Local notes include court fines and civic events
Cohen Bros store and the municipal court room gain electric lights. John Bishop receives a $500 fine and 30 days for selling whisky to Indians. Wm Errickson and Oscar Owens pay $7.40 each for a frolicsome drunk. Knights of Pythias ball planned at City Hotel next Wednesday. Arthur McMullen ill with malaria. Judge Sleeper finishes a successful Aitkin term. Fish records: Thornthwaite lands a 40 pounder. Martin an 18 pound muscalonge. Mrs. N W Wheatley dies. funeral at Episcopal church. community sorrow and tributes.
Household Items and Gifts Auction Highlights Names and Pieces
Miss Flora Robson shares lace pillow shanis and spreads. Mr. and Mrs L F Nelson display large oil paintings. Mrs G Forsyth shows peach blow vases. Mr and Mrs A C Child present ivory carving set. Numerous others list tea cozies linens cut glass and silverware. A wedding cake and framed portraits also appear among the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Robson
L. F. Nelson
G. Forsyth
A.C. Child
A. W. Wilson
Nellie Robson
Edwin Halladay
Richard Smith
John Milem
Shepherd
Leon and
Walter Milem
Nellie Nelson
John Robson
J. A. Davis
L. D. Matteson
R. Parker
Essie Parker
D. E. Wilson
Hills
Maggie Meekins
Theviot
Charley Walker
Melvin Walker
Malcolm Walker
O. A. Foster
Mac Wilson
F. G. Sundberg
J. ©. Childs
Frank Murray
Prominent Masonic Leaders to Attend Rushworth Encampment Meeting
Grand Patriarch Stratton Grand Master Cockburn and Grand Secretary Bolton arrive for Rushworth Encampment No. 19 I O O F gathering this evening with a banquet to follow. D Forcier is in municipal court on a charge of obtaining groceries under false pretenses claiming church contract work owed him 180 and 86 worth taken. case continued two weeks to allow settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Cockburn
Bolton
Rushworth
D. Forcier
Church & Nutting
Brother Arrest Follows Shooting Threats in Minnesota
Nels Olson reports that his brother John Olson was arrested after allegedly flourishing a revolver and firing three shots at Nels. The accused, described as crazy, will be examined by the probate court today. Last winter he lived with Nels on a claim near Aitkin and set the house on fire on several occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Olson
John
John Olson
Nels
Aitkin
Olson
Alexander Peincence
Aglee Peincence
John McLean
Register of Deeds
Crow Wing
Minnesota
Court House
Brainerd
East Brainerd
Death of Mrs Mary J Adams at Jacksonville
Mrs Mary J Adams aged 77 years and mother of R K Whiteley of this city died in Jacksonville October 11 1887 after long illness following a hip fracture caused by a team accident. Whiteley had spent several weeks at his mother's bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Jacksonville
Mary J. Adams
R. K. Whiteley
Felix Vincent to Perform All Week at Opera House
The Felix Vincent combination arrives in the city for a week of shows at the Opera House starting Monday. The lineup includes Father and Son Our Boys Serious Family Pygmalion and Galatea Foggs Ferry Inshagogue with a Saturday matinee Fanchon. Tickets cost 25c 35c and 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Vincent
Opera House
Bentley Seized in Michigan After Dark Ride with Grocer’s Team
Sheriff Mertz retrieved J Oliver Bentley an energetic 25 year old who left East Brainerd with a grocery firm team to St Cloud. Bentley hid in Michigan after selling the team for 6250. Mertz secured a governor’s requisition and held him in Drayton Plains until transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Mertz
J. Oliver Bentley
Bentley
Child & Angel
East Brainerd
St. Cloud
Angel
Brainerd
Mertz
Michigan
Drayton Plains
McGill
Pontiac
Mergz
Lansing
Verndale hosts new Odd Fellows lodge with royal banquet
A party led by A E Lesey J C Congdon and others helped establish Verndale Lodge No 12 I O F nine charter members and nine initiates creating an 18 member start. The town of 1200 with strong farming ties enjoyed prosperity and hospitality as merchants and residents eyed rail expansion and future trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Lesey
J.C. Congdon
W. Grenell
Geo. F. Leopold
R. F. Walters
N. H. Ingersoll
Verndale
Judge of Odd Fellows
J. W. Speelman
Verndale Lodge No
Shell Prairie
Brainerd & Northwestern
Sheil
A.S. McMillan
Journal
Motley
Hubbard County
Mississippi
Vincent Company Opens Season With Father and Son
A large audience greeted the Vincent company at the season opener in St. Cloud. The company delivered Father and Son with detail and staging noted as fine. Eva Vincent as Marion charmed the crowd with songs and the ensemble drew loud applause. Tonight they present the four act comedy Chip and are praised as first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cloud
Eva Vincent
Marion
Chip
Brainerd News and Notices Briefs
State Secretary Williams delays arrival to Brainerd until early next week for meeting. Ladies Auxiliary plans supper and social Thursday evening. Crokinole boards in use day and night as new game wins both young and old. State convention set for Oct 27 to 30 at Faribault with Brainerd represented. Gospel meeting for men at 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Joe and Mrs. Kimball report burglary. Lena Burke suspected and fled to Minneapolis. Sheriff search failed. Auditor reports 75 gopher bounty orders. total gopher and blackbird payments near $2000. Land Department halts timber cutting on public lands for railroad use. rail land taxation ruling noted by St. Cloud judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Brainerd
