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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
5
A Cass County Pioneer editor condemns Pusic influences while creditors of Oscar Wilde reportedly receive 100 per day from Wilde's publications. The piece criticizes the free silver movement and notes strong negative press from the November verdict.
The report notes Boss McKane remains in control of a gang at the Sing Sing prison stone quarry. Nearby items mention State Auditor Dunn weighing county boundary annexation, a potential free silver party forming, and political performances by editors and officials.
The secretary of the interior ruled the eastern end of the old Northern Pacific is at Thompson Minnesota or Superior Wisconsin, not Ashland Wisconsin as a company claimed. The decision cuts about a million acres from the railroad’s land grants.
A promise made by Bob Inger years ago to acknowledge a difficult issue if Kentucky shifted to Republican control was not kept. The pledge, formed fifteen years prior, sat dormant as political prospects appeared unlikely to demand it.
The Journal’s Br or Stivers emerges as a theatrical manager and is praised for his new role. The comment warns he should avoid balletic temptation, implying his stance on the free silver issue is seen as lunacy.
The Cass County Pioneer rages over a proposed attachment of part of Cass to Crow Wing county. Brother Oliver notes a surge of thieves and cut throats in the city since the proposal emerged, fueling tension and controversy.
In Denmark plain drunks are taken to the police station in a carriage kept until sober and escorted home. The liquor dealer bears the penalty, paying a fine for selling too much. A second conviction leads to license revocation.
The Globe discusses Kentucky voting history noting all officers except Congress were viva voce until this year when the Australian ballot began. It contrasts with England where the ballot replaced public voting, praising the secrecy of the Australian booth as essential to true voter independence and courage.
The piece recalls the historical State of Franklin arising in the 1780s from parts of western North Carolina, its dissolution, and Tennessee’s later organization and admission to the Union. It notes North Carolina’s 1784–85 cession, the 1788 reconciliation, and ends by promoting Burlington Route rail service with a contact for W. J. C. Kenyon in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Minneapolis Journal accuses smugglers of snaring and killing moose in the north with heads mounted by a Warren taxidermist. It cites a woodsman seen tending several moose near Thief River and urges cooperation with Agent Fullerton to arrest the guilty parties.
The Central Citizen reports the Melby wreck caused several deaths and cites conductor Manly as responsible. It alleges he kept two orders for the Ashby meeting while giving the engineer only the Ashby passing orders, failing to follow proper procedures.
Grand Forks Herald notes a Minnesota editor attacking gold cures and ceremonial phrases. He denounces the gold cure rejects the golden rule and resists entering the golden gate.
Federal Judge R R Nelson at St Paul quiets title for Meehans against Ray W Jones in a case over land leased from Moosedung the Indian chief at Thief River Falls. The decision says setting apart a reservation under the treaty gave the chief authority to lease without interior secretary approval. The saw mill site was leased by Jones from Mon Si Moh. Meehan Brothers claimed prior rights and feared their improvements would be harmed.
The Youth s Companion publishers offer a free nine color lithographed art calendar to new subscribers who send name, address, and 1.75 dollars. The calendar features four water color scenes including a March sugar orchard, midsummer, harvest field, and winter church walk. Subscriptions include weekly issues through January 1, 1896 and a full year to January 1, 1897. Address The Youth s Companion 195 Columbus Ave Boston Mass.
Publishers of Ladies' Every Saturday Philadelphia announce a contest to form seventy words from letters in EVER Y SATURDAY with limited letter counts. Prizes include a Pneumatic Tire Bicycle a Gold Watch and 100 other articles. trial subscription requires twelve two cent stamps and includes rules and last contest winners.
Proceedings show the Cass County Board meets with all members present. Minutes approved and bills allowed for road work and territory annexation to Crow Wing. A road opening petition for Town Range 31 is granted for surveying. Notices dissolve Stendal Peterson ice firm. Help wanted ads and local business notices follow.
The Cass County Minnesota board of County Commissioners will receive bids at 10:00 a m for sale of 15000 funding bonds at 6 percent maturing in twenty years. Bids must include a certified check for five percent of the amount bid payable to the chairman. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
A shopper’s list shows prices for Leaf Sago six cents per pound, Best Corn six to thirteen cents, Baking Powder fifteen cents per pound, Pure Cream Tartar Powder, Coffee Essence twenty cents, Mixed Pickles twelve and a half, Sweet Pickles thirty cents per quart, Dr Fenner’s Honey Cough Syrup twenty five cents, and Dr Fenner’s product thirty eight cents.
The market welcomes a stylish influx of fall footwear with “Big 9” showcases at D M Clark & Co. Consumers are invited to visit and view the celebrated majestic ranges now in stock.
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