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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1885
Page
2
Seventeen people were crushed to death when a crowd gathered in Stockholm to hear soprano Christine Nilsson sing. The Stillwater authorities shut down Sunday baseball, and T. S. Hamilton was named postmaster at Bell Prairie Morrison county.
Ira Davenport was nominated Wednesday at Saratoga as the Republican candidate for governor of New York. The nomination marks Davenport as the party’s choice to challenge for the state’s top office.
Mr. Bertens Miller of St. Cloud is appointed deputy revenue collector to succeed Geo. W. Benedict of Sauk Rapids.
A powerful dynamite blast rocked Port Arthur Canada on Thursday causing nearly all windows to shatter and creating extensive structural damage and alarm among residents.
The officers of the Todd County Agricultural Society and the Morrison County Agricultural Society extend thanks for the favors and courtesies shown.
St Paul officials accuse Hen nepin county grand jury of padded returns after its recent session at Minneapolis. The claim centers on irregularities in the tally of the jury's findings and potential overstatement of its actions.
The Boom Company has 100 men at work along the Mississippi at Elk River driving piles for a temporary dam to raise water and float timber logs. Once floated past the dam, the structure will be blown up with dynamite.
An open air meeting in Minneapolis Tuesday night drew about three thousand labor representatives to oppose convict labor on the city government building project. Speakers included Dr. Ames May or Pillsbury and Hon. Matt Walsh condemning convict labor as unfair competition.
The Segelbaum family dispute is before the courts as Segelbaum and his wife refuse to live together. Mrs. S. boards with friends whose suit for board against Mr. S. was decided against them. Segelbaum, a leading Minneapolis dry goods merchant and uncle of A. L. Shonfield of Brainerd, figures in the matter.
Bismarck dispatch reports Marquis De Mores acquitted after a fair charge by Judge Francis. Jury of leading businessmen retired at 2:30 and returned a unanimous not guilty verdict within minutes. De Mores, son in law of New York banker Von Hoffman, was defended by F B Allen.
The Ft Wayne and Pennsylvania line markets its Pennsylvania train as the quickest route to the Atlantic Seaboard from Chicago. It touts modern dining cars sleeping coaches and smoking cars with an emphasis on speed safety and comfort. The Limited Express covers Chicago to New York in about twenty five hours and daylight through trips from Pittsburgh to Baltimore Washington Philadelphia and New York offer scenic views of the Allegheny mountains and Susquehanna region. The Chicago station is described as commodious with safe streets and easy omnibus transfers to connecting lines.
Madison Square Theatre Company presents The Private Secretary at Sleeper opera house tonight after a London run and long Broadway success. W. H. Gillette, M. A. Kennedy and Frank Tannehill, Jr. headline a seasoned company delivering a fast paced, highly humorous production.
German knitting yarn from Saxony and Shetland offered in many colors at Cohen Bros in Germantown.
The article warns of women led by a male agent who test baking powder by heating or mixing with water to claim gas release. They also dilute or adulterate powders to discredit products and sell a preferred brand. Housekeepers are urged to bar tampering and rely on proven tests.
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