27 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1891
Page
1
An April 1 sugar price drop is noted with other items including a Sauk Rapids cross river vam project and a new courthouse. The legislature plans to adjourn April 18 while Irasca county organizes with officers appointed. A Chicago banker Kean faces indictment. Kansas activists seek private funds for the World’s Fair after state funding fell short.
Tribune notes four municipal tickets in the field at Chicago and jokes that the best man may win by accident. It adds that in nine cases out of ten the outcome goes the other way.
Downey loses ground fast and an observer notes a punctured wind-bag with gas escaped. Ignatius has reached the peak of his ascent, climbing the ladder as far as possible.
The city of Minneapolis offered a series of bonds for sale but failed to attract buyers. Analysts note similar struggling municipal issuances across Minnesota and discuss potential implications for the city’s finances.
J H Ackerman a Staples telegraph operator for the Northern Pacific vanished Sunday morning and his whereabouts remain unknown. He was secretary of the local lodge of the Odd Fellows.
The sporting fraternity could reopen on Friday night after a two month closure. In Mayor Wheatley's absence a special council meeting was held and the council president was ordered to take immediate action to close the gambling rooms.
A resolution shows anger over proposed charter changes as Brainerd representatives back an unrelated plan. The Tax Northfield News critiques truthfulness in religious and press circles, arguing pastors and media magnify virtues alongside public sanctimony.
A Kansas City man promotes a new invention to produce artificial eggs at three cents per dozen. He argues the American hen is under threat as incubator ideas emerge and artificial eggs flood the market.
The Minnesota legislature faces bills to create new surveyor general districts with Stivers proposing a Brainerd seat. Lumbermen in Minneapolis oppose splitting Duluth and shifting work north, warning fees and profitability drop. The piece argues against creating northern districts and doubts new offices would be lucrative.
A historical sketch of Frederick the Great born January 24 1712. His strict father pressed war and drill while detesting his son’s love of literature and music. Secret escape attempts led to capture punishment and near execution. Intercession saved him from death but he endured harsh life in Austrian captivity before a gradual, partial reconciliation.
A Brazilian customs survey notes scarlet funeral trappings for young women and royal purple for the dead, with widows forbidden from public mourning. Weddings feature orange blossoms replaced by orange flowers signifying fecundity, and porters’ roles span piano handling to safes, with delivery by bargain and burden on buyers.
A Vienna based German inventor proposes papier mache glasses to counter sea sickness and dizziness on land. The head bound device resembles opera glasses with a longer underside and is darkened to block disturbing rays. He concedes they are not beautiful and may depress fellow passengers who do not wear them.
A teacher in an Eastern grammar school asked a pupil for the meaning of topaz the boy replied a topaz is where the males walk when they are drawing a canal boat. Another girl defined halo as a rope cowboys use to catch cattle with.
In a dialogue style excerpt, a housekeeper seeks to whitewash a room but fears the effort and cost. Uncle Pete interjects about cheap whitewashers and boasts of his fence painting while noting whitewash is too pricey to waste on furniture.
Ernest recalls his grandfather a doctor treating a patient with a strange nervous disease. He expresses sympathy for the sufferer and rushes from the office to tell his mother about another boy and the St Patrick's jump nickname for the condition.
Power of sale under a December 17 1888 mortgage to Sarah Robinson assigns to R. G. Spaulding and Max Shapiro. Sheriff sale set for April 13 1891 at Brainerd Courthouse to satisfy principal interest costs and $25 attorney fees on the parcel described as the east half of the southeast quarter and Lot 2 in Section 4 Township 44 Range 28. Assignees include Leon E. Lum as attorney.
First publication February 13. Mortgage of Moses F E Coe and Mary E Coe to Hiram D Upton. Default on February 1 1890. Amount due $385.06. Property: NE quarter of section 20 township 43 range 31 Crow Wing County Minnesota. Sale at courthouse front door Brainerd April 4 1891 at 10 am. One year redemption. Attorney fees $25. Disbursements by law. Minneapolis, Minn. February 1, 1891.
Err System operates the Darty Fast Vestibulated Rains between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard. Through first and second class Pullman vestibule day coaches and dining cars connect Chicago to New York with gas lighting and steam heating. No extra charge for fast time and accommodations are highlighted. Tickets available at 107 Clark Street and Dearborn Station in Chicago.
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