Postal Notice From Brainerd Post Office
Entry recorded at the Brainerd Minnesota Post Office as second class matter indicating official mailing status and location.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1887
Page
5
Entry recorded at the Brainerd Minnesota Post Office as second class matter indicating official mailing status and location.
Dry wood at L. J. Cales and soda water at Smiths. Brainerd seeks a new hotel, a three year old died of croup, street work continues, new restaurants and shops opening, marriages, and public notices. Local people including Geo Holland and Geo Bahan return from visits, and civic projects like fencing Gregory Park progress.
Dr FE H Stanley a Brainerd dentist moved to St Paul last Tuesday forming a partnership and will open at Eight and Wabash streets. His wife and children will summer in Pennsylvania. Georgie Southerland a 35 year old auburn haired woman faced court for immoral conduct with two men who were fined ten dollars and costs each while she was dismissed after promising to reform.
The Bay Lake cooperative farming community in Crow Wing Minnesota, started last spring, attracts social science interest. Leader J B Rankin reports encouraging prospects despite limited capital and small numbers. About 250 acres near Bay Lake, a restored saw mill aids lumber work, with abundant berries and wild fruit. Vegetables were grown last season and more land will be cultivated this year.
City council Meets with full board except two aldermen. April fines and costs total 496.50. Street work discussed. land strip cartway approved with plank cross ings to railroad. no land title. Monthly payroll 434.16. Election boards paid. liquor bonds approved. sureties adjusted. Ivy and Fifth to Bluff openings granted. Seventh street tabled. Health inspector hired 50 per month. Three ordinances pass on poll tax licenses gambling. Bid notice for iron fence around Gregory square. Day & Meagher's offers daywear.
Fire at the Villard hotel in Brainerd, 91 guests escaped with no lives lost. Flames consumed dining room, kitchen, liquor, and most furniture within an hour and a half. Main building leveled, city faces $40,000–$50,000 loss. insurance partly covers. Fire crews battled with limited water supply. investigation notes origin in the domestics’ sleeping area.
In a presidential style address Carl H. Dove outlines his aims as Brainerd mayor. He pledges to enforce laws through the police, curb threats to safety, and pursue growth that benefits the entire city while reducing social ills. He thanks voters and commits to earning their approval.
The Pioneer Press notes that construction on the Leech Lake extension of the Manitoba will start within three weeks and extend to Brainerd this summer. Also advertised are clothing, Turkish rugs, oil cloths, wallpaper, and furniture items from local merchants, plus a note to settle unsettled accounts of L. J. Cale and a promotional line for Brial Pipe and Charm of The West tobacco.
Grant era ad copy notes a success for Charm of the West chewing tobacco and promotes Westfall's shoes priced at two to three dollars. It highlights seamless vamp and sole leather counter and lists Smith's cream candies at 40 cents per pound.
The subscriber seeks to hire ten teams immediately to haul rock from his farm three miles from the city to the dam. Payment is six dollars per card for hauling. Other small notices list local shops Smiths Nuts and confectionery, M L Swartz furniture, Westfalls goods, and a house for rent through J A White at White White's carpenter shop on Laurel street.
Help wanted for painting work prompt inquiries directed to J C Coxnaper at No 62 Front Street. Apply as soon as possible for advantageous opportunities.
The undersigned will deliver at the dam 500000 feet of oak timber in 20 to 30 foot lengths with top square not less than inches, at 9 per thousand feet. Also 1000000 feet of Norway or white pine in 16 or 24 foot lengths at 6 per thousand. Additionally 1000 tons of stone at 7.50 per cord.
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