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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
4
Various Brainerd items: petty thefts and injuries including J D Barstow pocket book loss and Frank Titus leg injury. community notices on Decoration Day, religious services, and street work. ads for Bradbury & McGinn and Smiths. Rhea at the opera house June 3 and next Thursday. open air band concerts and city improvements. Oddfellows meeting, new brides, and a serious Brayford injury from a stake puncture with slivers removed from wound.
Chicago figure Sam Leopold plans a June visit to Brainerd while Charlie Publer shifts to Evening Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Local reports note police changes, Middlesex interests, and Brainerd residents visiting Moorhead and Vermont. Officials discuss water works, coalitions celebrate a baby show winner, and Decoration Day plans unfold with WCTU support and floral tributes.
Mlle Rhea visits Brainerd amid social acclaim and is noted for costumes from Paris houses Worth and Mme Alexandre. Her corn satin dress with seed pearls, blue Lyon velvet overdress, and Marabout plume complement a Mary Antoinette lace ruff. She is described as a capable musician likely to interpret Chopin and Liszt. Rumor links her to Maine property on Kennebunk Bay for a summer home.
A note from the Sauk Rapids Free Press reports a child arrival this week and quips about avoiding being scooped by Editor Stivers of the Brainerd Daily Journal, announcing a playful rivalry in the pines.
The Labor Echo protests convict labor on public works citing harm to honest workers in Brainerd. The editor replies that no work beyond scavenging is done by convicts and asserts local labor is fairly employed.
A Disparch scribe reports that Sunday barber shops remain closed after police threats to shut down gangs. The incident prompts a man to lament missing church and hair on his face. Bradbury and McGinns advertise fresh strawberries. Veterans are urged to assemble at 7:30 Sunday evening for a memorial service at Congregational Church.
A local merchant Bradbury & McGrrn advertises a fine lot of butter in jars warranting No. 1 quality or no sale. They invite customers to call for fresh and good butter.
The versatile John Thompson presents the farcical Around the World at the Opera House this Friday, May 28. The show features original songs and grotesque dances with a wide array of instruments and comic acts.
Proposals for building a bridge across the Nokay Sebie river in section 10 township 43 north range 31 west must be filed with the county auditor by 10 o clock a m May 30 1886. Plans and specs available at the county surveyor. The commissioners may reject any or all bids. J E Wixson county auditor. Also classified notices advertise pasture rent deer sale and local business listings.
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