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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1885
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch circulation policy notes Thursday morning editions and annual advance terms. Editors and proprietors H Ingersell and W Wieland listed. Page header indicates Cass and Aitken counties, city fete and local paper designation. Second class matter at Brainerd post office.
Report notes Minneapolis has opened its eleventh roller rink amid other regional concerns. The piece mentions unemployment in St. Louis at 15,000 and 350 rail related injuries or deaths in Minnesota last year. Snow five feet deep along Columbia River bottoms in Washington Territory. The Long Prairie Argus is nine years old. Navy yards closed midweek due to no congressional funding.
In Carver county Chaska residents mourn a desecrated grave for a young Qwede. Dr. Shillock has been arrested in connection with the body theft, stirring fear and local outrage across the town.
The Wadena brewery at Wade na owned by Peter Wermerskirchen was burned with a loss of 3000 dollars and no insurance. The fire’s cause is unknown. About 200 barrels of beer were saved.
A claim states that Hungarian girls recruited for domestic service in America have recently been forcibly sent to harems in Turkey and Egypt, raising concerns about trafficking and coercion. The report notes the alleged practice and implications for those affected.
The Wells Fargo Express Company must post bonds totaling 25 600 dollars to cover damages to the Northern Pacific if the final court decision goes against them.
The Sauk Rapids flouring mill firm of W. A. Newton & Co suspended operations with liabilities of 13000 dollars and virtually no assets. Many farmers who held wheat checks are left unpaid while critics note the Minneapolis Tribune grows as a Northwest leading paper if it abandons humorous editorials.
Montreal risks loss of its famed ice palace due to a heavy thaw. Officials propose transport of the palace materials to a safer location to avert destruction.
Two Mormon preachers traveled through Long Prairie on Wednesday. They journey without money and rely on hospitality for food and lodging. The county’s people were generally kind to them, though some refused to shelter them to prevent freezing.
In Brooklyn Beecher's church is described as finished in a scene of separation. A wealthy pewholding faction has withdrawn, turning toward Rev Dr Chadwick and planning to promote him as Beecher was once boosted. The shift signals a major change in church leadership and influence.
The January 1 Minneapolis Tribune is praised for first class presentation and valuable statistics. It attracted strong patronage from city businessmen who recognize a good thing when they see it.
Track laying on the Wisconsin division of the Northern Pacific was completed Sunday. The two ends met at 3 p.m. about ten miles from Ashland, completing the main line to Ashland. The Wisconsin division extends 64 miles from Superior to Ashland.
The St. Paul Day has suspended and turned over all authority to the Dispatch of the city. Capt. Castle praises the move as a survival of the fittest. He suggests Bag and Waterloo may retire to a quiet village where their private matters will no longer be troubled.
The treasurer Hon. Charles Kittleson reports receipts from all sources totaling 3,666,149.16 and disbursements of 2,729,354.12 for 1884. After accounting for revenue fund drafts, the January 1, 1885 net treasury balance is 936,792.04.
The earth shakes through Granada and Malaga provinces causing enormous life and property loss. An estimated 2000 people have been killed in the past week. Towns are deserted as residents flee to the fields and subscriptions start for relief. New Year’s Day brings little joy to the region.
A government report shows whisky consumption dropped 64 percent in the last month. No cause is stated but speculation points to hard times or the entry of the Democratic party into power, with the latter considered more likely.
A survey crew followed the Little Falls line last Friday to Aldrich and connected with the main line at the eastern end of the side track. They went to Motley on Saturday and plan to continue south along the route before retracing to Little Falls. A local source says the survey is intended as a permanent one.
Stephen Desmoyres, a French man, was killed by a falling tree while hipping at Aitkin. John Howard of Seeley Howard loggers at Aitkin left camp December 15 and his body has been found after he perished in the snow. Dr Hall of Glencoe attended his wife’s funeral when the sheriff seized his horse, buggy, and office furniture to satisfy a $330 mortgage.
A Minneapolis Tribune note praises a city couple who wed at twelve o clock Wednesday night. The bride and groom start married life with the new year and will share Christmas anniversary and birthday gifts, a convenient bundle for every occasion.
Caledonia Argus reports Senator O Bri en plans a measure to suppress prize fights at the upcoming session. The bill targets challenging, publishing, conveying, or fighting as misdemeanors, with sheriffs and constables required to enforce it. Spectator attendance carries a fine and traveling beyond state lines to fight is illegal. A suggested addition would make newspaper reports of prize fights a misdemeanor with a heavy fine.
A state exchange outlines the coming 60 day session with plans to abolish the grand jury tax St Paul and Minneapolis lands regulate wheat grading submit the prohibitory amendment provide capital punishment for rapists break up wheat rings curb railroad pooling and discrimination prohibit oleomargarine sales guard against a state prison treasury raid and ban Police Gazettes and bawdy papers.
Wacetine Jan 1 report details a plan to wreck the Baltimore and Ohio line near Grafton with a wedged iron on a switch. Engineer Callin Hepburn died instantly, fireman Thomas Dorsey fatally burned months later, postal clerk McIntyre escaped, with several thousand dollars in damage and no clue to perpetrators. A Wheeling to Pittsburg derailment followed, delaying traffic all day. The piece then shifts to Ancient Mythology with tales of the cuckoo in Servia, Bohemia, Poland, and legend about Zywiec, stars, and a monk’s fate.
The region adopts a new 1000 mile ticket plan effective January 1. Travelers will receive certificates mailed to their homes and presented at stations. Agents issue tickets and pay full rates while conductors keep a portion. the house returns the other portion for rebates after 1000 miles.
George F Williams describes Lincoln Seward and Stanton reacting to a battlefield description. Lincoln lightens with imagination as corps advance to relieve pressure. Seward shows quiet relief while studying diagrams. Stanton asks concise questions, calm and observant beneath spectacles.
A Danish colonial magistrate famed for integrity devised a grim method to curb perjury. Observed by an English friend, the witness would be marked when a left ear touched and an orderly pinprick followed, teaching a sting of conscience. The tale notes his success in turning Alsatia into orderly, law abiding community.
A mosaic of social observations notes wives medical practice in Emporia, a blind claimant from Elkhart, rising Russian women in medicine, a New York oath refusal, and a London retailer named William Whiteley whose vast enterprise serves diverse needs. The piece weaves gender roles, professional women, and a sweeping portrait of modern urban life.
The Texas Panhandle is a strip ceded by Texas to the United States around annexation. It is not part of Indian Territory, lacks organized local government, and is largely uninhabited except for herders. It has a dry climate, about 54 degrees average heat, and around twenty inches of annual rainfall. Cattle ranges exist under squatter law, with no formal settlement opened by survey. The northern boundary sits roughly eighty six miles south of Dodge City, Kansas.
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