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Newspaper

Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1885

Page

3

Brainerd Dispatch Official County Paper in Minnesota

Brainerd Dispatch issued every Friday in Brainerd Minnesota. Editors and Proprietors are N. H. Ingersoll and F. W. Wieland. Official paper of Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties. Entered at the Brainerd post office as second class mail. Subscription is $1.50 per year in advance.

Brainerd Minn Oficial Crow Wing, Cass Itasca Counties Minneosta Arbuckle’s L. J. Cale’s Crow Wing Cass Itasca Uncle Sam

Attorney General Rules Tax Judgment Sales Must Note Subsequent Taxes

Attorney General Hahn answers yes the auditor must certify on state assignment certificates of tax judgment sale that all subsequent taxes have been paid in addition to the certificate required by section 100 chapter 11 of the general statutes. The question was presented by A B Mathews attorney of Meeker county.

Hahn A. B. Mathews Meeker County

Bethlehem Star Appears Pale in Eastern Sky Tonight

The star of Bethlehem is visible as a pale white point in the eastern sky and grows brighter daily. It will become a conspicuous object, rivaling Jupiter, and is the star seen by shepherds and guiding the wise men to Christ, with appearances about every 314 years.

Bethlehem Jupiter Christ Williams William’s J. M. Coffinberry Cleveland William F. M. Cable & Co Fraziar Medicine CO

Indian trader charged in pension fraud case

Deputy U S Marshal Brackett arrested Jarvin Howard of Mantor, Hubbard county, on charges of defrauding a Hubbard county widow of pension funds. Howard allegedly appropriated about 16000 of money collected on pension claims, receiving 19000 and accounting for only 3000, with the rest misused. His case will be presented to the current grand jury.

United States Marshal Brackett Wadena Jarvin Howard Hubbard County Howard Mantor Minneapolis Tribune

Suit Seeks Dam Block at St. Cloud Mill and Navigation

Trying to Stop the Dam documents C Bridgman suit in the United States circuit court to bar the St. Cloud Water Power and Mill company from building a dam on the west Mississippi channel at St. Cloud. He seeks to divert waters to a canal for manufacturing and to protect the east channel. The suit claims navigation and logging interference and loss of a $100,000 saw mill and docks producing $10,000 yearly income, with a temporary injunction requested during litigation.

C. Bridgman United States St. Cloud Pioneer Press

Making Sport of Canfield in Moorhead Delegates Tale

The St. Paul Dispatch relays a club incident from Moorhead where a circuit of disaffected delegates nominated for the Chicago convention. G. S. C. is teased as the last of the alternates while a telegram to Nasby’s wife hints at a Chicago-bound fate. A machine poem laments the ascent of a new name amid gossip.

St. Paul Fifth Moorhead Chicago Brainerd G.S. C Nasby BD. R. Locke Toledo Ohio

Ames station rail disaster wounds circus train tragedy

A severe wreck involving John Robinson's circus at Ames station six miles west of the city on the Northern Pacific line. The head section split and backward moving cars collided with the rear, killing and injuring many workers and canvasmen as debris spread along the track. The caboose shattered and engines damaged in a high speed crash.

John Robinson Wahpeton Ames Station Here N. P Ames

Night Circus Train Crash Leaves Five Dead

A rear train section collided with a circus train near Ames causing five deaths and over twenty serious injuries. About 200 passengers on the ill fated cars faced panic and destruction as responders and physicians from the Northern Pacific company aided the wounded. The coroner’s inquest found the collision accidental with testimony detailing the engineers’ observations of red lights and speeds prior to impact. The circus proprietor seeks damages from the Northern Pacific, estimated around $5,000.

Everbody Fergus Fall Northern Pacific Company Bedford Greenleef W. L. Hooker Wahpeton Fergus Fells Reed Ames Breckinridge French Everdale E. H. Reed Jeff Wahpeton Robinson Northern Pacific Road

A Disreputable Trick by Baking Powder Testers

The article exposes tests used by women to falsely claim superiority of their baking powder. It shows how cold water tests are manipulated to mislead, with flour adulteration and deceptive gas odors used to imply impurity. It warns the public that these women are swindlers taught by a man.

Debate on Prohibition Shapes Toledo Discussion

The joint debate between Judge Foraker and Geo. Headly in Toledo focused entirely on prohibition. The topic, long argued in politics, drew attention as a central issue in the local scene.

Judge Foraker Geo. Headly Toledo D

Rugby Colony Echoes English Yankee Tensions and toil

A Cincinnati Times-Star correspondent surveys Rugby near Glen Mary on the Southern road. He portrays a mixed settlement of English and American settlers, describes the austere, sickly look of natives, the English effort to cultivate land, and debates over land prices, social life, and governance under Mr. Thomas Hughes. He notes few laws and no drinking shops.

Glen Mary Cincinnati Times-Slir Rugby Kentucky Thomas Hughes London Company New York Pennsylvania Boston Ohio Hughes Virginia John Smith John London

Plentiful ranges now overstocked threaten cattle

The article notes ranges are stocked to the limit and many overstocked. A short grass crop could devastate thousands of cattle, illustrating how business has stretched to its utmost extent.

Zulfikar Name Linked to Sword of Ali and War Motifs

The passage explores the meaning of Zulfikar tying it to Ali and the sword of Muhammad, noting Arabic roots and the phrase lord of the backbone. It contrasts the frontier’s claim by Russia with a symbolic link to victory and warfare as discussed in St James's Gazette.

Zulfikar Zu-al-fakar Mohammed Ali Saiahs Zulfikar Pass Russia Ameer Hyderabad Deccan St James's Gazette

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Brainerd Dispatch N. H. Ingersoll, F.W. Wieland Editors and Proprietors Praud George Stills TOM Hughes’ Colony Elie Tas Heise H. M. Barron J. L. Smith’s Jewelry Store Derg Ho Yen S. Walker EE. A. Summers Dettelbach Front Street Sixth Street Sok Aifort Riford Isteinwa North-West Minneapolis Srcoup Wateroome East Third St Nicolle Ave Mason & Hamzin and Shonincer Orcans J.w.dybr & Bro J. McCallum Front Street Bet Ceneral Land Office C. B. Sleeper Sleeper’s Addition N. McFadden C. D. Johnson IN Brainerd E. W. Lynch J.D. Bars Paine’s Market Harness , Corner Laurel and Sixth Streetshop D. W. Whitford F. A. B. King & CO Caver & Mohle Odd Fellows’ Block Hagberg & Honnett Hacberg & Honnett L.j.cale Kentucky Liquor Co Cigars Ki. S&s. Paine Wisconsin Central Line Wisconsin New Richmond Chippewa Falls Eau Claire Stevens Point Waupaca Neenah Menasha Fond du Lac Oshkosh UNION Nicollet House Merchant's James Barker Milwaukee Wis F. N. Finney Milwaukee, Wis F. H. Anson Northwestern Minneapolis, Minn Grant Grand Army Post Wait Forshee & McMakin Northern Pacific Saint Paul Duluth Minnesota Dakota Montana Idaho, Washington Territory Oregon British Columbia, Puget Sound Alaska Iached Pullman Palace ST. Paul and Portland Yellowstone Park St. Paul Minn Peck Geo. W. Peck America Peck’s Sun Atches Deorce L. Lord Brainerd Loan Agency Keene & Nevers Post Office M. P. Murphy South Sixth Street Dr. Walton Mother Walton Frazier Medical CO Dr. Frazier Frazier Medicine CO Prop’r F. M. Cabic & Co U. S. Mail Bost ON Third and Robert Streets ST. Paul, Minn
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