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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1890
Page
8
Johnnie Burns of Staples visits Brainerd while many locals travel for business and social ties across Minnesota. The report notes court actions, church events, railroad work, and a string of visits to and from St Paul Minneapolis and Winona, with multiple residents heading to Mankato for fraternal lodge business.
William Cochranes, 19, employed at the Northern Pacific planing mill, was killed instantly when he rode onto a moving freight train on the dump after his mill shift. He was dragged under the wheels, his face and head crushed, and his body removed to Lynch & Gallup's for burial before funeral rites at the Catholic church. His parents mourn deeply as the community shares in the loss.
The county superintendent has issued certificates to third grade recipients Maud Dexter Minnie McCabe Rachel Campbell Mattie Rickerson Lou Coleman and Maud Newbern and second grade recipients Maud M Reaves Ada F Dye Daisy Badeaux Lou Barrett and Elizabeth F Clark after the last institute examination.
A public examination of teachers will be held in the county superintendent's office on Saturday the 20th. Several schools still need teachers. An excursion from Brainerd to St. Cloud during the Central Minnesota Fair is under consideration with plans for a visit by Brainerd firemen and a game with the Pine City team. Coaches may operate with the Northern Pacific train, aiding Little Falls Royalton and Rices residents to join the trip.
Ezra Kendall headlines the Pair of Kids engagement Tuesday evening with burlesque a restaurant scene and a comic act. Kendall performs stunts like sticky fly paper and a 2:06 mile on a revolving treadmill as part of the lively burlesque, with his Jay character running the restaurant in his humorous old country style.
A blast in the Northern Pacific freight yards at Spokane Falls killed 15 men and injured others as 50 to 75 workers labored on a rock pile. A second blast triggered the first, throwing 25 000 cubic feet of rock onto workers. Hospital scenes were heartrending as families gathered.
District court sessions begin in Brainerd with Judge presiding after injury. The calendar lists numerous cases including Gardner vs Brainerd salon, Berg vs McLaren, Slipp vs Brainerd Water Co, Trebby prosecutions, Nelson vs Johnson, and many county suits. Attorneys Fernald, Lum, Blanchard, Wetherby True, McClenahan and others appear for plaintiffs and defendants.
Lumber shipment from Brainerd arrives by Northern Pacific routes via N P Junction St Paul and Duluth to Cloquet and on to Brainerd after a month delay due to steamboat navigation. Authorities report sheep missing near Hawkins market East Brainerd. L A Harris stands trial for stealing a whip from Dr Groves. tickets for Crow Wing county fair on NP line available Sept 25 to 29 with one and one third fare round trip and special trains to fair grounds on 26 and 27. Brainerd and St Cloud ball clubs to play at Driving Park next weekend.
Local readers dispute St. Cloud Daily Times scoring in two recent games versus Brainerd. The letter claims Brainerd had 7 put outs in the first game and 19 in the second, while St. Cloud appeared to undercount outs and outs per inning, expressing hope for a correct score on the return game.
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