Factory Sale Offers Five Misfit Carpets Direct
A retailer proclaims five misfit carpets from the factory are up for sale. The notice invites buyers to inspect and purchase these surplus textiles at reduced prices.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1895
Page
1
A retailer proclaims five misfit carpets from the factory are up for sale. The notice invites buyers to inspect and purchase these surplus textiles at reduced prices.
A column mixes political and social jabs about bloomers on display in Brainerd, contrasts Hayward and Holmes, and comments on Parker's proposed electric plant purchase. Obituaries note R B Lampoon's death in Minneapolis and Langdon’s long state senate career. Grand Forks faces harvest hunger. city funds may cover relief. St Paul and Minneapolis census returns anger papers. statewide results seen as fair or inflated.
The text argues that Coxpressman Towne may hold any view on silver but cannot present them as Republican principles. It states the Republican platform supports bimetalism and free coinage of silver would amount to silver mono metalism, a stance the author says most free silver adherents acknowledge, despite Towne's contrary claims.
Tur Cloquet Pine Knot argues Congressman Towne deviates from the Republican national platform by backing independent free coinage at 16 to 1. The piece contends such a plan enshrines silver mono-metallism and would force silver to be the sole redemption money if gold leaves circulation.
A historical recap traces the Bank of England from its 1634 founding by a moneyed syndicate to present capital milestones of 8.7 million in 1708, 36.4 million in 1738, 53.744 million in 1745, and 60 million in 1866. It notes crises in 1707 and 1745 with suspensions, and contrasts safe stock with low interest to speculative travel tickets via the Burlington Route offered by W. J. C. Kenyon in St. Paul Minnesota.
Fast Chicago to Cleveland train departs 1 30 p m and arrives 11 30 p m noted as best day train. Uniformed colored porters in day coaches. Low rates to all points. For information contact J Y Calaban general agent 111 Adams Street Chicago Ill 39.
Brainerd returns from a southern trip with seven wins and one loss after ten innings to Mankato. The Saturday game at Athletic Park ended 8 7 as Willner held Duluth to six singles, Barquin a key defensive play, and Carroll delivered a winning seventh inning hit. In the Sunday rematch Brainerd led 7 4 but Duluth rallied in the ninth to win 8 7 with Howe hurt, Chapman and Connors pitching for Duluth, Brainerd making ten hits.
A. Otson reports two sheep wandered into his enclosure and asks the owner to call and collect them after paying charges.
The piece reviews psycho physical culture as a mind body practice using mental focus to mimic gymnastic effort without weights. It notes most pupils are women and men view it as nonsense. It also discusses spelling cider as cyder per Philips and Birdwood, with a playful stance on drinking it.
A New York Dispatch description explains the Atlantic cable office, contrasting submarine cable signaling with overland telegraphy. It details silent, ribbon-based writing, a glass needle mirror, and clockwork r even to produce 15 to 25 words per minute, requiring careful interpretation by operators.
A railway director traps a porter by offering a tip for his luggage. The porter suspects the fining gesture, learns the director is the chairman, and refuses to return the 2 shillings. The anecdote highlights officer opportunism and employee scrutiny within the company.
A Savannah Letter in the Chicago Record notes many burial societies with high dues around 1 dollar. They raise 300 to 400 dollars to buy caskets, furnish flowers and carriages, and pay band costs. Funerals are commonly held on Sundays to ensure larger attendance.
The article recalls how Emperor Charles VI of Germany was praised for his music by composer Fuchs who quipped that the emperor should be a conductor. Charles VI replied that as an emperor he must make do with his role.
Epamondas at Tegea defeated the Spartans by sending a large cavalry force to gallop before the enemy. The dust raised by the horsemen hid the infantry movements, allowing them to shift to a new and advantageous position.
A Yankee proposes spanning the Atlantic with a trolley rope. The plan would tether ends in London and New York, with balloons supporting the line high above the sea. The concept imagines electric speed above waves, though practicality and storms raise questions.
The London Fishing Gazette notes beliefs from Ross to Lewis that women scare salmon and fish. It cites an island where a woman wading drives away fish for a year and mentions a song about Eliza's Tootsies. The writer doubts the claim and calls the superstition ungallant.
The Buffalo Express notes a young man praised for English vanity who dies after a passerby mocks his pipe habit. The item reflects a cautionary tale about street conduct and public perception in Buffalo.
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