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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1895
Page
5
Staples city has adopted a curfew ordinance reflecting metropolitan standards. The report notes a broader trend toward stricter urban controls and the move is described as aligning Staples with larger city practices. Further details on enforcement and times are not provided in the available text.
Congressman Towns tours the state giving pro silvercoinage talks while courting Democrats and Populists. Brother Stivers of the Journal, a strong supporter, arranges for Towne to speak in the city.
Borrot Kinery of the Grand Rapids Herald declares he is the only country newspaper editor with original ideas. Critics call him conceited, but Kinery asserts his peers lack his insight, echoing Mr. Kiley's praise.
A telegram from Cuabaco dated Oct 15 reports rising sentiment for Cuban independence. It notes that Jerry Root of Ft Ripley Minnesota informs Mayor Swift that a company could be ready to move next month to aid Cuba in achieving independence.
The city of Niles Michigan which operates its own electric plant releases a schedule showing very low rates to cover operating costs and bond interest. The chart lists prices for arc and incandescent lamps by power, plus monthly residence lighting at 20 cents per room and 15 cents per stair, with meter charges at 1 cent per lamp hour and consumer payable wiring and renewals.
Minnesota prepares to select 220000 acres of school lands from the general government with Auditor Dunn in charge. Indemnity lands may replace unsuitable tracts. Some unsurveyed townships will later contribute. The plan covers districts including Marshall Crookston St. Cloud and Duluth with details on prior settlements and pending selections.
A pair of five year old mares weighing about 1300 pounds plus a wagon and harness are offered for sale by M Hagberg. The note also references a Journal of Malacology passage praising shellfish as purifiers of water used in silk reeling and outlines a method where live shellfish purify jar water.
The line "We left our country for our country's good" appears in the prologue of a play staged in Sydney by convict actors. Barrington, a convict, wrote the prologue, and the expression was reportedly well received by both performers and spectators.
A London Telegraph excerpt describes a spinster visiting a town, watching hundreds of men hurry by and expressing wistful astonishment that she cannot secure a husband despite the many eligible bachelors in the world.
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