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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
8
Local notes cover Mrs Hays visiting Brainerd friends and a circus coming July 3. Mentions of Geo Woodling harness shop sales, a sale of hats and clothing, travel of Mrs Veon, and Brainerd council items. Includes baseball news on Robert Wilber joining Brainerd, the Kan sas City Journal party, and Frank Howe signing with Chicago under Captain Anson.
The Brainerd Reserves meeting last Saturday elected Harry Marx manager Vernie Anderson secretary J M McDougal treasurer. The team includes D Blandy H Schelp W E Frost H Summers J Gabion I Butler G Getters F French Geo Johnson and P Willard. The club ordered new suits.
On Friday evening, June 14, the graduating class will hold commencement exercises at the opera house with the public invited. Baccalaureate services follow next Sunday evening at the Congregational church with Rev. Edmonds delivering the sermon. The senior class picnic occurred Wednesday at Gilbert Lake with a fine lunch and enjoyable time.
A street brawl near the Eighth street railroad crossing left Joseph Rasch and John Miller knocked down. Rasch slashed with a knife, wounding Herman Titze who was treated at Dr. Hemstead and Dr. Grove before hospital care. Corbett, Atkinson, and Murphy fled and were arrested. Titze, an ex alderman, is recovering.
The Brainerd Gun Club gears up for its fourth annual shooting tournament set for June 27 and 28. The event will attract many sportsmen from across the country to the city, with liberal purses and prizes. The club grounds are touted as among the finest in the northwest and easily reached by streetcars.
Monday June 17 Sleeper hosts Jane a top French farce and successor to Private Secretary. Miss Anna Parker stars in the title role with Mr Gustave Froham’s best company delivering quiet artistic yet hugely funny performance. Audience laughs numbered in the hundreds per show.
At the regular monthly meeting the Hook and Ladder Co elected H. McGinn as Foreman Jacob Paine as 1st assistant Frank G. Hall as 2nd assistant J. W. Bailey as Secretary and A. L. Hoffman as Treasurer A committee was appointed to arrange purchase of new suits.
Figaro of Paris suggests strict rules for pedestrians and cyclists. Pedestrians would get a bell and signal horn and wear a lantern at night. He also calls for leveling France to ease cycling, abolishing cyclist tax while taxing pedestrians, and fines or transportation for causing a cyclist to fall due to negligence.
The regular meeting of the Board of Trade is set for next Monday evening to elect officers and conduct other vital business. Members are urged to attend.
If your horse has sore feet or hoof disease, use Hygia Hoof Packing. Geo Woodling stocks and sells it for remedy and care of hooves.
Mr D R Elder of Brainerd Minnesota will marry Miss Margaret Read of Owensboro on June 10 at 3 p m in the bride’s home. The couple will depart at 4 for Minnesota. Elder, a prosperous businessman, is connected with J M Elder in insurance and real estate.
The notice urges all residents to assist the enumerator in collecting the required data. It lists questions on name, age, sex, color, birth place, residency duration, occupation, employment time, Civil War service, and parentage including foreign birth. Citizens are reminded to list all eligible persons and provide accurate details.
The town reports good rains boosting crops while announcing the 4th of July celebration at J F Dykeman's. Emma Cofield returns from Annandale. Ed Hall family move from Wisconsin to settle here. Wolves menace area sheep. a note of $50 and a $65 exchange dispute noted in a journal article. Brainerd nines defeat Browns 14 to 7 at Athletic Park with Page and McCarthy shining. Sunday’s 14 to 3 win boosts Brainerd momentum. Weekend matches with Stillwater loom large. crowds expected for June 16 and 17 games at 4 PM and 3 30 PM.
The Brainerd area sits at the center of Minnesota growth with rich water power on the Mississippi, large local mills, Northern Pacific shops, nearby mines and forests, and a productive farming belt. Land prices are affordable with homes from 300 dollars and lots from 25 dollars, payable monthly via easy terms. Inquiries to Jno M Johnson in Brainerd.
The piece cites a Philadelphia Press notice on psycho physical culture defined as exercises driven by mental force without weights. It describes gymnastic motions performed with a mental image of resistance, claiming comparable muscular effort with no strain, and notes that most pupils are women, while men may view it as nonsense.
An old classified notice invites readers to patronize Distarca for job work and advertising. C B White on Laurel street offers stove furnishings, tinware, granite ware and copper ware at low prices. Re varnish your buggies annually at Congdon's.
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