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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
1
The Mississippi Valley Lumbermen complain about a mistake in crediting a news clipping from the Northern Minnesota paper. They urge proper attribution and suggest the editor should apply the same standard to others to forgive the unkind remarks.
A slick con in Perham involved a youth offering a needle threader and selling fake gold bow spectacles he claimed to have found at the Grand Forks depot. He offered them for 2.00 after saying he bought six dozen in Chicago at 20 cents a pair. Several victims bought pairs before Marshall Streukens challenged him and the suspect was run out of town.
The Tur Journal rebuts the Dispatch claim of fear over free coinage. It asserts the Dispatch never warned of doubled silver prices and accuses it of pushing a false narrative. The piece highlights a supposed 100 million dollar silver corner by mine owners hoping to profit from a temporary spike.
Dr Edward Love confirms Royal Baking Powder is a cream of tartar product free from lime and alum. Official tests by U S and Canada governments rate Royal strongest and most wholesome, though its pure refined cream of tartar costs more.
The Park Region Encampment elected J. L. Locke as Commander in Long Prairie and D. L. Wellman as senior vice commander in Frazee City. J. C. Congdon became junior vice commander in Brainerd with John Knight surgeon in Wadena. Thos. J. Martin chaplain in Detroit and Col. Roberts chief of artillery in Detroit. M. F. Canfield adjutant in Long Prairie and John Wait quartermaster in Long Prairie. The Gaul River post office will be Sylvan with Martin Fint as postmaster. The city’s best whip supplier Geo Woodling advertised with low prices.
Brainerd shut out Minneapolis Our Minnie 3 0 on a rainy Fourth, Frank Howe throwing a nine strikeout gem. Halloran kept the visitors scoreless as Brainerd dominated with two first inning runs and a fourth inning score on a passed ball. Series stakes total 1150 a side with three games scheduled.
E J Edwards in McClure's Magazine traces Tammany's roots to the Sons of Liberty, noting its sympathies with the French Revolution and possible Jeffersonian influence. The piece recalls old associations of Hamilton and Jay opponents forming a lodge linked to aristocratic fears, with Mooney and craftspeople shaping a Columbian order.
A Pall Mall Gazette note discusses cider spelling from cyder to cider, citing Sir George Birdwood and Philips the poet. It also notes an ingenious Paris watch theft and a London News brief on Russia as land of Russ, Assyrian breeches, and 20 figs for 2 cents in ancient Corinth.
A long excerpt outlines George Washington born February 22 1732 in Westmoreland County Virginia and his father Augustine Washington a pig iron maker at Accokeek furnace near Fredericksburg. It notes the Principe company ownership and English involvement, and mentions Mary Ball as Augustine's second wife with dates and letters from colonial records.
Mortgage default declared by Albert Laughton and Jennie his wife to Edgar Place for 155.00 due as of notice. Foreclosure sale set by Crow Wing County Sheriff at Brainerd front door July 15 at ten o clock for the northwest quarter of section 20 township 4 north range 30 west Fourth Principal Meridian Minnesota.
London News notes a German authoress collecting autographs for a girls album gains a motto from Emperor Francis Joseph not previously known for such autographs. The quote urges serious duties and leniency toward neighbors faults as attributed to Franz Joseph.
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