This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
4
Fragment from a Brainerd Minnesota newspaper shows a post office notice indicating second class mailing status and the editors and proprietors. It confirms publication details and location in the Brainerd area.
A mosaic of local items notes Smith & Winslow real estate and loans, South & Winslow rentals, Bane & Bane lamb, Mons Mahlum butter, Benson & Gray fish, cabinet photos, and dental work. Also mentions a June 23 World’s Monster Shows appearance, a July 5 picnic, police hire Alf Brockway, and Brainerd Knights of Pythias Memorial Sunday.
A special train of lumbermen from Illinois and Wisconsin passed through yesterday morning, guests of the Weyerhauser family. They traveled from Cloquet mills to the mills of the big lumber king at Little Falls. Engineer Robi. Gilby will receive the Master Mason degree tomorrow night with about forty Brainerd Masons expected to attend for a banquet and music. Maj. O. H. Havill, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, received an invitation to bring the local division to the G. A. R. encampment, with tents promised free if they attend.
Carl Taylor has been in the city this week trying to secure the release of his brother Jas G. Taylor who is serving a twenty day sentence for cruelty to dumb animals. The case was ruled by Justice of the Peace R B Coffin at Deerwood last week and funds to pay the fine have not been raised.
Store and service notices fill the page with prices and names. D M Clark Co. stores stoves and furniture. Mons Mablum sells butter. Cass postmaster C F H Walboom. Bane & Bane advertise spring lamb. Lemon Brothers Circus June 23. Atwood’s drug store offers a free bicycle chance. cabinet photographs at 169 per dozen. Community events include a progressive cinch party at Chenquatana Club. fishing trip by city officials. Little Falls hosts State Fire Association. jewelry store burglary at A E Veon’s. police plan to clear riverbank suspects.
The St Cloud Journal Press notes Brainerd bought the city park tent for the upcoming G A R encampment and plans to sell it to the next host town, joking about its possible fate. It also advertises the Visou Players opening at Sleeper Opera House June 21 with ticket prices and notes praise from various papers. Ladies with paid reserved seats get a free extra admission for opening night.
Railroad employees from Brainerd and Staples will hold their annual picnic in Detroit next Tuesday, June 22. Arrangements are complete and good weather is hoped for a grand outing with Detroit residents preparing new lakeside grounds and pavilions for the event.
Advertisement notes continued low prices due to bad weather for cabinet photographs at 1.50 per dozen. Includes a dryspae claim and mentions a 77 remedy for grip and colds and No 10 for dyspepsia, offered by all druggists at 25 cents.
Mrs Jane Anna Perey wife of Wm Perey general foreman of the N P car shops died Friday evening at her home No 35 9th street north after erysipelas following a two week fall from a step ladder that fractured her right wrist Funeral at M E church with Rev Opie and two other pastors and flowers from the employer and Epworth League Sympathy extended to the Perey family Also noted Anna Kopple 17 died of appendicitis and Mrs Gertrude J Rasmus 86 died at the residence of her daughter with funeral at her home Wednesday long time resident family records show.
Crowell's Grove near Dykeman school house hosts a large Fourth of July event on Monday July 5 with a bowery dance pavilion music, a daytime merry go round, a notable rag muffin display, and activities including speaking singing foot races sack races tug of war and a 2 30 baseball game. Citizens of Garrison urged to attend. Also a report from Menasha Wisconsin Evening Press praising Semon Bros show with acts by Little Edna Elliott brothers Van family Rajah KKinley and Bovalapus in a full tents program ending with high praise for a clean engaging performance.
A collage of short society notes lists residents and visitors traveling between Saint Paul Chicago Aitkin Staples Little Falls Lake City Wabasha Montreal Minneapolis Brainerd Duluth Stevens Point and Sauk Rapids. Names include D R Elder Frank E Early Carrie Morrison Biddie Reilly Jessie Rowan Leila P Johnson and many others with dates of travel or visitation.
Judge Hoffman joined Charles Ralston and Ella Ostram in marriage. H H Hoyt wed Anna Miller on Saturday June 12. James McPherson and Hellen Barrell married June 15. Licenses granted to John Wedin with Anna Anderson and Lacy Chapman with Lizzie Saddier.
The message promises that the Lemen Brothers World Monster Shows will display in Brainerd on Wednesday June 23 with a grand morning street parade ahead of both exhibitions. The notice appeals broadly to all who know circuses and have seen the sensational acts.
The Cass county records were transferred to the new auditor C E Griffith on June 15 after initial disputes with Auditor Tache. Treasurer Bryant received county funds totaling 11652 87 from Frater. A Fourth of July celebration at Dinwiddie’s point Garrison features a grand bowery dance and refreshments on July 5. A county seat location convention adjourned to June 21 at Ellis post office school house, with delegates to reconvene and vote. A state teachers training school opens July 12 at Brainerd with Magusson Olson Beckman Wilson. A Free Methodist camp meeting starts June 29 at Motley.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.