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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1888
Page
5
Friday morning publication in Brain erd Minnesota issued from rooms 5 and 7 with sleeper block terms set at 1.50 dollars annually. Finest job printing office in the city.
Detailed timetable lists arrivals and departures for Nos 1 through 30, with through trains between St Paul and the Pacific coast via principal Gaite, sleeper service between St Paul Wahpeton, and emigrant sleepers. Through freights Nos 18 200 22 17 19 21 30 run with variable regularity and may cancel without notice.
Judge Sleeper finishes term at Aitkin while Mrs. Mantor visits Boone County Iowa. Sylvan lake property bought by T. J. Nary. Moose harvested near Pelican Lake by Ali and Ed Kimball. Gen. Baker to address Republicans at the opera house on the 24th. Infant Hagberg gravely ill with slim chances. Ingersoll family home from Wisconsin. Cale Building being underpinned and repaired. Wallace Baine possibly a county auditor candidate. H. H. Lemont of Duluth reviews Provident Fund Society in city. C. H. Wiley travels to Vermont due to wife’s illness. Veon’s silverware ad. Lowells return from Minneapolis. J Page to open a meat market at Sixth and Maple. A. Bardsley ill with brain fever. Rev Fields reassigned to Brainerd. Wood to Little Falls. Moose head sold to S Walker & Son. killed north of Gull River. J. E. Goodman heads to Richmond for Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers session. First National Bank building fitted for steam heating. Joe Miller reports new Mille Lacs schoolhouse by church society. Henry Spalding recovering, expected outdoors in weeks. J. L. Smith organizes National Building, Loan & Protective Union board in Little Falls. National stands atop Minnesota with over 3,000 shares sold. Mill on upper Mississippi by A. W. Miller grows. plant to haul lumber by steamboat to Brainerd in spring. Miller’s mill to cut 12,000–15,000 feet daily. broom handles and barrel heads to be produced. 400 acres timber land pledged for future fortune. Mill expansion underway. a steamboat link planned to Brainerd.
President Oakes of the Northern Pacific, with Willard and party, passed Brainerd on No. 1 and received an ovation. Mayor Hemstead welcomed him as he spoke of rapid growth, future earnings, and plans to expand shop employment. Local outfits ponder new hotel, new business, and a prohibition rally scheduled with candidates to address the crowd.
The Brainerd Republican Club schedules a Monday night meeting in Sleeper block to organize a grand parade and torchlight procession. State central committee notes Ignatius Donnelly may address Republicans here on the 17th or 18th inst., date to be announced early in the week. Local obituaries note Clara Slipp, Harold B Halsted, and infant Webster deaths, with funeral details. August Anderson and Wm Templeton die in early October 1888 at ages 37 and 40. Election ticket pricing announced by local firm Haustep Penner Incersory & Wet H. C. Stivens. J S Ranxry announces candidacy for County Superintendent of public schools.
A series of 1888 notice style announcements from Crow Wing County candidates. Frater Frater, Manroni, Marreson, Brownson, and J. E. Wrrsox declare candidacies for sheriff, county attorney, treasurer, surveyor, and superintendent of public schools, pledging to perform duties diligently and seek public confidence.
Yellowstone Park excursion opens today October 5 and runs daily through October 25. Round trip tickets from Brainerd to Yellowstone Park and back cost 50 dollars. Brainerd to Cinnabar and back valid ten days. Expenses from Cinnabar through the Park not to exceed 30 dollars, with stage company and hotels offering special rates.
The Yellowstone Park Association offers October transportation and hotel stays at reduced rates. Round trips Livingston to Cinnabar on Tue Thu Sat. five day park tour up to thirty dollars. Rail from eastern cities to Cinnabar 50 dollars, western routes via 50 dollars total. Tickets through October 25. Contact agent C S Hefferlin in Livingston or Charles S Fee in St Paul for details.
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