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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1893
Page
4
N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland publish weekly in Brain erd Crow Wing county Minnesota from Sleeper block rooms 5 and 7. Subscription costs $1.50 per year. Advertises as finest job printing office in the city.
Mrs Sleeper visits her daughter in Duluth while croquet at the Y M C A draws crowds. The council debates street signs. T T Blackburn is dangerously ill. Two Russell children stay in bed with scarlet fever. Miss Tony Stade returns home from Duluth. An afternoon Y M C A service is announced. Ex Mayor Hagberg recovers from illnesses. Miss Faye returns from Barnesville to Brainerd. Miss Anna Campbell resumes musical studies in Minneapolis. The late Rev H Treglayney's family relocates to 81 9th street north. B N M railroad adds log trains, plans four more. Various local business moves and events including St Andrews Society Burn's night, a Scotland lecture, and stereopticon views. Local notes mention Brainerd telegraphers, a Brainerd carriage venture, and a restaurant renovation.
The Chenquataua Club will host its annual bar masque around the middle of next month. Rev. W. H. Ware has enjoyed a visit from his son P.S. Ware editor of the Thief River Falls Press. R C Duyn chairs the reapportionment committee. Local youths fare well this season. Mr and Mrs E C Blanchard of Duluth attended the Wise masquerade. Capt and Mrs James Ashton of Duluth lead the Salvation Army here. Smith Gray's team collided with a street pole but the team was uninjured and the pole broke. Pro Gerrity of Brainerd Business College reports strong enrollment of fifty five pupils. George Gardner returned from St Paul where he stood trial. acquitted of selling whiskey to Indians. Frank Tilly married Lucy Hanser last Saturday evening in Hartley block rooms. J M Grant yardmaster at Staples arranged a grand ball on April 23 for Railway Yard Masters Association members to help defray Duluth convention costs.
A Duluth dispatch to the Minneapolis Journal reports Max Shapiro’s meat market on Tower Street burned down the day before. Loss set at 6000 dollars with 4000 dollars covered by insurance. An auction is to be held Wednesday January 25 1893 on Front Street one door north of Jerome Kelleher’s saloon by Steve Bordeaux and Frank Cooley. The Brainerd notice ends with a call for local patronage.
Andrew Mortenson of this city won a $12,000 verdict against the Northern Pacific railroad on the latest trial after four prior trials ended in jury disagreement. Mortenson, a former brakeman, was injured when knocked from a freight car between Fargo and Moorhead. Plaintiff attorneys were Fleming and Clenahan. Severance represented him in St. Paul. defense by O'Brien and Selms.
At the annual election the Germania Maennerchor chose Peter Schwinderman as President J A Denis as Vice President Wm Falkenrecht as Secretary and Fred Luken as Treasurer The notice also mentions Silver inlaid plate ware warranted for twenty five years at Sundbergs.
Perry Duff of Howe's addition on 8th street south died Wednesday morning from tetanus and was buried yesterday in Evergreen cemetery with Rev. W. H. Ware officiating. He leaves a wife and three children. August Ludwig, 71, died Sunday the 15th at his daughter's residence at 8th and Oak Streets and was buried Tuesday with a German Lutheran service. He had lived with his son A. F. Ludwig in Crow Wing. Joseph Emmert, a lumberman with the Northern Mill Co., died yesterday at Northwestern Hospital. Andrew Anderson, 8, son of F. A. Anderson of White Sand Lake, died the 15th of membraneous croup. David Soderlund, 1 year 6 months old, died Tuesday the 17th and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. Mary Peterson, wife of Fred Peterson of 124 8th Street South, died Thursday the 19th of consumption, aged 30 years 11 months, and will be buried Sunday the 22d after services at the Swedish Baptist church. She leaves three children.
A Friday January 13 program by Y M C A featured two pieces from each choir opening duet by Miss Mabelle Davis and Maude Davis, performances by C D Johnson and Nettie Nelson, and strong audience applause. Receipts totaled 56.00 after expenses of 51.00, with donations of 5.00 from G W Alexander. organizers thank contributors.
The council met in regular session with all aldermen present. A mayoral communication revoked all prior special police appointments and was filed. Bills were approved and various payments listed. The liquor license board was approved and street signs referred to the street committee. Later, St Francis Branch No 1 installed officers for 1893 including Rev D W Lynch and John A McDonald among others.
Mr and Mrs J Raymond return from Duluth after three months away. Mrs W Wilber rests from a two week visit with relatives at Aitken. Mrs R Archibald ill but improving. Mr Serkin starts building a new dwelling. W W Craig returns from Canada with his bride. Raymond buys a small steamer for Serpent Lake next summer. Sleighing good and logging progressing. Greenhouse nearly finished and fresh vegetables soon. Neighbors busy putting up ice and planning ice cream for picnics next summer.
The Northern Pacific road offers a one fare round trip to Winnipeg for the Jan 26 ball at Hotel Manitoba with sale only Jan 25 and five day final limit. A June Good Roads Convention rate of one and a third from Minnesota points is set on certificate plans, valid through Jan 29 via St Paul or Minneapolis offices. Also note J R Smith's fire insurance office in Sleeper Block Room 4.
A wreck on the Little Falls and Wakula line east of Naukl Centre damaged a freight car and two coaches after a wheel flange failure. Only A V Carpenter was injured, with other passengers bruised. Thirty men from Brainerd cleared debris and work to lift coaches continues. No. 10 from Brainerd waits for track removal, with the obstruction likely cleared this evening.
Obituary notice from Brainerd Minnesota dated January 17 1893 mourning the death of Brother Charles H Treglawney of Castle Hatt Wautre Cross No 30. It honors his service as a devoted member and leader, extends condolences to his family, and notes ceremonial memorials to be recorded and shared with the press. The tribute also includes a separate letter praising Krause's Headache Capsules by Mrs E R Horxxs of Montrose, lamenting neuralgia and endorsing the remedy.
Local ads promote souvenirs at Sundbergs of Mrs Sundberg and a large fashion line at Cale's and D M Clark Co. New store drawings urge a walk through the mammoth D M Clark Co. show. Listings include HEATH & MILLIGAN paints, fine Wisconsin cheese at McGinn & Baileys, hardware at D M Clark Co. and shoes at L J Cale. Also notices a political quip and a cough cure sold by N Mc Fadden.
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