Banks May Add 300 Million Circulation if Cleveland Plan Passed
New York reports financiers weigh President Cleveland’s currency reforms. If enacted, national and state banks could expand capital to roughly 1 trillion dollars, enabling banknote circulation near 750 million while retiring existing national bank notes and absorbing 225 million from United States notes. Supporters praise the plan’s banking reforms, while critics doubt its legislative impact.
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New York
Cleveland
United States
Treasury
Baltimore
Bankers’ Association
Treasury Department
Washington
Connor
Isaac Seligman
J. and W. Seligman & Co
Secretary of the Treasury
Jacob H. Schiff
Congress
Henry Clews
A. B. Hepburn
Third National Bank
Our Ships Abroad Mobilize Near Tien-Tsin for Pekin Protection
Washington reports grave China situation prompting mobilization of the Asiatic squadron near Taku. Admiral Carpenter to land marines for Pekin legation and Tien-Tain consulate defense while Baltimore goes to Taku. Detachments to march 70 miles to Pekin. fears of Chinese hostility and supply cuts raise concern among naval officers.
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New York
Washington
The
Sun
Navy
China
Tien-Tsin
Admiral Carpenter
Taku
Pekin
Nagasaki
Carpenter
Baltimore
Charleston
Concord
Petrel
Denby
Tien Tsin
Herbert
Legation
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Yet Prompt Benefits
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses kidneys and bowels, dispels fevers and colds, and cures habitual constipation. It claims unique quality, healthful ingredients, and widespread availability in 600 and 81 bottle sizes through druggists, with promises to accommodate any buyer.
Sailors guard Chinese seas as fleet moves inland
The fleet including the Baltimore Charleston Concord Petrel and Monocacy could reach major river routes toward Pekin and Tein Tsin with light draught ships. Taku will be the fleet’s headquarters while Shanghai and Nagase hosted the Baltimore. Navy policy and state requests guide wartime vessel movements.
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China
Baltimore
Charleston
Concord
Petrel
Pekin
Taku
Tein Tsin
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Nagase
Gresham
Herbert
State Department
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
Color line row rocks Nebraska football team
Nebraska State University football troubles flare as captain elect Flippin a negro halfback is voted 8 to 7, sparking indignant players who refuse to play under him and threatening disbanding unless he declines. Other items note receptions for Morton and Strong, Spreckels checks, five Seminole Indians slain, and Andrew Miller’s trial verdict.
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Lixcouy
Neb
Nebraska State University
Western State University
Flippin
River Appropriations Recommends Southern Rivers Funds
General Casey, chief of engineers, proposes river and harbor appropriations across Georgia Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina. Items include Chattahoochee 100000, Coosa 1200000, Flint 36000, Oconee 50000, Yazoo 735000, and Santee 200000, plus Brunswick harbor maintenance 10000 and Cumberland Sound 1000000.
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General Casey
Wasuixatoy
Georgia
Casey
Chattahoochee
Coosa
Flint
Jekyl Creek
Gooinless Tier
Oconee
Sar
Savannah
Fernandina
Alabama
Black Warrior
Warrior
Tombigbee
Mississippi
Big Sun
Rorer
Chickasahway River
Leaf River
Noxubee
Pascagoula River
Pearl River
Tallahatchee River
Yazoo River
South Carolina
Beaufort River
Congaree River
Edisto River
Graat Pedee
Little Pedee
Santee River
Wappooent
Wateree River
Brunswick
Cumberland Sound
Darien
Whipped the Girl and a Runaway Match Intercepted
A cowardly assault occurred between Lighton and Tuscumbia where Henry Williams and a neighbor attempted to stop his son’s runaway marriage to Bad Looney’s daughter. Both men armed with shotguns beat the girl, compelled the boy to whip her, and were arrested on bond to stand trial. Also reports Havemeyer sugar refineries in Williamsburg and Mary Stewart Sherypan Sherman’s daughter binding marriage plans to James Ives McCallum on December 12.
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Ganspex
Ala
Lighton
Tuscumbia
Henry Williams
Williams
Ranaway
Sherman
Wasnixeron
Mary Stewart Sherypan
Senator Sherman
James Ives McCallum
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C. A. Coleman
Christmas
H. A. Harris
the Grocer
Lamar Street
Cotton Avenue
Loving & Hightower
FOR
Miley
Tam
Bnrones
Jinden Block, Americus, Ga
John Ebay
Lind
Americus
Allen, Clegg & GO
Celestial Kingdom
Levi P. Morton
William L. Strong
Union Ague Club
Spreckels
San Francisco
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California
Bank of California
Santa Rosa
Mexico
Joston
Andrew Miller
D Bay
Havemeyer
Williamsburg
Mollenhaur
Mollenham
South Fourth Street
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