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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1885
Page
2
Editors note the suicide of Jesse Simonson in Detroit as a grim event while reports also mention Detroit longing for a starch factory. A state teachers institute is set for Wadena on April 6 and new insurance plans arise after a roller rink accident. Land speculators in Florida invite Northern capitalists to invest.
In a regional church census the Mormon high priests are reported to outnumber the Congregational ministers of the United States, highlighting a notable difference in clerical counts between the two faiths.
Appropriation bills totaling 300000 have been introduced in the Dakota legislature to fund state needs. Lawmakers have begun assembling the spending measures, outlining priorities for public services and institutions.
The Pence Opera House in Minneapolis has been closed, with the lessee facing a loss of about $2000. The move halts performances and shifts financial burden to operators and creditors.
The Tribune asserts the town could nominate every man for mayor if allowed enough time, reflecting a humorous or critical take on the breadth of potential candidates and procedural delay.
A playful item notes Philadelphia women redden their lips by biting them while in the West some other man performs the bite. The short quip reflects regional differences in grooming habits and social norms.
J. Warren Tryon of Reading Pennsylvania tried to end his life by locking himself in a room and turning on the gas, a suicide attempt reported in local news.
At a San Francisco rink two expert skaters don armor and amuse spectators by tilting at each other with spears, staging a playful medieval duel as a skating show.
The Chicago News Almanac reports Cleveland with a 65 098 majority over Blaine, presenting full returns from all states.
A legislative bill proposes incorporating Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic. The measure outlines the legal framework for official recognition and organization of post groups within the state legislature. It specifies governance and filing requirements for incorporation.
Bayard's resolution denouncing the dynamiters passed the Senate with Riddle Berger the sole objector.
Minnesota captured the sole medals awarded for grapes at the New Orleans event, with California the only other participant earning. Ohio meanwhile trailed in Catawbas, taking a back seat in the competition.
The Wadena Farmer reports that depositors in the Bank of Wadena will not lose more than $1,000. It notes Mr. Case's liabilities are $35,000 and assets $20,000, implying a secured shortfall.
The Duluth Tribune issued its 1885 annual praising its neat press work and artistic display. Readers are assured it is the finest example seen this year and reflects quality of the period.
The Long Prairie Argus denounces the bill by Representative Lee allowing net fishing in Todd county. The paper argues the measure would alter local fisheries rules and invites readers to oppose the proposal.
An enterprising Brainerdite debuts a local amusement, a toboggan slide named Hancock Olive Branch. The invite invites George to come over and try the ride, signaling a small community entertainment effort.
The Duluth board of trade chose a committee to oversee erecting the new board building. Of the 70000 dollars needed, 26000 dollars have already been subscribed.
Notices posted at Valley mills and furnaces in Sharon Pa state that after January 31 the works will close due to scarcity of orders and dull iron trade conditions.
The London News reports that the American government has advanced claims to land in the Fiji islands on behalf of its citizens who settled there before Fiji’s annexation by Britain. The issue hinges on postcolonial property rights and whether prior settlers retain title after colonial transfer of sovereignty.
A Boston girl observed a man in delirium tremens exclaiming to him unhappy man why did you permit yourself to have the James James The shock restored the sufferer to his right mind.
Major Strait secures an amendment allowing the secretary of the interior to disburse the $10,000 appropriation for the Medowaconton Indians of Minnesota.
A Missouri church fair offered a masked hugging game where men pay fifteen cents, wear blindfolds, and discover they have hugged their own wives after the bandage comes off. The unpaid fare leaves some players irate when the twist is revealed.
The Aitkin Age and Northwestern Tribune continue running a column advertisement for the Vic tor Well Auger Co. of St. Louis, despite knowledge that the firm is one of the worst dead beat concerns ever allowed to do business.
The Duluth Tribune reports articles of incorporation for Tribune Publishing Company with a March 1 1885 start. Capital stock set at 25000 dollars divided into 500 shares of 50 dollars each. Indebtedness must not exceed 10000 dollars at any time.
Creditors of Mr J Prondzinski of St Cloud accept his settlement offer at sixty cents on the dollar. Fifty percent of debts to be paid in cash February 1, 1885, with the remaining nineteen percent due by a promissory note dated January 1 next. He will promptly resume business.
Confidence men worked Senator Price of Wisconsin for 150 dollars on Monday. A telegram signed by a well known constituent requested an immediate loan of 150 dollars. Price sent the cash then investigated and found the signature forged. He warns constituents to make personal appeals in future.
John Busch of St Peter a pioneer of Minnesota Territory notes the current winter as the coldest since 1827 when Fort Snelling guards lasted fifteen minutes. He recalls January 1856 in St Paul with thermometers from 30 to 40 below zero for two weeks.
