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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
12
County officials consider a loan of funds for school purposes tied to chattel securities as lumbermen’s time checks are presented for collateral. Local lenders discuss terms and repayment schedules with potential borrowers.
The A O H state convention will meet in Brainerd for a three day session starting Tuesday March 29 with a mass at St Francis Catholic Church attended by the city delegation. Notables include Rev Father Pryor and Rev Father Lynch with State President John Mae Carthy presiding. An estimated 250 to 300 delegates will attend from across Minnesota. The Ladies Auxiliary meets in Columbian block for the same date while lodge sessions run 9 to 12 and 2 to 6 daily with possible evening sessions. Bane and Bane advertise poultry and fish in the issue.
Report of a bipartisan gathering in Minneapolis with emphasis on reorganizing the Republican league by Iowa plan. Delegates from Brainerd named. district officers elected. national meeting in Omaha planned. Local papers note political commentary and business notices including real estate and sales.
A telegram from Washburn Bayfield Iron River Co. reports Victor Carlson died in a dynamite explosion in Ashland Wisconsin and relatives likely in Brainerd. The notice asks to wire Scott undertaker Ashland for publication. Brainerd March 25 1898. J T Frater Co Treasurer. Local ads include pork sausage four pounds for 25 cents and a Singer piano for sale.
Thomas J. Brown of Sedalia Missouri claims a 120 foot aluminium aerial torpedo boat designed to cross oceans. He foresees naval use against battleships or fortifications and seeks government sale with a speed over 20 knots and construction under 10000 dollars per vessel. Brown filed in 1897 and has patents pending in several countries.
James Christie of Montreal warns Lady Aberdeen's proposal to send trained women nurses to the Yukon is dangerous. He argues harsh conditions and widespread moral danger would make women unsuitable to work and risk their safety amid rugged, lawless miners and extreme frontier life.
The inventor Dr Richard J Gatling plans to send an eight inch gun to Washington built with a new mandrel casting method that eliminates built up sections. He says the device may fire 100 rounds in succession and costs less to produce than older models. He notes England has moved to wound wire designs and recalls wartime demonstrations and early setbacks.
The San Francisco Chronicle editorialized that Haiti’s settlement with Italy to avert a forced collection may be followed by a demand from France for overdue debts. The piece warned that continued creditor pressure could erode national resources and curb patriotic leadership ambitions.
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