Silver dollar policy and bi metallic failure 1878 act
An analysis of the 1878 coinage act, its silver dollar at 4124 grains, and the plan to create an unlimited legal tender. It argues the double standard failed in 1793 1838 and 1834 1873 experiments, predicting collapse into a silver standard without gold, unless silver rises. It notes the public reluctant circulation and government discretion in payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sherman
Congress
the Independent
Coins pass assay tests show mint quality improves
The Philadelphia San Francisco and Carson mints submitted gold and silver coin samples to the Assay Commission. Results show minor variations from standard across denominations with Philadelphia mint generally closest to target and San Francisco reporting greatest lightness in some coins. Carson mint also within narrow tolerances for half eagles, while trade dollars remained exact and dollar variations small.
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San Francisco
Carson
Carson City
Philadelphia
United States
Philadelphia Mint
Pretty Oswego girl in Jefferson Market court case
Rebecca Hamlin, a sixteen year old from Oswego, told Justice Flammer she came to New York to study medicine but was drawn into a life with a Thompson Street man. She pleaded to be sent home and was allowed to depart with her companion Kittie after promising to return home.
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Oswego
New York Telegram
Rebecca Hamlin
Jefferson Market
Flammer
Kittie
Rebecca
Aman
William George
Thompson Street
West Third Street
Berdie Maylind
Roberts
Justice Flammer
The Nebraska Man Burners Two Brothers Terrorizing Williamson County
Prentice Olive now jailed in Nebraska faces murder charges for the burning of Mitchell and Ketchum. The Olive brothers Print and Bob led a long anti social raid across Williamson County Texas before emigrating to Nebraska. Their crimes included killings by shooting and arson, the murder of Kelly the jailed witness, and the assassination of Cal Null near McDade. They brutalized a sixteen year old boy accused of spying for authorities before shooting him in the woods.
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Prentice Olive
Nebraska
Mitchell
Ketchum
Williamson County
Texas
Print
Bob Olive
Print Olive
Deets Phreme
Kelly
Olives
Iock Kelly
Vock
Cal. Null
McDade
Central Railway
Null
A Contrast Between Beecher and Talmage in Brooklyn
A historical contrast compares Beecher and Talmage as church leaders in Brooklyn. Beecher draws large female congregations and controversial private life, while Talmage attracts younger men and preaches stricter salvation. Physical descriptions of Talmage are noted as part of the critique.
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Brooklyn
Beecher
Talmage
Hell
Almage
The Conspirators: Young Detectives Close In
Day by day the plots of Coten and Conway are traced as the two despised conspirators target victims. New details from Littleton and Ayer Junction reveal their methods and jeopardize ex-Chief Stephenson’s defense of former associates.
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Coten
Conway
Littleton and
Ayer Junction
Inquirer
Stephenson
Genemas
Fitchburg railroad obstructions echo a false conviction case
The ledger details a two year old obstruction on the Fitchburg line at Littleton, involving Cronan and later alleged confessions by Cohen and Conway. It describes wrecking attempts in Harmony Grove, Cronan’s trials with hung juries, and claims of wrongful accusation aided by paid testimonies and counterfeit notes. The piece implicates Cohen and Conway in fraud, noting Nutting’s wrongful treatment and sheriff support for Nutting’s innocence, while recounting local figures and a long disputed case.
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Fitchburg
Littleton
Cohen
Conway
David Cronan
Fitchourg Railroad
G. 5
Lyon
Cronan
Harmony
Itis
Monuments and Misconduct at Ayer Junction Fraud Case
At Ayer Junction February 25 the Globe reports theories of misconduct around Cohen and Conway as they pursue a young man named James Nutting, accused via perjured testimony after a prior house of correction sentence. Nutting describes Perkins like Cohen alias Innis and Conway as a dealer in counterfeit bills during a trip through Forge Village and Dunstable, with the town offering $100 reward for the defaced headstone and $70 plus $3 daily for investigators where no solid evidence emerged.
