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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
7
A lengthy essay reflects on historical coinage policy and a 1870 bill. It discusses national monetary changes, silver dollars, gold standards, and public reaction, citing Knox and Sherman debates, and contrasts past and present views on currency reform in the United States. The piece weaves in international comparisons and populist sentiment.
The article critiques W. J. Bryan's Democratic nomination speech arguing the so called paramount issue is not free silver but whether the U S can legislate to set prices or values without foreign consent. It contends Congress cannot fix silver value or other labor product prices despite calls for self reliant policy.
Samuel Dickson of Philadelphia, a lifelong Democrat and influential citizen, resigns as a presidential elector citing belief the silver question distorts labor value. He argues political leaders and lenders favor silver mine profits over ordinary labor daily wages and questions policy and credit mechanics.
A reader asserts that a U S dollar is worth less than a Mexican silver dollar, arguing government credit keeps the dollar afloat at a premium over its intrinsic value. The note claims a free unfettered exchange at sixteen to one and compares American notes to worthless paper versus silver.
A Wilkes-Barre Record item reports Dewis Parscox who allegedly lived years without a brain. John Bly, 20, died after a tumor ruined base brain tissue, leaving a five inch cavity filled with pus. Despite loss of vision, Bly retained senses, memory, speech, and mobility until death.
The London Chronicle notes that Russian coronation rites closely mirror Byzantine practice, with the church retaining an oriental rite despite the church split in the 11th century. It cites a 1234 Russian commission studying court and church etiquette, and describes Moscow’s kremlin as a Byzantine styled complex rebuilt after fires in plainer form.
A nurse in Groomhill complains of a parrot mimicry scene in a nursery. Polly, the parrot, imitates a baby's cries to console and distress the infant, provoking tension between the nurse and the baby's mother over care and a sugar demand. The quarrel escalates with emotional sobbing and a request to take the child.
A Wauseon Ohio man aged seventy seven, plagued by rheumatism and nervous prostration for twenty five years, credits William Pink Pills for People. He reports relief from his symptoms after using about fifty boxes, aided by statements from local druggists Read & Son affirming the pills’ effectiveness and lack of prescription requirements.
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