Brainerd Notices Highlight Local Visits and Events
C E Dickinson travels to Chicago and the east. Sunday picnic planned at Gilbert Lake Park. Local sales, visits from Minneapolis and Detroit residents, and a county board of equalization in progress. The Little Falls club defeats Minneapolis Palace 22 to 6. A Dan Caffery bowery dance and a Lawn social at Methodist parsonage advertised. Trains to Duluth reduced. Gull Lake cottages built by McFadden and Sanborn. Paige's Players perform at Sleeper Opera House with a matinee Saturday.
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Olympic Theatre Change Hands in Ownership Shift
James Kelehan has bought out partner James Juinn and becomes sole proprietor of the Olympic Theatre. Mr. Chambers continues as manager keeping up the venue’s first class amusement with new performers and artists introduced weekly.
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James Juinn
Olympic Theatre
Chambers Sij
Local notices and a fatal railroad accident headline Brainerd
The paper reports the lands list for taxes due under a new law will publish this week after two weeks of hard work. Bra keman Ira Doney was killed at Monroe station when his head was crushed in a car coupling accident. A coroner's inquest follows at Losey and Deans. Meanwhile C B and I A White plan an attractive Walker block sporting goods store. The blueberry war will not be celebrated in Brainerd as St Paul gentlemen cannot attend.
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Brainerd & Northern Minnesota
Monroe Station
Losey & Dean’s
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Brainerd
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Rabbitt's Foot Mascot Sent To Dr Lum In Peculiar Gift
The Wadena Pioneer reports a strange gift sent to Dr C E Lum, a respected local physician. A rabbitt’s foot from a jack rabbit captured in a graveyard is claimed to be a powerful mascot, delivered by an anonymous bird friend. The object is valued by the doctor and tied to superstitious luck.
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Lum
C. E. Lum
Aoss
Comedy Off the Stage in Buffalo Dining Room
The New York World reports Jessie Barrett-Davis recounting Mr. Barnabee’s first appearance at the Iroquois hotel dining room. As tiles loosened, Barnabee danced across the floor while guests laughed and the head waiter sang jig music, ending with his breakfast performance and a verdict that Barnabee’s comedy off the stage is a public loss.
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Jessie Barrett-Davis
Iroquois Hotel
Barnabee
New York World
Zola Defends Emperors Rouge at Sedan in The Figaro
M Zola in The Figaro argues the emperor Napoleon III rouged his cheeks at Sedan. He says critics frown on the act but his supporters view it as a heroically tragic gesture, a noble effort to conceal weakness among troops. The Spectator in London calls the view French exaggeration.
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M. Zola
Sedan
Napoleon III
London Spectator
Overdressed foods provoke disgust at dining tables
A reader laments overly elaborate food decorating causing waste and confusion. They recount encountering sole fillets altered with vivid vegetable colors, making it impossible to identify what is eaten. At dinner parties they recoil from garish dishes labeled with exotic names.
Local notes from Gull River area shift and summer prep
Lyman Whipple moves into a new house and reports happiness. Gull River depot to move to Sylvan Lake this month. Ice cream sociable held last Wednesday with a general good time. Miss Jenne Mix takes a homestead west of Sylvan Lake and will reside there. County commissioners held two short meetings this month. Annual Pine Grove school meeting reportedly did not occur, another is planned at Gull River. Haying to begin next Monday with a large crop and good marsh conditions. Abe J. Phillips returns from Minneapolis after six weeks in a saw mill. business there described as dull.
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Henry Ramsay
Sylvan Lake
Gull River
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Mam
Pine Grove School House
Abe J. Phillips
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Swedenborg’s aid helps widow recover hidden receipt
A Stockholm widow seeks proof of payment after her husband dies. The Russian ambassador requests Swedenborg’s help, and at a foretold night the deceased appears to indicate where the receipt is hidden. The widow finds the receipt in a desk behind a wall in the next room.
