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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
4
N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland are listed in Brainerd Minnesota as second class matter. Notices issued weekly in Brainerd Wing county area page 7 block per year. Finest item in the city.
A compilation of small ads notes Smith & Winslow offering insurance loans real estate and rentals. Retail items include dog food blue front market private rental rooms sundberg pearl holders gold pens and coffee. Also mentions gun clubs mil linery store eggs shipping and various services from druggists to dentists with local notices on crime baby arrivals church services and a bicycle promotion.
Fresh salt water fish received daily at Benson and Grays Fifth street meat market Eggs ten cents per dozen and butter sixteen cents Potatoes thirty cents per bushel Paine and McGinn advertise fresh supplies Furnished room for rent near the depot Cash talks at Atwood’s drug store with a free bicycle ticket. May 4 W C T U meeting and Y M C A entertainment notes.
Meetings led by Jim Burwick in Brainerd under the Y M C A concluded last Monday in the First Congregational church due to crowd size. Converts expressed assurance of eternal life as the group sang and celebrated, with praise for Jim Barwick’s ministry and lasting impact on the community.
The 12th annual encampment of the Park Region Association G A R will be held in this city on June 22 23 and 24. Arrangements are being made to make it a grand success.
For sale I desire to sell a one half interest in the saloon and fixtures of Sissler and Cowan at Lothrop. For terms apply to me at Lothrop. 3t. Geo. Sisser.
A compilation of brief notices records a flurry of local movements and visits. A. P. Farrar spends a few days in St. Paul, while W. E. Seeley visits from Duluth and G. M. Walker returns from Minneapolis. Various residents travel to Detroit, Chicago, Tacoma, and Slagelse Denmark, with many stopping in St. Paul, Brainerd, and Cass counties.
The 13th annual encampment of the Park Region District G A R will be held in Brainerd June 23 to 26. An executive committee and officers were named, with weekly meetings at the Y M C A to plan progress. local stores advertise sales and fire damage notes close the page.
Sup't Carleton schedules two Brainerd public schools sessions with Hon. W. W. Pendergast as speaker. First at High School Tuesday May 4 at 3 30 p m, evening at Presbyterian church 8 p m. Mothers clubs urged to attend. Program includes prayers, music, papers on child study and primary studies, and multiple addresses on education.
A share rental offering for a market garden farm on 7th Street South with furnished team and tools. Applicant may visit the home at evenings. contact at the farm near the old fair ground. Guruere Wu announces availability and terms.
A brief health note states no deaths result from pulmonary disease due to cold. An item mentions a product labeled “77” available for sale by all druggists at 25 cents.
D R and J M Elder learn from Mark Murphy Minot ND that John Elder, lost in the November great storm, has been found and will be shipped to Brainerd. F Glenn Mattoon Fort Berthold Agency Elbowoods ND reports an Indian named Jerome Good found the body and identified it, wolf exposure noted, journey details estimated, no team sign yet.
The Y M C A of the city booked the Smally Grand Concert Co for May 13 with tickets at 50 cents to 1.0, now selling at Atwood's drug store. The show features Miss Gertrude Sprague, a leading contralto, praised by the Minneapolis Times for refined voices and graceful stage presence. The revue includes "Hear Dem Bells" and "Annie Laurie" with an encore. Henry I. Conen promotes shoe stock with a cash-focused pitch.
A car load of lumber arrived Wednesday evening for T. J. Nary to add a residence expansion and business office. Peter Albert from Walker’s saw mill arrived Thursday to start sawing preparations, while A. Lessard from Brainerd began steam boat operations preparations. Bertha Masters visits, and Claudia Wood arrives to teach the village school.
A neighbor laments high plant prices while Brainerd Greenhouses at 87 Eighth Street South markets a wide range of affordable plants. Ever blooming Roses at 25 cents, Carnations Begonias Geraniums Pansies Chrysanthemums and bulbs from 5 cents, with personal plant care tips provided by manager William Dodd.
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