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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1894
Page
4
A collage of ads and notices including Congdon's annual buggies, Sundberg's silverware, Bredfeld's children’s shoes, McFadden Drug Store fixtures, Hoffman's sales on time, and D. M. Clark & Co. hardware. Local events include Miss Blackburn staying with Dr. McPherson, Frank Howe’s skate jump record, post office concerns, several sales, and a fire at a photo gallery with losses but no insurance.
A ledger of local items includes a ten month old Bay Lake death, travel plans of Mr and Mrs Westfall, parties at 40 Front street and a surprise farewell for Miss Sizze Greeve. It lists Brainerd college events, a barbering alert, a court appeal over an assault with fines, a gospel song service, a church sociable, and an out of court settlement in a carnal knowledge case. Also noted are a wedding gift theft case, a Melrose outcome, an insurance office ad, a Supreme Court extract on a mill relocation case, a test of ice cutting ordinance, an installation of Catholic Mutual Bene fitation officers, a Forresters installation, and a sale ad for cloaks.
A brother of John Bandy, last seen during deer season near Stony Brook, travels to Gull Lake to investigate his disappearance. Bandy left camp with a rifle and compass, did not return, and search efforts have so far failed. He leaves a wife and five children and fears foul play.
Be the first to secure one of our cloaks at half price advertised by Henry I. Coney. The notice highlights a limited sale and urges early action.
The bread contest scheduled for Wednesday supports a charity drive by the relief society. Entrants must use Gold Dust Flour and submit loaves at Interstate Milling Co. The best loaf winning five dollars will be judged by a relief society committee with no contestant identification.
The Ole Olson touring company returns to Sleeper Opera House on Monday Jan. 29 with stronger cast including Richard Baker as Ole and Adelaide Crawford as Genie. The show promises fresh songs and comedy. audiences last season gave it a hearty reception.
Rev. Geo West of the M E Church will speak at the Y M C A next Monday at 8 pm on From Tipperary to the Blarney Stone. Born in Ireland, he will combine humor and instruction. admission is free. Water shut off next Sunday at 9 am for repairs by J M Evper, Manager.
A discussion in The Optician notes that glass spectacles feel colder than horn or celluloid at the same temperature due to higher thermal conductivity. Ice has even greater conductivity and can be used to concentrate radiant heat in lens construction. Quartz shows directional conductivity, higher perpendicular to the axis than along it.
A lone traveler arrives at a Tennessee mountain cabin and asks for a night’s shelter but is refused by a woman who warns no men are present and urges moving on two miles down a bad road into darkness.
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