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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1895
Page
8
A compilation of short items: visits and travels by residents, business openings and moves, a bill introduction for Cass county road funding, post office moves, court subpoenas, local sales and services, accidents, social events, and upcoming lectures. Includes names such as Miss Bessie Robinson, Mrs. Murphy, S. H. Parker, and J. Dewar, with places like Brainerd, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Cass county.
J H Koop leaves for Chicago on business with a dry goods store. J A Wilson attends a State Teachers Reading Circle meeting in St Paul. Watch and jewelry repairs urged at Mowrey jewelers next to the post office. The First Baptist pastor discusses Principle and St Patrick works in upcoming services. Mrs Sleeper and Mrs Smith travel from Minneapolis. Mrs Smith returns home. The legislature considers court date changes in the 15th district. Conductor Baxter departs for Hawaii then San Francisco with a March 7 steamer Mariposa departure. Poverty social at Mrs M Fadden’s features unique costumes and prizes. City Attorney McClenahan in St Paul discusses electric plant power rental. Brainerd seeks contract terms. P F Maurer moves offices to Sleeper Block March 1.
Mr and Mrs A P Farrar held a Tuesday evening reception for their son F A Farrar and his accomplished bride returning from a wedding tour. Assisted by Mrs Potter and Mrs George Forsyth, the parlors displayed American Beauty roses and smilax with light refreshments served as a steady stream of guests filled the rooms from seven to eleven.
Eleven men were arrested Wednesday night at Kinkill's and Parson and Swanson's saloons on gambling charges. They were arraigned in municipal court and the cases were continued until Saturday morning. The men deny gambling, saying they were merely playing cards for treats, while the saloon proprietors deny wrongdoing and defend the arrests as enforceable law.
About 50 workers at the Northern Mill struck last Friday after refusing a night crew to handle extra logs. The company filled vacancies with repaired shop workers and temporary hires from Minneapolis, with no violence reported and operations resuming quickly.
The piece traces calendar reforms from Rome to England, noting March as the year’s start in early systems and its link to spring. It mentions France and Scotland shifts, and urges travel with a Burlington Route recommendation, providing contact details for maps and timetables.
Mrs. Anna Capistrant of Crow Wing county died of consumption at St. Gabriel's hospital at age 22 leaving a seriously ill two year old. Dorothy M. Mantor died February 27 from heart failure and was burned February 28. James K. Bell, age 68, formerly of Brainerd and Ohio veteran, died in LaCrosse Wisconsin. John Stearns, 90, died February 24 in Oak Lawn township with funeral in East Brainerd. Peddner, long-time Brainerd resident, valued for his Christian character, funeral conducted at East Brainerd.
Corner I. T. Dean investigated the Staples death of Pat Rogers a Cass county resident living five miles from Staples on section 20 town 134 range 32. No inquest was needed as coroner deemed the case suicide. Rogers had lived alone ten years neighbors noted despondency before he shot himself twice with a No 32 revolver. A Stillwater Minnesota address John Manague 205 Williams Street listed as a possible uncle.
John Sherring Robert Monk and I McKinnon were arrested for selling whiskey without a license at Lothrop. Discharged on a technicality they were held to the grand jury after waiving a preliminary examination. County Attorney Chiperfield prosecuted. Jasper Waldrop faced petit larceny charges in Brainerd tied to a $20 gold piece. Case dismissed after state rested.
May Smith, arriving from Grand Forks via the Northern Pacific, told Crookston police she was robbed near Fourth and Broadway after attending Salvation Army services at the Northwestern hotel barracks. Two young men demanded her money, and she surrendered $7.30. Chief Gonyea will investigate.
President Fleming called the senate to order and appointed committees on Ways and Means, Railroads, Finance, Judiciary, Immigration, Game and Fish, Internal Improvement, Log and Lumber, and Public Lands. Visitors admitted on secretary tickets. Bills introduced by Senators Percy and Allbright. Senate adjourned to March 6, 1895.
Aitkin papers laud the Jefferson Dramatic Club production Uncle Josh praising Mrs Nellie Hazen for her Letty Reynolds performance. The Independent notes Bewitching beauty and stage presence, with S F Alderman piano pieces and Verne Anderson applauded. The club plans a return visit in about a month for a light opera with a packed house predicted.
The public exams for teachers will be held at the Court House in Brainerd on March 5 6 9 12 13 with no private examinations before April 1 J A Wilson County Superintendent of Schools
The New York Sun notes the daytime bustle along the shipping and warehouse belts from Forty-second Street to Sixtieth Street quiets at night. Lanterns flicker, watchmen drift, and ships glow in patches as empty trucks replace the day’s crowds.
A collage of local shop notices and offers. References to re varnish wagons prescriptions for McFadden Drug Store and D M Clark Co selling at cost to move stock. Includes real estate listing by J R Sura and insurance office J R Smith headquarters for insurance. Also notes on beef from C A Walker Co and Mack's Headache powders.
A Pittsburger visits his doctor with a dull left arm ache blamed on strap riding in a cable car. The physician explains daily upraised support causes tension and offers ointment, but the cure is to stop hanging by the strap. A Niagara Falls tourist recalls hackmen’s humor over a lighthearted cab anecdote.
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