Cranbury Press Newspaper Archives, Jul 7, 1893, p. 4

Silver Price Collapse Hits Mines Across Colorado Montana Utah

The Indian mint closure to free silver coinage sparks a global market shock. In Colorado, Montana, and Utah mines shut as prices tumble. Daly West Park City Diamond Eureka and others halt operations. Bankers and experts warn of broader financial damage, while state inspectors and company presidents debate production costs and potential relief through policy moves.

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Agricultural Building at the World's Fair dazzles with displays

The Agricultural Building at the World’s Fair sits beside Jackson Park’s lagoons and dominates the view with giant Corinthian columns and a 130 foot glass dome. Inside a riot of color shows agriculture’s global reach, from Brazil and Denmark to Mexico and Europe, with nations and U.S. states presenting lavish pavilions, varied crops, and machinery. The layout groups foreign nations and states, making the vast exhibit overwhelming but revealing the era’s agricultural and industrial progress through tangible displays.

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Jackson Park Great Basin Manufactures Lre Mammoth New York Herald Fox Brazil Attlo Kamrc Cape Colony Denmark Patrick Mexico Sha Montez France Anam Tonquin Holland

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Bold Arctic Explorer Sails From Brooklyn for North Pole Quest

Lieutenant Peary and a party of thirteen depart aboard the Falcon from New York for Greenland. The ship carries a prefabricated winter house for the camp, supplies, and a crew including Henson and Astrup. The voyage aims at a two and a half year Arctic expedition costing about 225,000.

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New York Iarbor Peary East River Dock Street Brooklyn North Pole R. E. Peary North Greenland Falcon Thelee St. Johns Perry Matthew Henson J. Entreken Westchester Penno Peary S Reef Edward Astrup Doctor Vincent F. W. Stokes Philadelphia George H. Carr Chicago J. W. Davidson Austen, Minn E. , Baldwin Nashville Tenn Haugh J. Lee Meriden Conn George H. Clarke Brooklinn Mars Boston Portland St. Johng Whals’s Sound Greenland Arctic Peary Hep

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Mixed global notes with wagers and political shifts

A garbled survey outlines several items: legal and political moves in various regions, river and rail issues, drought distress in Europe, land and watermelons in Texas, a Russian treaty hint, Irish Home Rule concerns, naval lessons from a disaster, and a court ruling on an anti zigiette law. It also mentions an anarchist monument unveiling in Chicago and a controversial age claim regarding a Chippawa resident.

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Mirontony Caotran Europe Louis Canonixa Wisconsin Texas Crxcixxatt Ohio Monte Carlo New York Waldhelm Cemetery Chicago House of Representatives Aballah Aanknam Campentown Victoria Rangoon East India Jonar Haxronp United States Circuit Court Seattle Washington Maj Axarnia Dy Sfanute Chippawa Fade Wis Thomas Randall Chippawa Valley

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Forestville Banker Ward Death Mystery Shocks Village

The proprietor of Ward's Bank Forestville New York apparently died by self inflicted means. Rumors swirled as investigators found his body behind his house amid speculation of 50 000 to 75 000 in deposits. Ward a longtime Chantauquin County figure faced town wide upheaval and unanswered questions about motive and sanity.

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Fourth of July notes and accidents across cities

July Fourth events reported from New York City to Newburyport include speeches at Bowen’s celebration with figures like Seth Low and Justice Brower, a bronze statue unveiling for William Lloyd Garrison, and a trolley collision in Brooklyn that killed a motorman and injured seven. Additional items cover a Buffalo trolley death, a Wilkes-Barre collision with 250,000 attendees, river trips near Woobine, and a plan for a Navy clerk appointment. The report also notes a UK mining disaster, a Monocacy cruiser grounding near Hankow, an opening of the German Reichstag with an army bill focus, and Volga passenger fatalities. Riotous student demonstrations persist in Paris amid clashes with cavalry.

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Daxter Martin McCarthy Dennis McCarthy Duffalo N. Y Tvore New York City Ingesbelog Rafaed Tammany Hoenkey Crisp Benton McMunn Seth Low Justice Brower Senator Hawley Charles Nagle Buffalo Tiventy Wilkesborm Penn United State Jehang Hankow China William Beiay Stmmer Alfons Volga Romanov Russia Thal Parly

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Public Debt Shows June Net Decrease and Treasury Shifts

June revenue and debt figures show a net debt reduction of 1.416 million with cash in Treasury rising to 897,195.03. Interest-bearing debt declined, non-interest bearing debt fell, and the gold reserve stood at 95,445,415 with a net cash balance near 826,976,877.88. Receipts for June totaled 90,083,921.85 against 229,266,451.90 expenditures. pensions payments fell to 11,411,902.93.

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Fragmented 1892 Produce Prices and Creamery Items

A damaged OCR list shows 1892 beans peas and kidney varieties with prices, plus creamery items and dairy products. Includes Western factory terms, skims, firsts seconds and thirds, plus fruits like apples grapes cherries and berries with scattered prices.

