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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1896
Page
3
Brainerd Minnesota prints legal notices with fixed rates for 1886 under state law. The notice lists pricing for resolutions of respect and cards of thanks at three cents per line per insertion and notes publication offices in Brainerd.
A collage of brief items notes Smith & Winslow activities including loans, insurance and real estate. It lists summer closures, visits by residents from Detroit Minnesota and St Paul, new stoneware arrivals, sales at Sundberg’s and Bane & Bane’s, multiple travelers, school events, church services, and local business changes like D M Clark Co storage ads and a laundry sale.
J A Gilfillan of Brainerd urges readers to defend Pryde against accusations of lying about gambling. He cites witnesses and notes Pryde’s sincerity, urging a safer city for working men. Also advertised: Atwood & Johnson offer half-price sponges in their drug store.
At Friday night’s adjourned meeting the city council saw most members present excluding Aldermen Rienthal Smith and Bartlett. The financial report from the city clerk was read and accepted. Tribon and Deir were noted on a bill of war. Moorey entries for $3 and $12.75 for impounding cattle were reviewed. $5.25 was waived. Building & Loan Association sidewalk on Fifth Street was ordered raised. Water works matters involving Brainerd Water & Power Company were referred to the water works committee with city attorney in support.
The document lists grand and petit jurors for the upcoming term drawn by local officials. It also advertises Uniform Bank tickets to the Knights of Pythias Biennial Encampment in Cleveland with round trips from Chicago at 8.50 and travel dates August 23 24 31, plus notes on fast trains and dining service. The page includes bicycle repaving offers and a St. Cloud hardware supplier line.
James A. Porter age 16 dies at home in Crow Wing from typhoid fever. funeral held with Rev. R. C. Opie. Infant daughter of Alex Bacon dies at Pillager from cholera infantum. funeral next day. Philander Greene buried at Motley after preceding notice.
The message asks all veterans to notify N. M. Pare, Post Commander, about free quarters at the national encampment.
The B N M Railway schedules an excursion to Leech Lake for next Sunday August 2. The round trip fare is 1.00 with a 7 30 a m departure from N P depot Brainerd and 10 00 a m arrival at Walker. Visitors tour the reservation and a big lake voyage in the Flora with 250 capacity. Return from Walker at 8 p m arriving Brainerd 10 30 p m.
A meeting is planned at the municipal court rooms on Tuesday evening August 4 at 8 o’clock to organize a McKinley and Morris Club. The gathering invites all interested to attend as the purpose and benefits of the organization will be explained.
The Northern Pacific Library committee thanks the Northern Pacific Railroad picnic committee for contributing 38 dollars to the library and reading room fund.
The annual W C T U meeting elected officers for the coming year with Mrs Jesse Smith as president and listed detailed annual activities including meetings, prayers, lectures, visits, and donations. A district convention report and refreshments followed as members praised progress and invited more participation. A separate railroad excursion notice offered to Cleveland via Nickel Plate with discounted fares, plus a stove trade promotion from Herman & Co.
A committee of former New York comrades now in Minnesota and other western states announces a reunion of New York Veterans to be held in Ramsey County Court House Saint Paul Minnesota on September 3 1896 at 10 o clock AM. All New York state comrades and friends who served in New York organizations are invited to attend and those certain to be present should send a postal card to W C Lincoln Fergus Falls Minnesota.
Nickel Plate Road offers a round trip fare of eight fifty from Chicago to Cleveland for the Biennial Encampment at Cleveland August 23 to 30. Tickets go on sale August 22 to 24 on all trains and returnable by August 31. Information from J Y Calahan Genl Agent 111 Adams St Chicago Ill.
Advertising notice offering agents a 320 page Life and Speeches of McKinley with St. Louis Convention proceedings and party platform. Cloth copy $1.00, half morocco $1.60. 60 percent agent discount, 30 percent for prospectus, aim to sell 200 copies per town. Address J S Ogilvie Publishing Co New York.
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