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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1896
Page
4
Public notice statement from Brain erd printing offices outlining rates for legal notices legal printings and related charges for 1896. It specifies publication frequency Fridays in Crow Wing county Minnesota rooms 5 and 7 Sleeper block and lists per line and yearly rates with no reductions for notices provided in plate.
Local notes report Miss Hattie Gibson teaching in Grand Rapids and Arthur Wilson arriving from Chicago. Sundberg's advertises rustic pearl holders and gold pens at 1 75. Many residents travel to Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Little Falls for visits and business. Labor Day not formally observed as shops closed. Housekeeping outfits and school supplies are featured at local stores.
The club met on Tuesday with a transparency committee report recommending J. C. Congdon for a decorative number. K. H. Paine becomes marshal with powers to appoint aids. Members are notified to assemble Wednesday Sept 16 at 7 pm in the club room for a first grand rally and torchlight procession preceding Hon. Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio at Sleeper opera house.
At the Towers home a September 83rd ceremony united Caroline Kirby and Frank Whittaker with a reception at the bride’s newly furnished Znd Ave. home. Elmer Dinwiddie wed Emma M. Warren at the M. E. parsonage, residents of Garrison. A license to wed was issued for C. E. Carlson and Henrika Carlson last Saturday.
The district convention at Little Falls yesterday nominated J. H. Koop of Crow Wing County, J. H. Sheets and C. F. Bohell of Todd, and Frank Newton of Mille Lacs. Bohell represents the populists while the other three nominees are Democrats.
Clarence Reinhart, infant son of Mr and Mrs Otto Reinhart, died Tuesday from spasms at one month five days. Remains sent to Crow Wing for burial on Wednesday. Fid Hatch aged 29 died Saturday at N P Sanitarium from typhoid fever. funeral set for Monday.
Members of the McKinley and Morris Club of Brainerd are called to meet at club headquarters on Wednesday evening September 16 at 7 o'clock for the first grand rally and torchlight procession of the campaign. All in line by order of the club. Teacher's public examination will be held at the courthouse on September 25 and 26. J. A. Wilson, County Superintendent of Schools.
Alexander Cameron a 55 year old Oaklawn resident has vanished from his home after an evening in the woods. He was last seen near Brainerd by two East Brainerd youths at about 9 pm while wearing a duck coat blue overalls straw hat and congress shoes with a full grey streaked beard and about 180 pounds. A wide search by Brainerd residents followed with no trace found and family appeals for information.
The Star and Banner Quartette will sing next Sunday evening with services at 7 30. Members are urged to note the time change and arrive early. All are cordially invited.
City council met in regular session with six aldermen present. Minutes read, bills approved including payrolls and utility costs. On Tuesday all members except McMaster attended. several bills referred to committees. Ordinances 131 and 132 advanced and adopted, licenses transferred, street and utility matters examined.
Official minutes show row of bills approved for road work and supplies in Town 136 and 137 ranges 30. Commissioner Bryant views a citizens road layout petition and reports at the next meeting. The meeting adjourns to the first Monday in October with T Lavis Tacue as County Auditor.
The board elected Prof Carleton as superintendent with six votes to three and set a 1200 dollar salary. Miss Alice Hurley won the textbook clerk post six to three with a 25 dollar monthly pay. Water to Washington school ordered for three months, and a loan to cover monthly bills authorized. Brainerd Plumbing and Water Co. bills denied. Mrs Hundiey granted use of old East Brainerd school.
A telegram from Sault Ste. Marie Michigan reports that C. B. Petrie arrived from Brainerd Minnesota three months ago and, six weeks ago, discovered he had magnetism to burn. He studied hypnotism and related topics, believes himself not a master, yet has made remarkable progress and achieved cures beyond ordinary comprehension.
Benson and Gray advertise Pure Leaf Lard at 25 cents per pound with special prices for larger quantities.
Beginning September 1 the Northern Pacific Passenger trains will use the C M St P Railway passenger station at Washington and Fourth avenues south Minneapolis. Passengers alight at street level with no stairs to climb and street car lines are immediately in front of the depot entrance providing quick access to the city. Remember the depot change for travel to or from Minneapolis.
The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company will distribute free a bottle of Kickapoo Indian Oil and a package of Worm Killer at the Brainerd Tribune office on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event aims to prove the remedies’ efficacy for rheumatism neuralgia and other ailments and include representatives to advise on other products.
Boothby tells a tale of a famed belt-track race near East St. Louis between the Vandalia and Ohio and Mississippi engines. The 60 from O and M led early, but an earthquake aided the rival, yet Boothby’s engine stayed ahead by a length as the trains barreled toward the bluffs. He never raced again, fearing a locomotive in league with cyclone and quake.
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