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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1892
Page
4
Advertisement seeks a housekeeper near Brainerd for duties including cooking and butter making. Applicant should be American, with good cooking skills. Address to respond to is No 112 Second St NE Minneapolis MN. Also mentions pure buckwheat from McGinn Baileys as best in market.
The board of education purchased Block 164 in the second ward for a new school. The site is described as desirable, with H. J. Spencer taking the old property in part payment. The block is valued at $8,000, and the sale netted $3,350 in part payment.
A forthcoming large wholesale meat and provision house is expected to open in Brainerd soon. The substantial meat demand in the city has drawn interest from major dealers, though names cannot be disclosed yet.
On Saturday Aaron VanCurter met a serious accident on the Pine river road above Kimball's. While driving a tote team he stepped behind to walk and the team trotted forward. He attempted to stop them but slipped and fell, the hind wheels passing over both legs below the knee, breaking them. A teamster stopped the team and brought him to Kimball's for care before transport to town.
The city council held a special meeting Tuesday evening to hear Ambrose Tighe of St Paul on Pine street water extension. A motion was passed to revisit withholding part of the water rental, and an order for 2635 was drawn for water payment. Dam repair was referred to the water committee for next report. A man named Dan Sullivan, from Cook's camp, was badly injured on a logging road when a go devil accident left him with a broken leg. Doctors Camp and Groves attended, but his condition remained serious due to exposure and the bone protruding, and his transfer to a hospital was deemed unsafe. The cause and exact sequence of the accident remain unclear.
Engineer Fred Zimmer journeys to Stevens Point Wisconsin for holidays. Wesley Locke visits friends in Minneapolis Owatonna and Morton Iowa. E H Simmons goes to Inc Wisconsin with engine to haul loging train this winter. Six engines laid off last week. Older engineers on the extra list include Arundel Hodgdon and Braden. Durkin also on the extra list but remains with Carmody’s engine after a thirty day lay on with his Nebraska family.
Geo. F. Watson of Duluth is in Brainerd with other arrivals for Christmas. W. Richmond, formerly of the city, is visiting from Duluth. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy of Staples and Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Milwaukee are in Brainerd for the holiday. The Craig family from West Duluth and Judge J. B. Douglas and wife visit Brainerd. Various other residents and travelers from Stevens Point, Minneapolis, Chicago, and other places are making the rounds for Christmas.
A deflamatory district contest at the opera house drew crowds from Little Falls Brainerd with judges Rev J S White Rev Wm Moore Rev E G Sanderson A J Halsted and Prof Wisely. Grace Leddy and Herbert Maughan led after initial scoring but a later correction tied them then placed Miss Leddy second and Mangan first per state judges. The affair sparked local strife as Little Falls objects while Brainerd faces the ruling.
A short notice states that there has never been an opening on sale for a sizable stock of ladies and children's cloaks. The item implies a forthcoming sale event to clear the goods.
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