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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1894
Page
8
Local notes list visits by Dr Niven and others to Brainerd and nearby towns. Various residents travel to Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth, with social events, weddings, and fundraisers noted. Ice price reductions, property deals, and upcoming plays pepper the brief, along with civic and business updates.
The Episcopal church ladies host a pink tea at the Y M C A rooms on Tuesday the 24th inst with supper from 6 to 8 and a sale of useful and ornamental items at low prices. Also advertised are window bargains by Henry I. Coney and Oxford ties for women from 1.00 per pair at R. F. Watters on Sixth Street.
Obituaries note the deaths of Lizzie McGuire Kathrine M Hildonen Thomas Alexander and Wm Conley with funeral notices. A feature announces the Original Georgia Colored Jubilee Singers visiting Sleeper Opera House April 27 and 28 with 25 35 50 cent admissions. Public notices include Gun Club meeting and a Ladies Auxiliary resolution of respect. Merchandise ads urge Look at our windows and Swartz gun stock at cost.
C N Hunt the evangelist of this season arrives in Brainerd next Monday after successful stops in Austin St Cloud and Sauk Center He left a law career in Minneapolis to answer a calling his Austin visit drew broad church and civic support with many praising the revival as a powerful force in lives and professions Meetings run Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at the Congregational church then Gardner Hall.
Henry I. Conen offers cashmeres in one bundle and bleached maslin in another, both at bargain prices. The listings suggest a sale or promotional display with multiple fabric options for immediate purchase.
Brainerd plans a bicycle club of standing with initial steps taken Friday night at Chenquatana Club rooms. A. F. Ferris chairs, Geo. D. LaBar is secretary. By laws and constitution reported by Aldermen McClenahan and Farrar, meeting adjourned for later in the week. City grants a fifteen foot track around Gregory square for the club. Starting membership to be at least twenty five.
At the April 17 1894 meeting of Hope Hose Co No 1 B F D the group adopted a resolution thanking retiring secretary A Rosenberg for his service and directed publication in local newspapers Officials elected for the ensuing year include Foreman James McCabe 1st Asst George Sargent 2nd Asst P M Johnson Secretary James Baker Treasurer John Bubar
Brainerd city council sessions adopt finance and street plans with multiple contracts and budget moves. Measures authorize repairs to roads toward the French settlement, a bridge raise, and a new desk for the clerk, plus a park tree planting contract for 200 trees in the city park at $50 immediate and $150 in one year.
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