20 Aug 1893
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1893
Page
1
St Louis reports committees of unemployed labor groups stationed at depots urging travelers to go to Washington for a congressional demonstration next week. Leaders in major cities back the plan and a large turnout is anticipated.
The article argues silver and gold maintain value with population growth, questions a single standard, and explains why both metals remain monetary anchors. It contrasts production trends, legal tender laws, and historical coinage ratios to support a double standard as balance against scarcity or excess.
The text argues that silver demonetisation and gold as the standard were driven by Ragland and allied interests seeking to preserve English global supremacy. It claims conspiracies involving the Republican Party, the Bank of Ragland, and Rothschilds, backed by Lombard Street and Wall Street, to shift wealth toward gold and curb American wealth gains after 1873. It asserts that European and British elites aimed to control world money and finance, using gold standards and gold loans to curb American dominance.
Fragmentary notes discuss Mr. Coell Gabbett and Sie family amid rumors about his role as General Manager of a railroad at 3 AM. The write up asserts his pride in American interests and his wish to return home, while addressing idle talk about his current position.
Fragmentary text appears to describe weather, health, and local events with multiple garbled names. Mentions of physicians, fever reports, crowds, and a political or community context surface, but readable facts are scarce and entities are inconsistent.
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