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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1895
Page
4
J. H. Ingersoll and F. W. Wieland publish a weekly paper in Brain erd Crow Wing county Minnesota. Issued every Friday from Sleeper block rooms 5 and 7. Terms 1.50 per year. Finest job printing office in the city.
Wallace Bain is named postmaster at Lothrop. Rev. Geo. H. Davis will preach at Mankato next Sunday. Notices include local visits by T. McMaster and A. L. Hoffman, Mrs. Ollsen from Little Falls visiting, and county business in St Cloud and St Paul.
I G Best died at his East Brainerd home last evening. Chief Barron will visit St Paul today and return Sunday. A ball at the Mahlum house tonight with tickets and supper 50 cents. R G Vallentyne and wife back from a month in Canada near Toronto. Ice rink commerce rising with heavy attendance daily. Rumor of a superintendent resignation unverified. Uncle Josh production moved to Feb 8 under Needle Work Guild benefiting charity.
The dramatic cantata Ruth the Moabites will be staged at the opera house soon with the same talented company as before. The Episcopal church ladies sponsor the event under musical director Prof Coutu. Nellie Edwards sings Orpah and Toot Wilson plays the Jewish Maiden, replacing the absent Mrs Alexander and Miss Maybelle Davis.
The Ireland family home six to seven miles up the river burned down last Wednesday afternoon as J. E. Ireland and his wife were in town for an event. The house and contents, valued at about $2,000 with no insurance, were lost. the fire likely started from the chimney. T. McMaster comments on long credit.
The Con gregational church ladies hosted a birthday party at Mrs S F Alderman s home on Wednesday evening A novel penny bag collection produced 62 10 from 173 bags with an average age near 36 years About 200 attendees enjoyed a musical and literary program and refreshments A rhymed invitation and verses accompanied some contributions A later note mentions a grand concert at the Sleeper opera house and a Y M C A event with Rev Geo Rowe announcing a talk on The Greatest Fight of the Age
Elizabeth E. Cunningham wife of engineer Hank Cunningham died suddenly at home aged 40 after a brief illness. Funeral at Episcopal Church with Rev. Geo H. Davis, interned in Evergreen cemetery. Survived by five children and husband. active in Woman's Relief Corps and other groups. Card of thanks from Henry Cunningham follows.
A L McDonald Backus Minn offers hats caps mitts mocs boots rubbers mackinaws pants and overall groceries drugs and patent medicines. Pioneer House and Livery Barn in connection with lowest prices for everything time checks cashed at bank rates.
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