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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1895
Page
8
Editors H Ingersoll and F W Wieland publish every Friday from Sleeper block Brainerd Crow Wing County Minnesota paid year subscription 1 50. Finest job printing office in the city enters second class matter at Brainerd post office.
Brainerd items list June 25 and 26 engagements. Mrs O H Reynolds from St Paul visits, J P Barney heads to Chicago for two weeks, Miss Carrie Morrison and Sadie Geer in town, Henry I Coney noted, Geo Woodling offers whips and oiled covers, tailor P F Mauer, boat launch planned on Gull Lake, baseball and bat giveaway at J F McGinnis Co, Mabelle Davis home from Minneapolis, various visits and travels including Kilbourn City and Little Falls, June 26 railroad picnic to Detroit, N E Paine advertises, and Jefferson Dramatic Club show postponed to June 22.
Mrs. Elder arrives from Owensboro while J R Smith joins W H Mantor Geo D LaBar and Dr W Courtney at the Fargo Sportsmen shoot. A water barrel sign debuts. Front street drains improved. Dr Courtney attends state medical meeting in Duluth. horse thief Curtis captured at Pine River. Brainerd hosts baseball vs Stillwater. Sleeper Opera House to host Jane with Anna Parker. Bishop Seidenbush dies in Richmond. rain aids crops. Larry McPherson Jr 21st birthday. Smith & Winslow form partnership in Brainerd real estate and insurance.
The graduating class holds commencement at the Opera House tonight with a full program. Address by Class President Wm A Spencer, orations by Geo H Smith and Earl P Mallory, class prophecy by Flo L Halsted, and valedictory by Ethel May Fulton.
The article praises the renowned horseman Albert Johnson as surpassing any rider past or present and urges a visit to Lemon Brothers World’s Best Shows. The big show is dated July 3 in Brainerd, with the community excited and plans to bring children.
The Brainerd board of trade meets with large attendance. President Parker leads routine business, discusses a 65 barrel daily grist mill plan on Tenth Street South, and splits delegates for a Minneapolis convention on Mississippi River navigation. New officers named, finances reported, and committees appointed for commerce, legislation, and membership.
In Brainerd Minnesota D R Elder of Brainerd and Miss Margaret Read wed at 3 30 pm Monday at the Read home 1010 Walnut St Rev Danley officiated Attendants were Charles Read and Nannie Funk Afterward the couple left for Cincinnati en route to Minnesota They expect a reception in Brainerd with about 160 guests later this evening Holm Olson and Hilda Olson married in Brainerd June 13 Groom a N P machinist They will reside here after a wedding trip Tracy D Veon son of Mr and Mrs A E Veon married Mary Taylor in Minneapolis The ceremony occurred at the Jenks residence They will live in Minneapolis The Veons attended from Brainerd
Brainerd nine set to clash with Stillwater at Athletic Park tomorrow at 4 PM with Bismark Willner and Charles McCarthy starting for Brainerd. Second game follows Sunday at 3 30 PM. Also reports New Lodge No 46 Degree of Honor AOUW formed in the city with 70 charter members and officers led by P C H Mrs O Reinhardt and Grand Chief of Honor Mrs A E Pennell.
Two men held for an assault on ex Alderman Titte on June 2 were discharged after motions by the county attorney due to insufficient evidence. Wm McNaughton, recently arrived from Aitkin, fined or jailed for vagrancy and appealing. Nell King known as Irish Nell arrested for cruelty to a adopted five year old boy, with jury trial set for Saturday. Florence Harris and Martin Lillibridge jailed on charges of keeping a house of ill fame and assault. Lillibridge pleads not guilty with trial underway. The Harris case to be taken up Monday morning with preliminary examination.
Peter Olson reappeared in Brainerd after a disappearance that sparked talk of suicide or foul play. His bat was found near the river and the Mississippi dredging failed to locate him. Olson claims he was robbed on a bridge and tossed into the river but escaped on the Dakota side while away on a Dakota trip. The day before his return his wife sought administration papers on his estate.
Lemon Brothers bring a double circus and hippodrome with premier horses and performers from Europe and America. A large menagerie of wild beasts and an aquarium of sea monsters headline a world touring show. Grand balloon ascensions and a spectacular street pageant promise large crowds for exhibitions on July 3 in Brainerd.
The Nickel Plate Road began a new service on Sunday May 19 offering three daily fast trains in each direction. Passengers enjoy superb dining car service no car changes between Chicago New York and Boston and uniformed colored porters in day coaches. The service promises clean cars and lowest rates with ticket agents or J Y Calahan general agent in Chicago for details.
Brainerd markets indicate future prosperity with rich timber, iron and gold mines, and proximity to the Mississippi. Lands near the city sell cheap with payments from two to ten dollars monthly, homes from three hundred dollars, and investors urged to inquire at Columbian Block, Brainerd, Minnesota.
Get a strictly all wool suit made to order for 13 dollars 50 cents and pants for 4 dollars at P F Mauers Sleeper block upstairs, offering a sharp value in tailored menswear.
A collage of shop notices shows Hoffman Bazaar packing up outfits on installments, J F Revarnish offering buggy care, M Hagberg pricing above cost, Erb's Fifth Street selling whips, Congdon’s varnish for wagons, J R Suir handling city property listings, Walker & Co selling fresh native beef, Elder offering hay stumpage, D M Clark & Co promoting bicycles and baby carriages, E C Bane & Co canned goods, City Meat Market's cuts, White's on Laurel selling stove ware and tinware, plus a Liberty Hose Co 3 ball at Gardner Hall and Dispatch ad boosts.
If you have a horse with sore feet or troubled with any disease of the hoof, use the Hygia Hoof Packing. Geo. Woodling keeps it.
Three horses strayed from a Gull Lake pasture on Monday May 20. A chestnut mare about 12 years old weighs 1200 pounds, a dark brown mare with star on forehead about 12 years old weighs 1100 pounds, and a white mare seven years old weighs 1300 pounds. Information should be left with A. Lessarp in Brainerd.
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