Crawford Editor Beset by Missing Pages
A brief item notes editor Crawford faced disruption as pages went missing from the newsroom. No further names or dates are provided, leaving the incident brief and unclear in scope.
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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1893
Page
3
A brief item notes editor Crawford faced disruption as pages went missing from the newsroom. No further names or dates are provided, leaving the incident brief and unclear in scope.
Fragmented OCR lists ward designations for a Benton county convention held in Washington. Partial entries show First ward and Second ward with unclear figures and missing context. The readable portion indicates an 1870s or 1880s local political gathering with ward divisions but lacks full details.
A caucus of the Republican party in the Third Ward will meet at the Phelps and Temple office in Atlantic on Friday evening August 4 1893 to select 14 delegates for the Republican County Convention. Frank O TeMoux, Committeeman.
There will be a caucus of Republicans held at the Center school house in Washington township at 2 p.m. on August 5. Dias, G. Forror, committeeman.
A fragmented note argues about bi metallic debt terms and which dollar value is worse for payers. It contrasts 63 cent dollars with 147 cent dollars and accuses gold brokers and importers of dishonesty while citing Iowa butter and poultry outputs relative to gold and silver.
A compilation of speeches and letters discussing the silver question, McKinley era figures like Sherman Blaine and St John, Minneapolis platform positions, state and New York clubs, and editorials arguing for bi metalism and parity with gold. Includes the demand for 371 to 500 grains of silver per dollar and calls for universal free coinage.
Fragmentary report notes Supt. Samson travels Monday to work in Shelby County Normal. Mentions his third assignment, then Hampton for fourth and Clark of Corning hosting, with discussion of Moyer republican speeches on protection and home institutions. Telegraph signals support for renominating Moyer.
A mechanic voices alarm over excessive silver money in the United States and warns that draining gold and silver abroad to settle trade balances harms American workers. He urges stopping European manufactured goods and keeping money at home to protect labor and domestic industry. The letter responder notes gold losses and questions why no panic in 1891.
A fragmented note from Anita Tribune dated July 24 requests cessation of persistent monitoring by Nadekal. The writer insists the intrusion disrupts work and refuses further contact or letters, urging immediate halt to the actions and communications.
In a private conference at the editor's office a Boston banker contests silver demonetization and the Bland act. He displays three notes, insists current currency relies on silver, and debates Conger Sherman law while the editor presses legal readings and coinage limits. The exchange unfolds with sharp cues on monetary policy and banking interests.
A banker warns that repealing the current silver law could wreck bank reserves, raise prices, and push gold to a premium. He argues that removing Sec. 5 would harm the public, ruin old notes, and undermine discounts, threatening a financial shock akin to a premium on gold.
The Des Moines News lauds Major Conger as a growing, earnest public speaker with broad knowledge and proposes him as a governor candidate. It notes the paper’s partisan shifts and warns Conger of anticipated attacks if nominated, citing ties to Democratic and Prohibitionist stances.
The Atlantic Telegraph urges repeal of the Conger Sherman law to revive money circulation, save cotton mills, and reduce the 45 percent risk in the currency, arguing repeal would restore hoarded money and boost commerce while noting political factions and legal tender questions surrounding silver and notes.
In Spar City Colorado a mass meeting presided by Mayor Warren seeks relief for needy families amid mine closures and credit woes. A committee will secure beef from ranchers and flour from mills for distribution via Dan O Neil under voucher provisions. distribution to be managed by the mayor with payments deferred until employment resumes.
A committee collected 330.60 in cash and 15.00 in goods for Pomeroy cyclone victims. Mayor Clark of Grinnell alerted A W Dickerson that aid remains needed and directed remittance to the proper relief committee. Atlantic contributions total 395.50 with Whitney's added. Money and goods have been sent on.
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