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Extraordinary Session Called by Cleveland in 1893 Proclamation

President Grover Cleveland calls an extraordinary session for August 7 at noon to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and ease financial distress. Cabinet notes, business leaders pressure, and nationwide telegrams influenced the plan as Congress is urged to act to avert economic hardship for merchants manufacturers farmers and workers. The proclamation orders both Houses to convene at the Capitol in Washington on June 30, 1893, under the authority of the executive.

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Germany Ana Sould Geraeny United States Franco Saul Loland Ceylon Ing7yes WoTancua Coleo Cleveland Clevelynd Congress Lanetszivr Masato Waautxatos B.C Grover Cleveland Congress of Wawington Fifty-third Congress Washington

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Several Disasters and Trials Across the Nation and Abroad

An erratic digest reports a hanged man in Reid fox Penn. a Hudson River collision near Amster dam and Fultonville with Viking leaving three miles to Fultonville. a nurse’s death in New York City Court of General Beeylong. Chautauqua opens at Mount Gretna. ex president Brysantix Hammon travels from Indianapolis to New York en route to Cape Nay for summer. Yale defeats Harvard in a canal boat race with times 25.01 and 5.15. A Brooklyn grand jury censures mayor and aldermen over railroad franchises. Harvard baseball beat Yale at Polo Grounds to clinch the championship. A drowning near Cohoes and battlefield memorials at Gettysburg. Western crops promising but rain needed. Naperville hanged for church treachery. a mother killed by Tom Fagan in Atlanta suburb. San Franegro protests and wealth legacies. a Cincinnati forgery case ends with poisoning, and Canada’s Parliament marks Ennct anniversary. Canadian convict farm shooting by James Powell. Treasury officials named. a presidential proclamation signals summer plans. Arizona military reorganization and census changes trigger resignations and new appointments.

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Difficult 19th Century Grain Prices Reported Abroad

Partial OCR text notes Marlatt hay price at a ton and mentions wheat pricing. Unclear names and places due to garbled spelling. Fragmentary references to Cranes ad Germany and Europe trade. No coherent event or outcome can be established from the readable content.

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Bing Marlatt Hay Deblan Milind Germany Europe

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World’s Fair notes on buildings and travel costs

A Washington Star correspondent describes the World’s Columbian Exposition. He highlights the Administration Building and the Columbus statue, praises the Woman’s Building and its designers, and notes royal contributions. He surveys accommodation options, hotel counts, and estimated expenses for a week, pegging total costs around 20 to 25 dollars for a reasonable visit.

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Death of Anthony J Drexel Founder of Drexel Institute

A private cablegram from Drexel & Company announces the death of Anthony J Drexel in Carlsbad Germany from apoplexy. A Philadelphia philanthropist and banker head of Drexel Morgan Co and partners in Paris and London houses, he founded the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia two years ago with a vast endowment and buildings costing three quarters of a million dollars. Born in Philadelphia in 1826 he rose to wealth and influence, closely allied with George W Childs and numerous charitable ventures.

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Notable Figures of Wealth and Diplomacy across Seas

A panorama of prominent personages appears, from tax officials in Maryland to the oldest consul in continuous service in Gibraltar. It notes J Tomo of New York Deposit worth nearly 8 million, Tamar Pasa ex Khodiyes of Egypt, sculptor Eowanp C. Perriyn buying a $800 bay horse for a Grant monument, and Baron Hirgoh preparing to settle Habrow colonies in Argentina. The British warship Blake arrives at St Johns, Newfoundland, with Admiral Hopkins taking command of the Mediterranean Fleet and Rear Admiral Buller to the North Atlantic squadron.

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Leland Stanford Fenortaxn Lrasrrn Honatio J. Srangor Massachusetts Gibraltar Docron Roux Europa Olmutz Maryland J. Tomo Yort Daposit Tamar Pasa Lancaster N. H Counsul Supreme Court Vermont Blake John O. Hopkins St. Johns Newfundland Sulifax Hopkins Buller North Atlantic

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Labor unrest and union activities across states

Fragmented OCR notes report multiple union efforts and labor actions including 1600000 union men in Txovawy, women gatemen on Paexen railroads, a Santa tax stance by Sratuiz labor delegates in New York City, and Milwaukee style wage talks. Additional items mention half day work in Wennenpar, streetcar pay in Four Waryr, Kansas labor organization, and a July hardware workers camp in Reapixo Virginia.

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Silver Price Collapse Hits Mines Across Colorado Montana Utah

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Agricultural Building at the World's Fair dazzles with displays

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Bold Arctic Explorer Sails From Brooklyn for North Pole Quest

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Mixed global notes with wagers and political shifts

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Forestville Banker Ward Death Mystery Shocks Village

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Fourth of July notes and accidents across cities

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Public Debt Shows June Net Decrease and Treasury Shifts

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Fragmented 1892 Produce Prices and Creamery Items

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Extraordinary Session Called by Cleveland in 1893 Proclamation

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Several Disasters and Trials Across the Nation and Abroad

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Difficult 19th Century Grain Prices Reported Abroad

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World’s Fair notes on buildings and travel costs

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Death of Anthony J Drexel Founder of Drexel Institute

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Notable Figures of Wealth and Diplomacy across Seas

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Labor unrest and union activities across states

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