Westfall’s store intrigue and local notices headline
Local notes report visits from F. O. Snyder in Wheeling and Lyman Moorey from the Duluth News, court actions in Five streets, and community events including a Baptist picnic at Sylvan Lake. Businesses tout Royalton flour, Bradbury McGinn groceries, and Westfall’s fall stock sale with 60 day reduced prices.
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Sylvan Lake
Royalton
Bradbury & McGinn’s
6Th and
Laurel Streets
E.M. Westfall
No. 38
Front Street
Westfall’s
Villard Hotel Proprietor Tracks Her Path in Duluth
C Leland of Brainerd, owner of the Villard Hotel, is in Duluth observing her rise toward prominence as reported by the Duluth News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Leland
Brainerd
Duluth
Duluth News
Catholic committee to publish facsimiles of Turgeon handwriting
In Brainerd on July 29, 1886 the Catholic committee states it will publish facsimiles of Nathalie Turgeon’s attempts at imitating Father Vandry’s handwriting if necessary.
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Brainerd
Catholic Committee
Nathalie Turgeon
Father Vandry
Tae Carnolie Committee
Brainerd Butchers Buy Live Stock. Locomotive Changes noted
Brainerd butchers purchase many beef cattle in Morrison county. K D Long becomes conductor of the Little Falls and Dakota freight train. K B Paine of Brainerd meat market buys fifty hogs from the Live Stock Co. on Monday. Conductor Kilpatrick takes an extra run on the Little Falls and Dakota to haul construction supplies for the Minneapolis and Pacific road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd Butchers
Morrison County
Long
Little Falls & Dakota
Paine
Brainerd
Live Stock Co
Kilpatrick
Little Falls
Dakota
Minneapolis & Pacific Road
Brainerd News Notes and Local Purchases
Will L Northfoss traveled to Brainerd on business Tuesday night. Wm Patterson of Brainerd visited friends here last week. Northern Pacific express removes free delivery at this point. C G Crosby of Brainerd bought No 10 block 7 in Peake addition to Wadena and will build a dwelling soon. He is married and plans to reside here. reputed printer by trade.
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Badger O. Peterson
Laura M. Peterson
Mortgagor
Clarence E. Lum
Mortagee
Register of Deeds
Crow Wing
Minnesota
Court House
Brainerd
Crow Win
Alli
Will L. Northfoss
Wm. Patterson
Northern Pacific Express Company
C. G. Crosby
Peake
Wadena
M. D. Everest
Maggie McArthur
White Earth
McArthur
F. AO. Sibley
Joe Guyot
New York
Plymouth Rock
Benjamin Franklin
Waddleton
Dacotah
Estel the
D. T.) Bell
Death of Joe Bungo A Leech Lake figure
Joe Bungo a prominent Leech Lake resident died suddenly near the Crow Wing river while blueberry hunting with family. He reportedly suffered heart trouble and died en route to his Leech Lake burial. Bungo owned a large general store at Leech Lake and was known as a wealthy local figure.
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Joe Bungo
Leech Lake
Crow Wing
Bungo
Mr. B
Superior City
Wisconsin
Motley Cor. Verndaie Journal
Circus critique warns Cole’s is no exception
The writer argues circuses vary only in degree and condemns the city for licensed shell games run by sharpers at Cole's circus. The crowd is described as orderly and it calls for stopping gambling schemes to protect citizens from loss. The piece urges future circuses not to host licensed gambling.
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Globe
Richard
St. Tanis
Cole
Gull River News Briefs and Local Notes
The saw mill shut last Wednesday due to a dam washout. C A Ruffee had cattle killed by lightning. Ben Fisher moved to Detroit. Jonathan Chase greeted Gull River friends. It reached 98 degrees last Saturday. Harvesting starts next week. wheat looks good, oats blighted. Dan Robinson welcomed his first daughter last Monday. Local tensions with Indians over blueberry raids blamed for fence damage and crop losses. F G Sundberg advertises cost sale on watches jewelry and more.
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C. A. Ruffee
Ben Fisher
Detroit
Jonathan Chase
Gull River
Dan Robinson
Dan
County Board Actions and Notices in Cr a w Wing Regions
The minutes note R. K. Whiteley appointed as acting county surveyor during Relfs absence and Gardner assigned to install two new bridge signs at the Mississippi crossing. Bills for assessing Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties approved pending attorney review with specified payees. Funds allocated to transport two paupers from Fort Ripley to New York. The board adjourned to Sept 7 as the equalization work continues.
