Tailor J McCallum Moves Front Street Shop
J McCallum, tailor, moved from Sleeper block to one door east of Parker's confectionery on Front Street and is ready for business. Theviot & Co advertise a strong dry goods trade despite dull times with an elegant stock and favorable northwest prices at their Front Street store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen Bros
Linnemann & Koop
J. McCallum
Parker's Confectionery
Front Street
H. Theviot & Co
Northwest
Challenge to skate five miles at Brainerd rink
Thereby challenge Mr. O Wright of this city to skate a race of five miles at the Brainerd Roller Rink on the night of Saturday Sept 13 1884 for a purse of $20 ten dollars a side. W STAGER. Brainerd Sept 5 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Wright
Brainerd
Disappointed Union Church Group Sees Absent Pastor
In the Glyndad News last issue under Religious News a congregation gathered at Union church Sunday morning but the pastor was absent again. He is expected to bring back a big catch of fish when he returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glyndad News
Union Church
Dr Howes Challenged Cush ing in Brainerd Race
Dr Howes challenged A J Cush ing of Aitken to a handicap race between his horse Walter Ferris with a 2 30 record and Cush ing's Kentucky horse Rubin C on September 17 at the Brainerd fair grounds. Cush ing accepts and will be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Howes
A. J. Cushing
Aitken
Walter Ferris
Mr. Cushing
Rubin C
Brainerd
Mrs Emma E French awards boarding house contract
Mrs. Emma E French has let the contract to White & White for a large boarding house at 7th and Norwood streets. Work has begun and the building, costing about 3000 dollars, should be completed in sixty days. Mrs. French is experienced and confident of success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. French
Seventh and
Norwood Streets
Emma E. French
White & White
7Th
Brainerd Couple Wed in Madison Wisconsin
On Tuesday 8 F Alder man deputy auditor of Crow Wing county left for Madison where he married Miss Mattie Smith of that city on Thursday. The couple, well known in Brainerd, will return after a brief absence to make their future home in Brainerd. Congratulations are in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Alderman
Crow Wing County
Madison
Wisconsin
Mattie Smith
Brainerd
Crow Wing
W.W. Braden
State Land Office
Elizabeth Bennett
J. E. M. Bennett
F. M. Cabie
Minnesota
F.M. Cabie
Frank M. Prince
Skater Seeks Race Match With Fergus Falls Central rink
A Sauk Center youth resident of the city offers to meet any skater from Fergus Falls, Little Falls, or Brainerd for a race in a local rink on or before September 20. The distance is not less than miles and the challenger hopes to skate for a purse. An excursion train may be arranged to bring spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Little Falls
Brainerd
Ward Caucuses Decide Delegates In Local Election
The first ward caucus at the opera house elected IT. C. Stivers chairman and Fred Stanley secretary with 217 votes giving Lum delegates a nine vote lead. Seven ward delegates were named to include J J Howe Wm Paine and others. The second ward caucus elected F I Elvidge chairman and J B Douglas secretary, 1167 votes for Howes, totals 14 delegates for Dr Howes and 10 for Leon E Lum, with a missing list raising questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Hose House
East Brainerd
W. W. Havens
George Walker
H. Harrison
James Callen
John Bannon
Dr. Howes
J. Willis
James Cullen
M. Kiley
O. P. Erickson
Geo. Hastings
P. N. Carney
Opera House
IT. C. Stivers
Fred Stanley
Ll. A. White
E. Frasher
J.J. Howe
Wm. Paine
O. H. Hubbard
J. B. Douglas
F. I. Elvidge
J.B. Douglas
F. Hartley
Ed. Hazen
E. E. Webster
Aitkin
Lum
Howes
F. H. Elvidge
David Slip
Mike Hagberg
Mallory
Frank Schmeltz
Leon E. Lum
Losey Harris Undertakers Dissolved New Firm Formed
The firm Losey and Harris funeral directors dissolves as Mr Harris retires. I T Dean purchases Mr Harris interest, forming Losey and Dean to operate the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Losey & Harris, Undertakers
Harris
I. T. Dean
Mr. Harris
Losey & Dean
Police Justice Reports Week's Early Docket
Acting as police justice during Mr. Douglas’s absence A W Frater lists cases this week. Mitchell LaRue fined 7.40 for speeding across the wagon bridge. Wm O’Donnell fined 7.40 for drunk and disorderly conduct and ten days in the city jail for lack of funds. Blue Monte fined 7.40 for liquor on board. Milton Reddick fined and given fifteen days in the city pen on rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Frater
Mr. Douglas
Mitchell LaRue
Wm. O'Donnell
Blue Monte
Milton Reddick
New Brainerd Grocery Opens Next to Theviots Millinery
Messrs. Leland and Congdon open a grocery store on Front Street serving Brainerd with staple and fancy goods. Stock arrived Wednesday from St Paul includes canned goods, fine hams, salt pork, and items from clothes pins to barrels. Charlie Congdon will run the store with Bert Harmon, delivering to any city area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theviots
