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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1888
Page
4
J W Ward assumes leadership of the Little Falls station. Mrs G S Fernald hosts a women’s coffee. McMaster unveils a new sign by J C Congdon. Various local notes cover visits, furniture gifts, church measles case, railway staffing, and town developments.
The Nutting Concert will be held at the opera house Friday evening next week. It is expected to be a grand affair with the programme to be published in the Dispatch next week. See the advertisement for further particulars.
The Brainerd board undergoes a fresh start with new members and officers after old officers resign to allow fuller participation. J Spencer elected president on the second ballot, L P White vice president, Q O Havill secretary, and D M Clark treasurer. A by law committee is named, and a separate report notes a Minneapolis detective arresting John Buhler for $612.40 embezzlement, with the family escorted to jail.
Mrs Christianson arrived in Brainerd with three children en route to Portland. A thief stole her pocketbook with tickets and all at Union depot St Paul. Agent Walker secured a pass to complete her journey to join her husband, grateful for the railroad crew’s help.
Supt Keihle's plan splits the state into two institute districts along the H and D Railway line with institutes held in the north in fall and in the south in spring aiming to cover every county. Dakota farmer H D Sinclair died after his body was found near Royalton following a missing from a Northern Pacific train from Elk River to Brainerd. The cause of death remains unknown with no witnesses.
A new popular plan urges people to save every dime received in change. Do not spend a dime. place each dime in a box at home. The idea teaches thrift and frugality, training people to save both small and large sums by sacrificing little purchases. Try the scheme for stated weeks and observe results.
Mrs C M Chipperfield spoke to a large audience on Sunday. The Sabbath School received 815 in books from the Union Sabbath School League. Essie Day hosted a tea, and the W C T U met Tuesday. Several locals visited lumber camps and others recovered from illness. The piece discusses the association’s employment bureau boarding house register and the need for its own building and a general secretary, citing W Allison.
Frederick A. Berth, former private secretary and Brainerd electric lights official, killed himself at the Ryan hotel in St. Paul by opium, after leaving unpaid bills and a note to his father. His death ends a troubled career linked to Brainerd and Minneapolis figures.
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