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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1888
Page
1
The winter snow reduces deer numbers as they starve and fall prey to wolves. Gov McGill sets Holong's execution for Friday April 13 after forty petitions from Minnesota and Iowa failed to save him. The crime is described as among the state’s most heinous.
Peter Barret has been convicted of Tolleffson's murder in Minneapolis and, with his brother, must hang for the crime. The Barrett family is depicted as corrupt from the foundation. The brother who turned state's evidence will flee to South America. he will not be missed.
Four men died in a Duluth rock cut when a premature explosion followed a partial blast the day before. Foreman Lundburg is under arrest while awaiting departure at the depot. Local residents threaten lynching as details emerge.
Over 100 men labor on the dam in Brainerd as completion is hoped for early next month. The project is described as a grand achievement for Brainerd's future welfare, inviting residents to view the progress along the river on pleasant days.
The Duluth Herald reports Fargo Water Company briefly shut off water to public schools over unpaid dues after a mistaken obligation to supply free water. Directors reportedly haul in outside-water and threaten watermen delivering steam supply, threatening closure of schools to force payment.
St. Cloud has been admitted to the Northwestern baseball league joining Fargo Grand Forks Brainerd and Winnipeg in the circuit. The move expands regional competition for the team and reshapes the league lineup.
Red Lake Falls News quotes Brainerd News reasoning on Kindred and McGill bids and calls any opinion a damphool. The exchange leaves both papers in an odd position as district candidates loom.
The Duluth Herald notes the death of F. A. Berth at the Ryan hotel in St. Paul followed his early habit of reading blood and thunder tales. It argues such reading misleads youth more than liquor and likens his fate to heroes who drink, dissipate, and ruin themselves.
A notice lists delinquent real estate taxes due in Crow Wing County Minnesota for the year 186, remaining unpaid as of January 1 1888 with penalties. Clerk H F Alderman of the Crow Wing District Court oversees the record. The document also covers Cass County Minnesota real estate taxes for 1886 due January 1888.
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