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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
3
Veon's Holiday Prices draw town talk as residents share holiday views. Notices report Park Rapids visitors, church services, and local business moves. A Brainerd post office appointment, a Gull River clerk change, and Christmas candy shop openings are noted alongside a Detroit NP crossing arrest and upcoming bouts at Olympic Theatre.
A Friday evening ball at the Columbian Block third floor hosted by the Masonic and Pythian fraternities featured full dress uniforms, a varied musical program, and a grand dancing hall. About one hundred couples joined in the grand march before dancing and a banquet served by the Pythian Sisterhood and Eastern Star. The event was praised as the social highlight of the season.
Brainerd Division No 7 U R E P arranges a series of dances at their Columbian block pew quarters with a large main hall canvas and a luncheon in the adjoining banquet hall. First party on Monday evening Dec 25 and second on Jan 1. Tickets $1.00. Committee members listed.
The Brainerd Relief Society pleads for clothing, food, and small cash to aid the needy as wages fail. Committees are listed with contacts at Mrs Theviot and others on Front Street, urging public generosity. A charity ball between Christmas and New Year aims to raise a fund for urgent, untimed aid.
A survey of appealing practical gifts notes novelty and artistry as key. jewelry watches rings and silverware are highlighted along with dry goods and holiday closings. The piece mixes ads and local notices with a long humorous anecdote about a station agent and a cave oysters explosion.
G. M. Walner cautions the public not to trust any claims on his account and disclaims responsibility for debts contracted by others. Brainerd December 12, 1893. City order No. 6058 for 10 dollars in favor of P. Walters the ice man lost. not signed by the mayor, warning against negotiating the same.
A jumble of promotional notices from Henry I Cohen to J F McGinnis Co and others touts cash deals, sideboard tickets with purchase, loaded shells, silverware, housewares, shoes, cigars, insurance, and hardware. It urges readers to shop at Sundbergs, Bredfelds, Davenports Old Corner, Hoffmans, and Congdons with offers on payment plans, skates, heating stoves, and wagon varnish.
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