No English Medicine in Mine Letter to the Editor
J H Read of 272 State Street Boston argues for bimetallism with Bryan and Sewall, opposing English financial policies and wildcat schemes. He urges Americans to return to silver as the monetary standard and to elect the people’s ticket for American legislation.
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The
Post
United States
England
Bryan
Sewall
Senate
House
J. H. Read
State Street
Boston
Mass
Free Coinage of Silver Would Ruin American Standards
A Cornhill letter to the editor argues against free silver coinage, contending that a dollar stamped by the government would lack fiat value and diverge from gold, causing ruinous effects on credit. The writer cites Mexico and Dr. Arendt to warn the US risks adopting a silver standard and permanently elevating silver prices.
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Mexico
Arendt
Williams
United States
Silver coinage debate spurs reader exchange
A Post letter-writer urges support for free silver at 16 to 1, arguing it would free workers from bankers. He cites bankers as opponents, recounts tariff and gold standard disputes, and questions population growth and labor supply as factors in U S labor conditions.
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X.Y.Z
Levi Furbach
Post
United States
Debate on silver and bonds fuels bitter political row
A letter to the editor from Levi Forbush of North Woburn denounces X Y Z for sowing distrust and argues for free coinage of silver. The piece cites 1873 demonetization, Sherman acts, and calls for monetarily steadier dollars and international bimetallism to lift industry and workers. It also critiques bankers and cites figures on gold and silver production, urging informed public debate.
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New York
United States
George Fred Williams
Williams
Levi Forbush
North Woburn
General lowering of interest rates discussion letter
John D. Emmons, chairman of a sub-committee of Sound Money Democracy, argues against free coinage by explaining how interest rates have fallen since 1873 due to a larger money supply. He notes gilt edged securities yielded 6 to 7 percent twenty five years ago while current yields are much lower, attributing the change to competition for safe investments and greater money supply.
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John D. Emmons
Sound Money Democracy
Free Silver and Foreign Trade Debate Letter
Sir M J Callanan argues against free silver, warning it would let foreigners gain from American coin abroad, boost prices with stagnant wages, and cause capital withdrawal. He cites world silver production and predicts a collapse in silver value if dumped on markets, worsening hard times.
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Post
America
Europe
Junius Favors Silver and Political Money Reform
A letter argues that U S monetary policy since the Civil War has harmed the public. It criticizes the national banking act of 1853 and the 1865 measures, claiming gold and silver left trade channels and governments issued notes as legal tender. The writer asserts citizens financed banks and calls for silver as a remedy.
Debating free coinage silver in August issue
The letter attacks President Andrews Browns University views on silver gold parity under free coinage. It argues gravitation-like fallacy in policy, notes historical coinage ratios from 1792 to 1878, and questions the $150 million cost and the freeing of hoarded gold.
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The
Post
Andrews
Brown University
H. W. Pinkham
Denver
Col
United States
France
New England Station Discontinued at Summer Street
The New England railroad station at the foot of Summer Street will be discontinued after midnight Saturday. Trains will use the Old Colony station on Kneeland Street. A new two track terminal was built to accommodate them and roadbed changes were made to conform to the New York road, notably at Dizzy bridge.
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New England
Summer Street
Old Colony
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Kneeland Street
Locomotive Plant to be Moved to Russia Nijni Novgorod
Machinery for Russia reports an entire Philadelphia locomotive plant to be shipped to Nijni Novgorod for a new factory. Contracts total $500,000 with capacity for 200 engines yearly. The Czar has given strong encouragement to the venture.
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Philadelphia
Russia
Nijni Novgorod
A Pattern for a Dime Nightgown Pattern No 6744
Practical white muslin nightgown design with square yoked front and back. Describes fabric choices Cambridge options and sizing from 32 to 44 inch bust. Pattern No 6744 costs twenty five cents and is filled by mailing coupon to New York. orders may incur a short delay.
