Treasury bonds and silver purchases amid fever and war talk
Treasury data show bonds securing bank circulation and public deposits, with weekly silver buys pledged. Amid fever outbreaks in Memphis and Gallipolis, deaths rise and relief funds mobilize, while European diplomacy contemplates counterpoise to Russia and British Afghan passes are reviewed in a long war‑era analysis.
Various 19th Century Political and Maritime News Items
Nominations for governor in New Hampshire by Prohibition delegates. Vermont legislature elects Justin Morrill to the U S Senate. First National Bank of Tamaqua Pa declared solvent but unsure about resuming. A Mexico City letter reports a mob attack at Atzala killing and wounding Protestants. Diaz pledges protection to religions. The bark Susan from New Bedford capsized in hurricane. 22 drowned total. Clarkson N Porter declines renomination in New York’s Twelfth District. John Bramhall wrecked near Little Gull Island. crew saved. Augustus Schell nominated for New York mayor by Tammany. Admiral Paulding dies at Huntington L I. Moss Glen wrecks off St. Johns. crew washed overboard. survivors rescued after four days.
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California Constitutionals Adopt Resolution on Burlingame Treaty
A California Constitutional Convention resolution on the 16th urged Congress to amend the Burlingame treaty to bar Chinese immigration. Other items note a fatal plaster panic at a Lynchburg marriage, a locomotive engineers convention in Indianapolis, dissolution of the German Central Socialist Committee, Emperor William’s expected December regency, Vatican Germany talks, Afghan peace overtures, Rothschild loan to Egypt, Afghan concentration near Peshawar, and a Paris fete raising funds for yellow fever sufferers.
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Many Fish for Many Minds in Witty Folklore List
A humorous piece catalogs fish puns mapping creatures to types of people from a schoolmaster to a drummer. It then notes a Nevada rancher misattributing his alarm to a donkey’s midnight climb, and concludes with a remark that the first Bible was printed 215 years ago for Indians.
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Machinery creates work not replaces labor in sewing industry
The piece argues that labor-saving machinery expands rather than reduces work. It cites 19th century West grain states’ growing farm hands, rising sewing machine use, and related industries. It notes employment gains across mechanics, miners, lumber, and machine makers, with wages higher than traditional sewing work.
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Dark Adam From Babylonian Tablets Sparks Racial Theory
London correspondent notes a Babylonian tablet in the British Museum that describes the first man as dark and implies the dark races were created by the god Mir Ku. The piece links this to biblical Genesis and suggests ancient justification for subjugation through a legendary curse, with reference to Rahlinson and George Smith.
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