Brainerd Dispatch Engraved in Crow Wing Area Publicity
Brainerd Dispatch is an official paper of Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties. It is issued every Friday morning in Brainerd Minnesota. Annual subscription rate is 1.50 dollars in advance. Editors and proprietors are N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland. It is entered at Brainerd post office as second class matter.
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Brainerd
Minn
F. W. Wieland
Crow Wing, Cass
Itasca Counties
Minnesota
Marter
General Grant Dies As Nation Mourns
Gen Grant is dead and the country mourns as leaders declare a period of national sorrow with ceremonies planned nationwide. Flags are lowered to half mast and officials announce a day of remembrance. Public figures express condolences and long service is remembered.
Newspaper Pioneer John Wetzell Seeks Little Falls Post
DeLacy Wood has published five issues of the Sauk Rapids Free Press and already discusses towns eager for him to launch new papers. Wetzell plans to move within three months to take the Little Falls post office assignment.
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John Wetzell
Little Falls
DeLacy Wood
Sauk Rapids
Royalton Record Makes Early Strong Impression
The first issue of the Royalton Record by Chas. C. Brown shows a neat appearance and potential for success if the editor maintains this quality. Little Falls merchants are already liberal patrons of its columns.
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Royalton Record
Chas. C. Brown
Little Falls
Ex-Post Office Worker Jackson Linked to Dismissal Plot
The article states Jackson, a former St. Paul post office employee, filed the charge that led to Collector Bookwalter’s firing. The motive was to advance Hay of Fergus Falls, with Kelley in Washington at the time, explaining part of the scheme’s failure.
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Jackson
St. Paul
Bookwalter
Hay Ofergus Falls
Kelley
Washington
Government orders curb clerks on land entry forms
The democratic administration directs land offices nationwide to stop supplying district court clerks with final proof homestead or preemption blanks. It is unclear if all such duties will move to land offices, which may become democratic in time.
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United States
District Court
Brain erd Correspondent Rivalry Sparks Small Town News
A playful portrait of Brain erd where rival would be reporters clash over town happenings. One sender praises and another debunks, while some residents claim officials are chosen fairly and others feel contentment.
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Globe
Brainerd and Duluth Protests Over Brackett Visits
Duluth and Brainerd residents express growing anger at frequent visits by Marshall Brackett to Brainerd. Crowds oppose being hauled to St Paul and forced to return with a tie pass. Local sentiment seeks unison in the protest.
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Duluth
Brainerd
Marshall Brackett
St Paul
Editor warns collectors in Arizona paper notice
The Red Gulch ies editor blasts overdue subscribers with a sharp editorial, promising immediate collection efforts and a new brace of Colts for slow payers, signaling firm action.
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Red Gulchies
Arizona
Colt’s
Not His After All Umbrella Mix Up
A humorous exchange reveals a mistaken umbrella claim. One man suspects ownership by another, citing an ivory handle as proof, while the second party asserts the umbrella was left by a burglar who stole much of the family silver, clearing his possession.
Quebec Sinks After Reef Run Off Bearlake Channel
The Quebec left Duluth last Monday with flour and coal cargo. After drifting into Wilson's channel due to dense smoke she grounded on reefs. Passengers were evacuated by the Ontario and a strong wind later sank the vessel in twenty fathoms. Cargo valued over 60,000 dollars, insured.
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Quebec
Duluth
Ult
Marie Wednesda
Bearlake
Wilson’s Channel
Ontario
Sarnia
Leech Lake Outbreak Rumor Discredited by Globe Report
Globe correspondent visits Gull Lake camp to verify rumors of Pillager Indian unrest near Leech Lake. Traders say no knowledge of trouble exists. a dam fire at Leech Lake river dam is unclear but not linked to violence. Brainerd sees daily arrivals from Leech Lake amid local discontent over flood damage.
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Globe
Leech Lake
Gull Lake
Leech Lake River
J. H. Hallett
Brainerd
The Old Brown Jug Mortgage Mystery
In Oxford county Maine a farmer recalls his father leaving him a mortgage on the farm and a bottomless jug. His wife Mollie proposes clearing the debt by limiting spirits to those fit in the jug. After years of restraint, a missing bottom reveals the true source of the mortgage and a life changed by temptation.
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Oxford County
Maine
Mollie
Charles
Fretett
Grasshopper Soup from the Indians at Rancho Chico
The Chicago Enterprise reports a peculiar method used by local Indians to trap grasshoppers near the Rancho Chico sheep camp. In a funnel pit three feet wide and deep, bands drive hoppers into the hole, then roast them with hot stones in a sack. A young buck calls the insects tastier than white shrimp, while Gen. Bidwill likens the roasted grasshopper to quince preserves for Diggers.
