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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1886
Page
3
Brainerd weekly issue notes editors N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland. It reports Duluth’s call for a flour inspector and Wisconsin’s annexation hopes. Florida endures frost damage with orange crop failure feared. Congressman Joseph Rankin of Wisconsin dies in Washington.
Grover declines to state reasons for removals, risking political trouble as J. H. Dolby, former business manager for Cal Wagner, remains on trial at Stillwater for deserting his wife and child.
A favorable report is issued on Nelson's proposal to authorize the Brainerd boom company to dam the Mississippi at this point. In Armagh Ireland an upcoming election sees Mr Parnell directing nationalists to back the liberal candidate.
A so-called winter forecaster who predicted a mild season finds his theories challenged as residents in this area report harsher than expected conditions. He sought reaction from locals but encountered skepticism and pushback from readers and officials alike.
It appears now as real war in Europe with Greece showing spunk that could precipitate a clash involving several of the great powers. The situation suggests Greece may trigger actions drawing in major European nations.
Readers hear of a proposed east west rail corridor linking the Northern Pacific in the west with the Baltimore and Ohio in the east and the Wisconsin Central connecting the two. The vision allows sleepers to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without changes via Duluth.
A Kansas tale from a St. Louis paper describes a rooster buried several feet deep in a snow drift for two days and two nights while farm animals walked over it. The bird reportedly emerged unharmed and crowed, celebrated as a remarkable storm survival story.
The Northwest sees a rage for illustration as St Paul Pioneer Press plans to feature elaborate reproductions of all sports possessions and ceremonies at the Ice Carnival. Special artists join regular staff. readers urged to subscribe promptly.
The Mississippi River is blocked by a solid ice mass from St Louis to the Genevieve, spanning 65 miles. Ice thickness is 16 or 17 inches and resembles the 1875 gorge. The current freeze began January 13 and breakup is expected late February.
Forty clubs in St Paul averaging two hundred members plan to devote two weeks to winter sports and carnival fun. Many more from Winnipeg Duluth Stillwater Minneapolis Red Wing and other cities will be represented by large uniformed clubs. The Pioneer Press will illustrate all features and sports. Subscribe now.
The house committee on agriculture and labor advances plans to elevate the bureau of labor statistics to a department bureau, increase the commissioner’s salary to 4000 dollars, and broaden powers to cover a wider field for collecting data on workers.
county papers of the State at war over county printing. A few would split wood and pay for the fun, while printers do that work by making cuts on legal documents, as noted by the Sauk Center Tribune.
A Battle Lake Review reporter sued a subscriber who delayed payment. The defendant offered to pay later, but the case culminated in a judgment for $2.25 plus costs, totaling $47.00 the subscriber must now pay.
A civic editorial urges voters to choose a mayor by merit and capability rather than partisan manipulation. It emphasizes the public welfare, integrity, and competency as essential qualifications, stating the office should seek the right person.
The St Paul Ice Carnival draws widespread notice as at least five thousand men will be dressed in picturesque winter costumes for the storming of the palace, set for early February. The Pioneer Press plans to illustrate the scenes and urges subscriptions.
In Mille Lacs county white settlers urge Hon Knute Nelsons bill to consolidate Chippewa on White Earth and open Mille Lacs reservation to bona fide homesteaders without restrictions. The Union supports removal of Mille Lacs Indians for settlers gain and best interests of the Indians.
Little Falls learns of Manager Foss arrest for embezzlement and larceny in St Paul at the Live Stock store. About 1200 dollars short in accounts, 800 recovered, plus a trunk of clothing and goods also recovered. His wife is said to be implicated, Foss viewed as hardworking, with store profits temporarily shrunk.
Fire at the Templeton carpet factory in Glasgow Scotland destroyed the plant on Thursday causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars and leaving 300 workers unemployed.
The Ice Carnival at St Paul will be profusely illustrated by the Pioneer Press during February. It will be well worth subscribing for a month through the resident agent or by sending your name to the Pioneer Press home office in St Paul. Mail orders must be prepaid.
Ladies are urged to consider the Light Running New Home sewing machine as a foremost domestic tool. It emphasizes simple mechanism easy operation wide range of work quiet light and durable design. Noting attachments and notions the model is praised for mechanical construction and reasonable prices. Over half a million sold in three years, manufactured by the New Home Sewing Machine Co Orange Mass and 30 Union Square New York.
A fragment from Grace Denio Litchfield in the New York Independent urges making music aloud as a shared start. It celebrates collective effort and cheerful sound, noting not a lark yet praising communal song in a vast world.
In a lone stagecoach disaster tale, Phillip Bruce recalls a midnight break with an axle, a campfire, and a haunting narrative of Captain Deveraux’s courage and forgiveness. A second tale follows Katharine Lincoln, Katharine’s cousin Katie, and Walter Gooderich, whose hidden losses bind to a wedding at The Lilacs, ending with Walter’s return and Katharine’s reunion after a sweeping revelation.
A nostalgic sketch of The Lilacs a rural house named for lilac blooms where family ties intertwine. Aunt Barbara and Katharine keep the place after Roger Lincoln and his wife pass, as thorn trees sway in June perfume. The narrative hints at a peaceful, lingering family legacy.
Tickets go on sale January 30 through February 13 for five days from sale at six dollars and seventy five cents round trip, including admission to the ice palace grounds. A separate return trip to St Paul from February 8 to 15 is offered to the G A R on request of H A Norton Adjutant General at six dollars and fifty cents.
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