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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
4
Amid bustling counters, shoppers note polite attention especially toward young and fair patrons. The passage highlights trusted guidance to Henry I. Cohen’s store as a place where experience guides customer care.
Mrs J Peterson greets her husband with a son born early in the week. Mrs Kaley of Indiana visits her daughter Mrs Wieland. Rev Dr Adams of Minneapolis and the Presbyterian church engaged in town. W C T A meets at 3 pm in Y M C A parlors. Ball and French Market plans, Christmas gift bazaars, and a large list of family announcements, illnesses, and social events fill the Brainerd page.
Hope Hose Company No 1 hosts a grand ball at Gardner's new hall on Thanksgiving night November 26 with firemen and guests from nearby towns expected. Dresskell's orchestra provides music and tickets cost 1 dollar per couple.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in this city plans its fourth annual ball at Gardner's new hall on Wednesday evening, November 25. Committees named include arrangements J F Hawkins T Willis and R E Atkinson. floor managers J F McGinnis D M Clark Jas Cullen C O'Brien M Cullen Jas Smith. reception Wm Barron Wm Portch and John Willis.
A residence of George W. Smith on the corner of Tenth and Kingwood streets burned early yesterday. The fire, caused by a defective flue, was discovered late and the building, insured for 900 dollars, likely sustained a total loss.
The city treasurer Demeules repaid a $2 649 shortage after the Dispatch reported it last week and another $1 000 later. He had used funds from several institutions to cover claims, but he has repaid all and resigns. The editor urges charity toward him given his efforts to make good and his past character.
Ex city official Murphy was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of unlawfully taking about 1500 dollars belonging to Brainerd. The council delayed action hoping for settlement, but he refused to repay. bail was set at 1500 dollars, later posted, and he is at liberty after a preliminary hearing schedule.
Staples Minnesota dispatch reports August Schilling a butcher severely injured after a bar room confrontation with Touser Townsend. Townsend fetched a baseball bat and struck Schilling two feet away, crushing the skull. Doctors feared death but Schilling later showed partial recovery and returned to work. An estray one day yearling colt with star is sought by A J Wintersteen Brainerd Minnesota.
A missionary recalls a wedding at the Cambodian governor's palace with the bride and groom seated on the floor. The ceremony features wax candles, a silver salver, a sword on cushions, a theatrical sword act, bound hands with silk threads, and the couple's union in Buddhist wedlock.
The writer condemns how marriage in high society is arranged to money and social advantage. He argues daughters are educated for virtue but then sold in a market of elegance and appetite, urging that a serious life commitment be based on esteem and mutual interest rather than financial bargaining.
A father teaches his son a moral through a tale of a horseshoe found on the road. The man buys cherries with the penny from selling iron while the boy greedily takes dropped cherries. The father notes the bias of effort and concludes lazy folk endure more work. The parable ends with a quip about wealth and appearances.
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