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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1884
Page
3
Notices urge a Tuesday roller rink masquerade as the season’s greatest event while local shops promote bargains on Day & Meagher underwear and Koop Bros Mayflower Tea. Reports mention skating lessons, wrecks on the N P line, and a local infant baby show debate in Duluth.
A Dispatch advert blasts the Tribune for high prices and claims to undercut them by 10 percent. The piece defends its own lower costs and staffing, promising greater output with the same labor.
A serious cutting affray occurred on Fifth street between 9 and 10 pm. John DuFour and Jas McCaig, former foreman and employee, clashed after a night out. McCaig suffered eight cuts and facial slashes but survived, with no arrest made and officials planning to drop the case.
White Cross Lodge No. 30 invites members to Odd Fellows Hall for Oct 18, the first anniversary. The program includes addresses recitations a social then a royal banquet. Committee members include Thos Holiday Wm Percy J C Congdon P M Lagerquist Co V Wadham C D Johnson A Dettelbach.
A Brainerd correspondent notes signs of Democrat organizing in the county and legislative district. He mentions Col Baxter attending a state Democratic rally and reports plans to back an anti republican ticket by pressuring a current Republican to switch sides.
The Duluth Herald notes a twelve year old boy trained by Mr. Armstrong, proprietor of the roller rink, performing marvelous feats on roller skates. He walked a tight rope at the Fourth of July celebration grounds and executes handsprings and splits, with parents from Poland.
D E Slipp announces candidacy for County Commissioner of Crow Wing County promised faithful performance if elected. Brainerd October 10 1884. Leon Houde says George Holland is a blossoms.
Brainerd Minnesota council meets with Forsyth presiding and Aldermen Watts Slipp Howe present. Petitions include plat approval in East Brainerd and bills for rent printing lumber and jail repairs. several items referred to finance. Ald. Howe named to multiple committees and East Brainerd hose house completion authorized.
News from Fond du Lac reports a catastrophic rail accident on the St Paul and Duluth line. A Northern Pacific freight engine 258 with a pusher and coal cars plunged down a 60 foot embankment into the St Louis River after subsidence of underlying ground. Engineer R. S. Harter and fireman Judkins died, with Olson’s remains not yet found. Coroners and railroad officials inspected the scene as crews worked to raise the wreckage and restore service. Reports note the track’s dangerous grade and the urgent need for repairs and public notices follow.
All parties owed money to the old Linnemann and Koop firm will avoid a lawsuit by contacting J J Koop to arrange settlements and discharge accounts.
J L Smith and Company sell chances on a sixty dollar silver tea set praised as finest in the city. Tickets cost 25 cents each, with a free entry earned by purchasing five dollars of goods.
Jimmy Mason, who lived off discarded odds and ends for two years, was found dead Saturday morning in the New York One Price Clothing Store building on Eighth Street. He likely died of heart disease. Sep Metzger will not seek his mail at Little Falls next trip. Miss Marion Lowell canceled her Opera House entertainment Friday due to the orchestra’s absence, signaling her usual strong-willed stance.
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