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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1889
Page
4
The Brainerd News highlights a March 25 Brooklyn Quintette Club benefit for the Y M C A featuring Louis Blumenberg. It notes a Sunday Y M C A meeting, a War Secretary tie to Capt. Spalding, Uncle Tom's Cabin at the opera house, local court fines, a train brawl, Frater family updates, and calls for Nokay Sebie river bridge to aid settlers from Dagger Brook in reaching town markets.
President Oakes of the N P passes through on his special car. Parnell benefit at the opera house next Monday. Rev Father Carr of Minneapolis to lecture there Monday evening. Miss McColl to Wadena for decorative painting classes. A J Halsted leases Sleep er residence on 8th street. Oscar Hentschel draws crowds with Boston Quintette. May 22 Easter Monday Ball by B of L F. John F Rhodes to headline with Boston Quintette Club. Restaurateur J S Baker relocates to Sixth Street. H C Stivers protests Lou Murray pardon in Minneapolis Tribune. Rev E G Sanderson to occupy pulpit in absence of Field. Nellie Haywood dies at Third and Laurel house of prostitution. buried Evergreen cemetery. Fred Pubbler heads to Washington Territory to start Cheney paper. Education bond bill to fund district buildings in Second and Third wards. voters to decide.
The Boston Quintette Club performs at the opera house on Monday evening March 25 for the YMCA building fund. A separate notice offers thirty tons of hay for sale, with inquiry details via residence evenings. Wm Johnson from Madison Wisconsin faced municipal court for coat theft from a boarder, pled guilty, fined 25 dollars and jailed 30 days.
W S Martin, longtime head of the N P freight department in the city, has accepted a higher role as freight agent in Minneapolis to replace A H Canfield. John Bradford will succeed him locally, bringing familiarity to the position. Also, bills to create Sheridan County from Cass and reassign counties move through the house with June 1 1889 effective dates. Gull River named as county seat. Cass would detach from Crow Wing for Sheridan judicial purposes.
The Sixth street market in Brainerd changes hands with Eames Bros of Fergus Falls purchasing. Paine Bros will stay in Brainerd to run lard and tallow rendering and may arrange with the new firm to continue slaughtering. The pairs have long resided in Brainerd and will remain in the city.
The handsomest lady in the musical profession is Miss Anna Carpenter the soprano of the Boston Quintette Club. She will sing here shortly.
A meeting organized by Mayor Hemsted's office established a permanent shotgun club with by-laws. A. F. Ferris presides, W. S. McClenahan is vice president, and W. J. Bain serves as secretary and treasurer. The 33 founding members pay two dollars for 30 days before the fee rises to ten dollars. The club aims to enforce game laws and promote local hunting interests.
Daniel Murphy brother of ex Yardmaster Pat Murphy died Wednesday evening March 13 from a tumor in his right side. He had lived here for years and worked for the N P company as a switchman in the yards. His body was shipped to Madison Wisconsin for burial with his parents nearby.
The Boston Quintette Club performs at the opera house Monday evening March 25 for a Y M C A benefit. The event highlights a charity concert by the acclaimed group to support the association's local programs.
The Peck and Fursman Uncle Tom's Cabin Company drew the season's largest Milwaukee audience Saturday night with vivid scenery and strong performances. Kate Partington as Topsy, Cran dell as Marks Sr, and Jas. Dorsy as Uncle Tom received enthusiastic encores. March 19th Sleeper opera house show noted with standard admission.
Plin Bacon, a longtime employee, was killed Monday in the Mullan tunnel near Helena Montana while trying to climb from a flat car to a box car. His head struck a tunnel support as the train passed. His body arrived home at 55 Fifth Street South and his funeral led by Rev. E J Brownson this afternoon. he was 22 years old and the deceased had a brother.
Mrs Alma N Rowell wife of Rev J A Rowell of the First Congregational Church died at her home on Grove and Fourth streets on Thursday evening March 14 age 34 from puerperal fever. Funeral at the Congregational Church tomorrow at 10 am and interment in St Francistown New Hampshire. She leaves a husband five motherless children. The community mourns her loss. District Court opens Monday March 18 with a large criminal docket including assault larceny and fraud cases.
A letter corrects details about Rocky Fork coal mines saying they have been known for years but only now developed. It denies Northern Pacific Railroad involvement with Rocky Fork and Cook City Railroad, asserting Ex-Gov Hauser of Montana financed and owns the road. The writer states no Eastern Capitalist is staking him and expects possible long-term returns from coal claims.
National Building Loan & Protective Union forecloses on Ephraim J. Fullon and Louisa Fulton’s mortgage for 700 dollars plus interest and premium. Property in Crow Wing County Minnesota Lot 22 23 24 Black 161 Brainerd to be sold at public auction March 16, 1890 to satisfy debt plus attorney fees and costs.
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