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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1896
Page
2
Farmers using wide tires on wagons may reduce road tax by two dollars per wagon, with a limit of half the total tax. To qualify, file an affidavit by April 1 each year stating twelve months of use, and pay filing fees to the town clerk via the road district overseer.
The Brainerd institute drew a large audience with Theo Louis and Supt Gregg. Attendees heard on swine housing, fowl shelter, and dairy topics from Carlyle and Tilson. Mrs Tilson described hen housing and water needs. Wedge gave grafting and fruit lessons. discussions covered feeding, shelter, and hope for improved farming practices.
Timetable notes train arrivals and departures daily except Sundays. No. 11 arrives from Duluth at 7:45 p.m. and departs west at 8:05 p.m. No. 1 arrives from the West at 3:00 a.m. No. 54 carries passengers to Aitken departing 10:00 p.m. No. 86 from N. P. Junction arrives 4:15 p.m. and departs for Staples at 5:15 p.m. Rates maps and special info available from Northern Pacific R R agent at Trainerd.
The article extols a railroad operating on a block system between the Twin Cities, Milwaukee and Chicago. It touts electric operations, lamps, four daily trains from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago, and government-selected fast mail service. It notes steam heat, vestibuled cars, private compartments, dining and parlor cars, and low rates via ticket agents in St. Paul.
Two fast trains daily run between St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago with Milwaukee and all Wisconsin points. Connections east and south in Chicago. Tickets and baggage checked through to all United States and Canadian provinces. For routes rates maps and folders contact nearest agent or Jas C Poan Gen Pass Ag Milwaukee Wis.
The Burlington Route announces a weekly feature series with scientific historical and geographic topics. Readers may receive monthly sheets by mail by sending name and address to the General Passenger Agent IT Paul Minnesota or to the home agent for routes and rates.
Maj. William A. Jones forwards to the Historical Society an old British smoothbore horse pistol unearthed at Sandy Lake Aitkin. The piece ties to generations of trade and exploration from Lake Superior to the Mississippi and notes the enduring contrast between ancient remains and a struggling local population.
On the 13th the commissioner of Indian affairs issued a favorable report on the bill granting Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railroad the right of way through the Leech Lake reservation.
A car load of cedar fence posts is now available from D. M. Clark & Co. Catch a quick process to paint your cutter and sleighs at your own price and style.
The notice advertises a premier hotel site and summer resort on Leech Lake with two cottages and a steam yacht. It mentions elegant spring water, picnic grounds, and top fishing. Inquiries directed to J. J. Frost in Brainerd Minnesota. Also lists rental of a four room house near streetcar and NP shops and storm sash glazing by J. C. Congdon.
A Fifteenth ward man lifelong with rheumatism keeps a cabinet of curatives. A shelf holds petrified potatoes labeled from 1878 to 1880 said to ease pain. Other shelves display shriveled horse chestnuts amber beads a dried rabbit foot and more odds and ends claimed to provide relief.
An office boy lounges in a chair reading The Midnight Murder or The Milkman's Mystery when a visitor asks to see the guv'nor. The boy denies being in, urging the caller to return tomorrow, while continuing his tale of the milkman's adventures.
An American diamond story recounts a 24 carat rough gem found while grading streets in Manchester Virginia. After cutting it yielded a 12 carat stone named the Dunmoor valued by experts at under $1,000 due to poor color, with a prior loan of £1200 noted.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore marked her seventy fifth birthday quietly at Melrose on December 19 after a cold confinement. She spoke in Lynn at First Universalist church on A Dream of Tomorrow and hosted a reception. A Salem celebration followed on December 23 with the Thought and Work club as guest.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Bryn Mawr plans a circular bicycle track of four laps to the mile with space for tennis and basketball inside. In winter the area can be flooded to form a skating pond. The athletic association of undergraduates maintains these grounds similarly to men's colleges.
Miss Noe Tsuda, a special student at a New England college, canvasses rich philanthropists for a four year training fund in America to prepare Japanese women as teachers. A noted American suffragist, she would face danger if her views spread in Japan by the mikado regime.
Mrs. Isabella Martin of San Francisco appears in court as her own attorney. She states her case, makes objections, and takes exceptions with poise while wearing a Paris gown, drawing attention for her legal performance. The tale contrasts courtroom skill with fashion.
A New York Post correspondent recalls a discussion among young farmers about growing watermelons. An elderly man, Uncle Winter, declares the best patch faces the windows of a big house and never faces directly outward, regardless of land quality or fertilizer.
A partial schedule shows multiple station codes and times from an intercity route, including Duluth Cloquet Woodward Stony Brook and Grand Rapids, with notes of daily operation except Sundays and arrivals at various points.
Notice of foreclosure sale on the mortgage given by Charlies Gorder also Karl Jordan and his wife to William Thomas dated December 8 1892 recorded December 13 1892 due 136 50 with power of sale. The sheriff will auction the property at the county courthouse Brainerd Minnesota on March 3 1886 at 10 00 am for the mortgage and costs including 25 attorney fees. The property is the west half of the northeast quarter of section ten township forty three range thirty one in Crow Wing County Minnesota.
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