Advertising Pays in Metropolitan Newspapers
Local note explains annual ad costs in major papers and argues advertising is profitable for merchants. It cites Chicago Tribune at 26000 dollars per column, New York Herald from 37000 to 334000, New York Tribune from 29753 to 85754, and claims ads fill space year after year. Also promotes a sale: wall papers must be closed in sixty days with prices to suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
New York Herald
New York Tribune
Brainerd
M. Parex
Cuas
Cnas
Cons
M. Partx
Carpet and tableware sale advertised by Geo N Day
Geo N Day advertises Velvet and Brussels carpets at popular prices along with tumblers and goblets priced at 50 cents per dozen and tea sets of 52 pieces for $3.00 at Parner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. N. Day
Parner’s
S.& J. W. Koop
Parker’s
Brainerd Briefs and Local Ventures Chronicle
Clark Dinwiddie of Mille Lacs visits the city on Tuesday. Koop Bros ship potatoes to Dakota. Mr and Mrs Henry Preston welcome a daughter born Oct 4. Grand opening ball planned at Glen House Oct 18. Katie Whiteley returns from Jamestown teaching. Wadena robbery linked to a G W Reid of Brainerd. County allocations: Crow Wing 4408.52, Cass 386.82. Various arrivals, openings, and local happenings fill a busy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Ashland
West Superior
Chicago
Wisconsin Central
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Junction
Wadena
Fergus Palis
Little Falls
Dakota
Pacific Coast
Butte City
Brainerd
State OF
Minnesota
Crow Wing
James T. Burns
Alice BE. Burns
Brain
Said
Mrs Foley Visits Brainerd Relative and Wright Ill
Mrs Foley traveled from Brainerd Tuesday to visit her son Tim and Mrs Geo S Ball. On Wednesday night she began a trip to Fast Grand Forks to see her daughter Mrs OT Wright who was very ill. Word came that Mrs Wright is better. D E Watson and family came from Brainerd Saturday to stay with Mr and Mrs HB Morrison.
Marriage of Rowland Arundel and Emily Walters at Episcopal church
The ceremony united Rowland Arundel and Emily Walters at 9 p m Wednesday in an Episcopal church decorated with a floral wedding bell. Ushers were Wallace Bain and Edwin Edwards. groom's man Frank Bellhouse and bridesmaid Mary Small accompanied them, with Brainerd 1888 graduates attending. A reception at R F Walters's residence followed, then a midnight departure for a bridal trip to St Paul where Arundel works as a Northern Pacific engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Arundel
Emily Walters
George H. Davis
Episcopal Church
Wallace Bain
Edwin Edwards
Frank Bellhouse
Mary Small
Brainerd High School
Weed Steel
May Gleason
Amy Lowry
Jennie Welch
Genevieve Paine
Emily Murphy
Nellie Edwards
Mamie Wheatley
R. F. Walters
J. O. Stewart
Mrs. Arundel
St. Paul
Weekend Cricket Match Favors Married Men At Fair Grounds
Reported cricket match results show the married men defeating the single men at the fair grounds with a detailed innings scoreline. The narrative lists players like Roos McKay, Christie, Wheatley, Halliday, and Forsyth across first and second innings, along with run totals and dismissals.
