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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1884
Page
3
Lancaster launches a weekly paper titled the Plumed Knight. Lotta acquired Abbey's Boston theater by foreclosing her mortgage, tying up the property.
An Albany canoeist begins a two months voyage from Vineyard Sound along the coast, detailing a long inland sea journey and exploration. Montreal cotton mills report excess raw cotton but curtail activity due to dull trade, signaling slowed textile production.
investigators seek the covert route used to bring Chinese men into the country through an underground railway involving smuggling networks. authorities await tips and monitor suspected crossings for arrests and legal action.
The latest Russian military attire swaps buttons for hooks and eyes, giving a look of being sewn into tights. The change affects field gear and dress uniforms, altering fit and maintenance expectations for soldiers.
Miss Hurst, dubbed the Georgia magnetic girl, has cleared a $3,000 mortgage on her father's farm since she began touring, signaling a successful financial turn as she travels.
An expert calculates a $25,000 loss to New York City due to the absence of city officials at the recent Chicago convention. The estimate highlights potential missed opportunities and economic impact on the city government and related interests.
Ulster county New York reports an enormous raspberry crop forcing box production to run day and night. Box factories struggle to keep up with demand as packing needs surge.
Cleveland police are forbidden to screen prominent men who commit misdemeanor and attempt to pay fines under assumed names, authorities say. The ruling aims to curb selective enforcement and protect due process in cases involving high profile individuals.
Former Gav Davis is appointed to the national Republican Committee after M. G. Norton of Winona resigns, reshaping party leadership.
The remark suggests politicians should be judged by their appearances in newspapers and proposes locking them away in an asylum or workhouse for the country’s safety. It reflects a sharp, satirical take on media portrayal and political trust.
The movement by Northern Pacific management to run an experimental steamship line from Portland to Puget Sound and on to Japan and China is expected to make the great northern route the main traffic highway between Asia and American Atlantic ports.
Frank K Barron who skated 107 miles in ten hours at the St Paul roller rink will be presented with a commemorative medal. The testimonial is a gift from St Paul residents interested in sporting matters. Barron already received a medal and prize from Frank Dayton, manager of the rink, at the feat’s conclusion.
Volume 1, Number 1 of the Pine Knot in Cloquet Carlton County arrives as a creditable new business sheet. Page and Gottry, Stevens Point boys, are praised as straightforward go ahead merchants and wished success in their venture.
Public filing of the estate inventory shows liabilities surpassing sixteen and three quarters million dollars, with assignees listing $67,174 to liquidate and nominal assets at $27,139,098. The report outlines the firm’s methods, prompting wonder at the depth of gullibility among creditors and the scale of the fraud.
The acting secretary of the navy received word from St John s that eight men of the Greely party were found by relief ships Thetis and Bear five miles off Cape Sabine in Smith s Sound. Survivors include Lieut Greely and six others, though Sergeant Ellison died at Goodhaven on July 6 after a surgical operation. The ships and survivors are now at St John s, Newfoundland.
The cattle on Colorado plains are valued at 40 million dollars and sheep and other livestock at 15 million. A large share of this stock roams land formerly marked as the great American desert on early maps.
Rock Island reports the pew manufacturer D. S. Buford & Co assigned to W. H. Single. A trust deed a year earlier secured $154,000 with further debts raising liabilities to about $200,000. The firm’s six hundred workers are left unemployed. The company held western agencies and $90,000 invested in a Colorado irrigation venture that yielded nothing amid four years of losses after a costly rebuild.
Winnipeg police received a Hawkey Minnesota telegram that Staubro, an agent for the Northern Puacific Express, fled with over $2000 in funds and may be in Winnipeg. He came with a woman, registered as husband and wife, and was arrested on a forgery extradition request from St Paul. The wife was also arrested. her money was seized, no charge yet against her.
The Post Office Department completed regular salary adjustments for presidential grade offices. First class includes only Minneapolis and St Paul at 3500 dollars. nine offices make up the second class with varying salaries tied to receipts, notably Brainerd, Duluth, Faribault, Fergus Falls, Mankato, Red Wing, Rochester, Stillwater, Winona, all above several thousand dollars in annual gross receipts.
A Washington dispatch notes the pension office handles 300000 pending applications and 145000 monthly letters, with 130000 responses. It warns that if the Senate bill becomes law, pensioners may more than double, covering two thirds to three quarters of Union veterans, an outcome the article characterizes as highly liberal and elastic.
A. W. Frater, clerk of the district court of Crow Wing County, issues a delinquent tax listing for the county. The notice identifies property assessment and tax collection outstanding under district authority.
M McFadden, Register of Deeds and Insurance Agent, represents none but first class companies. Office with Register of Deeds at Court House Brainerd.
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