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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
3
Reliable merchandise and fixed plain prices are highlighted with courteous service and fast deliveries. The note says business is satisfactory with every department reporting higher sales than last year.
Grocery line offers a full Christmas selection including fruits nuts and candies. Canned goods praised and fresh roasted coffee on hand. Three delivery teams ensure prompt service.
A meeting of Aurora Lodge No. 100 A F and A M Tuesday elected officers for the coming year. Worshipful Master Fred Crust, Senior Warden Judd Wright, Junior Warden J C Davis, Treasurer Milton McFadden, Secretary G F Mitchell, Chaplain J A Wilson. Appointive offices to be announced at the next stated meeting.
The store announces daily arrival of holiday goods and special provisions for the holiday trade. It offers a complete line of holiday items and promises a better prepared display with a nice line of goods at right prices.
County Attorney Nethaway of Tillwater will handle charges of mismanagement at the county poor farm. An examination or investigation will be conducted behind closed doors.
Public notice urges women to buy holiday gifts at Westfall and eorresons claiming savings of 334 percent and inviting shoppers to take advantage of the advertised deals.
A furrier promotes a wide range of furs including coats scarfs boas and collarettes. The ad emphasizes buying furs is like buying diamonds and stresses trust and accurate representation by the seller.
George Thompson a well known Mille Lacs road farmer died from smallpox after a brief illness. The family with eleven children and a wife faces quarantine and funeral plans may be private. Dr Thabes treated Thompson, who died early this morning, as he had an aggravated case of the contagion.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church hosts a unique Sock social at Mrs Thos Jacksons home this evening. Attendees bring a sock and pay double its size in coins in a playful fund raising game.
The Pine River residents voted, and the certificate of inspectors of election was filed with the Cass county register of deeds. Nearby, George W. Northrup and I. A White faced fire ordinance charges. Northrup retained counsel, pleaded not guilty, and his case was continued with $25 bond. White cases were partially dismissed or continued. Kohle fined for drunkenness, sentence suspended with requirement to leave the city.
A. H. Allen of New York Mills is held to the grand jury by Judge Cowing at Fergus Falls in default of 1200 dollars on a charge filed by fourteen year old Myrtle Clark. The studio of Miss Canan features watercolors described as dainty and beautiful beyond description.
An offer to purchase trunks is extended by D M Clark and Company inviting customers to contact them for details and purchase. The notice emphasizes trunk sales and directs readers to reach out for further information.
The superintendent discussed street paving in a formal interview, with remarks that appeared favorable to his administration and its approach to improving local roads.
A citizen committee led by J. F. McGinnis with R. R. Wise and G. W. Holland met Northern Pacific Superintendent E. L. Brown to discuss Front street payments. They will report their findings and propose terms to the council, with a full summary due after the next council meeting. Brown welcomed the inquiry but spoke only as a nonauthoritative source of possible help.
Hagbert E. Thomas a railway postal clerk on the Saint Vincent Minnesota to Fargo line is ordered transferred to the Brainerd to Morris Minnesota route. The move should ease his commute as Morris is his home. Robert S. Mc Brady takes over Thomas's former post.
A city committee funded by subscription to build the Sylvan Lake bridge on the Crow Wing river had Engineer 8. 8S. Chute inspect it. Morrison county commissioners faced delays in paying their share amid concerns about ice gorge protection. Chute will prepare improvement plans with an estimated cost.
Advertising small monthly payments for sewing machines offered by D. M. Clark and Company. The notice emphasizes affordable installments and easy terms to customers seeking home appliances.
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