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Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1887

Page

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Frightful Railroad Accident at Tamarack Claims Two Brakemen

A severe rail collision near Tamarack yesterday killed brakeman Kline and seriously injured D W Travis who suffered crushed arms and scalded head and body. Another injured, O W Holmes, survived to report details before burial in Mer rillan Junction, Wisconsin. A second St Cloud smash at dawn involved an N P freight and a Hinckley bound train. fog blinded engineer Jenee of N P who jumped as a precaution with the fireman, saving their lives.

Tamarack D. W. Travis Travis Kline O. W. Holmes Brainerd Aitkin Evergreen Cemetery Holmes Fourth Street Merrillan Junction Wisconsin St. Cloud N. P Hinckley Northern Pacific Jenee

Brainerd Street Lighting Debate and Local Notices

Editor Dispatch echoes a citizen call for municipal light costs. Letter writer supports a city owned system using towers over arc lamps. cites lower cost and practicality. Also notes Brainerd toboggan slide lighting plans, jail escapes, constitutional voiding of Sauk Rapids dam law, a gravely ill man, tax appeal, birth, ball, shop openings, and local ads including Acker's English Remedy with its cure claim.

Dispatch William Percy

Crow Wing County bill approvals and highway change notice

The county board approved varied expenses for jailors, deputy coroner, road and bridge work, and school superintendent salaries. A resolution authorized tax abatements for Mary E Hartley and related property in Schwartz addition, with funds reallocated from building to general accounting. A highway change committee was appointed to study Oak Lawn Bay Lake road alignment into Brainerd.

M. McLaren Navy H. J. Spencer F. L. Matteson Nels Johnson Cross Duigte Ec Tivoe Brainerd Peter Keiling Bay Lake Oak Lawn Road George Helland Morrison County Peter Duchesnes Long Lake Road D. N. Haughey Brairerd Mille Lacs Geo. F. Leopold Fees Shapiiro Edward Crust Shapriro Dan’] Caffery Jessie Blake Ole Errickson Feees Gustaf Minz State Rose Mate Julietta Korth Peeee Ree Eddy Korth RREE Debeews Julius Krankley John Korth Cesseoos J.M. Martin Daggett Brook Road Louis Tache Mary E. Hartley Schwartz General County Fund Com. Patterson Veerwood Road State OF Minnesota Crow Winn Waeneas Said Oak Lawn and Crow Wing Oak Street James 8. Gardner A. P. Farrar W. E. Munroe R. K. Whitley P. P. Dennis Michael Remuels C. G. Gelow Sieh Ns Yoo J. M. Martin Gardner A. P. Varrar Mary E J.G. Small H. Patterson Hartley Block

Dining Car Line to the Pacific Coast Expands Schedule

The Northern Pacific Railroad announces a new timetable effective Nov 20 1887. Key changes include twelve hours faster St Paul to Helena and Butte and twenty four hours shorter to Portland Tacoma and other coast points. An additional through express with Pullman sleepers dining cars emigrant sleepers departs St Paul at 8 am daily for Helena Butte Missoula Spokane Falls and Eastern Washington, five hours quicker than the former coast express. Three daily express trains from St Paul and Minneapolis to Moorhead Fargo and Jamestown include through sleepers to Grand Forks Fergus Falls Wahpeton and other North Dakota points.

Northern Pacific Railroad Pacific Coast St. Paul Helena Butte Montana Portland Ore Tacoma W. T North Pacific Coast eXpresa Utte Missoula Spokane Falls Washington Pacific Coast Express Minneapolis Moorhead Minn Fargo Jamestown D. T Pullman Grand Forks Fergus Falls Wahpeton North Dakota Northern Pacific Pullman Palace Chicago Mont Yellowstone Park All Rail Line Mt. Shasta San Francisco Columbia River Cascade Mountains

Congress Approves Mississippi Water Supply Project Prospects Rise

A Minneapolis paper notes if Congress funds the appropriation requested by the Mississippi department, measures to improve water supply above the Falls of St Anthony may proceed. St Cloud Little Falls and Brainerd show strong interest as their manufacturing growth relies on Mississippi water.

Minneapolis J. P. McGaughey J. Ruttger A. Erath H. Erath J. M. Young Congress Mississippi Department Falls of St. Anthony St. Cloud Little Falls Brainerd Mississippi

Unprecedented Bos chee German Syrup Sale Astonishes World

The unprecedented sale of Bos chee's German Syrup astonishes the world. It is the safest and best remedy for coughs colds and long troubles, acting to remove the cause and heal the parts, not just dry the cough. A bottle at home saves doctor bills and illness. Sold by druggists and dealers for 75 cents large bottles.

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