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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1896
Page
8
A roundup of brief items notes Smith & Winslow’s various ventures in loans real estate rentals and insurance. multiple residents travel to St Paul Minneapolis Fergus Falls and beyond. local shops advertise school tablets lard and confectionery. social events church services and meetings are listed with dates and locations. incidents include a Knight of Pythias pin loss a burglary arrest and a bicycle accident.
Mrs J K Pearce announces a semi annual millinery opening on Thursday Friday and Saturday September 24 25 26 featuring fashionable seasonable hats at lower prices than ever. Ladies invited to visit and view the display regardless of purchase.
Water rents for the fourth quarter 1896 are due October 1 and must be paid on or before the 10th. The company desires prompt payment. water will be shut off for consumers in default after the 10th. Minnesota Wares Works Co., Office, 1st Nat Bank Bldg.
The Hoffman store offers to purchase your furniture and trade you new goods for old or sell complete household outfits on installments.
George L. Larson aged seventeen son of Ludwig Larson of Maple Grove died last evening of peritonitis. Anna infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Bacon died Wednesday of heart failure. The funeral was held yesterday with Rev Grove officiating. Maggie O Neil wife of J M O Neil aged 27 died Thursday morning Sept 24 of malignant jaundice. Remains will be taken to Danbury Iowa for burial. F W Wieland learned by wire on Wednesday morning of his father George Wieland in Mt Gilead Ohio aged 75 who died suddenly leaving the noon train for that place. The telegram gave no details of his death.
A wind driven fire in an alley between Fourth and Fifth streets destroyed D. E. Slipp's barn and a Chas. Foster barn, with a storehouse of bedding and oats, while threatening the First Congregational church. Insurance covered losses. A second incident reports Bert St Claire, 37, accidentally killed himself while hunting ducks at Sylvan Lake. His son aided, and the funeral is set for Saturday at 2 PM.
Chairman Frater reports Hon. John Heino will speak in Finnish at a Southeast Brainerd hall on Saturday evening Oct. 3. F. R. Laroux is set for Oct. 12 in Brainerd. Hon. Knute Nelson will address Brainerd voters at the opera house on Wednesday evening Oct. 7.
Mr. Matt Oleon and Miss Minnie Salamela of the city were married at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. Johnson in Southeast Brain erd on Wednesday evening September 23, with Rev. F. M. Eckman officiating.
Community greetings mark a wedding at Eagle Lake as Wes Mulholland weds Ella Ober of Montecello. Miscellany covers hunting, milling, a sick horse, a failed dance, school opening, local travel, road work, harvest departures, and an independent bid for County Auditor by W H Evansr with 1896 date.
Benson and Gray advertise Pure Leaf Lard with pricing at 25 cents per pound and special discounts for larger quantities.
The Eunice Goodrich Company opened Monday night in Brainerd with Only a Country Girl to a large audience. Edward Kelly as Joseph Garland received high praise while Miss Goodrich showed versatility in emotional and lighter roles. Pottie's Baby drew encores, and a family matinee Saturday features Edith's Burglar and Wanted a Wife. Saturday night the troupe performs Wanted a Husband with postshow prize giveaway. curtain at 8 15.
Beginning September 1 the Northern Pacific Passenger trains will arrive at and depart from 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 access to street cars is immediate, placing travelers near the business district. Remember the depot change for trips to or from Minneapolis.
The piece argues that business and politics are linked and that bad politics harms work and earnings. It stresses citizens must engage to protect jobs and livelihoods, noting past losses and a resolved plan to recover them with collective effort.
The Times-Herald contrasts two tariffs and asks readers to choose between McKinley protection for all American workers and Bryar protection favoring few silver owners. It argues for broad labor protection with duties and reciprocity to expand markets for U.S. farms and workers.
The narrator describes visiting Ispahan minarets that resemble brick chimneys rather than expected tiled elegance. A custodian demonstrates synchronized oscillation by swaying both towers, causing them to bend away from vertical. the reader wonders how a second distant tower shares the motion.
The North American Review critiques illustrated journalism that uses secretly taken photographs of public figures. It notes invasions of privacy, yet argues courts allow publication with damages as remedy, which the essayist deems inadequate and open to political manipulation by judges.
A jumbled collection of maxims, anecdotes, and political commentary. It references Mrs Jawyer and Mrs Jawyer’s child, theologians, historians, and Archbishop Ryan wit, plus notes on the era of Alexandria, coinage, demographics, and silver politics.
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