Brainerd Minnesota Weekly Official Paper Notes Growth and Local Tidings
Issued every Thursday morning at Brainerd Minnesota with terms 1.50 per year in advance. Editors and proprietors N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland. Official paper of Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties. About 3 000 emigrants arrive in New York daily. The St Paul colored citizens will start a paper. Minneapolis has collected 95 910 in licenses. The Little Falls Sun now a six column quarto. Middleton says he can whip Riel with troops and gatling guns.
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Brainerd
Minn
St Cloud Elects Two Prominent Ladies to School Board
St Cloud voters chose two noted local women to serve as school directors joining the board. Their elections strengthen leadership in district governance and community representation.
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St. Cloud
Quarantine of Arkansas Cattle Moves to Dakota
Anoka Headlight notes a large Arkansas cattle herd quarantined in Dakota amid suspected pleuro pneumonia. Editor states conclusion follows release of eleven issues.
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Arkansas
Dakota
Anoka
Democratic Administration Fails to Alter Business Climate
After two months under the new administration, business leaders report no material improvement in the economy or market conditions. Executives cite persistent uncertainty and regulatory hurdles hindering investment and growth.
Five Italians Indicted in Caruso Murder Case
Five Italian suspects involved in the murder of Phillipo Caruso in Chicago were indicted yesterday after the victim's remains were reported shipped in a trunk to Pittsburgh.
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Phillipo Caruso
Chicago
Pittsburg
Dakota farmer S N Dalrymple killed in horse accident
S N Dalrymple was instantly killed on Thursday when he was thrown from a horse in Casselton Dakota. He was known as one of the region's bonanza farmers.
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S. N. Dalrymple
Casselton
Dakota
Washington church Garfield worshiped sold for lumber dealer
A small Washington church once used by President Garfield was sold to a lumber dealer for 250 dollars and will be dismantled.
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Washington
President Garfield
Barrett Leaves Aitkin Age for St Paul Globe Transition
Brother Barrett of the Aitkin Age ends his association with the St Paul Globe to devote his energies to his newspaper. The move is viewed as a good idea by colleagues.
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Bro. Barrett
Aitkin Age
St. Paul Globe
Unemployed Workmen Cause Disruption at Eau Claire
Unemployed workers created a large disturbance at Eau Clair on Tuesday forcing saw mills to close for the day. Police subdued the mob and restored order without injuries reported.
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Eau Clair
St Paul Gentleman Describes Family Prochores on Politics
A St Paul man reports his two brothers oppose the rival faction under iel while another brother and two uncles align with Middelton. He says his position leaves him feeling like a mugwump on the subject.
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St. Paul
Iel
Middelton
Reed & Sherwood Offer Reward for Spike Attack Arrest
The Reed and Sherwood lumber firm of Anoka offers a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone who drove spikes in their legs. The city council adds another $1000 reward to the case.
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Reed & Sherwood
Anoka
Sudden Disappearance of Daughter Stuns Newspaper Owner
The article notes the fifteen or sixteen year old daughter of a newspaper proprietor vanishing, with the Minnesota Tribune reporting on the distress and the city’s concerns. The piece reflectively laments changes in a progressive era as the paper mourns the loss.
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Tor
Minneapolis Tribune
Council and mayor in Farge clash over appointments
Tense dispute in Farge as the council blocks the mayor by rejecting his appointments and refusing to pay patrolmen who served weeks. The mayor may resign unless he finds a way to strike back at the council.
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Farge
Treasury count shows two cents missing from large total
The new democratic administration's cash and securities tally reported only two cents short of three hundred million dollars. Critics urge a contribution from the so called rascal faction to cover the minimal deficiency.
Public sale of vagrants in Richmond shocks readers
A historical notice reports a public sale of colored vagrants under vagrant laws in Richmond. A woman’s services for one year sold for 25 cents while a man’s fetched 38 dollars, prompting outrage over racial discrimination and remarks about slavery era practices. An investigation is urged.
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Richmond
Walseman murder trial ends with first degree verdict
The Walseman murder trial concluded at noon Thursday in Duluth with a first degree murder verdict after a 15 minute jury deliberation. The sentence is to be imposed tomorrow as the first hanging since 1862, following the killing of James Farley in a Tower shanty by Walseman and Jud Norland over money.
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Walseman
Duluth
Small Pox at Walker Lumber Camp on Learwater Edge
Reports say four small pox cases at T H Walker's lumber camp near the White Earth reservation. The outbreak was kept quiet for days, two patients escaped and were recaptured with difficulty, two more remain at large. Train conductors have been cautioned to be careful to avoid spreading the disease.