The Telegram notes Fergus Falls has chosen a site for a state insane asylum and may start work before legislative appropriation. It rejects locating the facility there, instead favoring a Journal suggestion to place it in State addition, near Lake Alice, while warning against premature decisions on a judgeship.
In early 1869 Charles F Nelson left Winona with domestic trouble driving him to seek fortune in British Honduras, where he became a sugar planter. He later visited Washington over a Spanish treaty, planned to return to Winona, and reunited briefly with his children before discovering his wife had remarried.
Thomas Gausler, a freight train brakeman from Osceola Pa, died Monday night on the St Paul and Duluth road. Two extra freights near Miller station eight miles beyond Hinckley and nine miles from Kettle River collided after the rear engine struck the caboose. No other damage occurred. The body was sent to Hinckley for burial by the railroad company.
On a Tuesday night at Wilwar a 4 young butcher named Erick Rose stabbed Jonas Hatt in the temple with a butcher knife during a dispute over whisky. Hatt, boarding at H Norlander’s saloon, attempted to dispel trespassing thieves who slipped bottles from behind the bar after an unpaid sale incident.
A Rochelle clergyman launches a crusade against roller skating calling it immoral and indecent while implying church fair gambling and pastoral kisses are acceptable. The Minneapolis Tribune notes the paradox that the same clergyman may deem other practices moral in contrast.
O'Donovan Rossa expressed pleasure at the blast in the house of parliament saying the houses ought to have been blown up long ago. He claimed five years of preaching and fund-raising to fight England, but refused to comment on any knowledge of the explosion.
Laura Wentworth accuses her husband Sidney Wentworth of adultery with a 6000 strong sect known as the Church of the First Born or Beckmenites. The religion, linked to Mrs Dora Beekman of Ohio, advocates communal property and free love and operates in multiple states with camps, congregations, and private-house meetings.
A compilation of local notices includes saloon licensing changes in 1884, county birth and death totals, a Winona harvester payroll, illness confinement of Hon. Mark H. Duninell in Owatonna, Spring Valley meteorological station funds, and the Lake City Sentinel entering its fifteenth year. Also noted are ghouls in Fergus Falls, a Mille Lacs-stabbed man’s death, a frozen man found in Iron Lake City, suicide attempts in Omaha, a Detroit bigamy arrest, White Earth squaw marriage, a Stillwater brakeman’s injury, Red Lake Falls charter amendments, Hastings revolver incident, and a Hastings larceny warrant case.
The Portland Maine publisher George Stinson & Co. advertises profitable agent work with no experience required. Women can succeed as well as men, no overnight travel, and a free trial. Full details and address are provided to interested applicants.
A Swedish immigrant Gustaf Gunderson builds a modest home in Swede Hollow, sends for his wife and child, and dies suddenly. His wife arrives to find him dead, but the scene ends with the child cheerful as roses fall and a sunbeam lights the room.
J C Flynn of Little Falls holds contracts to furnish 140 000 ties this winter. About half of the ties will probably arrive at points on the Little Falls and Lakota line, supporting railroad supply needs.
The village of Little Falls weighs a large expenditure for waterworks as public sentiment expressed in the Transcript shows opposition to the plan.
The exhibition features 240 newspapers with Minnesota contributing 22 and St. Paul 17. Readers are urged to visit and pick up the Brain erd Disparch for city news from the pine city.
A dynamite blast last Saturday afternoon damaged the London parliament houses, injuring several people, with two or three fatalities. A nearby tower suffered similar damage while most victims were visitors. Police have few leads as public panic spreads.
Readers are urged to send postage to receive free samples and business advice claiming enormous earnings from home based work. The pitches promise quick returns for both sexes, with offers of free materials, prize boxes, and mailing packages. Names include STINSON & Co and TRUK & CO with addresses in Maine.
Advertises multiple instructional books for women including Fancy Work with 200 illustrations, Ladies' Private Companion on womanhood, Fun and Candy with 100 candy recipes, and The Housewife journal. Offers trial and subscription deals to Nunda New York, highlighting affordable prices and free book offers for new subscribers.
A bright illustrated youth paper promises a free one year subscription to anyone who sends 12 names of boys and girls from different families and 12 two cent stamps. It claims the publication is the best youth paper in America and notes a regular price of 100 dollars per year. Address to The National Youth, Buffalo New York.
An American Farmers journal will be mailed free for one year to each farmer who sends ten names and twelve two cent stamps for postage. The National Agriculturist is promoted as the best farm and home paper in the United States to secure specimen copies and future subscriptions.
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