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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1887
Page
2
The notice lists freight and passenger train schedules on the Wisconsin Central Line and routes to Chicago from Minneapolis and St Paul. It notes trains with varying departure and arrival times, mentions through car service with day coaches sleepers and dining cars, and directs readers to city offices for tickets and rates.
J T Batts of Columbia Tennessee reports rapid recovery from a two year side infection and years of rheumatism after using 8. S. S. and 8. 8. 8. He claims restored appetite strength and zest. The note credits Swift's Specific with curing rheumatism and improving digestion and blood health.
The Duluth correspondent details a new agreement between the Manitoba road and the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic, placing the South Shore on a Minnesota northern range and giving Manitoba control of wheat regions northwest of Duluth. Manitoba will extend lines from Brainerd and Hinckley toward Duluth to meet the South Shore near the state line.
May 16 Curcaco Lil reports Ed ward Morris of Fairbanks Canning Company Chicago cables from Paris that he has secured contracts for 1,500,000 kilos of canned meat for the French army and 3,000,000 kilos for the navy. This is claimed as the largest contract ever made with an American firm by a foreign government.
The Duluth baseball team has not looked sharp early this season and appears to be fighting form in the early games. The squad shows uneven play and faces challenges to reach its potential as the new campaign unfolds.
Northern Michigan wildfires devastate pine timber as editors duel in print. The new editor Dewey faces labor loyalty claims while Tribune and Journal clash for readers. Northern Pacific runs Grand Forks to St Paul trains challenging Manitoba. In Butte City three women die by suicide in a personal crisis wave. Battle Lake Review editor questions last week’s black bass tale. Bronson urged to visit for a demonstrative lesson.
City council proposes removing a tobogging slide while club members protest to keep it for next winter. Brainerd tobogganists show less enthusiasm for the project.
In Stearns County the commissioners pass a blackbird and gopher bounty. Steel County has paid 300 for gopher scalps. The Owatonna Journal editor pushes for a rat bounty. Supreme Court Justice Wood dies in Washington with speculation on a successor, Governor Hoadley of Ohio viewed as likely candidate.
Minneapolis plans a mammoth wagon works within its borders, expected to boost population by ten thousand. The Flour City steadily pulls ahead, leaving its saintly sister city behind.
J P McCaughey the general master workman of the Knights of Labor in Minnesota argues that political evils must be cured by the ballot social ills by education and industrial problems by introducing a cooperative system of labor
The sheriff seized Mile Rhea's box office receipts in Fargo on a writ tied to a suit by William O'Neil manager of the opera house last year. He seeks two hundred dollars for her failure to keep dates. A suit is expected, contending it was the manager's fault.
A Wisconsin judge found a merchant who provided figures about his finances to a mercantile agency to obtain a rating to which he was not entitled guilty of obtaining goods under false pretenses and subject to appropriate action.
The notice describes the Methodist Herald monthly weekly religious paper from Minneapolis. It is a sixteen page four column publication dedicated to the Methodist Episcopal Church and wishful for unlimited success by the management.
The newspapers attack the jury that acquitted Frank Meade, arguing the jurors were more competent to judge guilt or innocence after hearing all sworn evidence than editors who only read reports in papers.
The Crooks ton Times argues wealth comes from revenue generating value, not high real estate prices. Unimproved property and unproductive mines incur costs rather than wealth, so communities should develop property to produce income.
Tuesday was widely celebrated as the Norwegian Fourth of July with extensive observances in major cities, marking a national style of festivities and remembrance across the country.
Braden warns that reducing tax sale interests from 18 to 20 percent is not working well in the state. J D Martin, formerly tried for Buck Moore murder and acquitted in St Paul, died recently in Plattsmouth Nebraska from inflammatory rheumatism. George E Reed city treasurer of Bismarck disappeared taking several thousand dollars, possibly recreating in Canada, leaving Bismarck short of cash.
General Master Workman Pow derly issues a circular urging Knights of Labor to observe Independence Day with suitable demonstrations wherever an assembly exists.
On Wednesday afternoon the president appointed Charles C. Maginnis of Morris Minnesota as receiver of public moneys at Duluth. Maginnis was endorsed for the post by Kelly and Doran.
The Avalance of Sauk Centre reports a consoling note that saloons will likely be open both day and night during the upcoming G. A. R. encampment in Sauk Centre, promising convenient hospitality for attendees.
Mr. Dewey, late of Graceville Transcript, will publish a new Brainerd daily soon. A veteran republican editor, he has tried running a weekly in Graceville, a strongly democratic town, and now aims for a daily in a town that has never supported a first class weekly paper.
Bishop Ireland reports the pope's deep interest in American affairs from Rome. The pontiff supposedly regards the United States as a great mission field for Catholics to set exemplary citizenship and to work for the nation's welfare, while noting the church's independence from any government.
The pope will communicate with Archbishop Corrigan of New York about Dr. McGlynn. He will approve Corrigan's handling and warn the priest that if he does not appear before Rome within forty days he will be formally excommunicated.
The Indian government disclosed a secret treasure hidden in Gwalior palace by the late maharajah. Workers dug six feet to reveal pits of silver rupees with metal plates naming officials who aided the concealment. The hoard, valued over 25 million dollars, was taken as a loan from the young ruler amid protests. Parliament may challenge the move as seizure in disguise.
At a May wedding in Detroit Cornelius Vandermergen and Minnie Neys faced an unlawful interruption as a ballet dancer fired shots into a window entering the hall. The incident caused plaster debris to injure Millie Hudson, leaving her shaken and needing care.
In verse Dakota Bell observes spring returning while the board of health roams alleys and parks. They scent ash piles and garbage heaps and warn owners. A dead horse rests in the public park as a dog and cat linger near the poisoned bone.
Detective Miles of Racine arrests James Murphy thirteen and William Murphy fifteen for train wrecking on the Wisconsin Central line between here and Chippewa Falls. Ten weeks earlier open switches derailed several passenger trains. after arrests an armed watch was kept at switches. A Minneapolis boy was once arrested but proved innocent. No motive is known, suspected influence from dime novels.
Washington May 16. William Hodgespeth of Company H Forty second Indiana volunteers appeals for a pension after serving with the Union then briefly joining the Confederacy to avoid death at Andersonville. The pension board granted it, but acting secretary Hawkins reversed, and Secretary Lamar remains puzzled after months. Four similar cases follow, with Gen. Black labeling them frauds despite plausibility.
Washington notes say the president caught a slight cold during outdoor exercises at the Garfield monument unveiling and has grown worse. Officials kept the illness from the public as his throat and bronchial tubes are the weakest points and any attack alarms him.
An ad-style notice urges readers to subscribe for the MINNEAPOLIS WreckLy Teipone premium list offering Roger Bros genuine electro plated knives forks and spoons at low prices plus terms for agents and premium lists.
During a Cairo deployment five hundred men lacked hospital care and supplies. Mrs Logan traveled to Carbon Dale and within thirty six hours returned with homemade blankets pillows jellies and fruits. After initial fatalities no further deaths occurred among the regiment. The sketch credits her as a pivotal influence on the striped hospital and notes the lasting memory of the Colonel's wife.
Advertised cure for consumption and lung diseases claims swift relief after three doses. Proclaims 80 000 dozen bottles sold last year with no failures and urges druggists to recommend it to the poor and dying. Lampe bottles sell for 10 cents and regular size for 75 cents worldwide.
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