14 Aug 1891
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1891
Page
1
A receiver has been appointed for the Duluth street railway. The note hints at ongoing financial action and the need to manage the property during the transition.
A discussion of a large rubber trust in London and the push for free trade, contrasting with claims that trusts arose from protective tariffs. The Northern Pacific engineers grievance committee, in St Paul, will meet General Manager Mellen to discuss a possible grievance whose details are unclear.
The Little Falls Herald quips that Kentucky will vote Democratic as reliably as the United States leans Republican in 1592, asserting it as a fixed outcome with certainty. The humorous remark emphasizes predictable party leanings and confidence in the result.
A Brooklyn firm advertises four pound gray wool blankets at $1 each in New York papers. The duty on those blankets is $1.93. The issue arises whether the tariff constitutes a tax.
The piece notes that a few papers escaped the substitution rule while A Frank Richardson the Pioneer Press and a couple of other agencies profited from the scheme. Many rural readers were drawn in by the misleading practice and suffered losses.
A past report says tin roof work on a Tabernacle church near a United States mint revealed $5,000 in gold. The gold is described as coming from the mint with smoke and water falling onto the roof, where it is collected.
Cor Bosietren notes the Minnesota wolf population remains high despite bounty incentives. He cites a $3 per head bounty from May to November and $5 from November to May, arguing many honest men raise wolves for financial gain and the numbers stay high.
Official treasury data trace 1860 to last January. Total money in circulation grew to about 1.529 billion with a per capita of 24.10 dollars, the highest in U.S. history, and slightly above England.
A Tribune note defends labor saving machines against claims they deprive workmen. It contrasts old reapers needing five binders with current machines, citing wages of $3 then and $2 now. It also questions a Winnipeg Free Press report on a Wetmore grain cargo via Kingston and Montreal and mentions earlier lake-to-Glasgow shipments. The St James Gazette fears Britain’s trade decline tied to McKinley tariffs and U S. exports.
An alderman in Kansas City introduces an ordinance to tax drinkers after January 1 1892. Tax classes cover beer, beer and wine, beer wine and whisky, beer wine champagne, with annual rates of 20 25 30 and 50 dollars respectively. The measure is described as a new idea.
A telegram from Elizabeth New Jersey reports a dense storm cloud over the city turning out to be mosquitos. The swarming insects scattered worshipers from churches and drove drug clerks from stores. Bonfires were lit on several streets to deter the pests. Cattle horses and pedestrians panicked while telegraph operators used boys with fans to keep keys moving.
Washington dispatch reports Commissioner Dar Hall and acting Interior officials discussing removal of the Chippewas to White Earth. No final method set, but aim is swift, amicable move to avoid further delays and have the matter settled before snow flies. Hall will start active operations on return to push the plan.
The Superior Evening Telegram argues the Alliance plan to place saloons and transportation under government control, plus a sub treasury and farmer mortgage program, would create a vast army of officeholders dependent on party power. It warns such entrenchment would make defeating the party nearly impossible and unleash wide corruption.
At Park Rapids the Saturday celebration turned tragic when a cannon misfire injured three men. John Grandy thumb dislocated, Will Zimbrick and Will Fox badly mangled, both arms amputated. Doctors treated them at Headquarters Hotel as hope for recovery grows after seven days.
A Maine farmer adherent to strict Sabbath observance killed a lamb that bleated on a recent Sunday afternoon. The report notes the incident amid a broader feature praising the Pintsch gas lighting system used on vestibuled trains of the North-Western Line.
May 21 a Ottawa Illinois glass works sent ten cars of lamp chimneys manufactured there to New York for export. The piece notes a vast dry goods market with $20,000,000,000 invested in the U S trade and iron trade vigor as a hopeful sign for the economy. It also mentions Bellamy proposing state controlled distribution of alcohol at cost, as a step toward national prohibition.
The roadmaster office of the west Minnesota division of the Northern Pacific, long at Detroit since the road was built, was transferred to Staples. Roadmaster J A Scougale arrived Saturday evening with the office building and contents and placed between F Davis's office and the ice house. He faced depot and switch target difficulties but succeeded.
Obituary and funeral notice praising Charles R Crust a devoted fireman and esteemed member. Resolutions reflect gratitude and mournful respect with a 30 day hall drape and a funeral procession plan. Committee signs. Also a quip about a Minersville child using a racial slur and a war data note on Alaska exploration funding.
The No. 9 High Arm Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine is hailed as the latest advance in sewing mechanisms. Paris awarded it the Grand Prize at the 1888 Exposition, with Nathaniel Wheeler honored by the French government for the machine’s superiority.
Default declared on mortgage by Axel Holm and Gustafva Holm in Crow Wing County Minnesota. The National Building Loan and Protective Union holds the mortgage and can demand full principal interest and premiums due to date due to default.
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