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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1888
Page
1
A Fergus Falls Journal item notes the Knights of Labor and alliance men seeking the source of a printed “black list” of legislators. The piece also mentions a ramroap company in China hiring 500 workers and references local dog ordinance enforcement affecting whining cars near the News office.
In Breckenniner a thrashing bee occurred at the start of the week as citizens and her husband detained the editor of the Wilkin County Gazette while Mrs. Cook administered a birch. An enraged reader mocked a school-boy piece on Hon. A Scheffer in the News yesterday. The Northern Pacific railway company remitted 108059.94 dollars in state taxes for gross earnings in 1887.
The Knights of Labor in Brainerd have launched a grocery store, a development welcomed as the B. C. M. Company has long operated a thriving business in the area.
A public dispute accuses the News of bias after election turmoil. The writer claims elevated property transfers prove the paper’s influence waning and alleges the News threatens to publish a list of frequenters of houses of prostitution if police criticize its ally. A harsh call for a winter cholera cure ends the tirade.
Joux Lanoner of Holding near St. Cloud faced a $15 fine plus costs for refusing to provide proper books and clothing for his 12 year old daughter under Stearns County compulsory education act. This marks the first case under the act in the county.
A distraught McKenzie goes door to door lamenting the election result. He claims the town is down and ruined and says the new aldermen will keep it down. He calls them unprogressive and ignorant and warns what he would do if he were Kindred. The blow wrecks his tariff ideas.
The piece notes Little Falls shouting for mills and capital as Brainerd’s dam and St. Cloud’s improvements unfold. Doubts arise about investment profitability until years of development pass, while St. Cloud and the Tribune are viewed as opposing towns in the race for growth.
A character exhausted by failed attempts at English finds relief in a fresh approach using broken Scandinavian expressions. He embraces a new linguistic style, amusing readers while sparing the king’s English from further alteration. The community forgives the change as a relief.
Mr. C. C. Brown the marine editor declares he is not seeking the harbor master position for money. He says salary is no object and would serve the people for nothing if the council cannot pay. He emphasizes he is not an office seeker for revenue only.
In a nationwide action, 3200 miles of railway were halted for ten minutes by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. The strike stopped work at 4 p.m. blocking the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe main line from Kansas City to El Paso and its Denver branches, with widespread effects from St Paul to El Paso.
The county commissioners address whether the county must cover costs in state cases where fines are retained by the city of Duluth, seeking a decisive ruling on the liability.
A former bank clerk describes tellers occasionally finding rare coins in routine cash drawers. Values include an 1804 dollar sought at $200, sometimes up to $400, with several other pre Civil War pieces and early gold coins commanding premiums.
In Nogales tensions rise over a 14 year old boy's disposal by raffle with a Mexican father seeking 30 tickets at one dollar each amid liability concerns. Indignation is voiced by both American and Mexican residents as the dispute hints at cross border social strains. A separate note recalls a Mexican woman selling her daughter to a Chinese merchant for eighteen dollars, who later sent the girl back home.
The Brainerd area minutes record bills approved for per diems and meetings, tax abatements recommended and rejected, road repairs funds, and adjournment to April. Notable items include abatement deliberations, corduroy road repairs, and bond votes for county roads. Also mentions a snow slide burial near King Solomon mountain and a forthcoming state Republican convention.
A local paper writer questions land sales on government lands near the Northern Pacific railroad. Settlers claim they were invited to defend improvements at the land office on the 31st, while others allege NP claims were notified. The dispute centers on whether the selection lies inside the congressional grant and was lawfully made.
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