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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
4
The four year old son of Mr and Mrs Chas Winterstein swallowed a tin whistle two weeks ago. Initial hope it would pass, but it lodged in the sophagus near the collar bone. An X ray located the whistle but extraction failed and the child died Tuesday morning. Funeral was held Wednesday at St Francis Church.
Local brief reports several residents in Eldon area: Mrs Thompson ill. Oscar Hammett staying with Mrs Markell. Conrad Isles senior visited his wife and children. visits by Mrs Crowell and Mrs Markell and families at M L Hammett’s. Miss Malham from Iowa caring for her brother at Jane Petra’s place. Miss Willower boarding due to improved roads. surprise party at Mrs Johnson’s. planned schoolhouse meeting postponed by rain. ministers not named.
Local items report two more homesteaders locating homes in Eagle Lake area Clarence Heneman recovering from an accident Billy Moore buys a new bicycle wheel due to clay roads Mrs Andrews and Lambert of Emily call Mrs Hutchins of Minneapolis returns home after visit Nellie Steel to return from Brainerd for medical care Mr Sugrue repairs Eagle Lake dam and closes gates Warm rain boosts grain Free Dean plans a 500 percent garden expansion Local musician Billy Moor plays at Twin Lake Ranch and pew vacancy at church Short Butterfield ships trees to North Dakota to test prairie markets Twin Lakes house warming attendance expected light due to fieldwork High north winds aid river log drivers Some Webster brothers buy homes near the railroad Beds of onions sown by H G Butterfield Mentions bakers, a buggy run away near Pelican Lake and cautions about courting in local social circles Wolves increase near settlement and Long Butterfield urged to hunt them
Oak Lawn notes recount near miss from a brush fire, dry windy weather for charcoal burners, and summer work for John Jackson in Brainerd. August Nelson reports a 30 foot well with 15 feet of sparkling water. Community dances, visits, a stone cellar project, and plastering follow. Arbor Day observes forty two trees planted at the school grounds with named planters and dedications.
Local notes record John Nordin taking a homestead in section 28 and several community happenings. Miss E Coleman visits, C A Hunt clears land, and R J Maghan and wife visit Brainerd. A caucus is planned at G A Hunts. Christiansons and Petersons travel to Hamlet Lake. Abel and Lizzie Christianson and Martin and Sarah Peterson visit. E Elmore plants fruit trees from Minnetonka. The Wolffs arrive from South Dakota and stay with relatives until a house is built. A youth warning about skylarking precedes a kitchen fire at C A Hunts house. no fatalities.
Fisher and Walters carry lumber lath and shingles at their wood yard with lowest prices in town.
Grave Lake school report for the month ending April 27, 1900 shows 27 pupils enrolled and 16 average daily attendance with Pearl Anderson Laura Bock and Fred Rosenkranz perfect in attendance. Bay Lake resident G A Hunt reports a severe winter harming small fruits including strawberries blackberries and young grape plants though apple and plum trees are thriving. Mill wood for sale by P J Arnold. Italian laborer Baldare Ingaglis died at the Sanitarium from pneumonia and was buried.
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