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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1896
Page
5
Smith & Winslow loan, real estate, and rental activity are listed alongside travels of McKay Forsyth Seeley Courtney and other local residents. notices cover auctions, millinery, corsets, teeth, hotels, and upcoming church events with names of shops and venues.
Friday evening at the opera house features a unique entertainment by the Episcopal church ladies directed by Miss Cox of the Boston College of Oratory and the Chatauquan School of Expression. Forty young women in Grecian costume perform with readings and musical numbers including the dramatic scene The Marble Heart. Admission is 35 cents with reserve seats at 15 cents extra.
Local shoppers are urged to visit Grandelmyer’s for a display of fashionable hats and bonnets. The display showcases the latest millinery styles with a focus on novelty trims and new color schemes for the season.
Hon C C McCarthy will address voters at Ft Ripley on Oct 12 and Gull River on Oct 13. Senator W E Culkin speaks Deerwood Oct 13 and Brainerd Oct 14 from a Republican view. F R LaRoux will speak French at Brainerd Oct 12 at Republican Headquarters on Front Street.
Miss Cox from the Boston College of Oratory will lecture at the YMCA hall Tuesday evening at 8 15 pm under the auspices of the Ladies Physical Culture Club and the YMCA gymnasium.
W H Everest announces candidacy for Crow Wing County Auditor as an independent. He asks voters with the county's best interests at heart to support him in the upcoming election. Dated Sept 18 1896.
Monday evening the council met with full membership. Minutes were read, reports accepted, and bills listed including payrolls for city employees streets and electric lights. Licenses granted and crossings discussed. A business meeting followed to cut costs and reduce police and officer salaries.
Steam rendered penne for ab leaf lard is mentioned along with a 26 conte price note. Special prices from Banson and Gaar appear in an advertisement fragment.
Proceedings of the Cass County Board of Commissioners meeting held October 1896 show all members present and bills approved for road work. Names listed include Nels Hanon Julius Christopherson Edwin Largereon Frank Hagen Ralph Maine August Pohl Joe Toring Adolph Hagen Philip Seidle J M Barnett with amounts ranging from 4 60 to 27 75 and 1800 for road work plus medical services 7 18.
A ledger of road work and bridge plank purchases lists workers such as Ellis, Tompkins, Seeley, and Ferguson. Entries note road repairs in town 143 range 25 with an appropriation of 450 from road and bridge funds subject to Commissioner Bryant approval. The board adjourned to November 2 p.m. with names Tacuz Cox Raymond and others attending.
The Lowell school board met with most members present and approved previous minutes. They raised Miss Jennie Paine’s salary to 45 dollars monthly and elected Earl Mallory and Jean Small as teachers. They fixed a 18000 dollar tax levy, authorized funds for payroll, arranged wood sawing, budgeted substitute pay, approved bills, and urged a state law to divert half of liquor-license funds to schools.
Ten dollars reward for apprehension and conviction of anyone destroying fences breaking into buildings or stealing property from lot 2 section 18 town 45 range 26 Schwartz Brick Yard. Fifty dollars reward for apprehension and conviction of anyone setting fire to the building on the same property burned on September 12.
Miss Clara Louie Thompson will present the great picture play Chinook at Sleeper Opera House next Monday evening in the city. Tickets priced 35 and 50 cents reserved, 25 cents general, 26 cents gallery. Reserved seats go on sale Oct 10 at Atwood Johnson's drug store. The Minneapolis Tribune praises its refinement and strong dramatic performance by Thompson.
Old style laundry ad proclaims quick, thorough service with soap and water and skilled workmen. Also a Northern Pacific Pullman tourist car schedule from St Paul to San Francisco with double berth option priced at $6 and reservations via W D McKay Brainerd Minnesota. Hoffmans store offers furniture trade ins and installment outfits.
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