Train Schedule from South and West Departures
No 1 arrives from the south at 9 45 p m with west departures at 10 05 p m daily No 3 arrives from the south at 1 45 p m with west departures at 2 10 p m No 5 arrives from the south at sue p m with west departures at 2 10 p m daily except Sunday No 2 arrives from the west at 6 55 a m with south departures at 7 10 a m daily No 4 arrives from the west at 2 10 a m with south departures at 2 30 a m daily No 6 arrives from the west at 12 45 p m with south departures at 1 10 daily except
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Sue
Unday
Duluth
Local Ads Highlight Shops and Goods in City
Imported cigars, 5 cent prints, parasols at cost, and 1500 yards of lawn at Cohen Bros. Streets fill with sales notes from Parker's, Kentucky Liquor Co., Cohen Bros., Gardner's, and E. E. M. Smith. Mentions of races at roller rink, shipper Sells Bros. circus ad, and new saloon by A Mays. Also notes weather rain, deliveries, and branch store plans at Motley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen Bros
Webster seeks council approval for revolving swing in Gregory square
Brainerd items note Webster petitioning the council to permit a revolving swing in Gregory square. Other notices cover upcoming trips, circuses, new shops, a wedding, excursion fares to Portland, and local improvements. The issue of a dead paper and misstatements in The Northwest also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Gregory Square
Cohen Bros Stock Dress Sale Promises Wide Calico to Silk
Any lady wishing to buy a dress of any grade from a calico to silk should inspect Cohen Bros stock before buying. The notice urges careful inspection of available garments across the full range offered.
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Cohen Bros
Notice of Hotel Business Ownership Change
Having purchased the City Hotel and Restaurant business from Mr. E. A. Summers, I wish to notify the public not to allow any bills to be run in my name by anyone unless on my written order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hotel
E. A. Summers
Barroom prize fight ends with brawl and flight
Police describe a bar room fight at Jack Burns saloon on Front Street Friday morning between Dan Hurley and Jack Cohnan. Cohnan was badly cut and taken upstairs for care. Hurley, weighing 225 pounds, fled by morning train while the saloon door was barred to keep out officers. The Dispatch denounces the establishment for lawbreaking. Local ads show Day & Meagher bargains on straw hats and shoes. Church notices invite Sunday services at Baptist and Methodist congregations with sermons and dedications planned.
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Jack Burns
Front Street
Dan Hurley
Jack Cohnan
Cohnan
Hurley
Commission to locate third asylum tour to visit Brainerd
The commission to locate the third asylum for the insane will begin its inspection tour on the 20th of this month visiting candidate cities. Citizens should prepare to receive the committee in Brainerd with coordinated action. Local merchants advertise discounted footwear in a separate notice.
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Brainerd
Narrows and Daniels Wed in Brainerd Parsonage Several Guests Attend
In Brainerd on June 6 at the Methodist Parsonage Rev 8 White united A O Narrows and Annie E Daniels in matrimony. The couple, welcomed by many friends, begin life together with well wishes for happiness and prosperity. Special carpet inducements advertised at Day and Meagher.
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Narrows—Daniels
Methodist Parsonage
White
A. O. Narrows
Annie E. Daniels
Brainerd
Narrows
Mrs. Narrows
Day & Meagher
Sioux Chiefs Join Buffalo Bill Show at Brainerd
The party of famed Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull and other notable warriors passed through Brainerd Wednesday noon en route to Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. The group includes Crow Eagle Fool Thunder Friskling Elk and other distinguished figures among Dakota fighters. A new line of men’s neckwear is advertised at Day and Meagher’s.
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Brainerd
Buffalo Bul
Sitting Bull
Crow Eagle
Fool Thunder
Friskling Elk
Crow’s Ghost
Slow White Bull
Great Black Moor
Crow Short
Dakota
Lumbermen in 1872 timber theft to face hearing
Major Brackett arrived today from Deerwood on the Northern Pacific with Dan Archibald and Hugh J. Kane two lumbermen charged with stealing government timber in 1872. They will have a hearing before Commissioner Carey tomorrow.
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Major Brackett
Deerwood
Dan Archibald
Hugh J. Kane
Carey
Duluth Herald
Fights and fines mark city court session
Frank Delaney and James Mondy were fined 7.40 each for fighting. A disreputable house operator Mrs Gelena O Neil was arrested for selling liquor without a license and fined. C Sylvester was sent to ten days for drunkenness. John Conners paid 11.50 after an initial trial. Frank Whitford and Tom Hewett paid 7.40 each for a free fight. The Tift family faced a series of fines up to 22.60. Rees paid his, while Tift and sons appealed. Gull River and a Dade Day family dispute were before the court today with a jury trial ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelena O'Neil
Fourth Streets
Derocher
Fifth Street
John Conners
Ter
Leland
T. Hewett
Hewett
Conners
Tift
Chas. Rees
Wm. Tift
Rees
Joseph Tift
Mr. Tift and Sons
Gull
Brainerd Birth of a railroad town and its shops
A Brainerd historical sketch notes Superintendent Kimberly and a canoe expedition in 1870 that chose the town site for the Northern Pacific crossing. It highlights the Lake Superior and Puget Sound Company, early log huts, the naming of Brainerd after J Gregory Smith's wife, the significance of the NP shops, and a forthcoming Brainerd Dam Project to power mills and growth.
