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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1896
Page
4
Editors and proprietors entered at the Brainerd Minnesota post office as second class matter indicating publication status for local readers.
Smith and Winslow business items on loans real estate rental and housing. Many short notes about residents like J H Koop visiting St Cloud and Mrs E R Regan visiting Verndale. D M Clark Co stores summer storage misfit carpets stoneware lard and houseware ads plus travel and personals from Brainerd Minnesota with various names and dates.
A collection of brief items reports a republican rally in St. Cloud headlined by Judge Page Morris with A F Ferris and C E Chiperfield in attendance. It lists a YMCA lawn social July 2 with ice cream and cake, housing moves for Chas McCarthy and A E Fritz, a new photo gallery partnership, a Brainerd banker’s visit, a fire at Campbell ranch, local job transfers, G A R camp fire plans with Ignatius Donnelly, and various county officials at Pryde execution. Additional notes cover a Knights of Maccabees installation, a school director election in Cass county, a yeast company promotion, and several other regional briefs.
The Brainerd & Northern excursion to Leech Lake planned for tomorrow is postponed to Sunday August 2 due to cool weather. Train departs Brainerd at 7 am and returns in the evening with a $1 round trip rate. Hoffmans second store offers furniture purchases trades for new goods or complete coherent outfits on installments.
The Uniform Bank Biennial Encampment in Cleveland runs August 23 to 30. Nickel Plate Railroad will sell round trip tickets from Chicago Aug 22 to 24 at 8.50, $1.50 cheaper than competing routes, valid on all trains to Aug 31. For details contact J Y Calahan Chicago.
A red cow with white on the flank and head is missing since Friday July 17. Horns have been sawed off close to the head. Report any information to A. Lessarp.
Passengers traveling via Nickel Plate Road to Cleveland for the Biennial Encampment Knight of Pythias Uniform Ranks receive inducements. Travel promises a smooth road, quick time, modern comforts, and fares $1.50 lower than competitors. Tickets go on sale August 22 28 24 at 8 50 from Chicago to Cleveland with return until August 31. J Y Calahar Genl Agent Chicago Ill
Rev. D. D. McKay united Thomas Russell and Maud Parry at the Presbyterian parsonage with Ruby Maddock and Herbert Thompson as attendants. The couple shared a wedding supper at the Globe Hotel. Rev. R. C. Opie tied the knot for E. M. Warren and Ella M. Jabarus, the groom an engineer with Pine Tree Lumber Co. in Little Falls. The Redfield ceremony united L. A. Lajoie and Cora E. Walters. they will arrive in Brainerd Saturday afternoon.
Edna Wang died Monday from cholera infantum with funeral held yesterday. Eddie Ankeny, 3, died Tuesday from cholera infantum and funeral was Wednesday. Ruth Drennan died at Bay Lake on Wednesday aged 80 from stomach inflammation. funeral yesterday. Philander Greene, an old soldier, dropped dead on Gull Lake road while returning home from the city with blueberries.
Members posted scores at the regular shoots on July 15 and July 22. Brown finished with minus 12, White minus 10, Mantor minus 7, McCabe four, McIntosh twelve, and Westfall minus 20.
Uniform Bank at Cleveland and Nickel Plate road announce round trip tickets from Chicago to Cleveland for August 22 23 and 24 at 8.50, return by August 31, saving 1.50 versus other lines. Fast train sleeping cars and dining service, agent J Y Calaban Chicago IL. Also various advertisements for cook stoves bicycle repairs and McKinley speeches books.
Judge Morris was born in Lynchburg Virginia on June 30 1853. He studied at the Virginia Military Institute and earned a law degree by age 19. He taught and studied law in Virginia and Missouri before practicing in Duluth since 1886. He served as municipal court judge from 1889 to 1892 and later became city attorney. He was appointed district court judge by Governor Clough after Judge Lewis resigned.
The article breaks down the origin of the 16 to 1 ratio by comparing coin weights. It notes the silver dollar at 412 grains with 371.25 grains pure silver, and the gold dollar at 25.8 grains with 23.22 grains pure gold. The computed ratio is 15.988 to 1.
The Transcript notes C A Towne faced a cool reception as he pivoted from sound money to free silver. It claims his speech exposed personal apology for his flop and warned that both Republicans and new allies doubt his motives. The piece suggests Towne lost GOP support and will face an unwary fall campaign.
Two years after his election on a sound money platform, Charles A Town e abandons his pledge and votes with free silver forces led by Populists and Democrats. The tract questions motives, influences, and whether he deceived Sixth district Republicans before taking his seat in Congress.
If you travel east or south and need trip costs timings and reasons to choose The Burlington, write to W. J. C. Kenyon at G. F. & P. A. St. Paul Minnesota and receive by mail a letter detailing exactly what you want. Reclining chair cars free seats, Pullman compartments and standard sleepers dining cars with meals from 25 cents.
Fragmented OCR shows numerous time codes and directions such as 11:40 a m 10:40 a m and GOING NORTH with scattered numbers. The readable fragment suggests a transit timetable snippet lacking a coherent event or full details.
Whidden Graham argues against free coinage and silver monometallism, warning it would devalue savings, raise prices, and destabilize trade. He urges voters to oppose currency debasement and support a stable, honest dollar to protect debtors, creditors, and working wages.
The speaker warns that millions of farmers and workers would rush to withdraw savings if a move to a silver standard occurred. He posits banks’ limited cash liquidity and that most depositors would wait until after a silver basis decision to access funds, illustrating the potential chaos.
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