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Stockholm
Chicago Mail
Seven Cities On Burlington Route Highlight Prestige
The Burlington Route markets seven western hubs Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Denver as premier destinations. It promotes its vestibuled trains as the popular link among these cities and invites inquiries to W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Great West
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
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Gen. Pass
Minn
Local Retailers Promote New Goods and Specials
D. M. Clark & Co announce a large stock of sewing machines with exchange options and easy terms on new No. 9 models. Rosenblatt's launches a 30 day sale with goods at and below cash prices, plus furniture arrivals and spring promotions. Veon teases new jewelry “Rustle” line as shops push best prices with no sharp practices. Office notices include J. R. Smith insurance and Congdons wagon varnish for spring trade.
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Veon
D. M. Clark &Co
McCoy's Encore on the Gallows
A historical tale recounts McCoy the murderer on the scaffold in western Pennsylvania. He performs a jig with his fiddle while awaiting execution, the rope snapping, and asks for ten minutes to procure another rope, then bows to the crowd.
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Pennsylvania
Roger Blakeslee
Court House
Goodby
St. Louis
Classified notices and pension suspensions in July dispatch
An assortment of ads invites shoppers to Veons in Gardner for jewelry, D M Clark Co for lace curtains carpets and wall paper and N P Bank office rooms for rent. In Washington 150 July 15 over 2500 pensioners are suspended pending proof of total disability under Secretary Smith.
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Washington
Smith
Ocean Madness Sailor Recalls Paradise Craze Under Cuban Waters
Captain Ezra Whipple recalls a 1867 voyage from Kingston to Baltimore. After collision off Cuba, his ship sank, forcing lifeboat escape. Exposure and heat sparked sea madness described as paradise in tropical seas, with visions of a submerged realm inspiring Greek myth.
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Kingston
Baltimore
Cuba
Cuban
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Leigh Hunt and Carlyle Privation and Vanity
A New York Tribune anecdote recalls Leigh Hunt's imagined disappointment at a yellow sight misidentified as a buttercup and Carlyle's quiet wealth. A visitor quotes two sovereigns on the chimney piece, and Carlyle explains Hunt prefers to keep them there than grant him the money.
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Leigh Hunt
Mr. Carlyle
Stewart
New York Tribune
Bald Man Promotes Hair Growth Scam
A bald customer confronts a druggist claiming a hair growth remedy. The druggist offers capillary renovator and scalp balm, claiming quick results. The dispute ends with a clinch, illustrating a humorous local exchange from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Meoht Acker's Baby Soother Trade Note
An old advertisement promotes Meoht Acker's Baby Soother as the safe medicine for infants. It claims to remove infantile disorders without opium or morphine and promises natural relief from pain. The price is listed as 25 cents and the product is sold locally.
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Probate Court Orders Estate of Annie Kramer Admin
Special term of Crow Wing County Probate Court grants Watson S Hills letters of administration for Annie Kramer deceased. Six months to file claims with Brainerd court. hearing set January 18 1894 at 10:00 AM at Brainerd courthouse. Notice to creditors via weekly Brainerd Dispatch for three weeks.
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State of Minnesota
Crow Wing
Annie Kramer
Watson S. Hills
Brainerd
Oaid
Minn
Local Advertisements Highlight Bargains and Services
A mosaic of 19th century ads and notices lists shoes from Bredfeld and Brainerd Mercantile Co. reductions at Rosenblatt's, Pine River bridge bids, and Sundberg silverware. Promotions for Mrs Dressen’s ice cream, Sundberg’s wares, and harness orders appear alongside rental notices at No 15 Fifth Street North.
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Reduction Sale at H Rosescrart's and More
Storewide reduction sale offers every article at cost for cash with delivery service. D Maugoney promotes cheap business options while building hardware and home goods are advertised at bottom prices. New Walker block location planned with soon opening and assorted items including housewares and ice cream specials.
Engineer Injured in Missouri Train Wreck
An Iron Mountain train engineer leaned from his cab and was seized by a mail catcher on a sagged pole. He was pulled from the engine through the window and fell beside the track as the train passed Williamsville, sustaining serious injuries.
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Missouri
Iron Mountain
Williamsville
Colossal Reticulated Python Teaser Dies in New Haven Home
Teaser, a large multicolored reticulated python owned by Mrs. De Granville Knox of New Haven, died recently. The Indian native measured eighteen feet when stretched and twenty seven inches around.
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