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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1888
Page
5
The excerpt lists train times for freight and passenger services with varied Sunday and daily departures. It notes passes may be issued with tickets but not guaranteed for regular movement, as cancellations can occur without notice. Included are No. 17 from the South at 7:10 p.m. and No. 19 east at 7:00 p.m. with No. 21 at 4:25 a.m. and No. 30 west at 4:15 p.m.
Judge Sleeper has been in St. Paul recently. Frost damaged county crops. Alec McNaughton will leave Monday for Livingston to stay through summer. Prohibition candidate Z D Scott visited Brainerd on Wednesday. A Norwegian Lutheran church sociable is set for Saturday at the Sixth street school house. Unsightly bill boards were removed. Geo Bowers secured Brainerd to Mille Lacs mail contract for $288, two weekly trips starting September 1. Mrs A G Michie injured by a cow. Charlotte Hughes died. funeral Saturday at 3 from Catholic church. Rev John Holmes will preach Sunday evening. Catholic fair at the rink drawing steady attendance. Northern Pacific passenger traffic heavy. trains crowded. two sections of No 1 and two engines on No 3. Uniform Ball of the K of P at the rink Monday. dress kell’s orchestra to perform. committee named. tickets $1. Y W C T U elected officers at Congregational Church August 22.
A mother s meeting will be held at the M. E. church on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. All mothers are urged to attend and any others interested in child training are welcome.
A $25 reward is offered for proof leading to the conviction of any person who tears down the fence around meadow land at the bottom below the brick yard.
The Northern Pacific Railroad will run harvest excursions to Livingston Helena and Butte City on September 11 and 25 and October 9 and 23. Round trip tickets valid thirty days are sold from St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth at 17.87 for Livingston and 20 for Helena or Butte City. Brainerd tickets require timely notice to J A Walker, ticket agent. Wednesday morning is baby’s day at Robinson’s Life insurance.
The deceased, a four year Brainerd resident from Lambton county Canada, died of typhoid fever at the N. P. Sanitarium after ten days illness. He was brother to Alec and James McNaughton and was buried in Evergreen cemetery after funeral at the Congregational church. His brothers thank helpers and friends for support during illness.
The Albert Lea Route will sell round trip excursion tickets on August 21 and September 1 1 25 and October 9 and 23 to many states for one fare. Tickets are valid thirty days from sale with stop overs in the sold territory. For rates and maps contact E A Warr raker or agents in Minneapolis. County commissioners will reconsider a $1 000 stock purchase for the Crow Wing County Agricultural Society at their next meeting.
A note about the Mason fruit jar offered by D. M. Clark & Co. outlines availability or purchase details for the kitchenware item. The brief mentions the brand and supplier in a local commerce context.
Tickets on sale in Brainerd for Minneapolis and return at 4 10 dollars covering Exposition entry and return until the Monday after sale. Sale days are Tuesday Thursday and Saturday from Aug 21 to Sept 6 with further terms through Sept 17 and Oct 1. Also a State Fair rate of 4 25 dollars Sept 8 to Sept 15 with return by Sept 17. No stopovers or extensions. Also advertisement for Dr Fenner remedies and Johnson Bain.
In Crow Wing County Minnesota a probate hearing is set for September 15 1888 at 2 PM to admit the instrument claimed as the last will of Mary A Camp deceased and to issue letters testamentary to Irma Camp executrix. Public notice requires three weeks of publication in the Brainerd Dispatch.
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