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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1888
Page
4
Dresskell and Shedd light the city with its first incandescent lamps. Brainerd community updates include election of a Cass county assessor, new Y M C A work starting in three weeks, salary raise for the city clerk, and various local visits, businesses, and events from late week.
W B Ankeny advertises in this issue. W H Bradford visited from Como shops on Thursday. A democratic county convention is called by Chairman Murray for May 17 to elect delegates to the state convention. county convention set for May 12 at city hall. Losey and Dean begin a new Front Street block. Miller the contractor to move in by May 15. C F Kindred to build a hotel opposite the former Villard site. lower floor to be stores. Ed Mahan handles plans. Water at the dam overflowing for the first time Tuesday. water above dam about 25 feet, below water shallow. Marshes and boom reservoirs ready to hold logs. Indian affairs notify White Earth Indian agent J T Sheean to keep Indians on reservation per Crow Wing and Cass counties petitions, thanks to H C Stivers of the Journal. Invitations received for the wedding of Bert M Hines and Miss Emma Wadham at Spokane Falls on May 1. they will be at home in Brainerd after May 15. Bert Hines is an engineer on the Northern Pacific. Miss Wadham is daughter of the late Thomas Wadham. Dovetas: infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Douglas died aged three weeks and two days. funeral at home Sunday with Rev L Bergstrom.
The Brainerd band delivers a premier performance at the opera house drawing a large appreciative crowd. Pine City Lodge No 81 plans its seventh annual ball at the roller rink with Dresskell’s orchestra and a decorated venue promising an enjoyable evening.
The council met in regular session and transacted routine business. Hats and coats ordered for Hose Co. No.4. Chief Leopold submitted a yearly fire report, partially read due to space. City clerk salary raised to 600 dollars. Liquor license granted to Joseph Ennis within twenty days after the election. Cattle ordinance deferred a week. Street commissioner salary set at three dollars per day.
In Brainerd a Brainerd-centered view highlights the dam completed this morning and its appeal to capitalists. Governors political prospects are discussed with Buckman Kindred and McGill cited as likely players while regional prospects and campaigns are examined. A Grand Rapids update notes logging crews thinning out and the Lightning steamer overhauling for the towing season.
Mr. Gilbert Straw of Hutchinson visits nearby. S P Matheny of Eden Valley visits relatives near Gorst's mall. Mrs N Kinney is ill again. Free Methodist quarterly meeting held at the school house from last Thursday through Sunday. C N Kinney moved to Green Prairie to work for Mr Neal. Jacob Showers and Mr King visited the county seat this week. Dr Whitney is failing and little hope of recovery. Allen McBee of Meeker county visits relatives here. Drive on Little Anoka started Wednesday. Allison Ainsworth and wife welcomed a baby girl this week.
A telegraph from Ada to the Press reports J. J. Hill is surveying and gathering material to build a cut off on the Montana branch. The line would run from near Larimore through Hillsboro and Ada, south of the White Earth reservation, to Brainerd and on to St. Paul, potentially saving mileage and diverting trade from towns on the Duluth and Manitoba.
A critique denounces phosphatic and alum baking powders as unsafe daily additives. It argues medicines like calomel and arsenic show not cure-all value, warns against manufacturers pushing phosphate claims, and notes true leavening relies on cream of tartar. It cites Royal Baking Powder as better, with less residue, and urges pure food free from additives.
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