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T. H. Walker
Learwater
White Earth
Skating Visitor Burdened with Pigs Feet Mixup
An Elmira woman planned to go skating with a friend but amid sauerkraut and pig feet confusion she left, and returned to find her skates soaking in sauerkraut while the other woman headed to the rink with the pig feet.
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Elmira
Loth
Poundmaker Indians Attack Supply Train At Battleford
Hudson's Bay factor McKey reports a band of Poundmaker's Indians attacked a supply train about twelve miles south of Battleford. They captured the train after a brave defense by guard and teamsters. Thirty-one teams were involved. twenty-one teamsters were taken prisoner while the rest escaped to Battleford. One mounted policeman was killed and another wounded, causing great excitement locally.
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Winxpec
Hudson’s Bay
McKey
Battleford
Wrigler
Fitch brothers arrested for mill robbery near Germantown
Chris and Isaac Fitch were arrested by Deputy Butler in Germantown fifteen miles west of here for robbing the Weber saw mill of saws and office fixtures valued at $400. Isaac, a preacher, has held revival meetings this winter. They were sent to district court in default of $800 bail each and jailed in Fergus Falls. Weapons were found with them, and additional charges including counterfeiting may follow.
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Chris
Isaac Fitch
Perham
Butler
Germantown
Here
Weber
Isaac
Fergus Falls
Royal Baking Powder gains purity with new tartar refining method
The Royal Baking Powder Company explains a refined process to remove tartrate of lime and impurities from crude grape acid, producing chemically pure cream of tartar. The result is Royal Baking Powder with uniform leavening strength and digestion friendly bread, biscuits, and cakes.
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Royal Baking Powder Company of
New York
Royal Baking Powder Company
Royal Baking Powder
Maxwell at the Northern Pacific Junction
The St Paul Globe reports on Walter Maxwell once seen as a wealthy physician in the Northern Pacific Junction two years ago. He later borrowed items including a revolver, left for Minneapolis, and vanished, leaving locals to wonder about his fate and his link to the Preller case.
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St Paul
Dunlap
N. P. Junction
Walter Maxwell
Preller
St. Louis
Maxwell
Dunley
Minnesota
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Brainerd Dispatch
N. H. Ingersoll
F. W. Wieland
J. Editors and Proprietors
Crow Wing, Cass
Itasca Counties
Minneapolis
Little Falls
Middleton
Riel
Northern Pacific
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
N.Y
J. W. Koop
J. 5. Gardner
Groceries Provisioris
6Th Street
Mill Track
Waite
Waris
White & White, Contractors & Builders
G. Ocala
Cash Store
California
Norwood
Cor
Norwood and
Seventh Street
E. A. Summers, Prop
Leopold Bros
Coty
Sixth Street South
K.S. Paine
N. McFadden
C. D. Johnson
IN Brainerd
Front Street
Colgat
KF. A. B. King & CO
Caver & Mohle
J. McCallum
Front Street Bet
H. S. Totton
Sleeper Block
E. W. Lynch
J.D. Barstow
LYNCH
Barstow
Sixth Street
Paine
McColl
J. A. Meccoll
7Th Street
Odd Fellows Block
Hagberg & Honnett
Odd Fellows’ Block
Ceneral Land Office
C. B. Sleeper
Sleeper’s Addition
Thilave
7Th
Laurel Streets
Swartz
Farrar & Forsyth’s
Sleeper
Taylors Addition
N. P
East Brainerd
Bros
J. H. Koop
Harness Shop
Laurel and
Sixth Streets
D. W. Whitford
Kentucky Liquor Co
McNaughton & Debirege, Haye
EB. W. Lynch
Kingwood Street
S.W. Gray
Short
Wisconsin Central Line
Wisconsin
The
Central
New Richmond
Chippewa Falls
Hall Claire
Stevens Point
Wauraca
Neenah
Menasha
Fond du Lac
Chkozh
Oshkosh
Union Depots
Nicollet Hoare Block
Jame Gen
Merchant's Hotel
Black St. Paul
Milwaukee
Wis
F. A. Finney
Milwaukee, Wis
F. H. Anson
Northwestern
Minneapolis, Mine
Northern
Pacific
Saint Paul
Montana
Idaho, Washington Territory
British Columbia, Puget Sound
Alaska
Pullman Palace
ST. Paul and Portland
Yellowstone Park
Bates
St. Paul Misa
Frazier Medicine Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Williams
William
J. M. Coffinberry
Cleveland
Lorillard
PLAC
Anglyl
Dr. Frazier
Prop’r
Ohio
F. M. Cable & Co
Irs
Dr. Walton
Walton
Frazier Medical CO
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