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Fair Grounds
Mareled Mes
Roos McKay
C. Walters
Cotatio
S Bondy
Wheatley
Pow
Christie
B. Wheatley
Grewcock
B. Christie
de Lambert
S & C Halliday
O Adcock
Dathie
Forsyth
Eovese
Eos Escose
Rone Walter
Collis
A Christie
B. McKay
Duthie
Edwards
B. Boudy
Horton
Braden
Morrison
b.Boudy
Notoat
Collins
Hallide
C. Christie
Crast
C. McKay
Tailor Tong Mow Chow Tea Scam Heads North
The Minneapolis Journal reports Tong Mow Chow and his hay tea business have left Winnipeg and moved toward Brainerd, Minnesota amid warnings. Winnipeg papers note his departure, and Minnesota authorities caution locals as similar schemes previously swindled residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay” Tea
Minneapolis Journal
Tong Mow Chow
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Winnipeg Sun
Brainerd
Minnesota
Jnst
Tong Mow Chop
Golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Wheatley celebrated in city
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Wheatley, longtime residents and parents of N. Wheatley, was celebrated at N. Wheatley’s residence on 9th Street North Wednesday evening. They were married fifty years ago at St Nicholas church in New Castle on Tyne England and are healthy enough to look toward a diamond anniversary. The evening featured music and social dancing, an elegant supper, and serenading by the Third Regiment Band. Gifts were exchanged, with their children H Edwards and N Wheatley of this city and Mrs Alf Arundel of St Paul present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wheatley
N. Wheatley
9Th Street
St. Nicholas Church
New Castle
Tyne
England
Third Regiment
Fort Ripley news item recap and local notices
Farmers store potatoes in the cellar as community updates flow from Fort Ripley. Intermixed items note travel, sickness, a monstrous ten foot reptile killed with a rail, a new flour and feed store, and local business promotions. Female drivers are discouraged by a local remark, while a 25 cent fortune telling offer and housing rental ad appear among various classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Cooper
Mr. Erskin
F. J. Reid
Fred. A. Nelson
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Fit
Aline
Sacques
Newmarkets
Campbell & Smith
Fiarney
Front Street
Laurel and
Sixth Streets
D. W. Whitford
Brainerd Dispatch
Crow Wing County
Cass and
Itasca
N. H. Ingersoll, F. W. Wieland
Minneosta
Matter
Sundberg
THE
Spencer
Night Bell
N. McFadden, Prop
M. Hagberg
M. Hacberg
Old City
Sixth Street
Front
Laurel
Northern Pacific
No. 1
No. Q
F. G. Sundberg
Eer
Geo. N. Day’s
J.J. Kunyepy & Co
Brainerd City
J. M. Exner
TIT Keveneny & Co
Verndale
Clark Dinwiddie
Mille Lacs
Koop Bros
Henry Preston
Glen House
Katie Whiteley
Jamestown
G. W. Reid
Merchants Hotel
Cass County
W. H. Fox
F. EB. Just
Ionia, Mich
Justin Smith
Northern Pacific Bank of
State Public Examiner
John Hayton
Gull River
Motley Register
Bert Ropes
Sacramento
California
Henry Spalding
Omaha
Mr. Spalding
Charlie Searles
Missoula
Montana
Frank Hubbard
C. H. Closterman
State High School Board
Ed. Mahan
Glee Club
Arlington
Laurel Street
Wise
M. Shhroeder
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Tenth and
Oak Streets
Tache
Frater
Deerwood
Totton
F. Sundberg
C. E. Lum
L. E. Lum
Lottie Phelps
Elk River
Geo. C. Fuller
Frank Parr
Gull Rive
Motley
Staples Mills
H. D. Simons
H. D. Powers
W. J. Bain
the Arlington
F. M. Reed
Northwestern Bureau of Information
Hugh Hall
Gull River Lumber Co
Stillwater
Lillie Wilson
T. M. Reilly
Ignatius Donnelly
Benevolent Society
Donnelly
J. T. Sanborn
Mr. Sanborn
Second Ward
Court House
Miss Small
Brucia Walker
Cross
Veon
Bert Tracy
Orr & Seeley
Tracy
Father Watry
Ireland
Fink
Matteson & Wilson
Wilson
Rowell
Cale Block
D. M. Crank & Co
Gun Club
Groves
Bain
Escees
Westfall
Howe
LaBar
White
Walker
J. J. Kesyevy & Co
Fort Ripley
D. S. Moores
White Earth
Gospel Temperance Meeting
Wm. Prentice
Depot
Hartley Block
J. M. Expos
Bank
Whittlesey & Fry
D. M. Craix & Co
D.M. Crank & Co’s
Hoffman, Corner 5Th and
Front Sts
Smith & Wesson
Parker
Brarxenp Boor & Sxor Co
Sodoni Ip Cane Royal Ng Powder Co
W Street
W. J.H.D. Powers
Eighth
I. C. White
White & White
Contractor & Builder
Johnson & Bain
Corner 7Th
Jos. Berner
Frank Stumpp
Proprietors
Rock Bottom
Tvouths and Childrens’ Szloes
R. E. Walters
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