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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
5
Multiple local items report business moves, taxes, meetings, visits, and social news in Brainerd and surrounding areas. Speers Bros sell to Chas Kinkels. county commissioners meet next Tuesday. residents visit St. Paul. sales on overshoes. Minstrel shows with Hi Henry. legal and tax notes and various social calls. a few accidents and local bills. a jail forgery case. trades in furniture and wall finishes noted.
News from Little Falls reports Ed Mahan was seriously injured by mill gearing but survived after the mill stopped in time. A late Saturday fire on south Seventh street destroyed J A Johnson and Chief Barron homes, damaged Mrs Conant, with snow hampering crews. Johnson faced total loss of goods and boarders displaced, Barron suffered water and breakage damage. Insurance stood at 1400 on Johnson property and 600 on Barron property.
J E Wilson died Monday at 9 a m after a week of typhoid pneumonia at his home. A native of Lehigh county Pennsylvania he served in the Union Army, lived in Chicago and Texas, then became county auditor of this county. Survived by wife and six children, funeral at the Methodist church with Masonic Knights of Pythias and G A R in attendance. eldest daughter critically ill from the same disease. His mother arrived from Chicago to attend the funeral.
Sauk Centre speedster Max Nicholaus tours the city seeking records of top sprinters and arranging a race with Otto Olson or Alby Hall at the roller rink on Saturday February 28 with a substantial purse. Admission 15 cents for gentlemen and 10 cents for ladies. skates at usual price. Includes local obits and notices for Mrs Swartz Mrs Cota Lajoy Ole Hendrickson and others, plus civic notices and ads.
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