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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
8
Ingersoll and Wieland editors publish every Friday from Brainerd Minnesota. Offices in Sleeper block rooms 5 and 7. Annual subscription set at $1.50 with mention of high quality printing services in the city.
Brainerd items report holiday price talk at Veons, visits by Mrs J H O Neil and Geo M Hull, church service at German Lutheran, and various city visitors. A lumberman Frank Duffy was found frozen on a railroad track near Aitkin and treated in Brainerd. New Gull River postmaster J S Campbell appointed. Thomas Beaver benefit at Olympic Theatre with fights and show. Local commerce notes include A G Gallup confectionery opening, Henry I Coney holiday handkerchiefs, and revival efforts by Rev Israel Bertstrom. Ice rink thrives with reduced admission and season-ticket deals, plus a Detroit cross ing case against Conductor Quimby.
The Masonic and Pythian brothers and their guests filled the Columbian Block third floor for a Friday evening event. Uniformed Brainerd U A K P and Ascalon K T members attended. a 9:30 program featured readings, instrumental and vocal performances, and a grand dance with about one hundred couples. Banquet service by the Pythian Sisterhood and Eastern Star drew praise amid lavish table decor and elegant service, marking the night as a top social occasion.
The Coming Series U R E P announce a sequence of dances at their new Columbian block quarters in Brainerd. First event Monday evening December 25 with main hall dancing and a catered luncheon in adjacent banquet hall. Second party Monday January 1 with invitations to follow and future dates to be fixed. Committee members listed. Tickets are $1.00.
At the December 11 1893 meeting the A O F A adopted resolutions expressing heartfelt sympathy to James W Mead on the death of his wife. The resolutions will be placed in the minutes and copies sent to the husband and family. The Brainerd Relief Society appeals for clothing and food donations, noting funds are low, with contact points and organizing members listed. A charity ball is planned between Christmas and New Year to raise funds for urgent poor relief, with local officials endorsing the effort.
A public notice from G. M. Walner of Brainerd dated December 12 1893 warns creditors not to hold him responsible for debts contracted by others. It notes city order No 6058 for ten dollars to P Walters the ice man is lost and not signed by the mayor, warning against negotiating it.
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