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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1896
Page
2
The New York Journal argues a dollar costs more in labor for workers as its purchasing power rises. It warns a dearer dollar reduces workers’ wages, curtails purchasing, and harms shops, factories, and bankers alike. The piece emphasizes that all classes suffer when the currency loses value relative to goods and labor.
Eminent commercial scholars argue that free coinage of silver could add millions of dollars annually to US credit through increased trade with American nations to the south. They say southern buyers would demand US manufactured goods, stimulating plants nationwide and lifting agricultural life with fair prices for farmers.
Towns that hire water works may lose insurance from Agricultural Insurance Company after September 1, prompting calls for action by property owners. Citizens urge Whitby and Redden to inform the public via the town board about water works prospects while warning about depreciated currency and gold standard politics impacting local prosperity and grain prices.
The column quotes Judge Goodrich of Chicago doubting Illinois as safely sound money and predicts Democratic victory there. It notes growing Democratic club organization in Caroline County and calls for full registration on election day. It mentions a Maryland labor bureau plan to aid employment, a nod to the first U S coinage law, and reports on election results in Vermont Maine Alabama Arkansas. It includes a Baltimore Supreme Bench nomination rumor, and a local testimonial for Chamberlain's medicine with several merchant listings and peach basket sales.
Dunkard minister Mark Minser of Beechers Point endorses Chamberlain’s Pain Halum as the best he has used, praising its relief for rheumatic pains, backache, sprains, swellings, cuts, burns and scalds. Sold at 25 and 50 cents by Wm. E. Brown, Denton, H. Duffey, Hillsboro, and R. J. Colston, Ridgely Md.
Wanailaiers Imiladelphala reports 21 buyers crossed the Atlantic to gather useful and beautiful goods for Philadelphia shoppers. A Paris partner oversees observers on a global tour as Li Hung Chang’s home is visited. Daily receptions, a growing staff, and a grand four million dollar stock define a new Vall campaign at the nation’s dress goods store.
Twenty-one sections of the store showcase dress fabrics and clothing for fall. Wanamaker's presents extensive dress goods, fall clothing for men and boys, and October wedding stationery by Crane's, with prices and ranges highlighted.
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