's outfit with a stylish hat or bonnet matched to her figure and costume. Mrs Grandelmyer studies to combine these requirements for her customers orders. Also mentions Hoffman's offering horses cows ponies wagons buggies and harnesses for sale on time.
In a special session the Board of Education elected the forthcoming year’s teaching staff and fixed salaries. Names include Mrs. E Cahoon, Miss Toot Clark, Miss Jennie Crowe, Miss M J Towers, Miss Kate, Miss Charlotte Cahoon, Miss Bess Mulrine, Miss Geneva Welch, Miss Nellie Merritt, Miss Anna ee, Miss Emily Murphy, Miss Amy Jowel, Miss Maggie Somers, Miss Kate Whiteley, Miss Bessie Small, Miss Mary eR, Miss Minnie Merritt, Miss Clara Poe, and others with salaries ranging from 45 to 60. Janitors and their salaries were also set for each school. Superintendent Cheadle is engaged for the ensuing year.
The spring term of the district court closed yesterday listing verdicts for plaintiffs in multiple cases including Maw v Kirtland and Phelps for 75 dollars Spalding as Sheriff for 125 Follett v Riddle for 50 Walker v Elder for 56.48 and State v Guyett acquitted plus a liquor charge against Barclay dismissed for defective indictment. Sentences included six months in state prison for Robert Lee and fifteen days in county jail for Brainard and Link. A new trial was granted in Porter v Osborne. Several tax and real estate cases were dismissed or relief ordered. News notes mention a life size picture offer at McGinn’s and Owls social at Gardner Hall with supper at City Hotel.
Friday evening April 8 the Board of Health met in Dr Hemstead s office and favors several measures including notifying occupants to clean yards and alleys, placing fire limit territory under Health Officer McNaughton, filling the well in Block 10 East Brainerd under Officer Martin, abating rear outhouses behind Harrison buildings in Block 45 as a public nuisance, and scheduling regular meetings on the last Friday evening of each month in Dr Hemstead s office.
A crowded collage of local ads and notices in Brainerd include clothing at Cale and McGinn stores offering ticket inquiries and free portraits with grocery purchases. Megrimine headache cure ads from Dr. Whitehall Megrimine Co. touts 20 to 30 minute relief with free samples. Also listed are millinery stock, carpets, sash and doors, boots and shoes, harness shop requests, and a May 2 tax judgment sale by Crow Wing County auditor Louis Tache with real estate to be sold for unpaid taxes.
Stevens Point sits at the gateway to a vast northern forest region feeding the lumber trade. The Wisconsin River, nicknamed Old Wisconsin, powers mills and fuels hundreds of jobs as millions of feet of lumber are cut yearly. The city hosts large Central Lines car shops and other manufacturing. For maps and tickets, contact G. F. McNeill in Minneapolis or James C. Pond in Chicago.
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