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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1891
Page
4
R F Waters promotes a larger stock of boots and shoes than ever shown in Brainerd with better value. Visitors invited to view the updated stock andamps. custom work and repairs offered as usual on Sixth Street.
Local Brainerd reports cover new openings including Walker & Son market in East Brainerd and Brockway's oyster house on Sixth street. Notes list family births, licenses to wed, deer caught at raffles, and a visit from "The President" with a Dec 5 opera house levee. Also mentions hospital plans, council talk on meat and produce peddler licensing, and World’s Fair fund efforts.
A Thanksgiving night event at the YMCA parlors introduced Mr. T. P. Wood as the new secretary. About seventy five attendees enjoyed sociability and a program of recitations readings solos and choruses with strong applause. Participants included Mrs. G W Alexander Mrs Potter Mrs Bartel Miss Whiteley Morser Clark Minnie and Nellie Merritt and Miss Dresser. Mr A E Losey chaired.
Mrs. Anna C. Senti dies of pneumonia at 67 on Monday night and funeral held at Evangelical church in East Breinerd. B. G. Porter, 25, dies of heart disease at Sanitarium, lumberman for Northern Mill Co., remains sent to Maine. Matt. Thompson dies from broken neck at Sanitarium after city move. worked on the section. RK. Purdy, 21, dies of pneumonia. remains to Wheatland, North Dakota. Phaneuf, 29, wife of Leopold Phaneuf, dies on Thanksgiving morning of heart disease. funeral planned from Catholic church. husband and two children remain.
Mayor and city council face clipped notes from Little Falls Tribune about Franciscan Sisters Hospital and convent nearly finished in the city. It notes hospital location as a great advantage and calls for liberal aid. Mentions Northern Pacific not building new shops at Brainerd and hints at farming ordinance debate.
White Cross Lodge No. 30 Knights of Pythias elected officers Tuesday for the year starting January 1 1892 C C Henry Robinson Vo O W A M Johnston Prelate S F Alderman K of R and S John W Bailey M of F J R Smith M of E C E Chiperfield M at A J E Edwards Trustee C D Johnson
A public teachers meeting will be held at the Washington school house Saturday the 28th at 1 30 p m. A full programme is prepared. It is hoped Co Supt Wilson and Principal Remington of Staples and others will be present and participate. An invitation is extended to all interested to attend.
Rev O J Waymild preached in Brainerd last Sunday and Thanksgiving was marked by a Bay Lake dance. Whetton plans summer move to Kane land. Evangelical Mission Friends preachers visit Swedish Baptists. Engmar and Engman tied to Sandy Lake dam work seasonally. Jack frost covers earth and lakes. Local inquiry on skating gatherings. Two Deerwood houses gain telegraph connections as surveyors map depot land for Adams. Townsfolk ponder a future city with gas and possibly electric lights. New cheese line at Paine Co market attracts shoppers. Mrs Theviot advertises goods at No 16 Front Street. 1,000 people purchase shoes at L J Cale’s store and he invites old friends to his new stand.
A child’s ring lost at City Hotel during supper on Tuesday November 24 hints at a return reward issued by J. T. Sanborn. Also reported is a red ox with legible markings found near Rabbit Lake and a note about millinery bargains at Mrs H Theviot, plus ads for fire insurance, Henrietta shoes, Day’s neckwear, carpets, and a soap price claim by The Enterprise.
The article describes Brazilian funeral customs for different ages and statuses, noting bright hearse livery and scarlet nets for young unmarried ladies, royal purple for swell funerals, and black and gold for elders. It also explains wedding flowers, the hidden meaning of orange blossoms, and the porterage trade, including piano and safe handling by four strong porters and the need to bargain for delivery and placement.
Vienna reports a German scholar has devised papery opera glasses bound to the head by an elastic strap to curb sea sickness and dizziness on land. The darkened underside and long lower portion aim to shield the eye from disturbing rays, though wearers may look unappealing to fellow travelers.
An Eastern grammar school teacher tests students on word meanings. A boy defines topaz as where males walk when drawing a canal boat. A girl defines halo as a rope cowboys use to catch cattle. The mishearings amuse teachers.
A hotel proprietor questions whether a guest Bilkins can pay high rates. A clerk defends him saying Bilkins is immensely rich, noting his old age and ugliness contrasted with his wife’s youth and beauty.
A missionary recalls a Buddhist wedding at the Governor of Cambodia's palace. The bride and groom sit on the floor as wax candles, silver salvers, and a sword ceremony unfold. The couple’s hands are bound with silk threads, symbolizing wedlock, in a simple yet striking rite.
A Truth Society letter questions modern marriage norms by contrasting a girl's education in modesty with the open selling of brides. It argues that arranging marriages for money, under luxury and诱 lure, corrupts judgment and undermines mutual esteem and genuine compatibility. The piece condemns the commodification of brides and calls for more principled unions.
A father teaches through a parable about a boy who dismisses a horseshoe found on the road and learns a hard lesson when his father buys cherries with the iron’s value. As the father pretends to eat the cherries, the boy greedily picks up and eats them, missing the chance to benefit from quiet effort. The tale cautions that laziness costs more than effort.
The Reading president McLeod now earns 40000 dollars and Chauncey M Depew at New York Central receives 50000 dollars, the highest railroad president salary in the world.
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