11 Aug 1893
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1893
Page
1
Brainerd begins active work on four new school houses and car shops. A. Tollefson holds the contract with bond accepted, aiming for occupancy by November 1. Division Engineer W L Darling surveys grounds as crews set to excavating at noon today.
A public notice declares Keeley Institute treatment for liquor opium morphine and tobacco diseases is staged only by Keeley Incriture and warns that imitators use Bicloride of Gold. It states sixty Keeley Institutes exist nationwide and invites confidential correspondence for inspection of their institutions.
The piece critiques the president’s message on the Sherman law and tariff policy. It argues repeal of the Sherman law helps confidence but won’t restore it alone, as ambiguity in Democratic tariff plans harms business. It notes industries built on protection face layoffs and idle workers while markets await potential shifts to free trade.
Local residents criticize Sixth Street as the city’s drainage failure, noting water pools for over a week while country roads dry in days. They urge affordable grading and gravel to improve the street, arguing it carries most city traffic and should not wait for costly cedar paving.
The United States land office now collects drafts sent by court clerks and will require currency in return. Officials must send currency in thousand dollar installments to the general land office. local banks formerly exchanged drafts for currency.
The State Superintendent Kieh will resign his office to accept a professorship at the state university.
The Journal announces it will not publish matrimonial ads for young men unless the suitor provides a certificate of good faith. It notes journalism in the western country has advanced over the past decade.
A compilation of short items mentions Mr. Peter Thielen visiting St. Cloud with relatives. Paul Wasserzieher of Bay Lake studies shorthand in St. Paul and returns proficient. Two Brainerd papers exchange views on Clark's Female Minstrels and expert testimony. The Labelle wagon and Webster chair factory plan to resume, hiring about 1,800. A former Long Prairie minister, J. D. Deets, pleads guilty to an elopement attempt and is suspended. A Crandell farmer near Wadena dies from an accidental gun discharge at age 54. Frank Lewis of Cloquet, arrested in Brainerd on boxing trip, resembles a Deer River criminal who used chloroform and fled with cash. he plans to sue Brainerd authorities for false arrest.
Attorney General provides a detailed interpretation of section 5 outlining which game birds may be hunted in which months. The memo covers woodcock, upland plover, prairie chickens, grouse, quail, partridge, ruffled grouse, pheasant, and aquatic fowl including ducks geese brant and snipe with specific monthly prohibitions and allowances. It notes probable judicial interpretations and doubts about aquatic fowl hunting outside the prohibited periods.
The notice promotes relief from business cares through travel on the Burlington Route. It suggests winter trips to Florida or the Gulf Coast, Southern California, and in summer to Minnesota lakes, Colorado, or Montana for health and happiness. It directs readers to contact W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, MN.
The Toledo Blade reports three British vessels built on Georgian Bay near Owen Sound and Hamilton, a 150 by 25 foot trio with armor and heavy armament, claimed as revenue cutters but described as modern cruisers by naval experts. The piece notes strategic aims and Canada’s role in Britain’s global policy.
While in the woods James L. Gunther of Sinking Spring Pa found a frozen rattlesnake that thawed and was killed. Leigh Munt’s Love of Vaisee recounts Mrs. Duncan Stewart’s J Leigh Hunt anecdote about finding a yellow object misidentified as a buttercup and a Carlyle anecdote about two gold sovereigns on a mantelpiece.
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