Carthage Campaign Ticket and Silver Debate
Friday morning October 2 1896 Carthage prints a full Republican ticket for national and state offices including McKinley Hobart Mount Haggard Owen Daily Scholz Ketcham Remy Geet Thompson Robinson Henley Black Comstock Wiley Johnson Roland Thomas Green Carr Thompson Herkless Wooden Sisson Brooks Powell plus local officials and a party line into the future. The note contrasts McKinley appeals to patriots and Bryan to prejudice and mocks Altgeld free silver speeches while praising Republican business as prices rise and silver fall. Reverend Parkhurst is labeled a Democrat not Bryanite and a Bible quotation about free silver is noted with a counterpoint.
Free silver parade sparks mock masks and (Rush County) voting trends
A caustic reader view critiques the free silver movement and predicts Rep. McKinley’s victory. It notes Republicans returning to the party, Democrats joining, and foresees no free silver Republicans by Election Day. It mocks a Chicago parade plan using masked coerced voters as a trap for the campaign. It ends with a Fairfax Va. preacher’s prayer asking divine guidance to keep politics out of churches while denouncing Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
McKinley
Bryan
Chicago
N. Y
Fairfax ‘Court House
Sytan
Fall Of Prices Drives Debate On Gold Value Theory
Prominent economist David A. Wells argues universal price declines since 1873 cannot be blamed on silver demonetization. He contrasts Jasper’s sun theory with gold appreciation claims, noting labor costs and wages do not align with gold’s supposed rise. Wells cites declining real costs of production and transportation as better explanations for price drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Wells
Jasper
New York Tribune
First Colored Church
Richmond
Uni
Questioning silverite on value of gold and invention
A philosophical critique asks a silverite to justify belief that gold is uniquely valuable as invention and cheapening of production expands. It challenges whether gold has risen in price while aluminum fell, cites gold standard adoption in Honduras and Santo Domingo, and questions the claim that earth’s products generally trend cheaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Honduras
Santo Domingo
Nose and Toe Swapped After Shaving Mishap
A Dutchman in shirt sleeves cut his nose and toe in separate accidents during shaving. He bound the warm fragments to the wounds, only to swap the toe for the nose, and vice versa. Now scratching his nose requires removing his boot.
Debate on bimetalism and gold standard echoes
The passage argues against free coinage under a 16 to 1 ratio, noting it never produced honest gold and silver circulation historically. It cites Senator Stewart on gold’s universal value, praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs, and mentions early sessions of various patent rights and a charity gift from an aged English widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
James L. Francis
Chicago
Owen S. Hill
Valuable Bitters, Salves and News Notes From Nearby Towns
Editor Morrison of Worthington Indiana praises Electric Bitters for constipation and headache. A Chicago woman healed after six bottles restoring strength. Chile and Juan Fernandez island mystery noted. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve advertised for burns and piles. Sir John Millais’s artistic fortune highlighted. One Minute Cough Cure touted for asthma bronchitis and colds. A union newspaper venture in Iola Kansas celebrated. Local printing offered at low prices. A Carlisle England man found a large mushroom weighing one pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Worthington
Ind
Ian
Mishie Stehle
Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago
Owen S. Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carthage
William G. Allan
WM. McKinley, JR
Ohio
Garrett A. Hobart
New Jersey
James A. Mount
W. 8. Haggard
Wm. D. Owen
Americus C. Daily
Frederick J. Scholz
Wm. A Ketcham
Supreme Court
Charles F Remy
David M. Geet
Simeon J. Thompson
Woodfin D. Robinson
Wm. J. Henley
James B. Black
David W. Comstock
Ulric Z. Wiley
Congress
Henry A. Johnson
Elmer E. Roland
John Q. Thomas
Thomas M. Green
Owen L. Carr
Henry C. Thompson
William L. Price
Aryel R. Herkless
Edward I. Wooden
Marcus L. Sisson
Wm. M. Brooks
William T. Powell
Altgeld
Parkhurst
New York
New York Recorder
United States
William M. Stewart
Basquet of
Buda- Pesth
Deitt’s
O.S. Coffin & Co
Greens ‘Norton
England
Robinson Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Chile
DeWitt’s
John Millais
Iola
Kas
Gallin
Lewis
Carlisle
Slaggyford
Will M. Sparks
Rushville
Indiana
Smith & Cambern
Mercer, Henley & CO
Otto P. Ailel
S. Alill
Weingart
Milroy
LILY
Eagle Mills
Henry C. Phelps
Stinger
East Mill Street
Theorld
Waverly
Indiana Bicycle CO
Indianapolis
Lnd
Hill Bros
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