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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1888
Page
5
The supreme court holds Minnesota high license law imposes a $1,000 tax on retailers while wholesalers may sell without a license. The piece notes legislative efforts last year and critiques local papers, including the Daily News and Dispatch, over subscription tensions and political commentary.
A New York commission reports favor abolishing the gallows and adopting an electric chair. It cites extensive testimony on effectiveness, notes experiments by medical and scientific experts, and outlines a device costing 250 to 500 dollars with a reclining chair and metallic restraints to deliver an instantaneous death.
A state association member told a Press reporter that gangs of lumbermen in the Brainerd to Duluth country were slaughtering deer and shipping meat by rail. He warned that resisting them could invite violence, questioning enforcement of the deer clause.
The Star-News reports the Reading Coal Company spent 1.46 per ton to produce anthracite and 0.62 to ship to Philadelphia, plus 0.25 royalty, totaling 2.33. Wholesale to Philadelphia was 4.80, retail 5.85 and 6.00 per ton, while local buyers pay about 1.00. The article argues freight and profits drive higher prices and accuse the company of denying wages to miners, aided by a 0.75 tariff on bituminous coal.
Charles Fencannon injured in a churn factory has his arm amputated after 2:45 pm. His twin sister, over a mile away, cries out in agony and later requires morphine as she suffers similar arm pain. Doctors note the sister’s distress mirrors the brother’s condition, fearing amputation for her as well. The puzzling case baffles physicians.
At Harmonia Halls Brainerd delegates, including Justin Smith and W. A. Fleming, join in a statewide Republican League convention. The mood favors James G. Blaine for president though party aims to unite behind the nominee, Blaine Sherman or Lincoln, with Minnesota described as a Blaine state. Resolutions praise Frank Thomas Sr. of Brainerd AOW. Also notices on dyspepsia remedies and cheap southern farming lands accompany notices and tickets.
The letter details four proposals to supply arc and incandescent street lighting with multi year terms, bonds, and potential city ownership, claiming cost savings and challenging a rival paper's figures, signed by W. A. Fleming.
Classified item offers Acker's English Remedy to treat throat and lung ailments and prevent croup or whooping cough with a guarantee. Also advertises cord wood for sale by Dar and Meagher.
Sheriff McLaren announces an upcoming sale of Wm. H. Harrison’s real estate in Crow Wing County Minnesota to satisfy a March 5 1886 judgment in favor of Samuel Trebby. Auction at Brainerd courthouse on March 17 1888 at 10 a.m. with costs and seven percent interest accruing.
Public notice from Crow Wing County auditor dated January 18 1888 lists parcels sold for delinquent 1884 taxes with redemption period expiring May 3 1888 and amounts due including publishing fee. Describes owners Barrett Carlton Sleeper Mills Brown and others with parcel figures and locations.
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