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Brainerd
Minn
Board of County Commissioners
C. B. Clouse
Fort Dna
W. A. Smith & Co
Booth
Dennnon
Otdkntals J
Gardner
Pioneer Press Co
W.A. Smith & Co
Goois
Brainerd Water Company
R. K. Whiteley
W. A
Brainerd Dispatch
Sta- Scot
Ais
Garascote
D. H. Hughey
Mille Lacs
Babantyeoaeke
P. Mertz
Hamburg
Louis Wicks
C.cross
Long Lake County
A. W. Miller
Ess
Dasciaenere
P Farrar
O. H. Havill
Municipal Court
D. D. Smith
Apie
T. Harris
Sko Wesnies
A. L. Snow
C. M. Headerg
Frank Schmeltz
L. J. Cale
Munic- Sire Coong
C'S
Ans Ca
F. C. Kerr
Mupe
Geo Halliday
Mu- Orgri
Oxo
Ana
I. A. Averill
J.H. Koop
Mu- Dicipal Coull
Cerereess
W. A. Smith
Cass County
Gilbert Lake
Mississippi River
Crow Wing
Cass
Itasca
C. A. Ruffee
W. E. Seelye
Itasca County
Ed Mahan
County Revenue Fund
Fort Ripley
New York City
Pampas cattle count twenty million in famed herds
The cattle of the Pampas are valued at twenty million, tracing to a bull and eight cows brought by two Portuguese brothers in 1553. Crossing with finer stock occurs near Buenos Aires while old herds remain ill shaped and unattractive.
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Pampas
Buenos Ayres
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DAY & Meagher
Isale
Meacher
Frank Jarboe, Jeweler
Fredonia
H.S. Totton
Sleeper Block
Deitelbach
Spragu
T. L. Blood & CO
Toloan
Brainerd Loan Agency
Brainerd Furniture Co
Fifth
Front Streets
A. L. Hoffman
Clarence E.lum
Robert K. Whiteley
Marietta A. Whiteley
Rulah A. Ferris
Bucan A. Ferns
Mortgagee
Hoxtranp & McClenanayn
Jon Wines
Jasper E. Cheney
Peter Cheney
Sauk Rapids
Benton County
Angee
Sai County
Said County
J.B. Douglas
Wantey
N. D. Thompson Publishing Co
St. Louis
Gol
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Crow Wing County
Cass and
N . H. Ingersoll, F. W. Wieland
Editors and Proprietors
Minneosta
Marter
Smith
Cale
Justin
F. O. Snyder
Wheeling
A. V. Snyder
Jelly
Lyman Moorey
The
H.5. Totton
Minnetonka
Wm. Dresskell
Michigan
Fred Sundberg
M. McLaren
Canada
Jim
May Harrison
Coats & Buckman
F. L. Mattison
Don Holland
John Hughes
Fifth Street
Bradbury & McGinn
Kelly
Minneapolis
John Witham
Julia Ellis
Reform School
Joan
S. Blueberries
W.W. Babcock
Grand Central Hotel
St. Cloud
Dollie Phalen
Chicago
Jennie Atkinson
Hastings
City
D. M. Clark
6Th
Alden
Bradbury and
Macinn’s
Smith's
Fifth and
Westfall
Clara H. Smith
Illinois ‘Temperance
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Gull Lake
Congress
Boston
Leopold Bros
H. McGinn
Smith’s
J. F. McGinnis
East Brainerd
Montana
Slipp Bros
John Turin
Ellen Duchane
Stockton
Kansas
A. W. Frater
A. W
Bell Wagner
Matilda Gilbert
Third Street
the Globe
Charles Gray
United States
Cardoza
Detroit Record
Evergreen Cemetery Association
L. P. White, Sr
Little Falls Transcript
Max
F. G. Sundberg
the Board of County Commissioners
Relf
J. E. Wisox
County Board of Equalization
Hartley Farm
C. L. Spaulding
Lumberman’s Exchange Bank
L. J. Cale’s
Westfalls
Field, Thayer & Co
Timothy
Clover
Board of Education
A. Mahlum
Baltimore
N. B. Kelly
First Congregational Church
Bro. Kelly
Lord Jesus Christ
M. K. Pasco
H. C. Craie
Holyoka
Mass
Tueree
Ong
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
N. Y
Saleby S.& J.W Koop
Bua
Bao Od O
E. W. Lynch
Sixth Street
Paine’s Market
Sixth Street South
K.S. Paine & CO
Platt & Co’s
Seymour
Sherwood
Towne-Mcfadden Bloch
Ane
E. O. Webb
Lake View
Klag Herg
M. Bacberc
Odd Fellows Block
Harness Shop
Laurel
D. W. Whitford
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