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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
1
Deering Ideal Mowers Hay Rakes and Binders advertised at Hes sel's corner 4th and Front streets. A sharp cut in dress goods will attract close buyers. Henry I. Courn Sleeper Block. Bicycle sales on easy terms by D. M. Clark & Co.
Dr King’s New Life Pills claim rapid relief for sick and nervous headaches by purifying blood and strengthening health. Sold by McFadden Drug Co and H P Dunn & Co. 25 cents with money back if not cured. Also Brainerd Flour and Feed Co promotes Best of All Flour and D M Clark & Co offers baby carriages and go carts.
Ruth Wieland, a beloved child of Brainerd Lumber Co. workers, fell from a boom into Rice Lake and drowned. The community mourns as swift search efforts failed. funeral rites were held at Evergreen cemetery with white flowers, Aeolian quartet, and friends in attendance.
A poem titled A Blossom Fair recounts a blossom fair growing on a tree with fragrance and beauty. A rude heart shakes the tree, a flower is noticed, an angel loves it, a song bird brightens the vine, and death takes the bird. The speaker foresees reunion in eternity.
The Northern Pacific carried Elks from St Paul Minneapolis and St Cloud to Brainerd last Thursday for the formation of Lodge No 615. A 2 PM parade ended with ninety initiations. A lavish 48-item lunch followed until 1 AM as the town celebrated in purple and white. Anoka Union.
Brainerd sets Labor Day with a morning parade from Front and Sixth streets to the Y M C A grounds, speeches by Edward Kriz W S MacClenahan A J Halsted, afternoon sports at Swartz Driving Park with 325 in prizes, a bicycle parade and grand ball at Gardner Hall, plus a full committee drive to organize floats and contingents from local trades and unions.
Northern Pacific management formally approves a second set of contracts for a Brainerd plant expansion costing over 300000, with car shops as a centerpiece. Butler and Ryan win 200000 in work. project doubles plant capacity while keeping the Brainerd site secure against relocation.
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