Faribault
Brainerd Association
Joe Kimball
Seventh and
Quince Streets
Mrs. Kimball
Land Department
Northern Pacific
Collins and Baxter
St. Cloud District
Minneapolis
State OF Minnesota
St. Paul
Crow Win
Cass
W. W.braden
State Land Office
Street railway triumphs unite St Cloud and Brainerd
Fergus Falls Journal notes St Cloud and Brainerd celebrate completion of their street railway system. Other nearby villages are expected to send condolences to the advancing cities while St Cloud shows sympathy for the lake region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cloud
Brainerd
Fergus Falls Journal
Fergus
Lake Country
Journal-Press
Beggar Student Impresses at Opera House
The Pyke Opera company delivered a pleasing performance with Jennie Winston as Bronislava delivering a standout act. Manfred as Laura Reynolds as the countess and the chorus received high marks while Louise de Ollendorf provided amusing but lighter appeal. Sleeper opera house hosts Boccaccio tonight with priced seats. Forrest Parsons family departed for Spokane Falls and N. D. Root visited town on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyke Opera Company
Jennie Winston
Bronislava
Miss Manfred
Laura
Miss Reynolds
Louise de Ollendorf
Duluth Herald
Pyke Opera to stage Boccaccio at Sleeper Theatre
The Pyke Opera company of forty performs Boccaccio Friday night at the Sleeper Opera House with ticket prices 50c 75c and 1.00. The troupe camped near Fort Sherman on Cour d Alene Lake enjoy hunting fishing and nightly open air concerts while touring through Helena Billings Miles City Bismarck and Fargo before reopening in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyke Opera Company
Sherman
Idaho
Coward’Alene
Fort Sherman
Cour d’Alene Lake
Carling
Pyke
Bertram
Mr. Martens
Dot
der ‘Pig’ Opera Company
Spokana Falls
Helena
Billings
Miles City
Bismarck
Jamestown
Fargo
Minneapolis
Forger Wilbur F. James Escapes Stillwater
Noted forger Wilbur F. James and another convict escaped from Stillwater prison last night. The incident follows reports of other local troubles as a typhoid outbreak grows in Duluth amid street excavations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. James
Stillwater
Variety of goods and new outfits stocked at area stores
Local merchants report fresh stock including firearms at White & White's and new belts and valises at Day & Meagher's. New formations include a Verndale IOOF lodge and a St Cloud electric lighting firm. Descriptions mention smelting capacity at Oneota and a recent prairie fire near Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White & White’s
Verndale
Asthma and Lung Remedies Noted in Local Ads
An old newspaper fragment advertises Acker's English Remedy for lung troubles with a 10 to 50 cent price. It also notes Johnson & Bain selling infant medicines, Day & Meagher offering pants, Smith selling nuts and confections, and Veon claiming the city's only genuine Brazillian Crystal spectacles at 19th Fifth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gans Sree
Acker
Johnson & Bain
Veon
19Th Fifth Street
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Northwest
S. Totton
Front Street
Evergreen Cemetery
Losey & Dean
le Ind
St. Beti
COR
Laurel and Sixth Streets
Bradbury & Peabody, Props
W. McFadden
Seymour
Sherwood
Towne-Mcfadden Block
Brainerd Dispatch
Crow Wing County
Cass and
Itasca
N. H. Ingersoll, F. W. Wieland
Editors and Proprietors
Minneosta
Pacific Coast
Wahpeton
Vis
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Winnipeg Junction
Grand Forks
East
Dr. Groves
Eli Lavalley
Dakota
C. B. Brayford
Sleeper
Dave Slipp
Gull River
Arthur Farrar
Detroit
Johnny Bannan
Andrew Nelson
Ethel Hagadorn
C. A. Whiteman
Cohen Bros
Municipal Court
John Bishop
Wm. Errickson
Oscar Owens
Knights of Pythias
Arthur McMullen
F. Thornthwaite
Mission Lake
T. A. Martin
Express
W. H. Topping
Mr. Martin
C. E. McMullen
C. E. Smith
Empire
A. L. Hoffman
Mr. Smith
N. W. Wheatley
Episcopal Church
Hawley
Maine
Rosson—Cuttler
Eylson
Florence Cutt
Chas, Walker
E. H. Clark
Frank Bell
E. Breheny
Y. M.C. A. Notices
Vossberg
the Pyke Opera Co
Forrest Parsons
Spokane Falls
N. D. Root
Vincent
Sleeper Opera House
Fort Dodge
Vincent Company
Marion Hardress
Felix A. Vincent
Phil Stapleton
Bonnie Fish-wife
Miss Vincent
Red Wing
The
Gospel Army
Frank Cowan
Fergus Falls
London
New York
Scotland
Switzerland
Norway
Servia
Greece
Denmark
Tribune
Red Lake Falls
Geo. B. Clutt Bros. & Co
Day & Meaghers
Oneota
Day & Meagher’s
Benson
Monarch
Day & Meagher
Parsons
Arnold Kohler
John Adams
Perham
D. M. Clark & Co
White & White's
Rochester
D. M Clark & Co
Fifth and Front Streets
Smith’s Empire Hotel and Restaurant
California
Hi. Rosenblatt
M. Roberts
Hartley Nock
W. A. Smith
Smith’s
C. E. Smith’s
Hawkins Bros. P. O
Joan McLean
Leon E. Lem
A. E. Veon
S. H. Relf, C. E
City and County Surveyor
Brainerd, Minn
Srainerd
MINN
M. McFadden
G S. Fernald
Frater & Fernald
Attorney AT Law
W A. Fleming
H. Ribbel
5Th Street
Cassell & CO
L’t'd
Dearborn St
Chicago
Ill
Nona
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
N. Y
J. W Koop
Arbuckles
Ariola
Atlantic
Pacific
B. Sleeper’s
iLook
Broadway
9Th Street
Sleeper’s Park
C. B. Sleeper
J. L. Smith
C. H. Havill
Sixru Street South
MTSU
Erates
Clark St
Polk St
Grand Pacific
Tremont House
Milwaukee
Staton
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