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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1895
Page
4
Minneapolis visitors include Mrs. John A. Dennis and Mrs. G W Vanderslice. New daughter for Mr and Mrs J E Ireland and for John Parsons. Dam work boosts electric light and log hauling while local business deals and sports promotions roll through. Fires threaten county areas as rains delay relief. Legislation returns from St Paul after four months.
Collected items report C M Sweitzer's return as foreman of the Tribune after health leave. Y M C A attendance hits 94 at the 4 pm meeting. Lectures, church services, and bazaars are planned. Townspeople prepare for strawberries at Beach Cole Beach, a Stratton House sale, and a Deerwood hill track project. A wheelmen expedition is planned May 11 starting in Brainerd.
The Brainerd Gun Club plans a casual start to the season with a Saturday morning shoot. Regular shoots are set for Wednesday mornings, expected to begin next week, at grounds claimed to be the finest in the northwest.
Peter Kiley was attacked by four men on Tuesday evening near his home after leaving town. He was stabbed in the abdomen during the struggle and later died from the injuries. Doctor Camp treated him and he was taken to the hospital where he died. The assailants were not identified.
Nickel Plate Road adds dining car service to trains Nos. 6 2 and 5. Train 6 departs Chicago 2 p m daily with dinner. Train 2 leaves Chicago 9 20 p m with breakfast and dinner and connects for New York and Boston. Train 5 arrives Chicago 9 35 p m with breakfast and dinner from New York and Boston. For routes rates maps and folders contact a ticket agent or General Agent J Y Cananan Chicago Il.
Several local deaths are reported including Joseph Carr aged 40 who died of heart failure at East Brainerd and was buried in Bridgeport Conn. Laura E. Reed died of typhoid fever aged 34. Ernest Bonar died at the Sanitarium aged 24. Peter Olson, a Scandinavian resident, disappeared after leaving for the Sanitarium and remains missing with search efforts ongoing.
County Commissioner John Bubar leases the Lumberman's Exchange in Brainerd to Ed McDonald of Little Falls. McDonald will assume control May 1 after returning from Brainerd where he finalized the deal following seller’s sale of his local saloon. Bubar retires from active hotel management to rest.
Of Interest to the Boys. Agent wanted for the Elmira Telegram in Brainerd. Lively boy can make money. Address Elmina Telegram, Elmira, N. Y. Go to M. Hagberg's for your groceries. You can save money by so doing.
The text notes farmers anxious for rain, social visits, births, and illnesses. It mentions Mille Lacs as a pleasure destination with Mr. Jabus for accommodations, a two story farm building by Holst Bros, and several local business ads. It also covers water restrictions from Minsgiova Water Works Co and license hearing details, plus assorted goods and services from multiple local merchants.
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