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Chicago Enterprise
Chico Creek
Rancho Chico
Pithele
Gen. Bidwill
Digger
The Jug That Brought a Family Back From Debt
A man recalls a broken life after alcohol ruined his finances and love. A mother comforts their child as he witnesses a mortgage cascade and the ruin of debt. He destroys spirits, mortgage clears in five years, and the jug becomes a warning tale passed to their children.
Itasca County Vote Claims Surpass Census Figures
The Duluth Herald notes that despite a census showing 227 residents in Itasca County the local voting scene suggests thousands of potential voters, implying a larger latent electorate than official counts indicate.
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Duluth
Itasca County
The Sham and the Real in Baking Powder Imitations
A critique of counterfeit household products mimicking Royal Baking Powder. The piece argues imitators hype equal quality, but genuine Royal remains superior, noting attempts to prove sameness through selective analysis and chemist endorsements while the real article stands apart.
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Ublic
Stop That Cough By Dr Frazier's Throat Balm
Stop that cough with Dr Frazier's Throat and Lung Balsam praised as the sole cure for coughs colds hoarseness and throat and lung diseases. Many families swear by its power after use. Sold in small bottles for 75 cents by FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Cleveland Ohio and F M Cable & Co.
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Dr. Frazier
Frazier Medicine CO
Prop’r
Cleveland
Ohio
F. M. Cable & Co
How General Grant Saved the Neck General BR. E. Lee
A Civil War anecdote recounts General Grant racing from the National Hotel to the War Department to press Secretary Stanton on arrest warrants for Lee and other leaders. Grant cites his parole pledge and demands cancellation, sparking a tense exchange that kept Lee and his men free and unresolved whether the billiards game ended.
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Grant
BR. E. Lee
Lee
Sherman
Washington City
Jefferson Davis
Fortress Monroe
Edwin M. Stanton
Rawlins
National Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
War Department
Coonel Berrell
Sue Denin
Quartermaster’s Department
Rucker
Ans
Barrell
Stanton
Appomattox Court House
General Grant
Secretary of War
Colonel Barrell
N. F. Cor
Philalphia Times
Animal Language and the Cultivable Power of Communication
An essayist argues animal language is cultivable, citing barnyard talk and responsive sounds from hens horses and birds. He recalls episodes with a horse, cows, a Morgan, and a laughing rooster, noting tails and vocalizations as forms of communication.
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Morgan
Gough
Dan
Hens and their Brooding Ways Compared by Old Editor
A columnist recalls chicken breeds and their nesting habits. The sparky Biddy is praised for steady brooding while Plymouth Rock Brahma and Leghorn are critiqued for lack of patience or wrong behavior. The note cites brown game and black topknots as model mothers.
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John
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Gastronomical Nomenclature Turns Funny in a Restaurant
A New Jersey man at a Broadway restaurant balks at foreign menu terms, requests a simple supper of roast beef and baked potatoes, and struggles with French dish names. He misreads haricots de porc and jokes about coats getting away while waiters bring Boston baked beans. The tale blends humor with muddled language and social banter.
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New Jersey
Broadway
Boston
A Granger
N. Y. Herald
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N. H. Ingersoll
Editors and Proprietors
Gen. Grant
Man
Georgia
Fogg
Soston
J. J. Howe & Co
J. L. Smith
H. M. Barron
M. P. Murphy
South Sixth Street
S. Walker Prep
East Front Street
Cleveland, Ohio
Lorillard
PLAC
Beene & Nevers
Lumbermen’ S
Sixth Street
Post Office
K. Parker
Front Street
Sixth Street South
K. S
Pain K
Odd Fellows’ Block
Hagberg & Honnett
Macberg & Honnett
E. W. Lynch
J.D. Barstow
Lynch & Barstow
Paine’s
J. McCallum
Front Street Bet
Ceneral Land Office
C. B. Sleeper
Sleeper’s Addition
Laurel and
Sixth Streets
D. W. Whitford
N. McFadden
C. D. Johnson
IN Brainerd
Front‘Street
Waire E
J. A. Waits
White & White, Contractors & Builders
S. Walker
A. Summers
Dettelbach
Kentucky Liquor Co
H. S. Totton
Sleeper Block
Williams
William
Wisconsin Central Line
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
New Richmond
Chippewa Falls
Eau Claire
Stevens Point
Waupaca
Neenah, Menasha
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Union Depots
Nicollet House
Block
East Third St
Merchant's Hotel
St. Paul, Minn
Milwaukee, Wis
F. A. Finney
F. H. Anson
Northwestern Pags
G’r
Minneapolis, Minn
Northern
Pacific
Saint Paul
Minnesota Dakota
Montana
Idaho, Washington Territory
Oregon
British Columbia, Puget Sound
Alaska
Pullman Palace
ST. Paul and Portland
Yellowstone Park
St. Pan Ming
McNaughton
Delrepe
Blacksmith
Kingwood Street
GEO. P. Poeel
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St. Printing House A
New York
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