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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1885
Page
2
Brainerd Minnesota weekly issue with editors N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland notes official county affiliations for Crow Wing Cass and Itasca. Subscription terms listed as $1.50 annually in advance. Printed Thursday mornings with official post office entry as second class.
Fergus Falls announces new esthetic postal cards with a very delicate pink color for official correspondence. The change reflects a refined administration approach and aims to enhance municipal communications.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows considers locating a home for aged and disabled members in Fergus Falls. The decision rests on funding, community impact, and long term care plans.
Duluth claims sufficient post office business to justify a free delivery system yet fails to implement it because most houses in the Zenith City are not numbered. The city must brace for this missing detail before adoption.
A Dakota farmer plants his whole farm with watermelons while Potter county growers dedicate many acres to sunflowers for fuel use.
A St Paul Baptist minister named Riddell faced a loss of confidence from his congregation due to his excessive affection, ending his ministry as the church found him untenable for ongoing duties.
The mayor of Fargo orders police to shut all gambling houses and keep them closed. Sunday saloon closures are not being strictly enforced.
Love and Archer become proprietors of a planned Wadena newspaper. Love hails from Perham and will continue to live there, while Archer has recently moved from Illinois to join the venture.
A new Ohio law takes effect this month requiring all wages be paid weekly in cash, eliminating the traditional order-for-goods system that prevailed in mining and manufacturing districts. The change affects workers and employers across multiple industries and regional districts statewide.
The fastest railroad time on record was achieved by Mr. Vanderbilt on his New York Central, eighty one miles in sixty one minutes. A train is being prepared to cover nine hundred seventy seven miles to Chicago in exactly twenty four hours, aiming to rival the famed fast trains of the old country.
Dispatches report Young King, editor of the Caledonia D T Times, vanished mysteriously. He is rumored to have spent a large sum incognito in Fargo, observing public curiosity and grief with apparent interest.
Milwaukee roiled by the elopement of trunk dealer Charles Aithaus with the wife of Charles Destloff. She absconded with about $4,000 of Aithaus’s money while Mrs Destloff was left winless. Aithaus told a friend before leaving that his wife was too homely for him, while Destloff’s wife is described as very voluptuous.
Mayor Harrison claims his initial duty is to safeguard Chicago's material interests before moral reforms. He reportedly plans reform only in a later term, arguing three focus areas for the material needs and one for ethics. A Fifth district observer predicts political moves tied to a new St Paul organ and future offices, with current officials retaining key posts.
Mr Russell of Lake City was sent by the British government through Lord Melgund in Ottawa to recruit pilots for the Nile. The pilots were to pass examinations, but withdrawal of British troops from Egypt means their services are no longer required. An intimation promises reasonable compensation to the disappointed pilots.
Gladstone's budget failed on the second reading by 265 to 252, foreshadowing a new government as the ministry contemplates resignation or budget overhaul. Irish party backing may influence the coming election, with implications for Liberal fortunes and potential tensions with Russia.
It is believed that the staple commodity of sugar based the turning point. The low prices of the past two years are attributed mainly to the great amount of beet sugar made in Europe, and this is reported reduced some twenty per cent, this year.
Mr M W Cooke of Detroit Minn reports that the Canadian Pacific construction has driven many elk south into Minnesota. He notes plentiful moose in the forest north of the Northern Pacific line and records four reindeer killed during the past winter. Cooke is secretary of the Ornithological Society of the Mississippi Valley and pursues natural history.
The Riel family keeps a four inch nail framed with glass that Pope Pius IX allegedly sent to Louis Riel with a medal for his 1869 rebellion services. They claim the nail came from the cross of Christ and burn a light beneath it. Riel wears the medal on a necklace.
The secretary of the treasury ordered rescission of silver bullion purchases for coinage at San Francisco and Carson City after today. Standard dollar coinage will be confined to other mints. Today the treasury bought 210000 ounces of silver for delivery at the New Orleans mint.
The Selis Brothers boast a colossal quadruple circus with 200 all star artists in four rings. It features extraordinary acts and rare animals including blood sweating hippopotami rhinoceros and coal black African tigers. Brainerd will host the event on Tuesday June 16 in its full grandeur.
E V Smalley describes a ceremonial yet simple opening in the Supreme Court observed by twelve lawyers and spectators. Nine justices enter in black gowns led by the Chief Justice, the crier proclaims the court in session, and arguments begin with evident collegial ease. The piece notes varied chair comforts for each justice and compares the scene to a classroom lecture by a professor.
The Century essay argues Congress failed to dismantle the Mormon system yet asserts natural forces will erode polygamy. Railroads and mines will draw Gentiles to Utah, increasing monogamous unions. Growing intermingling with outside society will heighten perceived stigma among Mormon women, pressuring mixed marriages and weakening Mormon isolation. Persecution or law have failed. the only option is to let them be.
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