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Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1885

Page

2

Friends of Grant Halt Sale to Protect Personal Treasures

A report explains that Grant’s supporters moved to buy his commissions swords and medals to shield them from sheriff sale. They sought to secure regal title via Vanderbilt and preserve memorabilia after learning action was imminent. The plan was dropped after considering legal points and a letter from General Grant to Cyrus W Field.

Grant Vandermit Gen. Grant

Vanderbilt Grant correspondence stirs Grant gifts dispute

Long letter from William H. Vanderbilt to Mrs. Ulysses Grant announces debt and mortgage loans from the Ward failure and proposes turning most items into a government memorial upon Gen Grant's death. Grant replies declining the gift in part and Vanderbilt outlines plans for a life income trust funded by real estate sales.

Wm. H. Vanderbilt New York A. Grant Gen. Grant Grant Mr. Vanderbilt Gen Grant United States United Tes Union Trust Company Granta Hs Gedeanai

A Valuable Acre Near Rich Oil Pool in Butler County

A Marshall township school district owns a one acre plot with a red schoolhouse worth about 400 dollars. Oil found nearby has driven values up. the surrounding 350 acre Marshall farm is valued at 3000 by the owner, while the Bartly adjoining farm carries a 75000 value. The school parcel sits amid the wells and directors have refused 60000, aiming for 100000, with projections it may drop to 500 within three months unless sold.

Stnate Fletcher State Auditor Truax Committee On Ackerman Morrison Billson O'Brien Blake Christianse Mn. Clarke Clement Trpton Goodrich Rwhawessres Hickman Wells Woaiou Sc Accues SOP Cioes Johneon Wikikins Gillman Bahem Vollmar Tewns Villeges Judiciary Committee Christiansen Sergeant House Stillwater Mississippi River Commission New Orleans Aitkin County Crow Wing Drake Snider Knox Warner, Lee Smith Durant Collester Cornish Griffin Burlincame Thompson McKusick Potter Valentine Gorman Muzzy Maland McKinney Peterson P. Baumgarten Felzer Plaisance Naeseth Olson Sheehan Casper Snow Mason Lacttree Coulter Holland Skinner Wall Pratt Byorum Leland Reinhard Turrell Desf Howes Sweetser Batchelder Downs State Reform School Murphy Lightley McLaren Martin Baumgarten Noads Lewis Wear Johnson Renee New Blackman Bean Michael Myers Lienau Morse Edmond Marshall Township Butler County Marshall Farm Bartly Pennsylvania

Council Bluffs mayor posts bounty for night thief

The mayor offers $50 to any citizen who captures a night thief and delivers him to the city jail. He notes the law permits shooting the rascal on the spot in certain cases.

Council Bluffs

Bulwer Letters Reveal Passionate Courtship and Domestic Turmoil

Extracts from 298 Bulwer Wheeler love letters detail a courtship beginning 1825 in London, with vivid endearments and playful spoofs, followed by a stormy marriage. The volume includes private notes on household life, publishing pressures, and a violent incident in which Bulwer attacked Lady Lytton’s companions during a public dispute.

London Pall Mall Gazette Louisa Devey Lady Lytton Miss Wheeler Edward Bulwer D’orsay Rose Puppo

Woman of nerve nabbed for bag grabbing in New York stores

Detective Cosgrove and Mangin arrest Mrs. Mary Ann Dowd alias Dillon Smith after she attempted thefts at Macy's and Le Boutillier Brothers. A $216 cache and a breastpin stolen from Tiffany's are found on her. Dowd, who has served prison terms in Sing Sing, traveled from Providence to St Louis and Chicago before her latest arrest.

Cosgrove New York Mary Ann Dowd le Boutillier Bros Twenty-third Street Macy's le Boutillier Brothers Mary Mrs. Dowd Tiffany’s Sing Sing Providence St. Louis Chicago Dowd

Prominent Citizen Returns From New England Trip

A leading Detroit figure who believed his absence would paralyze city life in paving and building discovers upon returning from a month in New England that business runs as usual. Neighbors barely notice, and a small four dollar job offer at the door seals the humbling joke.

Detroit Free Press New England

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