Why the Sea Is Salt Of Great Benefit to Mankind
The piece argues the sea holds 90 quadrillion tons of salt and could form a 200 mile cube covering the globe. It cites Moses creation timing, Dr. Hunt, and G W Littlehales to claim saltiness dates from creation, aiding evolution and continent formation through calcareous skeletons and ocean currents.
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Moses
T. S. Hunt
Globe
Hunt
G. W. Littlehales
Appleton
Popular Science Monthly
Continents
Earth
New York World
Chevalier Bayard Opposed to Firearms Warfare
The famed Chevalier Bayard is noted in histories as a model of chivalry who opposed firearms and ordered his troops to spare civilians, while denouncing gun use as an uncivilized and unlawful form of war.
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Chevalier Bayard
Aways
The Upper Yardmen and the Sail Power Decline
The article discusses bluejackets on sailing ships, focusing on the elite upper yardmen who raced aloft to operate yards eight to ten times weekly in harbor, shaping ship reputation. It notes their physical prowess and later decline with steam warships reducing necessity for extreme aloft work.
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Royal
Topgallant
Crackers Found All Over and Delhi Sikh Valor in Chitral
A travelogue notes crackers from Lancaster Pa. to Georgia and beyond as a northern Irish lineage in America. The Chitral Campaign prose praises Sikh resilience and endurance, citing 46 days of siege, 59 dead, 62 wounded, and Sikh courage under hardship.
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Man
Spa
Long Island
Lancaster County
Georgia
Ireland
Canada
Cherry Valley
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
New England
Missouri
Massachusetts
Endicott
Marvard College
North Carolina
Tennessee
New York Sun
Chitral
Thompson
Facts for Farmers on Export Decline in 1895 Tariff Effects
The piece argues that agricultural exports dominate U S totals and warns of steep declines under Democratic tariff policy. It cites monthly export values from 1892 to 1895, shows a large drop in farm products versus 1892, and claims farmers lose hundreds of millions in world markets this year. It also notes 60 percent of spring wool orders are abroad and estimates factory and wage losses if trends continue.
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Cuartes R. Buck Lane
Amputation decline noted by English physician
Dr. A Pearce Gould, a leading English medical figure, states surgeons amputate less often as medicine advances. He calls amputation a confession of failure and a therapeutic tragedy, noting dental science now saves teeth instead of extracting them, and the world moves at a faster pace.
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A. Pearce Gould
England
Gound
New York Herald
Little Girl Peeling the Crust From Cream Puffs
A Pittsburg child adored the cream filling but disliked the crust. At dessert she carefully removed the crust while her mother asked what she was doing. The girl answered in a soft voice that she was peeling the crust.
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Pittsburg
Rittaburg Chronicle
Transmississippi congress endorses free coinage call for gold and silver
In Omaha the Transmississippi Commercial Congress voted 127 to 50 to demand immediate free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1 with both metals legal tender. Governor McConnell’s telegram sparked enthusiasm while Idaho debates warn against changing western opinions on monetary reform.
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Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Mississippi River
Omaha
McConnell
Idaho
Silver and the Senate and the Free Coinage Issue
Denver News argues senators should reorganize the Senate on silver lines, forming a cross party free coinage bloc led by Teller. It claims the question of silver drives policy and accuses wavering members of hypocrisy if they refuse to contrive a partyless silver caucus.
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Senate
Teller
Washington
Denver
Silver party urged by Senator Jones in Chicago plan
The Boston letter cites The Chicago Tribune claiming Senator Jones favors forming a separate silver party at a Chicago convention around Christmas time. He links silver coinage to tariff protection and paternal government, arguing a distinct silver party could win, while Senator Stewart remains less eager.
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Jones
Stewart
Nevada
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
The
Tribune
Boston Herald
Sound currency supplements reach rural voters nationwide
The report notes April saw broad side supplements issued with full editions of cooperating local papers, delivering sound currency literature to rural homes. The committee calls this the most effective propaganda branch for reaching sparsely settled counties in critical states at low cost, placing argument and illustration directly into readers’ hands.
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Sound Currency Committee
New York Reform Club
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