Gem Electric Light Company Seeks St Cloud Franchise
The Gem electric light company petitions St. Cloud for a franchise as the Hubbard Bulletin joins our exchange table. Winona voters feel slighted by the presidential party passing through without stopping while Bill Erwin of St. Paul is hired to defend Arensdorf at Sioux City in the Haddock murder case.
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The
Gem Electric Light Company
St. Cloud
Winona
Bill Erwin
St. Paul
Arensdorf
Sioux City
Rev. Geo. Haddock
Brainerd
the Register of Deeds
Crow Wing
Minnesota
Minnesota Loan and Trust Company
Hertgegee
Keith, Thompson & Fairchild
Knights of Labor Impress Friends at Minneapolis Convention
The Knights of Labor pleased their friends and disappointed their enemies by their conduct in the national convention at Minneapolis.
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Knights of Labor
Minneapolis
Grover’s Visit Featured In Globe Edition Scoop
Tuesday’s Globe lauds Grover’s visit as a noteworthy story while critics note rival coverage. The Minneapolis Tribune’s editorial on Mrs Cleveland drew bipartisan criticism for belittling the President and wife.
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Grover
Ada Politician Discusses Fifth District Campaign
A Pioneer Press column from Ada by a local politician, likely Fred Puhler, analyzes the Fifth district situation for the upcoming fall campaign. The piece hints the writer, and perhaps the correspondent, know farming more than political matters, suggesting local agricultural concerns influence views on the bloody Fifth.
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Ada
Fred Puhler
Pioneer Press
Next Falls
Brainerd Hopes to Become a Major Lumber Depot
The Minneapolis Lumberman laments Brainerd's optimism about becoming a leading lumber hub. It notes Brainerd's plans to grow as a lint mill and launbene point while residents watch logs float to Minneapolis and Charlie Kindred builds his long promised dam.
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Brainerd
Editorial insults to President Cleveland and wife spark protests
The Minneapolis Tribune published a harsh editorial calling Mr and Mrs Cleveland mere people after their visit, provoking strong backlash from citizens across politics who burned Blethen in effigy amid denouncements of the insult to Mrs Cleveland and the president.
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Cleveland
Minneapolis
Tribune
Blethen
Minneapolis Sees End of Lumber Era in Pine Country
As pine dwindles in northern Minnesota, residents note new lumber centers upstream and emphasize Minneapolis growth beyond sawmills. They credit early pine for Falls of St Anthony capital and the city’s nickname, but claim the future lies in diverse manufacturing as the lumber era ends.
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Minneapolis
Upper
Mississippi
Falls of St. Anthony
Brainerd Lights Spark City Pride and Public Benefit
The Sauk Rapids Sentinel notes Brainerd's electric lights and enterprising citizens as they pursue public improvements despite concerns over expenses. The piece emphasizes pride in civic progress and the readiness to fund beneficial projects.
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Brainerd
Sauk Rapids Sentinel
Mille Lacs Growth and Oldest Settlers in Brainerd Its Region
A Brainerd man visits Mille Lacs region and reports rapid growth since four years ago. He notes thirty plus dwellings along a new Crow Wing county road, thriving farms, mills, and a pine hardwood belt. He describes dam projects at Anokesipvi and Miller’s mills, abundant timber, fertile soil, and a growing market for speared fish in St Paul and Minneapolis. The report also covers local murder news from Becker County involving Arnold Kohler and John Adams.
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Brainerd
Mille Lacs
Mille Lacs Lake
Burnt
Crow Wing
Anokesipvi
Hong & Tissing
Long Lake
Hay Creek
Great Lake
Mille
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Perham
John Pick
Becker County
Arnold Kohler
John Adams
Ernest Mottas
Kohler
Adams
Paulina Adams
Mattas
Mr. Pick
Dakota
Ernest Mattas
Russia
Rail line blamed for deadly car stove negligence
The Star argues railroads prioritize profits over lives. It condemns the use of fatal car stoves and holds executives liable for murder in cases of death caused by such devices, urging the courts to protect travelers from dangerous practices.
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Minneapolis Star
Yankton Agent and Soldiers Move to Pipestone
A agent and a company of soldiers from Yankton agency are at Pipestone to remove all trespassers from Indian lands. The Indians are there to see it done.
