04 Jun 1886
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1886
Page
1
The notice lists arrival and departure times for Northern Pacific trains No 1 8 5 2 4 6 7 and mentions daily or except Sunday schedules. It also notes the Superior Inter Ocean suspension and lists various local items including a wedding report and political notes from Minnesota and Canada.
B O Kempfer stood trial for the murder of attorney P N Smith connected to a divorce secured for Mrs Kempfer. He was acquitted later. A note warns readers that an inside state news item about a Brainerd strike was printed below and misrepresented by correspondents.
A prominent Canadian Parliament member argues no half measures on fisheries, saying Canada will force the issue on the United States. He warns Washington to teach the Canucks that two can play at their game, threatening actions against U S fishing vessels and waters.
Millions of grasshoppers appear across Texas prompting farmers to fear widespread crop destruction. Officials urge quick action as the invasion threatens harvests and livelihoods.
The general land office bans filings of timber culture and desert land acts. The change reduces the land a single claimant can obtain from three quarters to one quarter of a section, impacting speculators and settlers alike.
The Moorhead News questions whether Knute Nelson agreed years ago with district leaders to stay out of this fall’s congressional race. It says there is no obligation to back Nelson against the people’s will and urges candidates to declare themselves if the majority prefers another.
The text contrasts writing and editing, arguing editors shape content by reading judging selecting dictating and altering, while those loudest about newspaper conduct often know least what they discuss.
The Duluth Herald notes Knute Nelson will be formally nominated for Congress by the Republican convention in Brainerd on June 30. It argues there is essentially no opposition, as any aspirant is deterred by Nelson’s dominance, and predicts no challenger will arise unless a disaster strikes Nelson in some dramatic event.
The Minnesota Academy of Science says Dakota was once forested twenty five thousand to thirty thousand years ago. The writer laments missed opportunity to live amid ancient forests and jokes about land uplift causing tax increases as a reason for timber loss.
For six months Ferguson of Grand Falls near Lewistown Maine weakened under doctors mystery. A strange choking symptom followed by a snake protruding from his mouth prompted his sister to grasp and pull the reptile free. The tail had grown into his body and tearing it away caused a fatal blood vessel rupture.
The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Minnesota opened at Faribault Tuesday morning with 160 delegates. Sixty new members received past official and grand lodge degrees. The grand master reported encouraging growth with fifteen new lodges organized in the year and total membership rising. Officers elected for the coming year include Grand Master S. G. Jones of Kasson and Deputy Grand Master H. C. Miller of St. Peter among others.
The supreme court declares amendments to the 1877 tax title laws made in 1881 unconstitutional. The ruling voids tax titles on land sold for delinquent taxes from 1877 onward unless the ninety day notice to the landowner was served and redemption occurred within that period. Owners may redeem by paying delinquent taxes plus interest to date to receive a clear title.
A delegate convention of the Republican electors of Minnesota’s Fifth district is called for Brainerd’s opera house on Wednesday June 30 1886 at 10 am to nominate a congressional candidate and conduct district business. Representation is based on one delegate per county plus one per 300 votes cast for Knute in the last election. counts listed for Beltrami Big Stone Crow Wing Douglas Hubbard Morrison Mille Lacs Norman Otter Tail St Louis Stevens Traverse Wadena and others.
The article notes ongoing debates over purity in baking powders and credits the Royal Baking Powder Company with delivering a completely pure product. It cites chemists Henry Morton and others endorsing its lack of impurities and claims higher manufacturing costs yet chemical analysis confirms it as the absolutely pure option.
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition opens August 23 and runs to October 2. Gen Manager Lewis B. Hibbard and Secretary W. G. Byron present a grand 366 by 366 foot pink Mankato stone and red brick building with terraces, a 160 foot tower, fireproof galleries, and space for 20 000 spectators. The exposition offers free space for exhibitors, six week viewing, and 103 classes across nine departments for machinery minerals textiles fine arts and more.
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