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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1896
Page
5
Jere O Halloran quotes a West local, musing on money and value. The verse contrasts gold silver and paper notes a political stake and ends with a playful question about McKinley. Cambridge reference appears in a quick aside.
Levi H. Turner of Utica Street Boston argues that silver must be restored to money status alongside gold, tracing the 1873 demonetization, urging repeal of related legislation and a double or alternate standard. He cites historical coinage, price trends, and Sauerbeck data to claim demonetization caused price declines and unemployment, urging immediate policy change.
The note explains standard money as silver and gold based on weight and fineness. It states the silver dollar holds 412 1 2 grains of silver and alloy, while the gold dollar is one sixteenth that weight. It equates one ounce of gold to sixteen ounces of silver in value, with a face value of 100.
The item discusses coin values and standards, arguing legal tender worth versus market bullion value. It critiques silver under free coinage and argues for a mixed standard or gold standard, citing exchange rates and global gold production data. The piece notes the theory that legal value should align with state policy, not market fluctuations.
The article recalls an old Irish tale of a farmer and a calf to critique currency fights between gold and silver advocates. A judge urges to “show me the yellow white-faced calf” to judge true condition rather than arguments. It warns that post 1873 silver removal produced vast wealth gaps.
George B H Lothrop Jr denounces free silver as a mesmeric insult to the Democratic Party, mocking Tillman Altgeld and Bland while arguing that the currency debate is a global finance issue not resolved by partisan folly. He warns against silver backers and asserts the Republican stance will maintain the gold standard amid a fierce, peaceful political battle. Roxbury address included.
Arthur I argues against free coinage of silver, asserting gold as the universal standard of value for modern trade. He warns that debasing currency would hurt savers and workers, ruin credit, and harm industrial and national markets.
A writer argues that the current gold backed currency leaves the masses on starvation wages while wealth concentrates in a few. He urges returning to a prior coinage system to end misery, condemns party fealty, and calls for voting for a candidate who supports currency reform in the upcoming fall election.
A letter to the editor argues over-production and low prices as the core issue, endorsing gold standards but favoring free silver. The writer proposes paying employees with silver certificates, predicting discounts under free coinage, and notes that silver values depend on U S coinage policies and market dynamics.
In a pointed critique, George A. McKinnon argues against the over production theory of silver depreciation. He cites Mulhall’s 1880s world metal ratios and the fixed value gap with gold, asserting demand and supply govern prices, and questions gold advocates' honesty and consistency. He notes under free coinage silver’s mint price floor and mocks goldites with silver holdings.
William W. Knox of Jamaica Plain argues against unlimited silver coinage and defends gold. He contends that if silver is freely minted its price would rise to reflect mint pricing, urging that silver should be treated as money rather than a market commodity.
A letter from Harry M Brenner of Leverett Street argues for government control of the means of production and distribution. He contends machinery should serve all the people, not enrich the rich, and calls for nationalization to reduce toil while preserving work incentives. He notes inventions arise from collective progress and cites Edison as an example.
Dr Hartmann weighs the burial question in a concise panel discussion. The article notes his professional stance and potential implications for local customs and church practices.
The article discusses the fear of premature burial citing Dr Franz Hartmanns work Buried Alive. It recounts a Boston case where a conscious woman lay in a coffin unable to move or speak yet perspiration signaled life and a doctor restored her after hours.
Miss Emma K Heil of Philadelphia drowned off Sea Isle City as escort J H Fisher of New York allegedly deserted her. Witnesses say he fled, dressed in bathing attire, to a restaurant before informing anyone. Coroner calls it a drowning. the inquest continues with a jury to reconvene.
In Paterson New Jersey on July 12 Lena Miller wed Frederick Glenkin by Mayor Brown ending a romance triangle with Frederick’s brother Augustus. Previously Frederick accused Augustus over a milk arsenic scare after a threatening note sparked fear, but the charge failed and Augustus was discharged.
London reports persistent delays in royal wedding preparations as Queen will be wheeled to the chapel entrance. Princess Maud has received five bicycles as gifts. The marriage settlement appears to grant Princess Maud about 20000 dollars from the Prince of Wales's 1889 parliamentary allowance, while the Crown Princess of Denmark provides 60000 dollars to Prince Charles. The couple plan residences in Copenhagen, near Bernstorf Castle, and an English home at Appleton near Sandringham.
Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace continues Monday with two tons of fruit from Windsor orchards. A large crowd may overflow to a palace event within a fortnight. Uncertainty over the Queen’s attendance Monday. if she comes to London she would return to Windsor the same day. She travels to London Tuesday for Princess Maud's wedding on Wednesday and proceeds to Osborne on Thursday.
Miss Gertrude Zella who performs the Nethersele Carmen to William Pinette's Don Jose fainted last night due to illness as she applied the Carmen aria. Pinette lifted her and carried her offstage. the audience noticed nothing unusual.
Alton Marsh, former private secretary to ex Governor Roswell P Flower, was ordered to pay alimony and was arrested on his wife’s complaint after obtaining an Oklahoma divorce a month earlier. He sought to admit the divorce papers in evidence, but Justice Cummins refused to consider them.
This week's Castle Square program features the new production Fatinitza with a strong cast and special scenery. At Tremont Theatre Harry Askin will receive a testimonial while continuing The Merry-Go-Round. Boston Symphony Orchestra, vitascope, and top vaudeville acts fill the bill alongside Austin and Stone's new show with a Russian bear wrestling a man. Pain's China and Japan fireworks drama plays Tuesday and Wednesday, while The Chutes persist with their downward spree and the unknown bicycle woman drawing crowds.
In Cambridgeport Vermont two daughters of Rev. F. D. Goodrich aged 18 and 20 drowned while the mother was away. One body found in shallow water near shore, the second in twelve feet of water. Both wore improvised bathing suits. The family and village mourn. mother fears for her mental health under the tragedy.
Fire crews from Ladder Company 4 extinguished a small blaze at William A. Whalen’s liquor store on Guildrow caused by a cigar. Bertha Hamilton died at 23 after waking for water. doctor cites alcoholism. A second fire at 36 Sudbury Street in a six story brick building, printing office of H. Marshall, started by spontaneous combustion. owned by John Roberts and insured. damage about 1500.
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