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New York
Actor Nat Goodwin seeks divorce amid intemperance claims
Nat C. Goodwin the actor filed for divorce from wife in July alleging habitual intemperance and incapacitation of the wife. No children or property rights involved. Rumor links Goodwin with Maxine Elliott as leading woman in Australia. Previous marriages included Eliza Weathersby and Mrs. Pease. Mrs. Goodwin declines to comment.
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Cal
Nat c. Goodwin
Australia
Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Antipodes
Eliza Weathersby
Lelia Farrel
Pease
Buffalo
Nella R. Baker
Howard H. Baker
Edward Pease
F. S. Pease
Standard Oil
Miss Elliott
Will McConnell
Frank McKee
Fencing Master Leander Chanas Detained at Ellis Island
Leander Chanas a Paris fencing master and his countrywoman Marie Cobourg are detained at Ellis Island while his wife and son remain in Paris. Chanas edited L Estreme Psychologique in Paris and planned to publish a similar paper in the United States. They travel in the Gascogne steerage and face mystery over seven trunks as they await release.
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New York
Ellis Island
United States
Leander Chanas
Paris
Marie Cobourg
Chanas
L’estreme Psychologique
Leander
Marie
Gascogne
Cow in a Bedroom Upends Southampton Owner
In Southampton New York on August 20 Dr George Sterling faced a stubborn Jersey cow named Bess who climbed to his daughter Flora’s bedroom. Unable to retreat downstairs the cow blocked the passage and the doctor wrestled her back to the meadow after a lengthy, humorous struggle.
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L. I
George Sterling
Flora
Bess
Miss Sterling
Dr. Sterling
Girl flees court after order to return home
In New York the Supreme Court ordered Clara Hendy a 16 year old runaway nurse to return home. She resisted the ruling saying she would kill herself rather than comply and fled the building, crying she would not go back. She was warned of possible imprisonment if she disobeyed.
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Supreme Court
Stover
Clara Hendy
Clara
Four New York Girls Rescued After Fletcher Lake Capsize
Dollie Cline Lizzie McKee Henrietta Damm and Jessie H Thrall of New York were in a rowboat on Fletcher Lake when it capsized. Thrall sank as Damm aided her companion until Joseph Reynolds arrived in a boat and brought all to shore.
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Asbury Park
Dollie Cline
Lizzie McKee
Henrietta Damm
Jessie H. Thrall
New York
Fletcher Lake
Miss Thrall
Miss Damm
Joseph Reynolds
First woman run train departs Syracuse to Thousand Islands
The Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg line hosts the world’s first women run train from Syracuse led by Mrs McGuire. Each car has a woman conductor and chaperone. The Women’s Christian Association also staffs excursion steamers with women officers. The 600 passenger train marks a pioneering tour by female crews.
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N. Y
Thousand Islands
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Woman’s Christian Association
St. Lawrence River
McGuire
Thousand Island Steamboat Company
Was Not Her Husband Declines Butte Million Estate Claim
Mrs. Hulda Snell renounces her claim to the estate of Andrew J. Davis of Butte Montana after detectives show two men named A. J. Davis existed. The alleged husband died twenty one years ago, and investigations confirm he was not the Butte millionaire. Mrs. Snell ends further pursuit of the Butte millions.
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Hulda Snell
Andrew J. Davis
Butte
Mont
Snell
Stillwell
A. J. Davis
Ocean Liner Record Passages at the Port
Yesterday brought fastest passages for Leyland steamer Armenian and Cunarder Carinthia from Liverpool and the Furness liner Virginian from London. Armenian made 2861 miles in 8 days 5 hours at nearly 15 knots, beating the port’s freight record. Carinthia updated 2858 miles in 8 days 20 hours 23 minutes at about 13.46 knots. Virginian completed London trips in 10 days 14 hours, fastest in years. Two cabin passengers were aboard the Carinthia.
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Bertha Dean
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Sea Serpent Captured at Carrabelle Gulf
A massive sea serpent was killed on the Carrabelle Florida wharf after dragging the steamer Crescent City for over an hour while excursionists watched in fear. The 4 foot 2 inch creature measured ten inches around and was slain after passengers and crew fired repeated shots as the monster neared the vessel.
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Gulf
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