15 Nov 1889
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1889
Page
1
The note contrasts hay prices with Minneapolis at 11 dollars per ton and Brainerd at 7 dollars, suggesting Merriam & Co. be given a rest until spring. It concludes that voters will know the governor by fall and his name will begin with Bill.
The letter mocks prohibition advocates and Republican struggles while noting Democratic funding questions. It hopes the Chicago W C T U convention ends peacefully, warns of potential confrontations, and calls the situation a disgrace.
Several Minnesota papers report agents offer to pay half cash and half advertising for articles. A recent circular proposed paying $12 cash plus $12 in ad space in exchange for a Marlin rifle model 1888, which lists for about $12.80 retail, while papers still accept exchanges.
The Journal quotes Brother Stivers as arguing that public service integrity is threatened by an ignorant alien race and extreme measures could be justified. He suggests aliens should be denied ballots unless they meet his intelligence standard and even imagines city government run by aliens who cannot compute interest or pay taxes, implying Klan-like actions.
A Duluth special reports surveyors are tracing a line northwest from Cromwell toward the Northwest, paralleling the Duluth and Winnipeg route. The agents' identities and company affiliation are unclear, but Manitoba interests are suspected. A separate party, led by a former Manitoba engineer, was seen about eighteen miles west of Grand Rapids, claiming to follow the Duluth and Winnipeg path near Itasca.
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