Debaters Clash Over Money, Banks and Prices in Silver Fight
The eighth day of the silver debate features Horr and Harvey arguing over gold standards, price trends since 1873, and the impact of bank credit and demonetization. They cite tables from the Senate finance committee and Sauerbeck, discuss wage buying power, and warn of panics and national debt while debating money measures and banking.
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Azel F. Hatch
Harvey
Horr
Finance Committee
United States Senate
Carroll D Wright
National Commissioner of Labor
Harr
Sauerbeck
London Society of Statisticians
London
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Senate Committee
Chicago
Howard Atkinson
Senate
Soetbeur
Loetbeer
The
New York Tribune
Tribune
Harry
Thas
New York
Dun & Co
American Statistical Association
New York City
Jesus Christ
Judas Iscariot
Blanketa
Lowa
Iowa
Debates on Money, Wages and Debt Highlight 1899 Session
The debate centers on per capita money, bank systems and wage declines. Harvey argues for bank wealth use and wage groups while Harr challenges debt figures. A silver dollar unit gesture closes the day as the sugar bounty question gains traction with planters using certificates as loan collateral.
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Horr
France
Great Britain
Germany
Sweden
Harvey
Herr
United States
Spropos
Balanss
Thomas I. Kidd
Machine Wood Workers’ Union
Omaha
Chicago
Kidd
Labor Commission
Harr
Washington
Blapehard
Louisiana
Congress
Prohibition Camp Meeting Debates Bimetallism and Currency
A national Prohibition camp meeting discussed currency policy and bimetallism with A Tuttle and M L Daggy debating. Robert Hunt spoke for Bree Silver, Claud Hall opposed, and Helen Gougar addressed the topic. In Marsillon Ohio M D Ratchford returned home noting miners may strike if western operators reject pay terms.
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A. Tuttle
Vecatur
M. L. Daggy
Greencastle
Bree Silver
Robert Hunt
Decatur
Claud Hall
Hureaka
Helen M. Gougar
Murder of Jung nitach in Krickwirz Silesia shocks village
Report of Jung nitach a septuagenarian weaver killed in his sleep by his insane daughter in Krickwirz Silesia. She cut his body into pieces and used flesh for days before neighbors discovered the crime. Nearby in Isis July 28 a tornado in Marshall county damaged five houses and ten barns with lightning and hail.
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Berlin
Krickwirz
Silesia
Jungnitach
Lacey
Isis
Marshall County
Fire Keeps Poorhouse In Ruins After Lightning Strike
Madison Wisconsin reports the Dane County asylum at Vernon was struck by lightning. The entire building, valued at about 100000 dollars, burned to rubble. Superintendent Edwin was injured by a falling structure but no other casualties are noted.
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Madison
Win
Saly
Dane County
Vernon
Edwin
Duel Between Charles Duffin and Charles Enlow Ends in Fatal Knife Fight
Leavenworth July 22 details reveal a feud between two farmer sons, Charles Duffin and Charles Enlow. They met on a public road, drew knives, and Enlow was killed after Duffin switched to his non-dominant hand. Duffin was wounded, bled heavily, and faces trial, released on 3000 bail.
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Young Enlow
Duffin
Leavenworth
Charles Duffin
Charles Enlow
Olow
Kia
Doffin
Hulon
Enloe
Miners vote to continue work at Clinton rate 74 to 35
Delegates return reporting Clinton miners voted 74 to 35 to continue work at the decent scale. Five mines in the county suspended operations except Currysville paying 60 cents. others may pay 40 cents if men withdraw from the union. In Indianapolis the Gebhard murder case saw temporary halt awaiting bloodhounds. a bloody handkerchief found offers no clue. A gasoline explosion at Jeffersonville house kills Julia Nolan 18. Norval Aigener 14 saves children. In Muncie, Seybert and Disbennet, jailed in Terre Haute for five years, are released as evidence fails to convict.
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Shelburn
Purcell
Kennedy
Clinton
Currysville
Indianapolis
Gebhard
Jeffersonville
L. A. Douglass
Julia Nolan
Muncie
Henry Seybert
Willian Disbennet
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Anderson
Trains Collide After Flagging Failure Sparks Wreck
Two freight trains collide near Carbon due to conductor Seymour failing to flag. Eleven cars wrecked and track torn up. One engine plunged forty feet down an embankment but no serious injuries. Heat resigns amid the incident.
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Carbon
Seymour
Odd Chick With Extra Back Legs Draws Local Attention
Mundy reports Charles Grunday the ironworker found a chick with two perfect legs on its back. The strange bird hides the extra limbs in feathers and can walk upside down, then flip back upright with a single step. Gene Dill, 16, jailed briefly for suspected horse theft, was released due to lack of evidence and later rearrested after selling the horse. Delaware County assessor data show total value of 1,747,340 with a countywide gain and farm land per-acre decrease.
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Mundy
Charles Grunday
Gene Dill
Dunkirk
Otto Dowden
Albany
Muncie
Joseph McKinley
Dowden
Dil
Mounerz
Delaware County
Munote
The Fads Meet At The Hibernating Facts Convention
The New York World reports a satirical 19th century convention scene where members jest about dues and aging, featuring Mammy Crinoline and Miss Bloomer. The meeting votes to expunge Crinoline fails, other members mock bicycles and tires, and the bicentennial celebration is planned in Chicago next year.
