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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1889
Page
5
Pine City Lodge ball slated at the Armory on April 22. D. R. Craig travels to Washington to ensure Ben Harrison's proper installation as president. C. A. Pierce of Brainerd attends NP work on the McGillivray trespass case. Hazen Fuel Agent office hours and local sewings advertised. Dam repairs near $3,000 start soon under W. E. Seelye.
The Thirteen Club hosts a masquerade at the Armory next Monday evening with many prominent society figures planning to attend. A Minneapolis costumer arrives tomorrow with diverse costumes and will stay through the ball, coordinating from Mrs Pennell’s dressmaking rooms in the Hartley block. Supper will be at the Arlington Hotel. Entry requires invitations for gentlemen and the accompanying card for ladies. Elizabeth Kohlhaas, a child in the same family struck by diphtheria, died, with four other siblings afflicted or recovering. the family received community sympathy as Elizabeth was buried at Evergreen cemetery yesterday.
Northwest champion Patsy Cardiff heads to the Pacific Coast to fight Australian colored champion Peter Jackson. He will stage an exhibition at the opera house Saturday evening March 2. Cardiff is with manager trainer Prof. John Donaldson. San Francisco Club posts a 3000 dollar purse for the winner in a Marquis of Queensbury rules finish. Local talent also to perform. Tickets 50 and 75 cents.
An entertainment at the Opera House on Monday evening March 18 under the A O H will raise funds for the Parnell benefit. Proceeds support home rule in Ireland with vocal and instrumental music and a lecture by Rev Father Carr of Minneapolis. Admission 25 and 50 cents. Everyone urged to attend.
Inquire at residence between 6 and 9 pm about thirty tons of hay on marsh. Mrs. Saran L. Sleeper and Miss Laura Tanner of Little Falls are in the city visiting with the family of W. 8. Martin.
Emma Zottman and Mary Otto, ages 13 and 14, were lured from Brainerd by J C Bell Bly and accomplice John Shupe to St Cloud with promises of acting careers and pay. They were followed home, Shupe jailed, Bell and Bly at large, while Zottman’s stepfather Fred Zottman and others pursued answers. The Brainerd school board loan rumor is denied. officials say a Monday meeting is needed.
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