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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1890
Page
4
Brainerd locals plan travels to Wisconsin Michigan and Canada while weather and street work advance. Posts cover baptisms sermons Y M C A events saloon changes and upcoming state firemen convention with city preparations and delegate lists.
On May 24 1890 John A Peterson and Minnie Bergman wed at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage officiated by Rev J G Hultkrans. May 25 1890 Andrew Sanders and Ida Puustinen married at the Swedish Hultkrans. A special city council meeting awarded Ole Larson the contract to build a culvert and earth embankment at the Oak Street bridge site and to remove the bridge with city lumber for the culvert, paying Larson 200 dollars. The council also set aside 75 dollars for Memorial Day expenses with Capt W P Spalding representing the G A R post.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers preserve genuine folk melodies of the South, shaping the public memory of African American minstrelsy and bringing back the wild plaintive tones that once defined the genre according to the New York World.
White Cross Lodge No. 30 with Knights of Pythias elected C. C. Wm. Priest and V. C. Thos. Blackburn plus Prelate H. Robinson M of A J. H. Clark Trustee John Cochran and Grand Lodge Representative Jas. Towers. Evergreen Lodge No. 90 L O. O. F. elected G. F. W. Marry V. G. Dwight Potter Treasurer L. T. Dean Rev. Secy. Rev. Jenkins. Committee thanks all for festival and auction at Swedish Lutheran church last Saturday night.
The Gun Club reports a small number of birds broken due to high Wednesday forenoon wind. Grounds are in excellent condition with all traps operated by an electric battery. Regular monthly sweepstakes are planned for the last Saturday of each month, with members such as Caughie, McClenahan, Mantor, Walker, Paine, Ingersoll, Westfall, Howe, Hoffman, and others listed among participants.
On Friday June 13 at the circus grounds two famed aeronauts perform a free exhibition. An ascent in a large balloon ends with a parachute jump from one mile height, then a controlled descent to the ground. Spectators will see a dramatic, safe descent in a classic aerial act.
The Brainerd June 13 exhibition by John Robinson's show boasts the largest American display with ten lady horseback equestriennes led by Miss Josie Demott, 21 acrobats and gymnasts, seven male two, four and six horse riders, a boy rider driving 30 ponies, fifteen aerial and bicycle artists, twenty gymnasts and specialists, plus ten comic clowns. A grand, diverse lineup for the date.
May 22 DeLaru Frank Bannack received 2500 dollars for the loss of each of three fingers after a coupling accident. The jury awarded him 7500 dollars in his suit against the St Paul and Duluth Railroad Company for the injuries.
Notice enforces Rule 9 on hose use for sprinkling washing windows and sidewalks only May 1 to November 1. Violations will trigger immediate water shutoff regardless of meter status. Ambrose Tighe, Receiver, May 22, 1890. Also announces Day's closing out sale with hats in new and staple styles at low prices.
A jumble of small ads and notices from Brainerd style papers listing cemetery lot care with F G Sundberg, Day's closing out sales on hats and footwear, found receipt book, a photo gallery setup by J B Robinson, carpet slippers at 38 cents, ice cream parlors at Armory waiting rooms, carriages varnishing at Congdon’s, harness department adverts, Plastico nail coating, Krockery and glass wares at D M Craix & Co, baby jokes, hats and outfits, and A L Horruax offering loans on chattel mortgages with Brainerd address.
Fine line of whips at I A White's and Day's closing out sale feature men’s shoes from $1.24 to $1.68 with box, sizes, and styles including button lace and congress. Ladies Kid shoes at $1.38. A robust oil grain men’s shoe with tap sole warrants wear of iron. Whitford's harness store lists dusters and lap robes. Ice orders via Larson Walter's wood and coal office.
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