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the Order of Hibernating Facts
Golfstick
Miss Bloomer
Mr. Wig
Mammy Crinoline
Mr. Roller
Bicycle
Committee On Ways and Means
Pneumatic Tire
Cushion Tire
Baseball
Florida
Ball
Chicago
Golfstiel
New York World
Fragmented quote voices women and memory in Life
A fragmentary Life excerpt recalls a grieving woman weeping for a husband-like likeness. The speaker notes her goat, drinks, and lemon imagery, suggesting melancholic reflection on loss and memory amid domestic details.
Test of Selection for Chorus Girls by Opinion
A column excerpts a remark about selecting chorus girls by mail, joking that asking a single test question reveals suitability. The Indianapolis Journal quote dismisses the method as improper and biased, implying a satirical critique of standards for chorus exhibitions.
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Indianapolis Journal
Woman Corrects Companion For Leaving Bonnet On Elevator
A Washington Star fragment shows a new woman reproving her junior companion for not removing her bonnet when riding an elevator with a young man. The exchange underscores social etiquette expectations.
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Miranda
Washington Star
A Tale Two Nations by W. H. Harvey review
A brief notice presents A Tale of Two Nations as a novel of 302 pages offering a love story intertwined with de monetization history. It portrays an evil spirit affecting American prosperity and promises engaging reading from start to finish. The popular edition is 25 cents, extra quality paper 40 cents, cloth binding $1.00.
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W. H. Harvey
Deaths and accidents reported from Indiana and beyond
Colonel E J Mcbride longtime supreme treasure of the Knights and Ladies of Honor dies in Corydon Indiana. A near decapitation occurs when Earl Foreman is struck by a wagon near Goshen. A general mortality note states births outpace deaths widely, with grim global statistics on lifespan and population.
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Indianapolis
E. J. Mcbride
the Knights and Ladies of Honor of the
United States
Corydon
Number Seven by W. H. Harvey illustrated edition
The latest issue promotes Number seven by W. H. Harvey with illustrations, 192 pages, exposing the crime of 1878 and the Harvey Laughlin joint debate. Described as highly instructive, it is offered in a popular edition at 25 cents postpaid by FIMES-POST Fort Wayne.
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W. H. Harvey
Fort Wayne
Great Lakes Steamers Offer Full Ticket Line From Wabash
Wabash ticket office in this city sells complete lines of single and round trip tickets via Toledo and Detroit to all Great Lakes ports including Buffalo Erie Cleveland Mackinac Island Chicago Duluth and intermediate points. Modern fast steel steamers promise speed comfort and safety on fresh water with a book Mid-Summer Voyages available by application outlining lake tours costs and times. State room reservations and tickets can be procured. telephone No. 6. R G Thompson, Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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Wabash
Toledo
Detroit
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Erie
Cleveland
Mackinac Island
Chicago
Duluth
R. G. Thompson
Linwood Park Vacation Tickets Advertised
Linwood Park Vermillion Ohio offers summer resort enjoyment on Lake Eries south shore with excursion tickets via the Nickel Plate road available throughout the season from June to August.
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Linwood Park
Vermillion, C
Lake Erie
Nickel Plate Road
Corn’s Financial School and Coin Up To Dates
W H Harvey presents Coin’s Financial School and its continuation in one volume. Illustrated guides explain money topics for a general audience with prices: paper 50 cents, popular 25 cents, cloth 1.00. The Times-Post Fort Wayne offers both titles by mail on receipt of price.
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Coin
Finaxcrau School
W. H. Harvey
Chicago
Corn’s Financial School
United States
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Nissara Falls Excursion Details Shown
Event notice outlines an excursion to Nissara Falls on Thursday, August 1895, with limited readable details about the trip and schedule.
Lake Erie & Western Rail Excursion to Niagara Falls Aug 8 1895
The Lake Erie and Western R R announces a popular annual excursion August 8 1895 to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls at low rates with side trips to Lewiston and Lake Ontario. Tickets include Sunday at the Falls and free Brockton Junction to Chautauqua Lake travel. special sides and reductions offered on train. Tickets valid through August 18 1895, with additional sleeping car accommodations available.
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Cleveland
Chautauqua Lake
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Lewiston-on-the-Lake
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Lewiston
Thousand Islands
Falls
Brockton Junction
Chautauqhta Lake
Whirlpool Rapids
Garfield
Lake Erie & Western BR. R
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Sarah Atkins
Bynum
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Nebraska
Free Silver League
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Free Silver Committee
Byoom
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GosHkyx
Earl Foreman
the Great Lakes
Nissara Falls
Lake Erie and
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LaFayette
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Cambridge City
Nipton
Premont Egnacoates
Lima Wees
Sandusky
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Yao Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania
Central Time
AZ Fortown
Pennsylvania Station
Wayne, Ind
A. m. Limited
N.Y
Boston
Cleveland Mail
Eastern Express
Nopicago Express
tNhicago Mail
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T. Cca! Freight
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O. M.C. Baker
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Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Port
Fort T Wayne
Philley
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O.‘and Railroad
F Daly
H C Parker
Boston Limited
Gulls
Roledo Express
Simday
Atlantic Express
Lone
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom'n
St. Louis Limited
Indianapalia
Kansas City
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
Rome City
Richmond
Cincinnati
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
West Wayne St
Hamilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
John Morir
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Emery
Cor
Cass and
Wells Streets
Gust. Schubert
Dyer
E. Main ST
White National Bank
Wayne
Fort Wayne, Ind
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