Brainerd and area notes from the weeklong reports
Co K returns from Lake City encampment on Monday. Stivers to help release the eagle at St Matthias tomorrow. A deadly firework risk looms for tomorrow. County commissioners meet Tuesday. Henry McGinn builds a two story brick dwelling on Eighth street south. Duluth authorities oust the Carey woman. Ft Ripley celebration tomorrow draws citizens. Sey mour Clark to Brainerd until after staying. Frost and Kelehan dissolve their saloon partnership two weeks ago. Frank Whittaker injures his foot at Saturday’s picnic high jump. Weyerhaeuser to Alaska to review timber interests. Anoka sheriff appoints his wife as deputy. Brainerd trap shooters attend Motley's tournament today through tomorrow. Aitkin suffers a destructive fire on Friday. all insured and to be rebuilt. Swartz and Mrs McCarthy wed at Detroit on Saturday. Swartz foreman at Parker Toppings foundry. Geo S Canfield and son move to Grand Rapids per Magnet. Police court fines total 684. 550 paid by “creatures of easy virtue” near the bridge. Y P S C B hosts ice cream social at Miss Maud Heustis’s on Fourth street north. 4th of July games and apparatus shipped to towns between here and Fargo. Little Falls roller mills likely not rebuilt. city flour losses. Early closing in St Cloud stores wanes. groceries, confectionery, shoe, clothing stores stay open. Colonel Canfield valued in Grand Rapids for boom efforts. Parade and celebration planned by Brainerd Boat Club at Rice Lake tomorrow with parade of horribles, rag muffins, boating, races, dancing. Bus shuttles from bank corner to boat landing.
City Jail Terms Highlight Offbeat Week
Billy McGlory was sentenced to twenty days for vagrancy. John Kinney paid a Friday visit to red curtain dives and faced an $11.75 fine. Blinky Flynn received forty days or a $50 jail term for assault. Other inmates include J McHenry John Smith and Frank Hardy jailed for festive holiday wine and illegal activity.
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Billy McGlory
John Kinney
Red-Curtain
John Flynn
Blinky
J. McHenry
John Smith
Frank Hardy
Ilfame
Kefford Floated Forged Checks Across Cities Short of Brainerd
J W Kefford known in Brainerd forges checks under his own name in multiple cities. He passed forged notes in Superior Duluth St Cloud and St Paul fooling hotel clerks and an insurance agent. Stahl of St Paul paid him 10 and two 15s before discovering the forgery and seeking Kefford in Brainerd and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Kefford
C. B. Thompson
Kefford
Superior
Bay
Duluth
St. Cloud
St. Paul
B. F. Stahl
Brainerd
Tna
Stahl
Mr. Stahl
Minneapolis
Gergen and Elder form partnership in livery business
J M Elder buys half interest in Gergen's livery firm, creating Gergen & Elder with a prominent Northern Minnesota barn. They promise fine turnouts and rigs, with several new horses expected soon. The Journal notes shop improvements due this fall and reports on local events and incidents.
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J. M. Elder
Gergen
Gergen & Elder
Minnesota
Movements of People in Brainerd Area This Week
A crowded list shows Jim Frost visiting Grand Forks and Seth Huntley with J W Porter from Waukesha, along with many others traveling to Minneapolis Motley St Paul and Detroit. It notes political figures in town and upcoming regional conventions, plus local business ads and sale notices.
City council approves fourteen liquor bonds at special meeting
At a special city council meeting on Tuesday evening fourteen liquor license bonds were approved bringing the total to twenty two saloons taking out licenses for the coming year. The names listed include Moberg and Swanson Inc Denis R R Wise Jas McCabe McCabe Heamore Co H Sargent Ed Cullen Co Jerry Crowley Wallace Jaimeson Geo H Bell Con O'Brien Geo Gardner Geo Merriott Chas Peterson Sophia Wilson L W Chase Parsons Swanson Jno S Fry J A Murray J H Kelehan Jno Bubar and Jerome Kelleher. Three saloons will not take out licenses: No 1 on Fifth Street The Kids Place on Sixth Street and M Cullen's saloon in East Brainerd.