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Dunstable
Cohen
Groton Centre
J. C. Trenney
Solace Nutting
Sue
Conway
Coben
Oak Ree
Little Groton
Jack
Fletcher’s
Tenney's
Chelsea Bridge
Fletcher
Hosley
Read
Nutting
Anga Stone
Josley
Concord
Wallace
Tern
Lowell
Stephens
House of Correction
East Cambridge
Willard
Ayer
Adams House
Ayer Junction
James Nutting
Rh. C. Willard
Board of Selectimen
J.C. Tenney
Stephenson
Young Nutting
George Innis
Mother
Charlie Stone
Jake
Jim
Canada
Stone’s
Todim
Forge Village
Cowen
South Acton
Butler interview backs rail telegraph bill aim for cheap intel
New York February 26 report quotes General Butler arguing for full railway telegraph authorization. He says contracts blocking telegraph use are against public policy and cites supreme court grounds. Butler asserts amendment would allow railroads to enter telegraph business, yielding cheaper transmission of intelligence for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
General Butler
Washington
Western Union
Butler
Senate
Supreme Court
Howe
Wisconsin
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Thurman
Conkling
Horror fiery death claims mother and child in Baltimore
A kerosene lamp explosion in a Baltimore home killed Clara Sharp, aged twenty, and her four year old son Charles. The lamp ignited clothing as the woman carried it upstairs, flames spread quickly, and the child suffocated in an upper room before aid arrived. Firefighter Thomas Jones and Clara Sharp suffered facial and hand burns during rescue attempts.
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Baltimore
Clara Sharp
Charles
Thomas Jones
A Good Record at the YMCA Attendance Figures
The YMCA in this city reports daily door counts for February 12 to 19 totaling 935 on Wednesday 12, 1283 on Thursday 13, 745 on Sunday 14, 828 on Saturday 15, 2274 on Sunday 16, 685 on Monday 17, and 766 on Tuesday 18. No special attractions were used. Average attendance exceeds 1000 per day.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Association
New Orleans political conspirator Jewett testifies on 1876 frauds
D J M Jewett of Louisiana, a Republican campaign figure, details the 1876 conspiracy and post office tampering. He cites forged signatures, controlled registration, and protest packs opened in the New Orleans post office with key figures like Kellogg, Richardson, and Pitkin.
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Potter Committee
D. J. M. Jewett
Louisiana
Republican Campaign Committee of
New Orleans
Jewett
Michael Hahn
Blanchard
Ale
Kellogg
Jack Wharton
Kelly
Richland County
Richardson
United States
St. James Hotel
Haylie
Senate
New Oriests
Pitkin
Wharton
Richland Parish
Packard
Peacey
Kadger
McMillan
Post Office Seperianaey
Mayself
George L. Smith
D. D. Smith
C. L. Ferguson
de Soto
F. H. Hutton
J. W
Stoughton
Russia
Bishops Brother Convicted Actor Sells Wesley Bishop Estate
Globe correspondent in Norwich reports Wesley W Bishop's brother Edson S Bishop sold Wesley's furniture and regalia at auction after Wesley's incarceration. Proceeds were kept by Edson who allegedly gave his mother ten dollars and collected other debts owed Wesley, then moved west.
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GLOBE
Norwich
Conn
Wesley W. Bishop
Edson S. Bishop
Wesley
Edson
Easy Come Easy Go Lottery Prize of 1873
The 1873 Havana lottery drew ticket 1077 for the capital prize of 500000. Richard A. Penistan, a Philadelphia liquor dealer, claimed the prize and netted 410000 in cash. He faced threats to share the windfall with his wife’s uncle and later paid 50000 to settle the dispute. Penistan invested in horses and breeding farms across Kentucky and other places, becoming a prominent figure in horse trading.
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Havana
Richard A. Penistan
Philadelphia
America
Penistan
Fellowcraft
Saratoga
Kentucky
Kayeie
Kentucky Ranch Sees Deep Losses On Horse Sale
Last fall, seventeen horses including stallions mares and geldings sold for mixed sums. Highest price was 400 dollars and lowest 56. Average around 200. The sale followed a failed three year Kentucky farm venture. The owner, once rich from fortune’s wave, sold out amid losses, noting he would have been better investing 620 bonds than 220 tigers.
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Kentucky
Beef for England and the refrigeration boom in bateau trade
English privy council bans live American cattle, signaling a shift to meat shipments. Refrigerator systems on Canopus and Palestine prove feasibility, promising cheaper, faster meat exports to Britain and boosting Boston slaughterhouses and related industries. Sawyer Moll & Co. back the cold storage advance.
