Gold output and silver demotion debate in Bankers' Magazine
The Bankers' Magazine argues the Boer war would not have boosted gold output. it rejects the claim that silver demonetization spurs new gold deposits. It notes major recent finds in South Africa and debates the impact on purchasing power, free coinage, and debt dynamics amid rising gold stock.
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Bankers’ Magazine
Colorado
United States
South Africa
Transvaal
Michel Chevalier
California
Australia
Olive Schreiner a Prisoner in British South Africa
Mrs Olive Schreiner Cronwright has been confined in a wire enclosure by the British in South Africa and is described as an ardent sympathizer with the Boers. Her brother, William Philip Lehreiner, as Cape Colony premier, supported the Dutch Afrikanders. Cronwright's Boer lineage shows in her book An English South African View of the Situation, written just before Kruger declared war.
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Olive Schreiner
South Africa
William Philip Lehreiner
Cape Colony
Cronwrightle
Kruger
Great Britain
Queen Alexandria Receives Noble Order of the Garter
Edward VII has conferred the most noble Order of the Garter upon his royal consort Queen Alexandria. On her first formal appearance she will wear the garter on her arm as a symbol of the honor, replacing previous attire. William KB. Curts London Letter.
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Edward Wil
Queen Alexandria
William KB. Curts
London
Duchess of Albany and Roseberry marriage rumors rise in London
Reports and counter reports from London court gossip centers focus on the engagement between the Duchess of Albany and Lord Roseberry. She married Prince Leopold in 1882 and became a widow with two children. The piece notes her kinship to the Queen of Holland and her domestic, needlework talents while detailing idle tramp activity along the Mississippi and in Dubuque, and a contractor’s failed attempt to hire hoboes during summer.
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May
Rosberry
Duchess of Albany
Lord Roseberry
London
Leopold
Helen of Waldeck
Duke of Albany
Alice
Countess of Roseberry
Holland
Santos-Dumont’s airship circles Eiffel Tower in Paris
Paris reports M. Santos-Dumont with a new airship completed a circumnavigation near St Cloud and around the Eiffel Tower. He faced wind and motor troubles yet proved navigation against the wind and reached the tower before descent. The feat aims at the Deutsch prize of 20 000 dollars and signals a major advance in aerial travel.
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Paris
France
M. Santos-Dumont
Eiffel Tower
Pathe
Count Zeppelin
Balle
St. Cloud
M. Deutsch
Rouen
Earlist
United States
Seine
Edmo
Rothschild
Baal
Sifter,&m
Minahan Leads Knights to End American Treating Custom
Thomas B. Minahan of Columbus Ohio presented a plan to the Knights of Columbus central division at Put in Bay promoting abolition of the American custom of treating. He is a Columbus attorney and district deputy who cites church support and aims for a national movement with Columbus Council No 1 pledging to refrain from the practice.
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Thomas B. Minahan
Columbus
Knights of Columbus
Putin Bay
Minahan
Columbus Council No. 1
Paul Kruger's Wife in Pretoria Remembered for Quiet Influence
The widow of Dom Paul Kruger, Tante Sante, is praised for shaping Transvaal politics from behind the scenes. Her noble Duplessis lineage and as a mother of sixteen children are noted, with emphasis on her modest household life and hands on care during their years in Pretoria.
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Pretoria
Kruger
Transvaal
South African Republic
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Dom Paul
Protest over national hymn name and tune opinion
A reader criticizes America as the flag song, arguing Columbia should replace America and calls for dropping the tune borrowed from God Save the King. The New York Sun correspondent further urges a fresh original tune and a rid of the ramshackle verse in the name of taste and patriotism.
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Columbia
America
God Save the King
New York Sun
Rebuke from Canada Ends with Harsh Words on New England
The Hon. David Mills, Canadian minister of justice, criticized New England descendants for disliking farming and childbearing. He claimed they are "upon the soil, but are not of it," blaming the incapable and foreigners for low birthrates and neglected fields.
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Canada
David Mills
New England
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Duplessis
Cardinal Richelieu
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