Bryan and Jefferson Clash Over Monetary Ratios
The article argues William Jennings Bryan misreads Jefferson on silver and coinage. It contrasts Bryan’s calls for free coinage at 16 to 1 with Jeffersonian restraint, asserting Jefferson favored mercantile principles and a market-based gold-silver ratio. The piece claims the Republican stance under McKinley aligns with Jefferson, while Bryan pursues political gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
William Jennings Brraz
The
North American Review
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
United States
Bryan
Wiliam J. Bryan
Spain
England
France
Arket
Brian
William Jennings Brian
Europe
Ihem
Republican Party
Brvaen
The Antis Mask Free Silver Hiding Under Aguinaldoria
A political column denounces free silver supporters for aiding Aguinaldo and rebels in the Philippines. It warns that such actions threaten Philippine sovereignty and could trigger financial ruin and exclusive silver coinage. The piece labels free silver advocates as anti expansionists and accuses them of masking policy with sentimentalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
Philippine Islands
Yagal
Eterrai
Plague spread routes and defense measures discussed
The article reviews how bubonic plague could reach Europe via three overland routes from India through Afghanistan and Persia, plus a sea route via the Suez and the Mediterranean. It outlines infection modes inoculation inhalation and ingestion and notes Pacific coast vulnerability and measures to prevent entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Europe
Vo U. Vaughn
Popular Science Monthly
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Afghanistan
Pertawestern
Lodia
Lahore
Kusia
Samarkand
Desert
Caspian Sea
Ouzoun Ada
Baku
Baluchistan
Persia
Caspian
Black Seas
Caucasus
Tiflis
Teheran
Russia
Turkey
Asia
Constantinople
Winte
Ayoama
Tokyo
Hongkong
Wissokowitch
Jobobat
America
Pacific
Henzicone
Manila
Vmonla
Sana Praneineq
Cies
Certan
Pda
Bentheim Reveals German Secret Service Links
Atlanta reports Bentheim, a former German secret service figure, naming the Sonneburg consul and Amvy Fleerschultz in a web of espionage. He notes interviews in Berlin with Captain Siegel and plans to evade French officers. Also mentioned are unrelated dispatches from Santo Domingo and Peru with chaotic excerpts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Atlanta
War Office
Germain
Charles £. Bentheim
Germany
Sonneburg
Fleerschultz
Hatzy
Amvy Fleerschultz
Bentheim
Hairy
Floerschultz
United States
Berlin
Franz
Siegel
Duel Alleges Shots Exchanged Over Dreyfus Affair
Paris reports that editor M De Prossente of The Temps dueled with Maurice Barrero after polemics on the Dreyfus affair. Four shots were exchanged with no result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dreyfus
M. de Prossente
The
Temps
M. Maurice Barrero
Local Farmer Sees Lower Corn Yields and Prices
A Lucas Kansas man predicts drought damage has halved his income. He expected 30 bushels per acre and a price around 24 cents per bushel, but now foresees 15 cents per bushel, taller and harder to harvest corn easing his losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Topeka
Ban
Library planned in Geneva Ohio for father of penmanship
A project in Geneva Ohio seeks a stone library honoring Plate St Spencer widely known as the father of penmanship. The facility would cost about $20,000 and rise from this town of roughly 3 000 residents. Spencer taught writing in the early Western Reserve era in a small log schoolhouse that served as his first writing classroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Plate St. Spencer
New York Tribune
Spencer
Western Reserve
Lis Tome
Lockstep to Be Abolished in Indiana Penitentiary
Warded Haley of the La Porte Indiana penitentiary announces the abolition of the lockstep, a marching practice used for years. The change aims to remove the distinctive gait that marks ex convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warded
Haley
la Porte
Ind
New York Sun
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JR. Bryan
Lopebneans
Antis
Aguinaldoria
Moca
Santo Domingo
Jiminez
Remon Cavees
Sonal
TaMeDe
Co City
Anna
Woa
Burns L Gera
Kodak
Kodaks
Eastman Kodak CO
Rochester, N.Y
Burns A Gosser
Coshocion
DR. France & CO
France Medical Institue
Coshocton
Park Hotel
E. R. Reed
W. Main Street
Ricketts’ Block
Coshocton, O
Cantia
Siearcnr
Wien
Foreigm
Renyaeiaols
Unis Ersa
Furor
Monty
Feeczies
Ridley
Bright
Adence
West Gay St
Columbus, O
Asfosk
Br Express
Ben
Atanon
Gugiaues tooLi Chiné
Montgomery Ward &Co
Michigan Ave
Madison St
Chicago
Harris, the Tailor
Selby Block
Twu
Americ
Is. Fis
New York
Thieune
Tripane
Hinstifto
Ford
AGE
Ohio
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