Brainerd Injunction Stops Bond Funds for Dam Project
Crow Wing county seeks to halt $50,000 bond proceeds from the Mississippi Water Power and Boom company, alleging misused funds and plans for a dam not a bridge. A citizens meeting denounces obstruction and backs the dam site, naming many signatories who claim unauthorized use of their names.
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Mississippi Water Power and Boom Company
St. Paul
O’brien
J.J. Howe
A. E. Taylor
Walter Davis
Wm. Steel
Max. Shapiro
J. M. Gray
A. E. Losey
J. C. Congdon
J. T. Dean
T. R. Congdon
C. H. Douglas
G. H. Stratton
S. H. Relf
Ilenry Mahle
A. O. Narrow
John Anderson
Thomas Wilson
August Hallquist
Peter Nelson Buck
H. Rosenblatt
John
Charles Peterson
Joseph Blomberg
John F. Jackson
A. Lindberg
A. M. Peterson
John A. Johnson
Ed. Hazen
Charles Otto
Nels Paulson
Carl Gustafson
Nels Nelson
Geo. C. Hastings
A. F. Daggett
James McDonald
Nicolai Eilerton
J. E. Ambio
J. A. Eckberg
A. V. Snyder
K. S. Paine
F. M. Cable
W.S. Martin
J. Young
R. Parker
J. M. Hayes
Fred. Luken
Peter Mertz
Wm. Paine, Jr
Crow Wing
Mississippi River
C. F. Kindred
Board of County Commissioners
Water Power and Boom Company
United States
Crow Wing Co
Water Power Company
Crow
Wing County
Brainerd
Reader
Minneapolis
Col. C. D. Kerr
G. S. Fernald
B. Sleeper
H. C. Stivers
John Willis
Wuerens
WaereEas
Cass
Itasca
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WuHeEreEas
County Attorney seeks salary raise amid county bill dispute
County Attorney Holland notified county commissioners he will seek a raise to 1000 or 1200 by petition to Judge Stearns. At the same meeting he urged rejecting printer bills for note heads envelopes and 1000 postal cards claiming officials have no right to such stationary. Commissioners ignored his budgeting push but approved the bill.
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Holland
Judge Stearns
C. B. Sleeper
Tax due dates and penalties for property taxes
The extract states all taxes due January first Monday each year. Personal property tax becomes delinquent March first with a ten percent penalty. Unpaid personal property taxes are collected by the sheriff April first. Real estate tax penalties apply June first ten percent, and delinquency follows January first with an additional five percent. Tax sale occurs on the first Monday of May.
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Gilman Knight
Julia Knight
Crow Wing
Brainerd
Cow Wing
Minnesota
the Register of Deeds
Crow Wing County
German Syrup Promoted for Lung Ailments and Cures
Public health appeal urges people who used Boschee s German Syrup to spread the word about its relief for Consumption Cough Croup Asthma Pneumonia and throat and lung diseases. It claims immediate relief after three doses and notes 80 000 dozen bottles sold last year with no reported failures. Drugstores are urged to stock and recommend it to the poor with bottle sizes at 10 cents and 75 cents.
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Boschee
United States
Canada
Lorillard Strikers Agree to Terms and Return to Work
Cass county reports Lorillard workers accept company terms and resume duties immediately. Judge Young of Minneapolis vows imprisonment for saloon keepers found guilty a second time.
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Lorillard
Judge Young
Minneapolis
Cass County Passes Running at Large Animal Bill
Knox's bill to prevent running at large of animals in Cass county passes under suspension of rules. The county attorney is put on strike for higher wages. The works have not been shut down and serious results are not anticipated.
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State of
Minnesota
Brainerd
Knox
Cass County
County Attorney Salary Debate Over Past Term
Editor argues $700 salary for the county attorney was sufficient for the last term with three murder trials and the Vaudry case on the docket. The piece notes twice the work occurred then, claims Sleeper did not seek a raise, and urges keeping him in office to save taxpayer money.
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Vaudry
Sleeper
New York Sun Defends Country Newspapers Against Reader Payment
The New York Sun argues that publishing subscriber names who avoid paying would harm community reputation. It notes editors work hard and are underpaid, while lawyers charge for quick advice, yet editors offer wide guidance for a penny copy of their paper. The piece laments how country publishers are repeatedly robbed of labor and capital.
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New York Sun
County prints moved to St Louis for county offices
The county now sends job printing to Geo D Barnard & Co of St Louis under the current auditor. Previously local offices handled note heads letter heads and envelopes here at lower or equal prices. One county official refused to have stationary printed by the St Louis firm and remains in the county treasurer’s office.
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St. Louis
Tache
Geo. D. Barnard & Co
Court House
Swift's Specific marketed as cure-all blood purifier
An Abingdon Virginia Examiner notice touts Swift's Specific as the superior remedy for diseases from impure blood. It highlights dry and liquid forms, home preparation, alcohol-free use, and nationwide trial as proof of efficacy. The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia offers mail order and free treatise on blood and skin diseases.
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Abingdon
Swift
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Consistency questioned as Holland opposes works at upper site
The county attorney Mr. Holland is criticized for inconsistency in opposing works at the upper site while previously declaring no constitutional obstacle to funding overflow relief. The piece notes his stance differed between debates over dam funding vs a bridge and urges consultative legal guidance.
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Holland
Hemlock Timber Seen as Future Pine Rival in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin exchange notes pine timber may fetch higher prices in a few years while hemlock gains value as scantling timber and plank. Buyers already price it about one thousand dollars per thousand less than pine for certain uses with tests showing it excels pine for framing and grain-bin construction, and is resistant to vermin.
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Wisconsin Exchange
Philadelphia news boy awarded $10,000 damages
A Philadelphia news boy receives $10,000 in damages after being pushed off a car by Traction Company workers, resulting in the amputation of his leg. The verdict marks a significant liability ruling in a case involving work related injuries and street transport.
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Philadelphia News
the Traction Company
Watches Offered at Great Discounts After Christmas Sale
Seller Fjarboe advertises a large stock of Ladies and Gents solid gold watches carried through Christmas now sold at greatly reduced prices.
Attenuation Ac Cented with a Mustache
A Buffalo Courier anecdote sketches a tall suitor who, at a masquerade, passes as a billiard cue. The young woman, asked to summarize him in one phrase, calls him an attenuation ac cented with a mustache. The remark implies he will live but look wilted.
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Buffalo Courier
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