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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1891
Page
4
Local items report travel between Brainerd and Duluth Fargo and Ada. Updates include theater bills at the opera house Sept 22, church events, market offerings, sickness, a jail sentence, a fatality, a train wreck delay, and a house fire with insurance details.
The timetable lists arrivals and departures for trains Nos. 5 12, including Duluth Wahpeton St Paul and Dixon lines, with times such as No 9 at 11 56 p m daily and No 54 freight at 10 65 p m. It warns these freight trains cannot be relied on for regularity and may be abandoned at the company's will.
Local advertiser promotes a wide stock of boots and shoes in Brainerd with custom work and repair services by R. F. Warrens on Sixth Street. The notice also details special N P line excursion tickets to Minneapolis and St Paul for the Minneapolis Expo and Minnesota State Fair with round trip fares plus admission coupons, valid one day after sale and for continuous passage.
Advert says willingness to trade for hay or oats in exchange for a two seated spring wagon and a 14 foot row boat. Inquiries directed to F. S. Parker.
Transportation details announce round trip fares at one and one third for Sept 14 to 17 with final limit Sept 18 for the Central Minnesota Fair in St Cloud. A large invoice of baby carriages arrives at D M Clark & Co alongside paint supplies and varnishes. Day's advertises the Henrietta ladies shoes and a 1000 person shoe fitting event at L J Cale's with reduced neckwear and clothing selections.
On Wednesday evening September 16 1891 at the residence of David Clelland by Rev George H Davis Brainerd postmaster Brainerd is wed to Miss Christina Johnstone. The couple plan to start housekeeping on Eighth Street North. Also Hugh Riddle and Annie Lambko wed at the bride's parents home with both Brainerd people involved. A sad drowning accident claims Adjutant Edward Thomas after a fishing party at Gilbert Lake. his body recovered and shipped to New York for burial. The Enterprise grocery house are destroyers of high prices.
The Brainerd court opens Monday the 21st with a long list of cases and counsel. Named are Sadie Conway vs Malcolm McLaren. J L Berg vs Malcolm McLaren. State vs Samuel Trebby. Wilmar Holmes vs A W Miller. and many more with the same Brainerd attorneys. A Fargo special reports George Hulton found alive in Long Lake. Local items note work openings, shop announcements, and sales at Day’s and The Enterprise with notices of new dry goods and shoes.
Crow Wing county tops harvest outlook across Minnesota with estimates showing wheat over 3 000 acres at 20 to 25 bushels per acre totaling 65 000 to 70 000 bushels. Oats exceed 4 000 acres at 40 bushels per acre for more than 150 000 bushels. Crops like corn, potatoes, and vegetables also strong and soil praised for future potential.
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