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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1888
Page
4
Friday morning notice issued in Crow Wing county Minnesota. From rooms 5 and 7 Sleeper block. Terms one dollar fifty cents per year. Finest job printing office in the city. Entered at the Brainerd post office as second class mail.
Sirs- Of consumption, October 25, 1888, John mith aged 85 years. A painter by trade, he resided in Brainerd for years. The Brainerd Fire Department, of which he was a member, conducted his funeral from the Episcopal church with Rev. Davis officiating and burial in Evergreen Cemetery. The Brainerd Fire Department celebrated its sixth annual gala day, with a parade and speeches by H. C. Stivers, J. H. Koop, Mayor Hemstead and ex-Chief Leopold, followed by a ball at the armory and a banquet at Mrs. Closterman's hotel. The day was declared a grand success.
Northern Pacific trains No 1 3 5 7 and others run daily between St Paul Jamestown Wahpeton and the Pacific coast with through service and sleepers. Freight trains No 18 19 20 21 22 30 operate with variable reliability and may be cancelled without notice.
Local ads promote Whitford's for horse blankets robes whips and cheap supplies. Notices mention furnished rooms for rent at 133 North 8th street and several residents visiting or traveling, including Mrs. Havill from Minneapolis and W W Hobbs from Daggett Brook.
Gen Baker spoke at the opera house in Brainerd after a city parade boosted by sixty new East Brainerd members. The night included Ed A Jaggard and Gen James Baker, while a separate piece outlines the murder of August Zeigler by teen Randall with a grisly river-body discovery and coroner findings.
The Sauk Rapids Sentinel endorses Judge C. B. Sleeper as an able jurist deserving re election, urging readers to vote for him in Crow Wing County. The paper notes two columns of Republican doctrine on page three and mentions Ignatius Donnelly's upcoming address at the opera house Thursday evening.
To the voters of Crow Wing County a candidate announces his bid for County Attorney. He pledges to attend faithfully to the public interests, aligned with his own.
A parade of bids for local offices appears. Candidates announce runs for county commissioner superintendent sheriff attorney treasurer and surveyor in Crow Wing County with pledges to serve constituents and promote public schools. Names include Joan M. Martin J S Raner W H Manner and Rev E J Brownsey.
A stream of announcements from residents seeking or seeking re election to county offices in Crow Wing County includes Harry Patterson for county commissioner fifth district Henry Spaupine for sheriff Mirron McFappen for register of deeds P G Focetstrom for county commissioner third district and R K WuirEtey for county surveyor with pledges to faithfully perform duties if elected
D. M. Clarx & Co and D. M. Clark & Co. offer a wide display of flower pots as the city opens a new largest line. The ad mentions Mason fruit jars by D. M. Clark & Co. and promotes Syrup of Figs by California Fig Syrup Company sold by N. McFadden and I. A. White. Also notes N. McFadden as druggist and a complete sporting goods line at I. A. White’s Laurel street store with rifles and shotguns including Winchester and Marlin models and a Smith & Wesson revolver.
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