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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
5
Brainerd and region report a busy week with court session opening on Tuesday, district officials meeting, and a range of social events. Movements include residents traveling to Chicago Sioux City and Duluth, school openings Sept 3, weddings and parties, fires and accidents, and a mill race drowning in St. Cloud. Local businesses update Koop Bros sale, Simons buys market, and new paint shop opens on Laurel Street.
Marie Wellesley's Players have performed at the opera house this week with strong shows. East Lynne is on the program this evening and The Streets of New York on Saturday night. A toy and candy matinee is set for tomorrow at 2 30 with 25 and 10 cent admission, unusually low. The company remains billed for two weeks.
September travel tips promise a cheerful State Fair visit. Route via the Northern Pacific offers easy access with affordable snacks like peanuts and cider for a lively day.
Andrew Leighton, a camp watchman at Blind Lake, disappeared in July 1894. His body was found thirteen months later, weighted with a chain and bearing a throat wound likely after a prior shooting. Identification rested on a leg scar and a watch chain found on his vest.
Promoters urge residents to attend ongoing state fair events including bicycle parades illuminations and decorations and to travel via reduced Northern Pacific rates to enjoy the festivities and show state pride.
Harvest ends in the area with grain stacked. Dan Persson and the Nelson Bros purchase a threshing outfit to begin work this week. Warren Bros win the schoolhouse interior finish and exterior painting bid, 50 cents under next-lowest. J F Dykeman hosts a harvest ball Friday Aug 30. Otto Wilson suffers a serious harvesting accident when the binder neared the knife, nearly severing two fingers. U N O
The I O G F held a Saturday evening social and literary program with about sixty attendees. Refreshments of cake and fruit were served by the order’s gentlemen. A sisterly remark praised the boys for doing the work. Mamie Coleman of Bay Lake visited local friends. George Cook of Cushing was seen with friends. Ina Bunker from Wisconsin visited cousins Myrtle and Jessie Bailey. G W Young plans a trip to Alexandria to see his sister. Alvah Leighton learned his murdered brother’s remains near Blind Lake had been found and left for the site. Juliet features majestic ranges at D M Clark & Co.
An examination for teaching positions in Crow Wing and Cass counties was conducted at the courthouse last Friday and Saturday under Prof J A Wilson. Forty applicants sat the exam including Eliza Prentice Anna Badeaux Mary Coleman Gertrude Caughe Ruby Prentice Lizzie Bennington Mary Donley and many others.
Geo H. Homan married Miss Mary L Fuller at the Catholic church in a pearl white satin gown. Attendants included Miss Maria Fuller, Miss Evalin Pribble, Walter Van Etten, and Maurice Mantor. The groom serves as Benton county court clerk. couple to Duluth and St Paul trip before settling in Sauk Rapids.
The note urges readers to seize the moment and take their family to the State Fair of 1895 with promised reduced rates and vestibuled trains on the Northern Pacific, highlighting the event as a big opportunity.
Brainerd wins 6 to 2 Friday behind Frank Howe who allowed five hits and struck out nine. Saturday Brainerd forfeits to St Peter 9 to 0 after umpire reversal. Sunday Brainerd wins 20 to 15 in a slugfest with St Peter. Brainerd suffers first LeSueur defeat 10 to 7, then dominates 30 to 3 next day. Games at Mankato coming this week. Minnesota crop exhibit planned for State Fair.
A red bull about two years old strayed to the finder in Oaklawn township on August 18. The owner may reclaim by paying damages and the costs of keeping the animal.
Ed Bane & Co offers beef stews and boiling beef at 5 cents per pound, mutton stew at 7 cents, veal stew at 8 cents, with notes on other low prices for meats. R. F. Waters and D. M. Clark & Co advertise carpets, sash, doors, glass, paint, hardware, furniture, and summer footwear at reduced prices.
Classified notices advertise houses and lots near Mrs. B. A. Ferris on Kingwood street for immediate sale to settle an estate. Also promotions for furniture and stove storage, meat supplier Ed. Bane & Co., D. M. Clark & Co. offerings, new stock at W. H. Erb harness shop, J. Elder hay stumpage, and Mack’s Headache Powders sold by druggists.
Gerald Stedman five months died Sunday of cholera infantum and funeral was held Monday. Martha Wilson one year died Friday of cholera infantum with funeral Sunday. Nels Nelson aged 22 died of typhoid fever at the N P Sanitarium on Monday. People anticipate a big show this year with increased accommodations for exhibits as Northern Pacific reduces rates for the fair.
R F Wyauhers promotes the Big 9 at Front Street promising a revelation this year. Northern Pacific runs vestibuled trains to the fair, offering easy comfortable rides for attendees.
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