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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1889
Page
1
Report cites claims against Goodyear Rubber Co for a million. Sullivan spurns belt, proclaims toughness without it. Dexter gains recognition after bloody street riot. Io Bro. Stivers warned over protection. Epaweno Rice of St Paul dies, Minnesota pioneer builder. Postmaster General Wannamaker orders removal of saloon-keepers from offices and bars post offices near liquor venues.
The Tribune faces sharp accusation for not providing the Brainerd Gun Club score, claiming the information was available at their office or in these columns. The author suggests the editor bluff was to mask a lack of enterprise.
A telegram from Nashville says John L. Sullivan Muldoon and Cleary were arrested Thursday morning on a Mississippi governor’s requisition and jailed. They had hid to dodge papers. The governor, angry at the ring fight, plans warrants for Queen & Crescent railroad officials and aims to extradite Sullivan to Mississippi.
Sheriff Howard of Mille Lacs County brought in Indian Wadena for shooting Magnussen. He is jailed in Stearns County awaiting trial. Thus ends the Mille Lacs Indian outbreak.
In Red Lake Falls the dispute over St Josephs church ends as Marcil returns with his group and takes possession while mortgates are paid. Rev Fr Lawrence directs services at St Marys as former Marcil supporters attend church, and a correspondent faces threats from White Caps.
Aitkin observers report five to six lumber firms working on Mille Lacs exit, dredging the Rum River outlet three feet deep for about three hundred yards and extending into the lake. They fear lowering the lake two to three feet could shut the outlet, ruin lower rivers, and threaten future water supply.
In Iowa the debate over prohibition grows louder as activists and opponents push their positions ahead of upcoming discussions. Local leaders and residents express concerns about enforcement, morality, and economic impact amid a shifting political climate.
Archbishop Ireland of Minnesota met the President in Washington to discuss Indian schools in the Northwest. He visited the Sisseton Indian Reservation to address land claims and a contested Catholic school election. He noted complaints of Catholic schooling beyond quota and cross-border Canadian students. He reported no administration bias against Catholics.
A bizarre tale from Old Pineville describes a man named Jared Gibson who allegedly grew cucumber-like growths from a cut on his hand. After various failed medical remedies, the man died with a mass of cucumber seeds found in an autopsy. the widow reportedly kept the remains, hanging by the hair in a barn.
A commission returned from Red Lake with consent of the Red Lake Indians to open their reservation under the Nelson bill. White Earth opposition stems from misreading the bill. Red Lake contains 3,200,000 acres spanning Beltrami Itasee Kittson Marshall Polk counties with pine timber and a large lake. Population of the combined reservations nears 7,000. Red Lake Indians around 3,200. Narrows in Red Lake forms a notable hourglass lake shape.
Tramps assaulted a St. Peter officer and disarmed him, taking his revolver in a bold street assault. The incident prompted a manhunt as authorities investigated the attack and firearm theft.
Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler widow of John Tyler dies last Tuesday in Richmond Virginia leaving three fellow presidential widows Mrs Polk Mrs Grant and Mrs Garfield as the only surviving widows of presidents. She was born in New York in 1820 and married June 28 1840 eight months before Tyler left the presidency. Her son presides at William and Mary College.
Coroner Evans and a jury in Johnstown Pennsylvania found Ellen Hite drowned on May 31 1859 due to the breaking of the South Fork dam. They faulted waste-weirs weak construction and materials and held the dam owners responsible for the loss of life and property in the valley below.
A three year old girl drowned in a barrel in Stillwater on Saturday. John Cunningham jailed for a week in St. Cloud for attempting to steal fifty cents of meal to avoid starvation. Moorhead Northern Pacific agent R. S. McDonald missing with $600 short, feared to have died by his own hand. Rosa Pusch a German child in Anoka dies after drinking whisky left by her father in a water pail.
A Buffalo to Albany train tale recounts two fashionable ladies shaming a calico dress passenger. An elder farmer unexpectedly recognizes her as Bill Simpson's daughter, speaking fondly of old ties and shared labor memories. The scene ends with the quiet woman transformed by the encounter.
A fragmented note reflects on summer warmth by the sea and a sofa once owned, with line breaks and faded phrasing suggesting a dated, poetic fragment from a newspaper page. The readable elements evoke a tranquil seasonal mood.
A London Globe article describes Pondoland as a fertile mountainous district south of Natal under Cape Colony protection. It notes strategic purpose to seal the British seaboard, deter German and Dutch interests, and outlines trade exports of hides and cattle, social practices, and weak local governance under a powerful chief.
Reports show Episcopal lay readers in New York and a bishop licensing a lay reader for mission work. Prof L W Spring leaves Kansas State University chair for Williams College, a Williams alumnus class of 1863. Dakota’s 3278 public schools educate 69,075 pupils with 4145 teachers and state property valued at 2.16 million. receipts and expenditures noted. Bishop Bowman condemns tobacco as temperance speech opens East Pennsylvania Methodist Conference at Reading and bans chewing or smoking. Mission gifts by denominations vary. 3000 parishes tally 1600 contributing to missions. Presbyterian Synod of Dakota notes Indian women raise 500 dollars for own missions. Salvation Army headquarters in Toronto to seat 2500, following General Booth plans. An English court links education to crime reduction. Briscoe warns against Bible punishment in Sunday schools. Bible seen as essential reading for children.
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