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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1886
Page
3
A woman home decorator faces obstacles with resolve. When told to saw a board by madam cr she begins work with compressed lips. Her line wobbles and knees clip but she stays at the task until the timber splits.
A critical response denounces The Journal article arguing that superior worker education does not justify riots strikes or boycotts. The writer warns against mob action and supports citizen education in political economy and history to avoid conspiratorial labor organizing.
The Zenith city launches The Daily Trade as a new newspaper venture. Northern Pacific reports December earnings rising by 43000 dollars, marking a notable increase for the month.
The three branches of the Irish National League of Minneapolis have organized a municipal council. The article notes grain production last year sufficing for fifty three per person. C B Chandler, a missing Duluth resident, is found dead with a bullet wound near Duluth. Wolves are reported in Todd county woods affecting deer. Detroit suffers a New Year fire of 1.5 million dollars destroying D M Ferry seed warehouses. J A McKenzie a Duluth board of trade scalper fails with 50 000 debt after four months of operation.
New York hair importer cites Miss Rosa Elizabeth Cleveland for starting a short hair trend last year. Industry faces failures among hair dealers as the craze continues to spread.
Former grand master workman of the Knights of Labor T. V. Powderly will run for Congress in Pennsylvania's Twelfth District at the upcoming Democratic convention. He plans to seek the party's nomination and contest the seat.
A forecast foresees a strong railway construction year with especially favorable prospects for the Northwest, poised to lead the nation in building the great civilizers.
Judgments returned in the United States circuit court against United States Senator D. M. Sabin of Stillwater for over eighty five thousand dollars. The first case served as a test case with the others by consent.
Former Dakota delegate to Congress Hon. John B. Raymond died in Fargo on Sunday. He was a prominent and influential public figure in Dakota and his loss will be deeply felt, especially in the northern region.
The Ada Minnesota journal notes it prints a Bible passage for its readers and suggests some have not seen it before while contrasting it with Fred’s Sunday school. The remark hints at local curiosity about religious instruction.
Arrangements are made in St Louis to treat hydro phobia using the Pasteur method. A barn is secured for confining suspected mad dogs, found animals and rabbits will be inoculated, and soon a virus farm will operate for treating human patients.
In Maine prohibition fails to stop whisky saloons in large towns. Neal Dow called Bangor the drunkenest city on the continent. The Bangor Commercial printed Portland and Bangor police records for one day. Bangor had one drunk vs Portland’s eight jailed for thirty and sixty days.
An advertisement extols Hood's Calendar for 1886 as handsome and artistic. It invites readers to obtain it from any druggist or mail six to ten cents to Hood & Co of Lowell Massachusetts for single or double copies.
Mr Nelson introduced a bill at the Farmers Alliance of Grant county request to place hemp and sisal grass on the free list to cut twine costs for grain binding. He also proposed opening Red Lake Chippewa reserve, a Duluth customs house at 100000, Two Harbors lighthouse at 15000, allow Mississippi Water Power and Boom Co dam near Brainerd with bridge, establish Northern judicial district at Duluth and Fergus Falls, refer Basil Chippewa claims to court, several private relief bills, and a ferry charter at Fort Buford.
A Minnesota soldier asks if loss of moral character qualifies for a pension. He notes wartime service, current failed morals, and requests legal guidance on entitlement, evidence, and whether new laws could be enacted to assist others. He urges moral rehabilitation and questions credibility of testimony.
The document outlines the Knights of Labor platform adopted in Philadelphia in 1884. It calls for education of industrial workers, ending unjust wealth accumulation, and political action to back measures benefiting labor, including eight hour days, arbitration, universal education, land reform, and cooperative industry. It also lists governance, taxation, monetary reform, and labor protections.
Freeborn county speaker Gibbs resigns from the legislature to pursue the governorship becoming an active candidate. The move aims to address a possible ineligibility issue tied to the governor’s salary raise approved by the late legislature.
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