Brainerd Friday Morning Publication Details
Issued every Friday morning at Brainerd Minnesota with terms 1.50 dollars per year in advance. Editors and proprietors are N. H. Ingersoll and F. W. Wieland.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1886
Page
2
Issued every Friday morning at Brainerd Minnesota with terms 1.50 dollars per year in advance. Editors and proprietors are N. H. Ingersoll and F. W. Wieland.
Brainerd Minnesota March 9 1886. County commissioners meet with full board. They refer a boundary change petition for school districts 6 8 and 13 in township 43 N range 31 W for investigation. They accept Brainerd sidewalk tax abatement resolution and report on Crow Wing Lake outlet bridge inspection and acceptance. Abatements for several taxpayers approved including Samuel James Jerry Root J B Moore and Mary A Seely with noted grounds and amounts. They recommend state auditor abatement for improvements on Brainerd lots 8 9 block 43 and other Brainerd lots with mixed valuation concerns. Adjournment to 2 p m.
Crow Wing county sues Aitkin county per county auditor statement. Board adjourned to meet April 6, 1886. J. E. Wilson, county auditor. Alderman Taylor elected President of the council. Forsyth has long held the role. New plan in Westerly R C aims to share year end profits among stockholders and workers by proportion, treating labor as capital.
The mayor's message urges raising the existing liquor license from $200. The council must decide if this policy creates a monopoly in Brainerd's traffic scene. The Monday evening session is expected to feature a lively debate among several license holders on the board.
The Brainerd mayoral race was quiet until a vile hand-bill attacking candidate Col Sleeper appeared from the Tribune office. The Aitkin Age condemns the act and hopes the Tribune clears its name though the writer’s identity remains unknown.
Bishop Ireland promulgates Lent regulations for the Catholic diocese of St. Paul. Key rules cover fasting and abstinence on Lent days, allowances for meat on certain days, and exemptions for the young, elderly, infirm, laborers, and pregnant or nursing women with guidance to consult a pastor for doubts. The document promotes the Way of the Cross on Fridays and notes special observances throughout Lent.
The pastors passed a resolution urging avoidance of the Sunday issue and all ads in daily papers, withholding service notices and sermon synopses. They call for a possible shift to a secular paper that does not violate the Lord's day and ask Christian people to abstain from Sunday papers.
A playful note suggests Barnum could secure fortune if he captured the missing link that pens Tribune poetry for a single season.
Fourth in a series at the Baptist church by Rev. E. J. Brownson. The Bible is a headlight to illuminate moral darkness and guide men toward heaven. It argues for biblical accuracy, prophecy fulfilled, unity across 60 plus books, and its moral teachings for church, home, and state.
Eli Perkins scheduled to lecture at the Opera House on March 25. Reports from Chicago Times New York Tribune and others praise Perkins eloquence and humor while noting vivid audience reactions and testimonials. The notice hints at prizes including a six dollar Chrome and a chance for a House and Lot to groups who stay to the end.
A complete pipe organ set built by band members will illustrate how simple an instrument can be and still produce excellent music. Do not miss hearing them.
The piece blends light anecdotes from the opera and salon life with a survey of historical figures and their musical talents. It notes Miss Diffident in Philadelphia society, a boastful Mrs. Vulgarien, and comments on practice and taste, then surveys ancient and notable Americans and their limited musical prowess, from Jefferson to Cleveland.
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