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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1901
Page
2
Mrs. Charlotte Smith calls readers to notice National W C T U action designating April Lord's Day Week for Sabbath observance. Leaflets urge homes pastors Sunday Schools Y M C A Y W C A officers to hold meetings, preach on Sabbath, distribute literature, and pray for a better Sabbath nationwide.
Miss Silvia Warren visits her parents. neighbors travel to Brainerd. dances and Easter services draw crowds. Funeral of Alfred Paulson noted. reports of spring farming, milking, and maple syrup. Advertisements include DeWitts Witch Hazel and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonials.
World Mrs. M Cullen and her youngest child returned Monday from a Brainerd visit. Miss Stella Lawrence, from Brainerd, spent Sunday with Mrs. Closterman and Mrs. Foster and left Tuesday. R S Udell, new B and M chief dispatcher, came from Brainerd Saturday and left Monday. He notes quiet business on Brainerd and Northern but expects a spring rush. A customer note quotes a line about Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c at McFadden Drug Co.
Joseph Northup plans a Brainerd move. Miss Mabel Everest vacationed in Brainerd for Easter. Paul Sherman of Frederick S D visits relatives here. Mrs George Boye returns to Brainerd after two weeks away. Steve Swartout rents the Dudley farm. Dudley and R R Wise farms see work shifts. Levi and Jessie Bailey return from Batavia near W H Jones. Crow Wing reports a housing shift with Chisholm Everest Kopple family moves.
Advertising tip from C M Patek urges readers not to shop at distant stores and to buy wallpaper locally, noting price per roll and urging practicality over travel costs.
The Northern Pacific signs a large contract with Muscatine Lumber and William Kaiser of Muscatine Iowa to haul 20,000,000 feet of saw logs from Bemidji to Stillwater via Brainerd and the Twin Cities. About 4,000 cars will be needed as logs move on the Brainerd and Northern line and are dumped into Lake St. Croix to float into Stillwater.
Water rents for the second quarter 1901 are due April 1 and must be paid by April 10. Water will be shut off from all consumers who are in default after April 10. Minnesota Water Works Co. Office Walker Block Front Street. Rock Mountain Tea ad included.
The annual meeting of active Y M C A members elected HH A Lyddon Fred W MelWay and John Leak as three year directors. Directors were increased from nine to fifteen by unanimous vote. six new directors to be chosen at the next quarterly meeting.
The Chase Hackley Piano company ships a carload of Hackley and Carlisle pianos from Chicago and Muskegon to Brainerd for display at the old Arena building on Seventh street with Mr. C. B. Clement as representative. The sales pitch touts steel frames and fine finishing, with two week selling period and cash or terms. Burdock Blood Bitters and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are advertised for digestion and liver health.
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