Decoration Day Observed in Brainerd with 1300 Children
Decoration Day exercises led by Pap Thomas Post in Brainerd featured a 1300 child parade carrying flags, a cemetery service at Evergreen, and an afternoon program at the Y M C A park. Mayor Halsted presided as speakers Judge W. A. Fleming Rev. J. Roderick Mooney and Rev. A. H. Carver addressed a large crowd honoring fallen heroes listed in the roll of honor.
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Pap Thomas Post
Post
Company F
Relief Corps
Evergreen Cemetery
Fire Department
Mayor Halsted
Clark
Halsted
Joel Smith
W. A. Fleming
J. Roderick Mooney
A. H. Carver
Judge Fleming
Brainerd Plans for New Opera House Approved
A special city council meeting approved the opera house plans and appointed Aldermen Wright Rowley and Purdy to a committee to handle changes. After adjournment they met with Mr. LaBar proposing minor adjustments. The full plans will be returned by week’s start for contractor use, heralding an ideal venue praised for public spirit and benefit to the city.
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Opera House
Wright
Rowley
Purdy
LaBar
Brainerd
Messrs. Ferris
Elg Bros Acquire J Clausen 5th Street Grocery Firm
John and Aaron Elg purchase the J Clausen grocery on 5th Street. The new firm will be Elg Bros with John Ely and his brother moving from St Paul and Barnesville respectively. Clausen will stay on as employee until the changeover is complete.
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J. Clausen
5Th Street
John
Aaron Elg
St. Paul
Barnesville
Minn
Elg Bros
John Ely
Clausen
Schubert Lady Quartette at Gardner Hall Saturday Night
Citizens show readiness to patronize a fine entertainment as seats sell well for the Saturday evening performance at Gardner Hall. Julius Brander, 20, a noted Scandinavian, is highlighted among top performers. The Schubert program includes Dudley Buck Waldteufel and other composers with encores promised. Box office opens at 8. Tickets 50 cents. Lawn Mowers, 3. Hoffman's.
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Gardner Hall
Julius Brander
Dudley Buck
Waldteufel
Brainerd High School 1901 Commencement Programs
The Brainerd High School graduating class of 1901 will hold commencement at Gardner Hall on Wednesday evening June 5. Tickets and programs list essays, salutations, and musical numbers by students led by Lottie White and others. diplomas will be presented. A graduation banquet follows June 6 at Walkers Hall with alumni and faculty programs and toasts.
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Brainerd High School
Gardner Hall
Lottie Elizabeth White
Eloise Smith
Dottie Sorenson
Francis Chas. McGivern
Graham
D. W Lynch
Lottie K Elizabeth White
Muriel Burrell
Jer Bien Mysen
Brainerd
Wdgar Kay Parks
Ella Mitchell Imssay
Athletics
E.e
Walter Clifford Hinman
Eee Nena Dottie Sorenson
Alumni Association of
the Brainerd High School
Walkers Hall
Sun's Minstrels and R. R. Shows in Brainerd
Sun's Minstrels and R. R. Shows exhibit in Brainerd on Monday June 3rd on the Northern Pacific lot at 4th and Main. The program features a first class minstrel show vaudeville acts juggle contortions tumbling singing and dancing with Gus Sun Sam Harner Kk. W. Chipman Nugent and Pialto Anhaus family acrobats H. J. Yarkey John Lynch and ten more acts. Free band concerts at 2 and 7 30 p.m. Prices are popular and the show is described as moral and suitable for ladies and children.
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Brainerd
Northern Pacific
Gus Sun
Sam Harner
America
Kk. W. Chipman
Nugent and
Pialto
Anhaus
H. J. Yarkey
John Lynch
Smoke social planned by Trades and Labor Assembly at Assembly Hall
The Trades and Labor Assembly will hold a smoke social at Assembly Hall on Friday evening June 5 to raise funds for assembly expenses. A fine program is arranged and Hon. James Wood of Chicago, a noted labor leader and orator, will deliver an address. Everyone is urged to attend and support the fellows.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
Assembly
James Wood
Chicago
Parker & Topping Win Expanded Casting Contract
The N. P. notified Parker & Topping that their Helena foundry will cast the railroad line east of Helena, doubling capacity from 50 to 100 percent and boosting local employment. The Tacoma plant loses the western line, which is now awarded to Parker & Topping in Helena, a move the owners attribute to profitability and local advantage.
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Parker & Topping
N. P
Helena
Montana
Tacoma
Messrs. Parker & Topping
Supreme Court Affirms County in True v Crow Wing
The Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Judge McClenahan in favor of Crow Wing County. Sheriff cannot appoint counsel. only the county commissioners may authorize counsel. An unauthorized contract may be ratified officially, but only by the board. Brown, J.
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Supreme Court
James N. True
Crow Wing
McClenahan
True
Erickson
Minnesota Water Co
Alderman
BE. W. Crane
Board of County Commissioners
Brown
Myers Weds South Dakota Bride In Quiet Country Home
Crow Wing county farmer Joseph E. Myers married Miss Addie M. Hatch on May 25 at her parents’ home in Highmore South Dakota. Myers, about 60, and the 38 year old bride will begin a life together near the city. The couple traveled from Highmore to Crow Wing yesterday noon with plans to establish a home. The note also mentions a recent baseball game where the Maroons defeated the High School team 20 to 10 on West Front street grounds.
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Joseph EK. Myers
Crow Wing County
Highmoore
South Dakota
Addie M. Hatch
Maroons
West Front Street
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City Meat Market
E. C. Bane
Prop
MRS. B. Kaatz & Son
Kindred Street
East Brainerd
WW. Cranke
First National Bank Block
Callonme
Business and
City OF
K. A. White
JN. Waldrop
Gity
Roll OF Honor
Iowa
Craig
D. R
Davenport
Paul
M. R. Dean
H. A. Douglas
Jas
F. Dressen
Henry
U.S
Erath
Florian
Eisel
Jacob
Flugge
Edward
Fuller
Geo
E. Harrington
Jerome B
Penn
Heath
Shannahan
Daniel
Mass
Shattuck
Rodney P
Shockley
David
Wis
van Arsdale
N. J
Wheeler
C.C
N. Y
Whitney
Geo. W
Wilson
Jos. E
Reugs
Chas
Hundley, J. R
Co. A
M1. Inf
Schubert Notes
Hoffman's
Hawi
Katie May Paine
Francis Charles McGivern
Genevieve Bush
Edna Clouston
Emma Edwards
Carrie Mahlum
Vera Nevers
Nellie Teilly
Katherine Anna Cosgrove
Mloise Smith
Este Esac Oudromes
L. Torrens
Hanft
Harry McKay
D. W
Mabel Patterson
Bree Orchestra
D. A. Wilson Byeigero
Flo
Halsted Educational Advancement
Carver
Torrens
Earp
C. D Johnson
Mabel
C. A. Allbright
George Smith
J. J. Nolan
Sun’s Minstrels
R. R. Shows
Smoke Social
Hoffman
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