Front Street
Messrs
Leland & Congdon
Brainerd
St. Paul
Charlie Congdon
Bert Harmon
Koop Bros To Import First Direct Japan Tea
A pamphlet letter from the Japan Tea Syndicate of Yoklahoma informs Koop Bros. of a large consign ment of tea ordered directly. The tea is roasted by a continuous motion cylinder, packed in Perfection Tea Cans of one two and five pounds, and branded Mayflower with Koop Bros. on each can. Arrival in Brainerd is expected in eight days after San Francisco delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koop Bros
Japan Tea Syndicate
Yoklahoma
Japan
San Francisco
Brainerd
Brainerd Urged as New Manufacturing Hub by F O Von Fritsch
In a St Paul Globe piece F O Vor Frrrecu extols Brainerd Minnesota as an upcoming industrial center. He highlights location on the Mississippi near pine forests, a planned dam, rail connections, large population, markets for lumber and meat, and the potential for sash and door factories brickyards and pulp mills. He invites capitalists to visit and invest, noting existing rail shops a refrigerator car operation and multiple banks and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Brainerd
Minnesota
N. P
Mississippi River
Duluth
Dakota
Northern Pacific Railway
N. P. Refugerator Car Company
Marquis de Mores
Montana
Medora
Mississippi
Duluth St. Paul
Inside the Supreme Court We See the Court in Session
E V Smalley recalls a Supreme Court session described in Century Magazine. The ritual begins with a cry of oyez and a bowing procession led by the Chief Justice. Justices wear varied chairs and the court proceeds with candid, technical patent arguments and examiner questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Waite
E. V. Smalley
Century Magazine
Mirage of a Maidenless Concert Ends in Jest
A Philadelphia Chronicle tale recalls a desert singer who will only perform for women. When rain kept female onlookers away, a friend used a veiled broom handle as a dummy mistress in a window to lure the tenor, who then sang for hours. The ruse sparked long lasting mockery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Thar
Beald
Philadelphia Chronicle
Practical Household Hints From Astanished Age Inks
A collection of older sisterly tips on stain removal and home care. Advice covers removing oil stains with soap and alcohol, whitening wax by water and sun, preserving leather with oils, freshening rooms with hay in water, and deodorizing sickrooms with burned myrrh. Also includes fabric and plant care notes and an eyelash cleaning method for removing specks from the eye.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. Parker
Hills & Fairbanks, Props
Ninth Street
Main
Frank Currie
Sixth Street
Laurel
West Side
S. Walker, Prop
East Front Street
Congdon & Muspaugh
L. K. Dodge's
Metzger Bros
Lorillard
PLAC
A. T. Brooks Prep
D. H. Ribbel
Dover
S. Fernald
Frater & Fernald
Attorney At Law
MINN
W. A. Fleming
R K. Whitely
MIMN
Front Streets
Juniper Streets
Episcopal Church
M. McFadden
Ad Court House
E. Lum
Real Eatate
MENS
Day & Meagher’s
Sheriff Mertz
E. E.M. Smith
E. Burstine
Regan
Sioux City, Iowa
Kimberly
Metger Bros
G. S. Fernald
Minneapolis
Second Ward
Olden Times
Henry Cohen
Milwaukee
E. E. Smith's
F. J. Hawley
Lake Park Farm
Day & Meagher's
J.L. Smith
Villard
Mary Gleason
H. S. Totton
District Court
The
Baptist Church
Wm. McLean
Mandan
McLean
Mr. Fairbanks
Mille Lake
al. Snow
Day & Meagher
Police Justice
Jas. Martin
E. E. M. Smaith’s
5Th and
Jock
J. W. James
Aitken Mondaye
J. and W. Theviot
Cheap Cash
Minnie Schoneman
Henry
A. Loraine Yonker
Eau Claire
Tom Sanborn
Belle Prairie
Bassett
Aitkin Age
B. F. Parker
East
Indianapolis
Ed Tripp
Mr. Cable
Fargo
Challende
W. Stager
Sauk Center Tribune
St. Cloud
J. E. Carver
Caucuses
Peter Ort
James Gardner
J. A. White
John Anderson
New Crocery
Crow Winc
F. O. von Fritsch
Fe ‘al
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street, N.Y
Ecttler
Charles G. Mooers
Henry Root
E. E. Jones
E. B.eres J. Hi. Brig
P. O
Fort Ripley Inn
D.H. Freeman
Register
U.S. Land Office
Edgar E. Jones
William Dambley
E. Key
Ney
Township
Range
United States Land Office
Nels Willet
Odel K. Thoe
Joseph Chrissy
Alexander D. Cameron
Omer Huguenin
William Ritze
General Land Office
D. H. Freeman
W.B. Mitchell
Eugene Morressette
Wise
Dave Wood
Flarem Griner
Joseph St. Louis
Luger Duro
Fort
Ripley
H. A. Callighan
Louis Fehr
Mary Ball
Register of
Deeda
West Brainerd
A. Plemine
State OF Minnesota
St Paul
G. 8
Femsaco
Brainerd, Minn
O.H. Hubbard
5Th Street
Frank W. Earle
Eva V. Earle
Samuel Walker
Register of Deeds
Charles A. Walker
Hennepin County
Office of
the Register of Deeds
Fernarp
W.M. Dresskell
McFadden & Johnson's
W . HE. Martin
Beene & Nevers
Post Office
Edgar Ef." Jones
John H. Bidding
Seth Bratt
Fred Reid
A. F. Hill
Fort Ripley
Rogers House
Aitkin, Minn
G. W. Ingraham
Aikin
Ep. White
I. U. With
Iniil
ACU
Will
Northern
Pacific
Refrigerator Car Company
R. H. Paine
Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Co
J. McCalluma
CO. Paquin
McFadden & Johnson
Old Stand
Vari
Lelanite
Congdon
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