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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1893
Page
4
Brainerd Dispatch proudly announces editors N H Ingersoll and FP Wieland proprietors as the city’s weekly paper. It prints Fridays from Sleeper block and rooms with a $1 50 yearly subscription. It is entered at Brainerd Post Office as second class matter.
The column lists community items including dances at the O R C, legal notices, and social visits. Notable people mentioned include Jerry Root of Ft. Ripley, Mrs. Cragin of Duluth, Dr. Smith and Dr. J J Kinnon, Rev R N Adams and Rev Ross, W B Hamline, A J Demeules, L E Olson, and O B Johnson. It notes the Northern Pacific bank move, a brick yard opening, and local farewells to several residents moving or changing roles. A humorous note about fish jumping into John Bishop’s kitchen occurs as water rises.
Geo Bertram and H E Richmond praise the excellent fishing at the thoroughfare but admit the effort is uphill with two feet of ice. A Toronto man named Wright has rented the old Cass county courthouse building to start a lumber implements plant.
At the bride’s parents’ residence in this city on Monday May 1 Rev E G Sanderson united Fred to Miss W L Borden. On Tuesday May 2 at the Baptist parsonage Rev J A Jenkins joined Thomas Lawrence to Mrs Minnie Carsley both of this city. Also note Silverware offered for sale by Mrs F G Sundberg.
The Brainerd gambling scene features six houses collecting about 25 dollars per week each for protection, totaling roughly eight thousand dollars a year for the group behind the influence. Arrests follow any attempt to run houses without protection money. Local officials are suspected of collusion, with funds not going to the city but to a powerful faction. Citizens favor converting the eight thousand into fines rather than funding city politicians. In other news, D M Clark & Co advertise a lace curtain line priced 1.50 to 8 dollars. Oriental Princes are called to the Hall of Consolation on Monday May 8 for counsel on man’s woes.
Minutes of a May 2 1593 meeting show full attendance and approvals for abatements on parcels in Parrar Forsyth and Jet blocks, and a reduced opera house valuation to 8500 per year for 1889 1891. City accounts include various poor relief disbursements, road work payments, and tax related adjustments. A petition to organize a town school district was laid on the table and adjournment set for June.
J F McGinwis & Co announce Norwegian Independence Day celebrations at Union Hall with Norden singing society featuring speeches and lunch for 25 cents. Also, ads invite inspection of new spring stocks and describe Brainerd area farming land for sale. McCarthy Redding firm dissolves with Redding and Reilly to settle accounts in Brainerd Minnesota May 3 1893.
A farm of 160 acres with 10 acres under the plow is offered for sale. Located one and one half miles east of Brainerd. For particulars enquire at corner of Oak and 14th street, South-east Brainerd.
In this brief we note the value of sixty seconds and cite the Cubed Cough Cure as a remedy for bronchitis and throat choking. The product costs 25 and 50 cents per bottle and is sold by N. McFadden.
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