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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1885
Page
3
A lengthy list of local ads and notices for Brainerd businesses includes Day & Meagher selling oil cloths and hats, Parker's confectionery, Kentucky Liquor Co. promotions, and E. M. Smith cigars. Additional items mention real estate sales, new goods at Westfall and Mrs. H Theviot, jewelry updates, and community events plus auctioned wares and upcoming raffles.
Golden Wing Cigars touted as latest best brand at E. E. M. Smith's. Fresh Badger State underwear invoice arrives at Westfall's. sold fast. Underwear praised for rheumatism. Chinchilla winter caps job lot at Westfall's priced 25 cents. hurry before selling out.
A 12 year old, George Tift, dies from a rifle discharge by his 18 year old brother William in a house on 3rd and 4th streets. The rifle discharged as cartridges were fed from the magazine. the bullet pierced his chest and exited via the bedstead and wall. Coroner says no inquest required. A family burial fund is being raised after a grim Thanksgiving day tragedy.
Agent Sheehan begins current annuity payments at Leech Lake after distributing cash to nearly 1,600 Chippewa Indians whose goods payments were delayed. He plans to cover remaining bands White Earth Otter Tail and Red Snake, while noting earlier hardships. The piece then recounts Thanksgiving origins from the Pilgrims to Washington era, noting the holiday tradition and the date’s current observance on the fourth Thursday in November.
Robbers of St. Paul complain traveling men cannot ride freight trains on the Northern Pacific. Officials counter with a schedule: St. Paul to Brainerd three passenger and one freight each way. Brainerd to Detroit three passenger and two freight westbound and three passenger and one freight eastbound. Detroit to Fargo three passenger and one freight each way. Little Falls to Dakota branch one each way. Fargo to Jamestown west two passenger and two freights and east three passenger and one freight. Jamestown to Mandan one freight and one passenger daily. Norther Pacific deems this sufficient.
In a letter from D J Knox of Aitkin dated Nov 23 1885 Knox disclaims involvement with Upham who he says did not work for him. Knox identifies Upham as manager of W Potter Co s Villard hotel and urges correction of the previous report.
Sullivan and company drew a large audience with Irish melodies last night. They announce another performance next Wednesday night December 2 with an entire new programme. Admission 50 cents, reserved seats 75 cents, balcony 25 cents, and children 15 cents.
A man on a Sunday evening asserts a right to a kiss for every shooting star. The woman initially resists but ultimately consents. She distracts him with meteors and lightning bugs, then redirects to the lantern light swung by a man at a distant depot where trains switch.
The Aitkin Age notes the band has a single instrument Hopper cannot play the snare drum while he handles the rest with ease, whichever comes first.
The last of the Wilson and Gillespie Minneapolis outfit has advanced from Brainerd. Camps are ready and will cut north of Sandy Lake about thirty-five miles from Aitkin. They expect 8,000,000 feet this season versus 1,500,000 last year.
A meeting of the W. ed T. U. will be held at the Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 with all interested invited. Mrs A E Pennell secretary.
A Duluth school boy lit a dynamite fuse in class to have fun. The blast injured him, and doctors later amputated three fingers with hope for saving the rest of his hands.
The Norwood House is for rent and parties seeking a well located new home with every convenience should inquire at Mrs. E. French premises on Norwood street at the corner of Seventh.
Marriage licenses issued by the clerk of the court this week include George Bertram with Annie J. Wright and Phillip Betzold with Annie Goodderz. Louis Demules of Beaupre Kelley & Co praised Brainerd's prospects to a Dispatch scribe, noting strong merchant payments and low failures along the Northern Pacific line. Dr. Stanley reports brisk business at his rental rooms and an orderly, neat appearance in town.
A Jersey City railroad worker explains that wrecks are costly to rolling stock and repair, with engines worth 7000 dollars, freight cars 475 to 500, gondolas 400 to 425, and passenger cars up to 3500. He notes a wreck can reach about 10000 dollars in damage and that firms prefer quiet handling unless injuries occur.
A fragment recounts coastal African communities that revere the shark and view its stomach as paradise. They perform yearly offerings of poultry and goats and, at times, sacrifice a ten year old child bound to a post in the tide. The rising water drowns the child as sharks and cries blend with the mother’s sounds.
In a dry goods store a carpet salesman tells a man the carpet his mother would like. The man corrects him that the wife is his mother, not his mother and wife. The wife remains unmoved and they depart without purchasing. The tale ends noting women forgive being thought older than they are.
A New York Tribune writer extols fence row fruit trees as a way to profit from otherwise unproductive soil. Roots access abundant nutrients, trees resist sun scorch and cattle rubbing, and hedge-like rows deter depredation while postponing harvest constraints. Fence rows beautify farms and shelter fields.
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