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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1892
Page
4
The Chenquatana Club plans a grand masque ball around mid February. The Arlington party by the Chenquatana Club last eve ning was well received and enjoyable.
The first snow of the season falls since noon making sleighing unlikely. Frost and dry roads hinder contracting work by Reilly on the paving project, slowing excavation on the east side of Sixth Street while the west side near Front Street nears completion.
The department in Washington approved Maj. Charles Ruffee as agent at White Earth Indian agency and he will be placed in full charge with Commissioner Hall to settle Chippewa affairs. Also, Brainerd High School to send its top local winner to the Sixth Congressional District contest.
The Friday celebration for Mr. and Mrs. George Forsyth at their East Brainerd residence drew over 250 guests. The couple received a vast array of silver and other gifts from friends and family, with attendees including members of the Eastern Star and numerous local residents.
The Northern Lights Company performs a week at the opera with leading players Harry Ellis and Mary Ellsworth praised by witnesses. Tickets are 10 20 and 30 cents and a dining room set will be given away to a lucky folder tomorrow. A grand matinee follows Saturday afternoon. Betsy Noren infant deaths and Gull River drowning mark local notices.
A Victorian miscellany recounts Captain Ezra Whipple’s viva voce tale of the “paradise craze” at sea after a 1867 Cuba collision and a Dutch ship’s loss, plus a New York Tribune sketch on Leigh Hunt Carlyle era privations and a joke about two sovereigns in Carlyle’s chimney piece.
A bald man confronts a druggist who touts an unparalleled capillary renovator and scalp balm. The exchange ends with a clinch as the bald man reports hair that grows and pulls itself out by the roots, illustrating a comical urban anecdote from the Indianapolis Journal.
A column notes boat anchoring on Chinese rivers uses shore stakes or stones, with rope around a shore boulder. The Montreal Witness mentions a Mont Blanc photograph from 56 miles away at a Victorian exhibition. Middle Ages metal drinking cups are described as ancient, and ads invite readers to visit Henry I Coney Callon J F McGinnis Co for fall clothing bargains and a free souvenir offer.
A brief ad touts Cubed Cough Cure as a quick relief for bronchitis and throat and lung discomfort. It notes sale by N. McFadden and contact through J. F. McGinnis & Co. Also mentions clothing boots and shoes for fall and winter.
The Big 9 fall stock is complete at Brain erd. R F Warters offers reliable boots and shoes at low prices with custom work and repair services on Sixth Street. Call and see them.
Henry I. Couey notes that shoppers reviewing the cloak collection are surprised by its wide range and bargain prices, reflecting a strong value edge.
The advertisement page lists new stock at D. M. Clark & Co. including wall paper hardware and clothing. It highlights L. J. Cale and Bredfeld’s shoe stores with sales and a 1000 person on trial for shoes. It notes Heath and Milligan paints and Gents suits at J. F. McGinnis & Co. Also seeks a missing boy Lepold Pepin with a $100 reward from Pacr Perr Brainerd Minn.
The Wisconsin Central Lines touts its fast daily trains from St. Paul Minneapolis and Duluth to Milwaukee Chicago and points East and South with Pullman Vestibulated Drawing Room Sleepers Dining Cars and Coaches. Pamphlets are available free from ticket agents or Jas C Penn in Chicago. Also notes Krause’s Headache Capsules and a notice of two spring calves taken up around Oct 1 with owner to claim by description.
Druggist Will Crawford of Des Moines Iowa reports Cubeb Cough Cure sells well and earns high praise from customers. A long troubling bronchitis case claims relief after using it and recommends it for throat and lung troubles. Sold by N McFadden.
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