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Kimberly
Northern Pacific Railroad
Brainerd
Lake Superior and
Puget Sound Land Company
Northern Pacific Company
Carri
Mississippi
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Martin
St. Paul
Little Falls
Crow Wing
Lake Superior
Paget Sound Colny
Charles Daly
Stuart Seeler
L. P. White
Lake Superior and Paget Sound Company
J. Gregory Smith
Smithtown
Smithville
Brainerd Mand Dam Company
Gilbert Lake
Dakota
Duluth
Leopold the Boss Puzzle Delights Readers of Style Page
A dazzling word puzzle letter hints Leopold as the boss in fashion, inviting readers to decode a center anchored sequence. The gimmick shows the phrase Leopol d the boss arranged across multiple readable paths with variations in letter order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold
Boss
Mrs Millspaugh opens ice cream parlors on Front Street
Mrs C Millspaugh opens ice cream parlors in the Davis building located on Front Street between Seventh and Eighth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millspaugh
Davis Building
Front Street
C. Millspaugh
Davis
Brainerd Contest Wins $25 For Max Nicholaus
Max Nicholaus formerly of Simmons and Nicholaus, Little Falls, won a $25 purse at Brainerd last week by defeating their fleetest skater. It is noted he also beat his board bill while in town.
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The
Northwest
Brainerd
Tribune
Brainerd News
Northern Pacific
Wm. E. Montgomery
New York
Ithica
Montgomery
Maggie Powers
Wahpeton, D. T
Earth
E. J. Brownson
Baptist Church
Brownson
Evergreen Cemetery
P. Montgomery
Wm. Montgomery
D. P. Bigger
Max Nicholaus
Simmons & Nicholaus
Little Falls
Long Prairie Argus
Noiseless roller skates advertised for church collections
A newspaper ad touts noiseless roller skates for church trustees to facilitate aisle collections. It notes little practice required for graceful use and directs readers to contact the manufacturer for prices. Also mentions the Kentucky Liquor Co offering fine wines, ginger ale, porter, ale, and champagne near the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Liquor Co
Sixth Street
Champaign
The Circus for the Boy at Leopold Bros
A large Sixth street crowd waited as Leopold Bros opened a case of boys clothing. Sailor suits for ages five to ten sell at 2.50 each and children's waists at fifty cents. The crowd turned pleased, calling it a picnic and a circus for boys.
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Sixth Street
Leopold Bros
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Register
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NWA& Ne& Ney
NWA
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Ee King
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A. W. Frater
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P. H
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J. Schwinderman
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Asnre C. Davis
von Davis
11Th Judicial District
Leon E. Lum
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Thomas Norman
City of
Said County
Said City
M. Auerbach
C. Gotzian
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Annie C. Good
Cass County
C. H. Douglas
Hugh Riddle
Henry Leland
James Martin
P.O
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Office of
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J. E. Wison
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J. E. Winsox
D. H. Ribbel
Dextier
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Paquin
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Episcopal Church
M. McFadden
Register of Deeds and Insurance
Register OF Deeds
R K. Whitely
Brainerd Loan Agency
J. J. Howe & Co
J. L. Smith
H. M. Barron
M. P. Murphy
South Sixth Street
Wisconsin Central Line
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Union
Minneapolis
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Eau Claire
Stevens’ Point
Wampaca
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Milwaukee
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F. H. Anson
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Parker's
Geo. Perley
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E. L. Bennett
Ky. Liquor Co
F. H. Elvidge
T. 3. Hartley
Verndale
Metropolitan
Shupe
A. Mays
Wm. Martan
6Th Street
C. H. Conklin
Coln Bros
Turkey
Sells Bros. Circus
W.H. Cummings
L. F.& D. Road
L. J. Cale
Motley
B. F. Cale
Lonsdale
S. Walker
Summers
A. L. Hoffman
E. E.M. Smith
W.H. Titus
Gardner's
E. E. M. Smith’s
KB. A. Houstis
Maud
Frederickton
N. B
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Banker Root
Valley City
Curacoa
Doy d& Meagher’ S
Max Stevens
Kentucky Liquor Company
Day & Meagher’s
Nettie Richardson
Mr. Wm. Robinson
Paul Betters
Douglas
Portland
Maine
Bluff Avenue
Edith
C. E. Gray
Minnie Stemm
Reuben Gray
Gull Lake
Red Sand Lake
Hopper & Co
McFadden & Johnson
Sixth
Mille Lacs
Messrs
Brown and Glass
Wm. Shontell
Albert Rueb
Ruck
S. C. Fessenden
Fessenden
Day& Meagher’s
the Baptist Church
Northern Association of Baptist Churches
Day & Meagher’ S
BIC Indians
Frank Delaney
James Mondy
C. Sylvester
Frank Whitford
Tom Hewett
Treasury
Brainerd Illustrated
N. P
J. J. Howe & Co’s Mills
N. P. Sanitarium
Villard
Opera House
Col. C. B. Sleeper
Sociate
Brainera Brick Abroad
ER. Parker
Beene & Nevers
Post Office
S. Walker Prep
East Front Street
Oya
Royal Ct
West
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
N.Y
Saleby S
J. W. Koop
O. H. Hubbard
Brainer D
J. S. Gardner
Mill Track
E. W. Lynch
J.D. Barstow
Paine
Circus
Duce
Boston
One Price Clothing House
Ep. White
I. U. Ware
White & White, Contractors & Builders
FLAD
J. Dyer
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Laurel Streets
Swartz
Farrar & Forsyth’s
Sleeper
Taylors Addition
East Brainerd
Koop Bros
J. H. Koop
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