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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
1
Local items report Doan buying light bobs and Buchite heading to pineries for Doan. A Christmas tree gift instrument proves heavy. Butterfield from Indianapolis. A December 25 social dance at FE Andrews with music by Mr Kennedy.
A long community column recounts events at Eagle Lake and Emily Lake, including dances, dinners, a Petrified Society gathering, birthday observations, a Christmas program at Emily school, and local mischief. It notes officials, social groups, and a Christmas tree distribution with many named residents and neighbors.
Ice crop eighteen inches thick harvested by H Adams. Mrs. Robert Archibald hosted a party. P K Wetzell to teach Deerwood school next term starting February. Clara Howe returns to Duluth from visit. A A Miller shipped lumber to Minneapolis. Mabel Patterson returns to Brainerd for school. Wetzells visit Deerwood relatives before returning to Duluth. Neighborhood Christmas dinner hosted by Adams Taylor Whitten Hage and others with turkey. Christmas Eve church tree event praised for crowd, recitations, singing and many gifts. Credit to Miss Patterson and Mrs Adams for organizing the entertainment.
Levi Bailey left for the woods last week while Frank Kapple moved his family into the Paulson house. Miss Belle Wilson of Brainerd and Miss Grace Follett of Baxter visited Crow Wing relatives. A New Year dance drew a large crowd at Fort Ripley and another at J. B. Gardner’s. George Baye and Wilda of Brainerd visited relatives here over New Year. W. W. Hutchins hosted a New Year dinner party with four generations present including J. K. Gardner as great grandparents aged 76 and 82.
Scald a pint of cream then dissolve eight ounces of scraped maple sugar. Add caramel and vanilla, cool, then stir in a second pint of uncooked cream. Freeze until thoroughly cold to make maple flavored ice cream.
New edition of Dr Humphreys Manual of the care and treatment of the sick comprises 144 pages mailed free by Humphreys Company at the corner of William and John streets in New York.
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for throat and lung diseases with dealers guaranteeing satisfaction. Mentions H. P. Dunn & Co. and McFadden Drug Co. as authorized sellers.
Mrs Frances L Sales of Missouri Valley Iowa says she suffered kidney trouble for years and after trying five doctors found relief with three bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure. Presented by H P Dunn Co and McFadden Drug Co.
An advertisement urges parents to treat infants and children with Moleys Honey and Tar to prevent pneumonia or croup, claiming the remedy saves babies. The notice cites H.P. Dunn & Co. and McFadden as endorsing the product.
A fragment notes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy to stop coughing and ease phlegm without the strain of ordinary expectorants. Mentions H. P. Dunn & Co. in connection with the product.
The Navy Department says the gunboat Wheeling will be put out of commission for extensive repairs at Mare Island. Captain Couden and the Wheeling crew will transfer to the Mohican when it is commissioned, replacing the Wheeling which has served there.
A Cham paign Illinois man C Unger reports a year long coughing illness thought to be consumption. After trying many remedies and physician care he used Foley's Honey and Tar and claims it cured him. Mentioned sellers H P Dunn Co and Me Fadden Drug Co.
Caution against bulk peddlers selling Genuine Rocky Mountain Tea. The Madison Medicine Co. McFadden promotes the tea as a valued product, warning buyers to avoid suspicious bulk sales and ensure legitimate sources for authentic quality.
A reader cites dramatic relief from kidney trouble backache headaches and nervous fatigue after using Electric Bitters. Mrs Phebe Cherley 73 reports fullness of vitality and regained ability to perform housework. The remedy is sold for 50 cents at local drug stores.
Notice to water consumers informing that first quarter 1901 rents are due January 1 and must be paid by January 10 or water will be shut off. Address: Office Walker Block Front Street, Minnesota Water Works Co.
Lonxpon January 4 Lord Roberts received a warm welcome on his return after a year in South Africa. Crowds paid high prices for balcony seats but the mood was restrained as London greeted him as a man rather than a victorious field marshal, amid affection across factions.
London crowds lined the route from Paddington to Buckingham Palace to greet Lord Roberts after his return from South Africa. Police and troops guarded against crowd crushes as the royal family and ministers greeted the field marshal.
A thick fog delayed Field Marshal Lord Roberts for about an hour during his Southampton welcome on January 4. The crowd remained enthusiastic as he arrived at the Hartley Institute where the mayor presented him with city freedom in a gold casket. Roberts then departed for London.
Cape Town January 4. Enrollment of volunteers for the defense of the colony started with great enthusiasm. Civil service members enlisted as did both millionaires and beggars, all showing equal ardor.
Cape Town reports indicate serious risk as Monarch lands guns for precaution. Dutch resistance and Boer movements spread toward Prieska Frazerburg Graaf Reinet Cradock Maraisburg with Worcester conference fueling fears of a general uprising among wary residents.
General Kitchener reports to General Walker he welcomes the ministers move to enlist loyalists into a paid defense force. He urges use of trains to move colonists south of the enemy and to inform him how he can help. He notes the enemy is small but mobile and that well mounted men are needed to surround or drive them north.
London dispatch from Lord Kitchener reports Dewet attempted a move toward Bethlehem but was headed off by Pilcher and retreated toward Lindley or Rietz. The update notes 130 Boer horses captured near Thaba N'Chu and railway damage south of Sarfontein. Williams engaged the Boers southeast of Middleburg. British occupy Graaf Reinet.
Unconfirmed dispatch from Cape Town states fighting has occurred 60 miles north of Majesfontein, reported from London dateline on January 4.
The American Window Glass Workers association voted a half percent weekly assessment on members to aid Belgian strikers, expected to raise about $900 weekly and be wired to the strikers. Manufacturers are also said to contribute, with imports dropping from 50 000–60 000 boxes monthly to under 14 000.
Susan B. Anthony’s sister Mary S. Anthony declares she will refuse future tax payments on protest of lacking voting rights. She informs County Treasurer Hamilton that taxes will be paid only under protest until suffrage is granted. The move may lead to a court test case.
The Northwestern Miller reports Minneapolis flour output last week at 268,110 barrels, up from 262,705 in the same week of 1899. Duluth mills produced 11,500 barrels with no 1899 counterpart. Sales matched output, remaining mainly for domestic use.
The board of naval construction urged Congress to fund a 9000-ton training ship for the Naval Academy based on Superintendent Wainwright’s plans, declaring the Chesapeake too small to house all cadets.
Forced to Import Salt Twenty five thousand tons of common salt purchased in Portugal have been contracted for by a packing company of this city. The company says the salt trusts' high prices forced it to buy abroad.
London reports that at the end of South Africa operations Lord Kitchener will become commander-in-chief in India. The note cites understanding rather than official decree and places Kitchener in line for the post after the current campaign concludes.
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