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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1890
Page
4
The notice advertises a weekly printing office in Brain erd Crow Wing county Minnesota issued every Friday morning from Sleeper block rooms 5 and 7. Terms are 1.50 dollars per year. It promotes the finest job printing in the city.
No 56 arrives from Staples at 8 45 am and goes east to Duluth at 9 15 am. No 56 passes near Staples at 5 45 pm. These freight trains may carry passengers but are not reliable for regular movement as they may be abandoned without notice. They run between N P Junction and Staples.
J F McGinnis spent the first of the week at Duluth. W C T U meetings and social events are planned with Miss Carrie Estey speaking at Congregational church. A lecture by Rev W W Saterlee at M E church October 28 follows a uniform ball and a Norwegian Danish church basket festival. A new jeweler announces services on 7th Street next to McColl’s gallery offering repairs and stock.
Mrs Emma French moves to West Duluth and Judge Holland holds court at Aitkin this week. Mrs J C Congdon visits relatives in Menominee Wisconsin. Ed Caffery leaves Brainerd for Spokane Falls. J C Congdon buys Denis Bros shop to open a paint and wallpaper store. Oysters offered at Y M C A and a public lecture by Dr W W Satterlee. Appointment for Knights of Aurora Insurance suit by Attorney General Clapp. Repairs completed at A E Yeos shop. Congregational church services announced with program details.
Pastor C H Treglawney will preach next Sabbath at 10 30 a m on What has my will to do with my Conversion The Sunday School meets at noon Evening services at 7 30 p m on Christopahy Public invited Dr Walter Courtney Brainerd chief surgeon and Secretary Knoff of the N P Beneficial Association were guests of Supt Sovereign in the city They then left for Wahpeton The trial of H Guillott for selling whiskey to Indians in Duluth ended in discharge Ben Leake a section hand committed suicide at Little Falls House by shotgun.
The article explains the present year tax levy at 23 mills not counting the city levy and predicts total rates at 30 mills if the city levy remains, down from 38 last year. It notes reductions in school and poor funds, no sinking fund levy this year, and provides a comparative table for 1889 and 1890 with state, local, and city figures. It also promotes a touring attraction, Mrs. Abbott, appearing at the opera house with demos of extraordinary strength and circuses for Friday and Saturday evenings, with tickets at Cable's drug store.
A large meeting at J. J. Howes office organized the Young Men's Republican Club of Brainerd with over 100 names. Officers include President Sam Parker and C E Chipperfield as vice presidents. A rally committee led by W A Fleming was formed for tomorrow night.
An independent meeting in the Fourth ward last Friday nominated a full county ticket but most nominees reportedly declined. J M Hayes and E Mitchie remain candidates for Register of Deeds and Clerk of Court respectively. City council actions address water works failures and demand gauges and telephoned nightly steam readings.
A St Francis Catholic Church Society meeting appointed a two member from each ward committee to pick a new church site after last Fridays fire on the old site. The committee favors moving to the north side of the track and will meet tonight to choose a site and begin negotiations. Plans call for a solid brick church and parsonage once plans are drawn and preliminaries completed.
Mr J B Reynolds of West Superior and Miss Anna L Speers of Brainerd married yesterday at the bride’s parents home. Rev C H Treg lawney performed the ceremony in an informal gathering. The bride, daughter of Archibald Speers, has become a society favorite. The groom is a wealthy real estate dealer from West Superior. They left by the noon train for Superior where a home awaits them.
Proceedings record the October 14 1890 meeting with all members present. Bills approved for Harmon, Wesley, Brockway, Wintersteen, Alderman. New levy established and five commissioner districts plus several voting precincts with appointed judges and clerks. Meeting adjourned to November's second Tuesday. Louis Tacne, Co. Auditor.
The Y M C A reports well attended meetings but seeks higher turnout. Members are urged to attend at 3 30 Sunday afternoon for a good meeting. The register for classes is ready and all members should register at once at D M Clark Co for carpets rugs mats and related goods.
J. A. Wison announces candidacy for superintendent of schools in the upcoming election. He pledges faithful performance of the duties if elected.
The undersigned declares his candidacy for county superintendent. If elected, his pursuit will continue to advance the county schools, aligning past efforts with future goals. Gro. H. Davis.
Peter Orr announces his candidacy for the office of Clerk of the District Court and respectfully solicits support from all who believe his services would be satisfactory.
A. P. Farrar declares candidacy for county commissioner in the 4th district seeking another term. He frames the move as continued service and stewardship for local residents and county government.
Notice to water consumers states the Water Co office has moved to Mr Paine s plumbing shop on Main street north of the passenger depot. D M Clark Co offers a full line of harness goods. Also an oyster supper is planned for Monday evening Oct 20 at the Y M C A rooms by the Ladies Auxiliary. Tickets are 25 cents.
The author discusses love as a modern biological example of Darwinian selection, comparing courtship in butterflies and peacocks to natural selection. Wallace’s idea that beauty signals efficiency is noted, with sexual selection seen as a lateral form of natural selection aiming to improve race qualities.
Spokane Falls Review describes the Spokane region as a premier game country stretching from Bitter Root mountains to Cascades and Methow range with access from British Columbia. It notes that northern terrain is rough for horses and that Indian porters can carry 80 to 100 pounds, traveling up to ten miles per day, charging $1.25 per day for services.
A Cambridge anecdote shows Dr. Phillips Brooks asking children about future occupations with a four year old girl wishing to be a mother. The piece also describes an English invention claiming to hang a person painlessly by a rope and clamp, causing instant death.
Hall's Journal of Health touts hot water as a universal home remedy. It describes hot water applications for croup toothache neuralgia colic lung congestion sore throat rheumatism and as an emetic and cathartic for constipation. It claims long term use can cure curable dyspepsia and notes headaches improve with warming feet and back.
John Bishop offers his Gull River ranch and farm for rent to a responsible party for at least five years. The sixty acres of improved land and hay ground are suitable for profit under good management with cheap rent for the right tenant. J J Kesnepy & Co advertise new fall and winter goods at low prices claiming to be the cheapest house in the city.
Fine line of whips at I A White's. You are invited to come in and inspect the prettiest, newest, most serviceable and complete line of neck wear ever brought to the city at J. J. Kennepy & Co.
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