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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1895
Page
5
The item surveys debates on debt policy and tax collection, noting St Louis Globe Democrat remarks on debt and a Minnesota case on spousal liability for slander. It reports Brainerd Water Power Co renegotiation attempts, Cass County organization disputes, and a Cass county tax rate context with a 12 mill levy proposal.
Believers in novelty may recall that cards appeared in the fourteenth century by Jacques Grignonneur of Paris for King Charles VI. The deck featured David, Alexander, Cesar and Charles as kings and Angine Judith Pallas as queens with Ogier Lancelot La Hire and Hector de Garland as knights. Cards likely reached England from Spain via Moorish traders, with Spanish cards using cudgels as clubs. A Burlington Route passenger item offers a pack by return mail and railroad maps and timetables for travel through Illinois and surrounding states.
An advertisement praises the North-Western Line as a great rail link from the Twin Cities to Chicago. It highlights palatial accommodations and reliable service, urging travelers to choose this line and noting endorsements in The Tribune.
Citizens of Town 45-28 win approval to extend a road. survey set for April. Board adjourns to 2 pm. Several individuals receive payments for aid and various bills are approved for the poor farm, court house, and other county needs. Mortgage abatements noted and Education Board holds monthly meeting with Hagberg elected president. The New Boy theatrical listed for Sleeper Opera House next Wednesday.
Board members Ellis and Hardy attended. Minutes approved. Licenses for F H Bredfeld and P James McKing A McDonald laid over to next meeting. Financial entries show 1500 and 9.60. Adjournment set for first Monday in March.
An Atlantic letter from an American writer contrasts American conservatism with English views, noting distrust of utopian schemes and pride in self governed systems. It argues Americans are not radicals but practical, illogical in mind and loyal to existing institutions. It also recounts jokes and tales from Indian folklore and a cautionary note on Dr Holmes and personal revenge.
Eskimon skins are dried and chewed by women to remove grease after scraping and drying. A shopkeeper anecdotes about neckties reveals demand for bulk orders. Botany, Mirabeau, European battles, high altitude wheat, and elephant lifespans are touched in scattered notes.
A fragment from Kate Field's Washington features a quirky line about tying Barry's goat to a railroad and a train danger theme. The speaker jokes about a goat, a red petticoat, and a near mishap, reflecting the paper's humorous column tone.
A remarkable West Indian plant called life moss shows astonishing vitality. It resists most stresses, only perishing in boiling water or when its roots are scorched by red hot iron. It regenerates from tiny fragments even after drying or airtight storage.
Default in payment of twenty one dollars plus interest on a mortgage dated December 19 1842 to George W Thayer. The east half of the southwest quarter and southeast quarter of the northwest quarter in Crow Wing County will be sold February 28 1895 at the courthouse Brainerd to satisfy debt taxes and twenty five dollars attorney fees with one year redemption.
Default made in payment of six dollars and interest on a mortgage executed May 12 1808 by Trefle Jewett and Maggie Jewett to George W Thayer. The Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter Section 22 and other parcels in Crow Wing County will be sold by the Sheriff February 37 1895 at 10 am to satisfy the debt, interest, taxes, and attorneys fees with one year redemption.
William S. Neal assignee of a Lombard Investment Company mortgage seeks sale of the East half of the Northwest quarter Section 22 Township 43 North Range 32 West Brainerd Minnesota. Sale at the Crow Wing County Courthouse on February 27 1895 at 10 a.m. to satisfy debt taxes and costs. Attorney Lin dberg & Lindbergeh announce the action.
On reading and filing the petition of Frank A White administrator of Anna E White deceased the court orders final account examined and petition heard on Monday February 11 1885 at 10 oclock in the forenoon at the Probate Office in the County Court House Brainerd to publish notice once weekly for three weeks prior to hearing in Brainerd Dispatch.
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