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Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1887

Page

5

Several Theatrical Companies Cancel Appearances Here

The city cancels engagements of several theatrical companies due to interstate commerce law. Other items note John E. Ireland attending Odd Fellows, Register Williams starting county records at Brainerd, and Sam Caughey selling a thoroughbred mare. Also mentions local council, a grand lodge rep, a fire alarm, and forthcoming Terrace Park development.

John E. Ireland Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Evergreen Lodge Wabasha Register Williams Brainerd Iasca County

Overland Tea Company Opens San Francisco Branch With Gift Cans

The Overland Tea Company of San Francisco opens a new Sixth Street branch at the old Postoffice stand. Tea and coffee are packed in paper cans weighing about two pounds total with a souvenir such as watches or jewelry. After ten days the souvenirs are dropped and prices remain the same. Orders by mail offer various multi-pack deals from Brainerd Minnesota.

Overland Tea Company San Francisco Postoffice Sixth Street United States Address Overland Tea Company Brainerd, Minn

Lumberman loses watch to Third Street swindlers

John Agnew, a lumberman, claimed to have $500 and was soon befriended by a group of thieves in Ort's saloon. They induced him to visit houses of ill repute on Third Street, where his gold watch worth $90 to $100 was stolen. After arrest and release of a suspect, a compromise returned the watch and authorities promised to barish sharks and gamblers from the city.

John Agnew Ort Ort’s Third Street Hec Mertz O’brien Agnew

Mrs Marian Todd to Speak on Labor Question at Opera House

Mrs Marian Todd of Michigan will lecture this evening on the labor question at the Opera House. A noted American lecturer and lawyer, she authored The Protective Tariff Delusion and spoke at the Cincinnati labor convention last March. Admission is 25 cents.

Marian Todd Michigan Opera House United States America Cincinnati

Soil quality around Brainerd praised by county crops

The Sauk Rapids Free Press recalls a farmer’s quip that Brainerd soil is so poor it must be manure to make bricks. It argues the area has both poor and rich soil and notes Crow Wing County won a state fair first premium for grain and vegetables, countering the joke.

Brainerd Sauk Rapids Crow Wing County Minnesota Crow Wing

Death of Silas P Fleming Shocks East Brainerd

Silas P Fleming aged 41 died at his East Brainerd home on May 15 1887 from heart disease after six weeks of illness. He was alderman of the third ward and leaves a wife three children and several brothers. Funeral remains were sent to Malone New York for burial.

Fleming Mr. Fleming Malone New York Minneapolis P. H Anthony Kelly East Brainerd Masonic Lodge Benefit Association of the Order W. A. Fleming

Community Notes and Local Notices in St. Paul Herald

Editor thanks friends for support during illness and death of husband H. P. Fleming. Items cover travel, local arrangements, court sentences, a peace-breaking case, a telegraph office employee's absence, a resort development near Rowe town site, and a heavy June freight-rate reduction by the Northern Pacific with detailed class rates and future post-June rates.

Disratcu 8. P. Fleming Hattie Fleming Northern Pacific St. Paul Brainerd

Bids Sought for Court House Grounds Work

Sealed bids are invited at the county auditor office until 10 a.m. June 7 for filling in the court house grounds. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Louis Tacuz, Auditor.

Court House Louis Tacuz

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Spalding & Spaulding Lumbermens Exchange Bank H.S. Totton Front Street Steely Erica Tery Evor St. Bet C. B. Sleeper Sleeper’s Addition FICE Laurel and Sixth Streets Bradbury & Peabody WN. McFadden Seymour Sherwood Brainerd Dispatch Cass and Itasca N. H. Ingersoll, F. W. Wieland Editors and Proprietors Minneosta Smith’s Westfalls H. Rosenblatt’s M. Clark & Co’s Charlie Gillman G. W. Vandershce Zenith E. G. Hill Little Falls H. Rosenblatt Joseph Plant J.C. Foote Chatfield Fillmore County Minn W. Hufty Park Rapids N. P. Telegraph Office Eldred Baker Frank G. Hall Crookston Disratcn Father Dugal Catholic Society of Anoka Herald Wright Orcott the Pipes A. M. McMullen Aitkin Listemann Concert Company Boston The Mutual Improvement Society Losey & Dean Sam. Caughey Parham Bulletin John McLaren Malcolm McLaren Canada Mr. McLaren 2Nd Congregational Church L. F. Nelson First Avenue C. D. Chunn C. E. McMullen N. P Mac F. E. Potter O’ Neil Nebraska E. J. Moorman Washington Territory Mr. Moorman Villard First Congregational Church S. A. Gleason Sixth Street South Dan O’connor O'Connor Searles Forsyth Fernald Spalding & Merrick Chicago White & White J. M. Hayes Duluth Smiths Fire Department Pat Vercoran Laurel Street R. Parker F. Luken 8. Hills Deerwood Smith's Peter Anderson Gull River Towne-McFadden Block Jno McLaren Mahan & Wilson Losey & Dean's Wm. Percy Thos Watts Peder Pederson Annie L. Anderson 5. Krogstad John Dillon Opera Phillips Norwood House Ed. Mahan Wildey Lodge Co. W. Ellis Fargo J.J. Howe & Co J. ©. Congdon Commercial House C. A. Cornwall Prohibition M. E Pioneer Press James White Cardozo Leopold Bros South Seventh St Department Gene Smith Rubles & Stock Gene Bettie N. Withrow W. C. Crum Arthur Lloyd Florida Dan Clark Eighth Street D. M Terrace Park Tenth Street Bluff Avenue Alderman and Canfield State Normal School St. Cloud, Minn Normal Hall A. W. Miller Gilbert Lake D. W. Whitford Joseph Fleming L. M. Wardener Washington Rte Memorial Services Pap Thomas Post G. A. R. Memorial Committee Capt. Spalding Post Kingwood Street Kingwood Sons of Veterans Westfall’s Grant Jas. Gardner Rabbit Lake Mr. Gardner Rosenblatt Harry Craig Matilda Priscilla Means Pennsylvania Craig D. R. Craig H. Relf Mi'le Lacs Rowe Judge Fleming John Burke Larbor Barney Herman Joe Delaney Delaney D. Wamsley Fritz Smith John Miller Day & Meagher’s M. L. Swartz M. L. Swatz’s E. Smith Westfall Swan F. G. Sundberg D. M. Clark & Co L. J. Cale P.O. L. J. Caz Cane Hoya! Baking Powder Co Wall Street N. Y S.& J. W Koop Oxford Newport Prince Alberts Day & Meagher, Cheap Cash Store Front Streets Keene, Neversa& Spaulding Post Office S. H. Relf, C. E City and County Walter L. Gray Alexander Derosier Register of Deeds Francis W. Brown Howe & Spaulding Office of the Register of Deeds Northern Pacific Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Or Duluth, Avida Dakota Montana Idaho Oregon British Columbia Puget Sound Alaska ST Paul and Portland Yellowstone Park St. Paul Minn St. Louis Albert Lea Crrs Des Moines Iowa Fort Dodge Watertown D. T Mississippi Valley Union Depot Kansas City Leavesworth Atchinson Union Pacific Topeka Santa Fe Minneapolis & Manitoba Boyd Gen Tkt & Pase M. McFadden J M. Roberts Lda Hartley Rock Front Street W. A. Smith Frater & Fernald Attorney At Law P* H. Ribbel Dover Post Ofice Sraitnerd Naires Clark St Palmer House Grand Pacific Hotel Tremont House Milwaukee Broadway Staton Paul East Third Street Nicolletean Elk
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