City Council Minutes Detail Budget and Public Works
Regular city council meeting reviewed police clerk and street commissioner reports. April fines and state cases totaled 346.05 with electric light receipts 1 002.36. Hose purchase of 1900 feet at 80 cents per foot approved. Numerous city claims allowed. Electric light supply handling referred to purchasing committee. Wicks and bondsmen to be notified about dead trees. replacements ordered. Stump removal and hole filling mandated on Oak street Swartz park side. Swartz addition street straightening referred to street committee. Decoration Day expenses authorized. hydrants repaired by Minnesota Water Works Co. request to attend Chicago electrical convention denied. Auclaire’s street grading referred to street committee. Sidewalk repairs authorized after 10 day notice. City pound ground pursuit via N P railroad ground negotiation. Bicycle paths taken under city care. Itemized supplies to Ole Nelson to county payment. Delinquent tax payment for 5th and Laurel lots assigned to committee with attorney. Labor pay raise request tabled. H E Harvey liquor license granted. Hose house insurance renewal approved. Council adjourned.
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Wicks
Oak Street
Swartz
M. K. Swartz
Pap Thomas Post
Minnesota Water Works Co
6Th
Quince
Oak
Rosewood
Page
Chicago
Auclaire
Alderman Cohen
N. P. Railroad Company
Bicycle Association
Ole Nelson
Jamieson
5Th
Laurel Streets
H. E. Harvey
Mining in Luzon Could Attract Army Veterans
Ex-California and ex-Montana soldiers in Manila urge opening Luzon mining areas. They describe rich placer fields north and east of Manila with favorable laws, cheap living and large gold and copper finds. They predict Luzon and Mindanao as among world’s richest easily accessed mining regions.
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California
Montana
Montana Volunteers
Philippines
Helena
Mon
New York Sun
Manila
America
Fuzon
Luzon
Mindanao
Cebu
Amon
Dagupan
Bataan
Rigao
Nome
Klondike
Unsolicited Testimonial for Eyesight Improve
Mrs Clarence Buckman wife of State Senator Buckman praises fittings by Prof L H Bruns Anoka Minn citing headache relief better sight and new world feeling She recommends Bruns work Prof Bruns will be in Brainerd at Hotel Arlington May 21 22 23 for free eye examinations
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Little Fauis
Minn
Mah
L. H. Bruns
Anoka
Dean Sin
Clarence B. Buckman
Buckman
Bruns
Brainerd
Hotel Arlington
Coal in Abyssinia discovered in four districts
Advices from Abyssinia relayed through France say four districts show extensive coal deposits. Emperor Menelik expressed strong interest, sending a French mining engineer to inspect the regions. Samples were shipped to France and tests indicate excellent coal quality.
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Abyssinia
France
Menelek
Chicago Record
Doans Ointment Proved To Cure Skin Itchiness Claims
A Brainerd test asserts Doan's Ointment relieves various skin itch forms including eczema and hemorrhoids. Mrs. S Brain of 125 South 9th street testifies a few applications ended misery with no further annoyance. Doan's costs 50 cents a box, available at McFadden Drug Co H P Dunn Co and other druggists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
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Brainerd
Dean
S. Brain
South 9Th Street
Doan
McFadden Drug Co
H. P. Dunn & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Fort Leavenworth set for vast army post expansion
War department plans to enlarge Fort Leavenworth into the world’s largest military post. Construction will cost about 3000000 dollars this year with total upgrades over 1 million more as officers say the inflamed garrison will house 2000 men and a new hospital, barracks, stables, and an expanded parade ground.
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Board of Army
Fort Leavenworth
War Department
Kansas City Times
War College
Infantry and Cavalry School
Leavenworth
McCarthy
Schofield Hall
Grant Avenue
Pope Avenue
Grant
Pope
Grant Avenues
McPherson Avenue
Sumner Place
Thomas and McPherson
Meade Avenue
West End
United States
Nickel Plate Road Spring Schedule May 6 1900
Nickel Plate Road announces spring schedule effective May 6 1900 serving Ft Wayne Findley Bellevue Lorain Cleveland Painesville Ash Tabula Conneaut Girard Erie Chautauqua Lake Dunkirk Buffalo and regions including New York Boston and New England. Chicago departures at 1035 am 330 pm 1030 pm with drawing room cars and through dining service to Boston and New York. All trains daily.
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Ft. Wayne
Findley
Bellevue
Lorain
Cleveland
Painesville
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Girard
Erie
Chautauqua Lake
Dunkirk
Buffalo
New York
Boston
New England
New York State
Chicago
New York City
Lackawanna Road
Central
J. Y. Calahan
Ill
Clincher Tire Fits Any Rim Warns of Cement-Free Design
A local ad promotes a new Clincher tire that claims to fit any old rim without cement. It invites readers to visit Hoffmans and see the novelty, and mentions D. M. Clark & Co. carrying carpets, wallpaper, furniture and related goods.
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Hoffman’s
D. M. Clark & Co
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cure for Coughs
Testimony from witness T L Martin of Dixie Ky describes severe throat pain and coughing. Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for coughs colds throat chest and lung troubles claiming it stops coughs and cures consumption with guaranteed results and trial bottles free at local druggists.
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T. L. Martin
Dixie
Dr. King
McFadden Drug Co’s
H. P. Dunn & Co
Paris Woman's Paper Flouts Night Typing Law
La Fronde, a Paris women led newspaper that claimed its work was done by women, ran afoul of a law prohibiting women from setting type at night, highlighting gendered work restrictions in journalism.
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Paris
la Fronde
Land Office Notice of Proof for Ward Wonteney II
Land Office at St. Cloud Minnesota April 24 1900 notice is given that Ward Wonteney II has filed for a new proof in support of his claim and will prove before W A M Johnston Clerk District Court Brainerd Minnesota on Monday June 14 1900 for Ex NW Section 22 Township 134 Range 20 He lists witnesses Austin Jack Lestard George Montane and others to prove continuous residence and cultivation at the land in Crow Wing County Minnesota
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St. Cloud
Minn
W. A. M. Johnston
Brainerd
Ward Wonteney
Brainerd Minn
Township
Austin
Jack Lestard
George Montane
Aia Grainerd
Crow Rieg County
di Tein
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N. H. Ingersoll
P. W. Wieland
Ingersoll & Wieland
Official Paper
Crow Wing County
Minnesota
Banka
Council Proceedings
Luzon Island
Millwood
P. J. Arnold
Uncle Sam
Hessel
D. M. Clark & Co’s
Columbia Chain Wheels
Hoffman's
Rocky Mountain
McFadden Drug Co's
Thomas
Monarch
Dr. Wood
Nickel Plate
A. L. Horrman
D. W. Koop
Tan
Heffelfinger
North Star Shoe CO
Minneapolis
Burlington’s
Busties
G. P. Agt
Chicago, Ill
F. Rawmaan
St. Paul
T. A Martin
6Th St. North
Cleveland, Monarch and Crescent
Dunlop
F. He Gruenhagen
Laurel Street
Walker
H. F. Simmons
H. J. Spencers
D. M. Clarks
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