Oct 17 & 18, 1914

Oct. 17

Fine & warm. Certainly have had fine weather this Fall.

Worked - Wagon broke down about 11AM & I sat guard while Harris went for another. He came back with (unclear word) seatless cheese cart & we got thru alright.

Home & to bed.

Have not heard how the games came out yet.

Lake Calhoun in the late 1910s

Oct 18

Excellent day. Warm.

Went to 2nd Church. In aft. we walked to Dan Patch line intending to go out to Savage - no car for a couple of hrs. So we went to Calhoun & took three lake launch trip. Was fine.

Home at 6:30. Tried to write a book report about half done - & to bed 10:30

Author note:

From Wiki - The Dan Patch Corridor was the brainchild of entrepreneur Marion Willis Savage. Incorporated in 1907 as the Minneapolis St. Paul Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company (MStPR&D), the line began service in 1908 as a passenger line running south from Minneapolis. Savage marketed the line as the "Dan Patch Line," a connection from Minneapolis to his farm in Savage, Minnesota, where he housed his famous harness racing horse, Dan Patch. After realizing that his horse was not enough to draw people to his rail line, he began work on Antlers Park, an amusement park on Lake Marion which opened in 1910. The line then experienced steady ridership growth between 1911–1915, and revenue obtained from the park was used to extend the line south to Northfield.

West Calhoun Neighborhood council - In 1914, the Minneapolis Park Board purchased two launches and offered scheduled trips around Lake Calhoun and into Lake of the Isles, Cedar Lake and Brownie Lake. Stops on the boat trip included 31st Street, 34th Street, Thomas Avenue, 36th Street (referred to as “Mineral Springs), “Spring Beach” (opposite the Minikahda Club) and Lake Street. The Park Board also operated a boat concession, renting rowboats and sailboats.