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Privy Council
Great Britain
Her
Liverpool
Tte
Canopus
Allegretti Refrigerator Company
Palestine
Sawyer, Moll & Co
England
Boston
Missing Friends, Lost Husband Found by Mayor Parsons
Rochester case outlines Adam Knight a 26 year old machinist who enlisted in the army after failure to find work in Buffalo. Mayor Parsons arranged contact with the war department and Knight was discharged returning to his wife and three children in Rochester. A second case concerns Rosencrans, a son left motherless after his father died in 1801, with a rumor of a child cared for near Rochester and a call to Mayor Parsons if any lead reaches them.
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Rochester
Fort Buford
D. PY
Parsons
War Department
Knight
G. W. McCrary
Rosencranz
United States
Rome
Oneida County
Rocheater
Franccklyn B. Rosencrans
Englishman Crump Embraced Name Cox and Won Inheritance
In 1839 an Englishman calling himself Crump arrived in Philadelphia and later used the name Cox. His family spread, with four sons, one son W H Cox roaming the country and fighting in the Civil War before settling in Memphis. Decades later a long-lost uncle left Lennox Lodge at Southampton valued around 810,000 to Cox the elder. In England the claim was tested before Vice-Chancellor Mailings, who ruled Cox’s identity proven and granted the property.
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Philadelphia
Crump
Jasper Harding
The
Pennsylvania Inquirer
Cox
Pennsylvania Enquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
Camden
N. J
W. H. Cox
Memphis
Lennox Lodge
Southampton
England
Chinaman recounts class system and emigration view
New York report cites May Jen Kee from Front Street who says China has three classes Chinese Tartars and coolies and that few better class Chinamen and wives travel to America due to mistreatment. Also John Jason of Brooklyn sues Patrick White for 205 dollars he kept for it and White used the money.
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New York
Jen Kee
Front Street
Eahouse
China
America
John Jason
Brooklyn
Patrick White
White
Jason
Rail coal auction sets prices in February market report
In New York on February 26 the Delaware Railroad sold 100000 tons of Scranton coal at auction. Price comparisons show February figures with Chestnut categories 60a 35a 40a. The Shamokin mining company workers resumed pressure on wage cuts and regume labor after a seven year strike.
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New York
The
Delaware Railroad
Scranton
The Three New Senators From the Grant Triumvirate
Special correspondence analyzes the coming Senate trio Logan Carpenter and Chandler. It lauds Logans courage and family life, praises Carpenters brilliance and draw poker flair, and brands Chandlers morals as dour yet politically potent. It warns their coalition will power party aims over legislation.
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Sunday Globe
Logan
Illinois
Howe
Senate
Dick Oglesby
Richard
Julia Pully
Logcan Himelf
Sumner
Morton
Fso
Lau
Hai
I Kersey Logik
Jonging
Jowd
Christieney
Matt
Carpenter
Lenlon
Conkling
Zach. Chandler
Chandler
Jon Sherman
Hayes
White House
Christiancy
Peru
Edmunds
Washington
Carpen
Churches in St Louis Count of Parishes and Denominations
In St Louis Missouri there are thirty nine Catholic churches with thirty eight parish and one missionary church five percent. Alphonsus Rock Church on Grand Avenue. One Italian St Bonaventura's one Bohemian 33 deaa Nepomucenes one colored St Elizabeth's two German and English churches St Anthony's and St Vincent's. Jesuit churches St Elizabeth's St Francis Xavier Col and St Joseph's one Fra monks St Anthony's one Fathers St Vincent's and one Redemptorist St Alphonsus and several German churches.
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St. Louis
Alphonsus
Grand Avenue
St Bonaventura’s
St. Elizabeth's
St. Anthony’s
St. Vincent’s
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Samuel T. Spear
D. D
Uncle Sam
Assay Commission
Plymouth
Tabernacle
Ibune
Hellisa
Cheshire
Fitesburg
Cronin
H. E. Kelen
Boxboro
Crouan
Mr. Sargent
Pittsburg
Harmony Grove
Cambridge
Pers
Townsend
Oak Tree
Shaker’s
Hull
Hurley
Mead
Conen
Informaton
Head
Meels
Gen. Butler
Grady
Ouachita Parish
Grant
Morehouse Parish
BEEF
Allegretti
Butchers
Mechanics’ Fair
Shamokin
Carpenter and
Mizzer Chandler
Chicago
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