03 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1893
Page
1
Brainerd Dispatch editor proprietors N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland operate from Sleeper block rooms 5 and 7 Crow Wing county Minnesota. The weekly paper is issued every Friday with a yearly subscription of $1.50 and boasts the finest job printing office in the city.
Brainerd area residents and visitors are noted in a roundup mentioning Mrs. C. E. McMullen and daughter from Staples, W. S. McClenahan's return from the World’s Fair, Mrs. F. W. Wieland visiting Hamlin, and Mrs. N. B. Chase hosting Louis Hodgkins of Worcester. Other items include repeal bill passage supported by Republican senators, births, travel reports from Minneapolis and Chicago, and local social events.
Between five and six o'clock Monday evening three men James Howard John Carroll and John Gallegher robbed A E Veon Jewelry in Gardner block Five watches found in Howards possession after arrest on the Mississippi wagon bridge Chief Barron and Officer Hurley recovered most of the plunder with Carrol dropping a package overboard The trio claim to be out of work from Dakota and most stolen watches belonged to customers awaiting repairs
J C Gauvin of Street Railway Co begins building a skating rink on vacant land beside the power house with plans to keep it snow free and accessible by nearby streetcars.
Guy Stratton discovered the skeleton of a man between Gilbert Lake and the Mississippi River. A foreign revolver with an empty chamber and a German hotel circular suggest the deceased was German and died by self-inflicted harm in spring or summer. A name Matthais Renner appears in a notebook, and a purse contained $4.10. The body was buried, and belongings are displayed at the undertakers.
Assessment roll list shows property owners and parcels from blocks 45 47 67 for a special levy to pave Fifth Street from Front to Laurel and Laurel Street from Fifth to Seventh. Names include Mary Gray, L B White, J C Jamson, Martha G Thompson, L and F H Stran, J L Starcher and others with specific lots and blocks and fractional amounts cited.
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