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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
10
An old advertisement urges shoppers to ask their grocer for Royal Baking Powder with the slogan There is no substitute for it. The notice cites the Royal Baking Powder Co. at 100 William St New York and endorses the product name for consumer trust.
Mrs Julig McDonald went to St Paul yesterday. Miss Tena Drysdale traveled to Aitkin on Thursday noon. Geof Spear attended the Barclay trial in Walker this week. Mayor Chas Kinkele of Walker was in the city yesterday. F B Johnson spent the week in the cities listed. Mrs C E Wilson returned from St Paul on Tuesday. Mrs W H Bondy went to St Paul on Tuesday to visit friends. Miss Maud Heustis went to Little Falls on Saturday to visit friends. E W Lynch went to Walker on Monday to testify in the Barclay case. Miss Lucy Stearns went to St Paul on Tuesday to visit friends a few days. Lawyer Bert Lum of Minneapolis attended the forfeited tax sale. L W Burrell went to Walker on Wednesday as a witness for the state in the Barclay case. Stanford Cameron left Brainerd on Tuesday for Glendive Montana to reside.
Tonight the library ball draws crowds and boosts local cheer while a busy slate of meetings, firehouse delegate selections, theater openings, and civic notices fill the week in Brainerd.
The community calendar lists church activities across several parishes. Talks at St Pauls memory fete May 23, Sunday services at Presbyterian and First Baptist, Ladies Aid meetings May 16, and epworth league anniversary events led by T E Nitterneur. Lectures on The Spanish American War and Ben Hur illustrated by projectoscope scheduled for May 14 and 16.
A wrestling match is announced for Gardner Hall on Wednesday evening May 16 between A Felkey noted as Iowa champion lightweight wrestler and A Hallett of Minnesota. Admission is set at one dollar.
An advertisement notes beautiful German figures at the library hall and promotes Dr Humphreys’ Specific for Children. It mentions a Special chapter in the Humpreys’ Manual, invites mothers to request a free copy, and lists Humphreys’ Medicine Co. at William and John streets in New York.
The piece notes that Civil War shinplaster money yielded about 368.7 million dollars in total with 6.88 million never redeemed. It mentions collectors preserving shinplasters as curios and occasional redemption offers. It also recounts a humorous tale of General Sir Herbert Chermside’s Angora cat gift episode ending with a servant’s theft and a feline roundup.
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