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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
2
The author argues that gold is not a standard of value. Value is a mental estimate that varies with each situation and person. Gold can fluctuate in worth, and while coinage fixes its monetary use, it does not establish a true standard of value across circumstances.
A clipped Southern Exchange snippet depicts a good honest farmer outside a courthouse, with mentions of a gold basis and a receipt. The readable text is incomplete, limiting clear facts about events or outcomes.
A Fort Wayne Trans-Post summary and regional editorials reflect the silver coinage dispute. Tribunes report a reader voting for free silver, while Ohio Democrats faced a 137,000 vote defeat in 1894. Various papers critique monometallism, with commentaries from Tar Times-Post and Rockville Tribune, and announcements of new silver-focused papers.
The Indiana state soldiers home for old soldiers and widows will be erected on 247 acres between Lafayette and the Tippecanoe battlefield. A $75,000 appropriation funds the buildings, located 185 feet above low water on the Wabash river. The governor-appointed board of five trustees leads construction. The waterworks and lighting contract was let early in the project.
The missary department a hospital building dining hall and laundry will be brick stone and slate finished simply for comfort of old soldiers and war widows. Contracts to be let July 8 1895 bids due 4 pm plans at J F Alexander Son Lafayette or Gen James R Carnahan Indianapolis inquiries to trustees. Job printing offered at Tres-Post job office.
Advocates of free silver argue the Democratic party history and the Constitution favor silver, while the Kansas City Journal notes broad popular support for silver and warns against gold monometalism. Greensburg Daily New Era urges citizens to study currency questions and avoid party dependence.
Editorials claim free silver supporters did not press for a coinage resolution, fearing misrepresentation. The Bluffton Banner cites harmony and a majority of six, noting anti silver leadership and cautious wording, while dismissing claims of a passed silver measure. Also references to a Pall Mall Gazette poem and Nickel Plate road homes listing.
A New York Herald report details a syndicate of prominent Americans and possibly English bankers aiming to supply silver bullion to China to cover its war indemnity to Japan, about 200 million taels. The plan supposedly would use bullion value differences, with bullion delivered as Japan directs, while hoarding claims are denied.
A Kentucky judge orders a jury of women to try a breach of promise case involving a female defendant. The letters from the defendant to the plaintiff are a centerpiece, highlighting the era's debate on women’s roles in law and society. The defendant has hired Republican nominee Bradley to plead, while the plaintiff may present the letters as proof of libertine youthful affection.
A New York Journal note suggests a Japan versus Russia clash is possible with both sides ready for fierce fighting. It warns Russia would be weakened by being far from supply bases while Japan would mobilize intense fanaticism, and predicts diplomacy may avert war with the U.S. benefiting from regional conflict.
At Madison Square Garden during a Sullivan benefit an attempt was made to seize box office receipts by a judgment debtor for 8400 dollars. Sullivan sold his interest in the benefit to Parson Davies and Max Hirsch for 5300 dollars after the plan was learned. The deputy sheriff could not serve papers.
Mr. Ruskin argues parents should educate and support children to maturity without leaving a fortune. He condemns modernism for pushing youth out early and insists doors stay open to returning offspring whether a daughter of questionable morals or a son who has stolen. The letter, cited by the New York Tribune, urges continued parental care while denying bequests to miscreants.
Five suspects, including a woman, are jailed at the Omaha police station after a tragedy at 1250 Pierce Street. Bloodstained bedroom, weapons found, and missing corpse haunt investigators. Two trunks headed to St Louis fuel fear the body was dismembered and concealed.
A trade catalogue outlines color pairings for costumes including red with yellow or purple red with greenish yellow, orange with indigo, and blue with orange. It notes greens with blues, yellows with greens, and blacks with luminous colors can be effective, while gray tends to dull. A historical aside mentions Roman ladies dyed hair blue. The walking gown described features beige wool, a godet skirt, and a bloused bodice with guipure yoke.
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