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Moberg & Swanson
Jnc
A Denis
R. R. Wise
Jas. McCabe
McCabe
Heamore & Co
H. Sargent
Ed. Cullen & Co
Jerry Crowley
Wallace & Jaimeson
Geo. H. Bell
Con. O’brien
Geo. Gardner
Geo. Merriott
Chas. Peterson
Sophia Wilson
L. W. Chase
Parsons & Swanson
Jno
Colony of Sixty-Five German Families to Settle Nearby Deerwood
A reliable source reports sixty five German families preparing to locate on lands north and east of Deerwood in the county, signaling a new settlement in the region.
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Deerwood
Salvation Army Faces Public Scrutiny in Anoka and Northfield
Local papers report repeated disturbances linked to Salvation Army activities in Anoka and Northfield. Incidents include disruptive parades, a drum dispute with the mayor, police clashes, and public officials questioning the Army’s methods amid calls to curb nuisance behavior.
For Sale 100 Acres Meadow Near Brainerd
For Sale 100 acres of meadow land in Section 21 about 3 miles north of Brainerd worth at least five dollars per acre. Price 175 dollars for quick sale with clear title and abstract. Contact J. L. Suits 402 Oneida Block Minneapolis Minn If
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Brainerd
J. L. Suits
Oneida Block
Minneapolis
Minn
Hoyle playing cards offered by railroad agent
A pack of fine Hoyle cards will be sent to any U S address for ten cents in stamps or coin. Chas M Pratt general ticket and passenger agent Minneapolis and St Louis Ry Minneapolis Minn Go in and see the bargains Wm Hack offers to close out his entire furniture stock.
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Hoyle
United States
Chas. M. Pratt
Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry
Minneapolis, Minn
Wm. Hack
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Faille Francaise Peau de
Henry L Cohen
Deering
Manila
New Deering
S. W.gray & CO
N. McFadden
Sherwood’s Cough Syrup Glass Condition Powders
Straton’s Liniment
Wight Bell
Larson & Walters
Cross Creek Lehigh Coal
Main
N. P
Sundberg
Spencer
Brainerd Dispatch
Crow Wing and
Cass Counties
N. H. Ingersoll, W. Wieland
Editors and Proprietors
Crow Wing County
Morris
Little Falls
Co. K
Lake City
Stivers
St. Matthias
Henry McGinn
Eighth Street
Carey
Ft. Ripley
Osakis
Seymour Clark
Frost & Kelehan
Rome
Frost
Frank Whittaker
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Alaska
Anoka County
Aitkin
Joseph Swartz
McCarthy
East Brainerd
Detroit
Mr. Swartz
Parker & Topping
Grand Rapids
First Congregational Church
Maud Heustis
Fourth Street
Here
Fargo
Journal Press
Geo. Canfield
Canfield
Brainerd Boat Club
Rice Lake
Pat Sullivan
Mattie Winters
Flossie Eldridge
Hillsboro
N. Dakota
The
Germania Maennerchor
Iver Moble
John King
Fr. Lawlor
Neil McKay
Carrie Hill
Lumberman’s Exchange Hotel
James Callahan
Mary Slocum
Northern Pacific
Perham
S. Gov't
Jim Frost
Grand Forks
Seth Huntley
J. W. Porter
Waukesha
G. W. Alexander
Motley
W. E. Campbell
Grandelmeyer
Geo. Leopold
Staples
City
Hattie
Annie Gibson
Aggie Mulrine
Dr. Howes
J. Q. Mathews
Kaukana, Wis
J. H. Koop
Pennell
H. C. Stivers
H. Rosenblatt
New York City
E. W. Kaley
Hamlin
O'Hara
J. E. Reynolds
J. F. McGinnis
Royalton
Co-operative Market
Chas. H. Wiley
Dickinson
Wiley
Ed. Mahan
Little Fallis
Mr. Mahan
H. G. Ingersoll
Plover
Wis
P. Schumaker
McGregor
Iowa
Christian Endeavor Convention
Young People’s Saciety of Christian Endeavor
J. E. Thwing
Minnneapolis
W.C. T. U. Convention
Baptist Church
C. J. Veox
Alice D. Wurrs
Treas
United Scandinavian Singers of America
R. F. Waters
Sixth Street
Hack
D. M. Clark &Co
Sleeper
E Norwood Street
Bearroy
Pall Mall St
London
Ontario
D. M. Clark & Co
J. C. Congdon
Twin Cities
Salvation Army
Anoka
Northfield
Joe the Turk
Mill Uare
Norton
Vation Army
Challies
Campbell & Smith
J. R. Smith
A.J. Demeules
Minnesota Savings Fund & Investment Co
National Building Loan & Protective Union
United States Accident Association
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