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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1896
Page
4
Smith and Winslow loan and rent properties. Various residents travel to St Paul and St Cloud. Auditors, barbers, milliners, and corset sellers advertise new shops and goods. Church notices, fairs, and social events fill the community page. Obituaries and family news appear amid commerce ads and local updates.
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. Forty young women in Grecian costume will perform with artistic flair, including a dramatic scene titled The Marble Heart and readings by Miss Cox plus musical numbers. General admission costs 35 cents with reserved seats at Atwood Johnson's drug store for 15 cents extra.
Hon C C McCarthy speaks to Ft Ripley Oct 12 and Gull River Oct 13 as a strong Republican on the stump. Senator W E Culkin appears Oct 18 at Deerwood and Oct 14 at Brainerd from a Republican stance with Brainerd event also listed. F R LaRoux addresses Brainerd in French Oct 12 at Republican Headquarters Front Street, inviting attendees fluent in the language.
Miss Cox of the Boston College of Oratory will lecture Tuesday evening at 8 15 p m in the Y M C A hall under the Ladies Physical Culture Club and Y M C A gymnasium auspices.
W H Everssr declares as an independent candidate for Crow Wing County Auditor asking voters to support the person who best serves the county. He appeals to those with the county's best interests at heart.
City council met with full attendance. Minutes approved, officer reports filed. Electric lights chief recommended a telephone at the station. Various city bills approved including payrolls, Tribune, lumber, supplies, and utilities. J. M. Elder bill referred to electric light committee. Brainerd Electric Railway asked to add two crossings. Liquor license applications deferred. Election judges and clerks for five wards appointed. Council adjourned.
A packed Arlington Hotel gathering of local business leaders adopted measures to reduce police staffing and city county expenses. Leon E Lum elected chairman with Geo A Keene as secretary, committees appointed to study delinquent personal taxes and officers' fees, plus a plan to press for salary cuts in future budgets. The meeting adjourned to Oct 9 at Walker's Hall.
Proceedings record allocations for Garrison and town line road work, bids for coal supply, bank loan for Hughes repairs, and clerk changes. Listed are jurors and clerks for numerous precincts, with adjournment set to the second Tuesday in November. Also included are Cass County and various local precincts with votes, judges, and clerks.
Special prices offered for pounds at 25 cents and discounts for larger quantities. The notice emphasizes economical options for bulk buyers and highlights tiered pricing based on quantity.
An appropriation of 450 dollars from the road and bridge fund was approved to repair roads in town. Names such as Thompkins, Tompkins, Ellis, Seeley, Williamson, Cole, Ferguson, Griffith, Hardy, Weed, and Benjamin are recorded for road work or attendance at meetings plus plank and bridge material notes. The board adjourned to the first Monday in November at 2 p.m.
The board met at 8 P M with Vice President Britton presiding. Members present except Hagberg. Minutes approved. A phone service offer for schools at 1.50 monthly discussed. Miss Paine’s salary raised to 45 monthly. Mallory elected teacher at 37.50. Jean Small elected at 35. Library books ordered. School tax levy set at 18,000. Finance committee authorized to borrow. Wood sawing for the poor authorized at 0.40 per card. Substitute teacher salaries set for October. Numerous bills approved for text books and supplies. Water rate fixed at 18 per month. Text book account to be tracked by committee. Secretary to circulate request for a law to divert half of saloon license money to schools.
Ten dollar reward for apprehending and convicting anyone destroying fences breaking into buildings or stealing property from Lot 2 Section 19 Town 45 Range 26 Schwartz Brick Yard. Fifty dollar reward for apprehending and convicting anyone who set fire to the building on the same property burned on September 12. CL N Parrve
Miss Clara Louise Thompson presents the great picture play Chinook in Sleeper Opera House next Monday evening October 12. Reserved seats 35 and 50 cents, general admission 25 cents, gallery 25 cents. sale opens Saturday October 10 at Atwood Johnson's drug store.
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