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Brainerd Loan Agency
Brainerd Furniture Co
Fifth
Front Streets
A. L. Hoffman
Front Street
Yankton Agency
Pipestone
Minnesota News Highlights Big Snow and Droughts
Winona reports a snow storm while Fergus Falls sees strong crop prospects for ducks. Red Lake Falls Gazette prints 25 000 and plans another 50 000 edition. Judge C B Sleeper opens district court at Aitkin. John Schott sentenced to Stillwater for five years. Y M C A Fergus Falls leases Masonic temple space. Two freights collide near Moose Lake. engine and one car damaged. no deaths. Detective pursues 25 cases against blind pigs at Spring Valley. council to prosecute. Water drawn from Chengwetona dam linked to diphtheria spread in Pine City. recurred twice in ten years. Watonwan county grand jury at St James returns two indictments against H W Cushing deputy boiler inspector.
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Winona
Fergus Falls
Red Lake Falls
C. B. Sleeper
Aitkin
John Schott
Stillwater
Masonic Temple
St. Paul & Duluth
Moose Lake
Spring Valley
Chengwetona Dam
Pine City
Watonwan County
St. James
H. W. Cushing
Motley Aims to Be Cass County Seat After Election
Motley urges Cass county residents to vote Motley as county seat, arguing it will become the largest town in the new county and a principal trading hub. The letter claims Motley’s location and roads give easier access than Gull River and that two thirds of Cass county’s population lies nearby.
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Motley
Cass County
Gull River
Motley Register
Remarkable case of ingested coins in a girl
About a year ago a girl swallowed a trade dollar and for a long time her life was despaired of. Two months ago sores broke out across her body and opened to reveal copper cents. A physician later removed eighty four cents in this manner, the total of which appeared in the sores.
Northern Pacific seeks indemnity land change fare Minnesota limit
Washington dispatch reports grounds to believe Northern Pacific may win a shift in decisions denying indemnity lands within Minnesota forty mile limit. The favorable ruling would not alter lands chosen in Dakota totaling 1,114,000 acres including 90,700 for Fort Ran som Abercrombie Lincon Rice and Seward reservations.
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N. P
Washington
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Dakota
Forts Ransom, Abercrombie
Lincon
Rice and
Seward
Great Sioux
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J. L. Smith
Johnson & Bain
Church & Nutting
Seventh Street, Brainerd
T. L. Blood & CO
Laurel and
Sixth Streets
D. W. Whitford
W. J. Dyer & Bro
Northwest
Steinway, Weber
Behr Bros. Organs
MUSWG
Dicate Block Syndicate
Wisconsin Central Line
Cago
O One Express
Cage Night Expres
Prentice
Ashland
Chicago Fast Express
Chicago
Nicollet Rouse Block
Nicollet and
Washington Avenues
F. H. Anson
Northwestern
East Third Street
Merchant's Hotel
C. E. Robb
Mellex James Barke General
lPas
R & Swaukee
T. T’kla
County of Stearns
David — Ae Con Covina
Mary Clayton
Cass
Minn
Macolm McLaren
Starre & Lane
Fifth Street
Lumbermen’s
Exchange Bank
Mixth Street
Post Office
Northern
Pacific
Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Or
Duluth
Montana
Idaho
Washington Territory
Oregon
British Columbia, Puget Sound
Alaska
Daisy
Pullman Palace
ST Paul
Portland
Yellowstone Park
Chas.s. Fee General
St. Paul Minn
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St. Louis
Albert Lea
Cor Rs
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Watertown
Mississippi Valley
Union Depot
Kansas City
Leavesworth
Atchinson
Union Pacific
Topeka
Santa Fe
F. Boyd
Minneapolis, Minn
A. P. Riggs
and Insurance
Brainerd Boys
Hubbard
Crow Wing County
Morrison County
Minneapolis Tribune
Minneapolis Lumberman
Minnesota News
Gione
Lewis Baker
GLOBE
J.D. Cheney
Abbie J. Cheney
Bearpr Pee
A. D
Register of Deeds
W. W. Braden
Wwe
Wavey
Guan Woot
Paillipe Shorr
Nancy J. Suoart
W. A. Fleming
Brainerd, Ming
E'ree
F. G. Sundberg
the Jeweler
Bet. Sth
4Th
Wm Gilbert Chock Co
F. G. Sundberg’s
Filawv F
JUST
F.a.farrar & CO
Cale Block
M. Hagberg
Mm. Hacberc
Odd Fellows’ Block
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