Stout corrected on silver dollar circulation debate at Times-Post
The Times-Post clarifies Mr E P Stout of Cincinnati Savings Society on free coinage and proxy silver certificates. Stout argues that large silver coinage is impractical due to limited circulation, while silver certificates provide convenient proxy money. He contends bullion value need not equal face value and explains how certificates function in redeeming dollars.
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Times-Post
E. P. Stout
Cincinnati Savings Society
Mr. Stout
Stout
Treasury
A Fight for Justice in Silver Remonetization
A historical note argues for restoring free coinage and legal tender status to silver. It recalls 1873 silver versus gold value, 1878 repeal of free coinage, and 1890 limits, contending only equal treatment under law will rectify monetary injustice without seeking special privileges.
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Republic
Why the Silver Dollar Was Not Made Fully Legal Tender
The writer questions the 1878 coinage policy arguing that silver should have equal full legal tender status with gold. They claim the exception clause favored gold gamblers and caused injustice, calling for restoration of balance without discrimination or special favors for silver.
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Gan
New Silver Paper urges unity in silver battle
The Driftwood Silver Democrat launched in Columbus Indiana advocates free silver and free gold opposing civil service. It urges monied interests to unite on a single point, cites Bynum’s gold campaign, reports crowd sizes, and notes a broader push by the Missouri committee for a silver convention. The piece criticizes two major parties and highlights the tariff education campaign.
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Driftwood Silver Democrat
Columbus
Ind
M. Dennison
New Tariff Era Boosts Wool and Iron Industries
An early half year shows rising wool prices, wage increases, more factories and mills, and expanded output. Wages up 10 15 percent in some sectors after McKinley act. iron ore coal duties cut. tinplate duty reduced. 73 mills built or contracted. World lists note 350,000 workers affected since April as education campaign touted.
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Evening Post
Travel Special and Regular Trains to Niagara Falls and Fort Wayne
Cincinnati departures priced at $2.50 on July 21 and Niagara Falls trips at $5 on August 8 allow round trips with return on either train. Special trains run through with no car changes. Call Worth Depot to reserve parlor chair cars from Fort Wayne, starting at 50 cents and $1 extra each way.
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Cincinnati
Niagara Falls
Worth Depot
Fort Wayne
Summer Wraps and Cape Fashions in Paris In 19th Century
A detailed look at summer outerwear features extravagant capes with wide circumferences and lace or embroidery. Describes jackets open in front, vest sets, sleeveless options, and decorative hybrids, noting how colors and fabrics dominate and how ensembles suit tall, slender figures. Also includes a political economy piece on money reform and the abolition of interest, arguing for a direct currency system managed by the people.
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Paris
American Federation
United States
Henry Conhen
Denver
Huntington Man’s Shingle Invention Attracts Nationwide Notice
Charles Wich of Huntington West Virginia, previously Athena Ohio, has developed a concrete shingles process from local clay. After years in brickmaking, he and others built machinery to produce shingles. A kiln test was witnessed by visitors from other cities and judged successful by the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
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Huntington
W. Va
Charles Wich
Athena
Cincin
Nat! Commercial Gazette
Special Sunday Train to Cincinnati from North Depot
A Sunday service runs from North Depot at 5 a.m. to Cincinnati arriving by 11 a.m and returning from Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m. Tickets valid until July 23. Ticket pricing 40 to 49 cents.
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North Depot
Cincinnati
The Southern Negro and the Death Toll in Cities
A discussion on the alleged solution to the so called negro problem by comparing urban death rates to births. Cites Dr de Saussene of Charleston with 1880 to 1894 data showing higher deaths among colored residents, especially children, than whites in Charleston and Savannah. Notes mortality gaps across southern cities and links consumption to moral decline as claimed by Chicago Past. Also includes a hive notes column advising on queen cell removal in beekeeping and a practical approach to swarming control.
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United States
de Saussene
Charleston
Savannah
Chicago
Caution on Fertilizer Adulteration and 1894 Sugar Bounty
Rural New Yorker warns buyers to demand guaranteed analyses for both separate chemicals and mixed fertilizers, noting adulteration risks in common salts and bone meal. The piece cites maple and cane sugar bounty payments totaling $122,000 in 1894, with details by region and timing, and reports Michigan station findings favoring July sowing of rape seed and stressing careful feeding for cattle grazing on rape.
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New Yorker
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New England
Supreme Court
Michigan
Has Designs on Chauncey Depew Letter From Admirer
A letter received by Chauncey M. Depew from an unknown admirer is discussed. The letter mentions a supposed engagement to an $8,000,000 heiress and cites Depew’s denial. The note is described as written in a strong feminine hand on fine new paper.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Depew
Etter
Central Bimetallic Compact Calls for Silver Restoration
A historic resolution urges the formation of a Central Bimetallic Compact to educate and campaign for restoring silver coinage to its pre 1873 status. It claims free silver backed by gold created stability and accuses money powers of blocking expansion of money supply. The Times-Post is authorized to convene a meeting to form the organization.
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Waexeas
Times-Post
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