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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
1
Friday morning release from Crow Wing county rooms 5 and 7. Sleeper block. Terms set at 1.50 per year. Finest job printing office in the city.
City items report new stock at C B White's and moved by city officials. Calls from Deluth and Brainerd social visits, marriages, and court actions fill the week with theater, rail policies, and local business notes.
Jas McNaughton foreman of the yard crew was fatally injured at the B N M railroad yards near the Northern Mill. He was pulled into locomotive gearing while throwing a switch, crushing his shoulder blade and left chest. He died at 4 pm after being taken to the Sanitarium. His funeral was held at the Catholic church with Rev Fr Zambusch. he leaves a wife and child along with his parents and several brothers.
The St Cloud Journal Press reports Dan Mooers of Ft. Ripley profited by the Army’s work, as J. W. Berg and Mooers both gained from conversions. B. C. Clouse confessed to past wrongs and repaid about $5,000, then $1,000, and a series of smaller sums. A new Men’s Sunday Evening Club forms at the First Congregational church to boost evening services and pulpit talks with 50 cent dues.
Yesterday morning Miss Sadie G Martin died at her father W S Martins home 2213 Fifth Avenue South of heart disease. She was a Minneapolis high school graduate and a favorite with classmates. Funeral today at 8 30 at the Martins home with burial in Little Falls Minnesota.
An examination of the past year shows 93 marriage licenses issued with December leading in total. The divorce record mirrors this, with December also most prolific and two cases involving marriages the same day as a divorce. Foreigners took first papers totaling 158, with Sweden and Norway the largest groups and the British Empire next. Local ads promote wallpaper, insurance, drugs, wares, and services around town.
Water users must pay the first quarter charge by January 10 with no exception. Unpaid accounts will be shut off. Bratherp Water Co. Room 17 First Nat Bank Block.
A Brain erd Division No.7 U R K P social event at the Columbian block marked the season’s highlight. The New Years Eve gala featured ornate insignia decor, elaborate costumes, and Whitford & Coutu's orchestra with a large, jubilant crowd.
A plan for a course of six social science lectures prepared by Prof. A W Small of the University of Chicago and read by a leader under YMCA auspices. Tickets cost 50 cents for all six, proceeds split with the author and YMCA, with discussion open to all.
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