Silver coinage debate glares in era of political blame
A lengthy discussion rails against silver and gold standards, critiquing the Democratic Party and praising Republican policy. It cites national conventions in favor of free coinage, state legislatures and newspapers advocating silver. The piece notes Cleveland’s administration as aligned with Republican finance and cites silver as the poor man’s money.
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Democratic Party
Evansville Journal
Voldbug Press
Lingis
Memphis
Missouri
Chicago
Goldbug
Cleveland
John Sherman
Ile
Tle
Secretary of the Treasury
Wall Street
Democratic contrasts over coinage and party loyalty rise in Midwest notes
The passage surveys hot weather reports from Illinois and Indiana with fatalities noted, then shifts to political discourse on silver coinage and party unity. It cites Indiana and Missouri democratic tensions, calls for a new convention, and criticizes Carlisle's policies while urging Indiana to act to preserve Democratic leadership.
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Taggart
Evansville Cottier
Missouri
Democratic Shire Central Committee
Iowa
Matthews
Carlisle
Hvpe
Jefferson
Jackson
Indiana
Tageart
The Parent of Penury
In this essay the author argues wealth derives from labor and is ruined by dependence on others. He claims wealth and poverty rise together as capitalists rely on workers, leaving more people idle, and concludes luxury begets penury. The piece contrasts Maghund poverty with England’s capital wealth and warns against parasitic wealth.
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England
A Few Compliments. Fort Wayne Trars-Post Admired
The New Albany Tribune Rep notes the first issue of the Fort Wayne Trars-Post. The paper supports democratic unity for free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1. It praises the news department and its ability to advocate with vigor and plausibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany Tribune
Fort Wayne
Times-Post under fire for falsehood in first issue
A letter accuses the Times-Post of reprinting a long ago debunked claim that the 1873 law demonetized the silver dollar. The writer says the paper's deception is a gigantic falsehood designed to mislead, and argues the publication cannot survive by such bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Times-Post
Hari Kari
Fort Wayne Publishes The Times-Post Debut
The Times-Post, Fort Wayne’s new democratic newspaper, launches with a strong front suggesting long life and prosperity. It is well edited, firmly aligned with the masses on the currency issue, and deemed worthy of Democratic and public support.
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Greencastle Stair Lress
Fort Wayne
New Democratic
Times-Post
Tre Timms-Post Debuts as Fort Wayne Democratic Daily
The Pike County Democrat reports Tre Timms-Post launches as a new democratic daily at Fort Wayne. Editors pledge old-time democracy and a 16 to 1 coinage act, hoping a strong bearing on Allen County democracy.
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T. P
Pike County Democrat
Tre Timms-Post
New Democratic
Fort Wayne
Allen County
House Wanted For Rent Five Or Six Rooms
A notice from the Tri County Post seeks a house for rent with five or six rooms. The advertiser requests location and price be left with the Post office.
Fort Wayne papers tout free silver and new editions
Community exchanges praise Fort Wayne publications the Tumts-Post and Times-Post as democratic pro free coinage silver advocates. Editors and editors discuss editorial stance to favor the silver standard 16 to 1 and oppose foreign control or international agreement.
Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver From a Business View
Describes the subject of free coinage and promotes Charles H. Bliss pamphlet. Available for 10 cents at Pines Post office with mail orders promptly filled.
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Charles H. Bliss
Pines-Post Office
Excursion Train for Y M C A Regions Headed to Boston
The Christian Endeavor of Central and Northern Indiana chose the Nickel Plate road in Fort Wayne on May 21 for a July special train to Boston to attend the Y PLS. GC In 1895 meeting. The trip includes short stops at Niagara Falls and Saratoga Springs with no extra charge. Passengers may join along the line by arranging via ticket agents or M C Baker Fort Wayne. The Nickel Plate advertises low rates and eastern connections as the shortest route to Boston and to the Masons Knights Templar events in August.
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Y. E.S. Cfe
Boston
Antes
Christian Endeavor
Indiana
Fort Waye
Ind
Nickel Plate Road
Y. Pls. GC. In
Niagara Falls
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Masonic Knights Templar
Fashion Notes From An Old Notebook On Dress Trends
The piece surveys seasonal novelties including a glass cloth fabric priced at 20 dollars a yard and lasting a lifetime, a Parisian influence on floral decorations with true foliage, and updates on hoopskirts as sleeves. It also describes a race toilet in black satin graseille with jet trim and square-toed boots, signed Jubic Collet.
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Botany
Comparative Value of Millets Across Regions
Millet comparison notes common and German millet with drought resistance outperforming Hungarian grass. West favors common and German millets while east prefers Hungarian. German millet yields higher on good land. common millet more suited to thin soils or late sowing. Crozier reviews mislabeling of millet types and cites Michigan data on yield. Illinois bulletin No. 88 advised for chinch bug disease and trap barriers.
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Professor Crozier
Michigan Agricultural College
American Agriculturist
Illinois
Urbana
Farming Advice Ranges From Soil to Drilling
An Ohio farmer uses a three year rotation wheat clover potatoes with a second crop from red clover. Indiana experiments show stable manure not exhausted after twelve corn crops. Northwest grows more potatoes while Kansas Crimson clover struggles at the state station. Deep well drilling with light machinery wastes time and money. Plant peach orchards in well drained loam with northern exposure.
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Ohio
Indiana Experiment Station
Northwest
Kansas College Station
Noted Voices and Their Distinctive Speech Styles
A catalog of famous figures from Bossuet to Farinelli describing their unique voices. It notes Forrest’s deep bass, Bunyan’s persuasive sermons, Bacon’s smooth tone, Henry VIII’s gruff bluff, Garrick’s flexible mimicry, Marlborough’s artillery buoyancy, Jerome of Prague’s fiery denunciations, Wilhelm’s soothing softness, Edwards’s sharp tones, Adams’s cool conviction, Brignoli’s silver voice, Wendell Phillips’s measured speech, Cowper’s diffident manner, and a fervent English lady’s cry over Farinhli’s idolization.
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Lord Bacon
Henry VIII
Hal
Garrick
Duke of Marlborough
Jerome of
Prague
Kaiser Wilhelm
Jonathan Edwards
John Adams
Brignoli
Wendell Phillips
Cowper
Farinehli
Farinehi
The Worlds Holidays
A list of holidays and observances across states and countries. Includes Pioneer Day in Utah Memorial Day in North Carolina and Louisiana Independence Day in all states and other regional celebrations and historic anniversaries.
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Utah
North Carolina
New Orleans
Louisiana
Union
Alabama
Georgia
California
Gughiuid Morris Dances Are Still Popular At Whitsuntide
Boniface VII
Europe
Lincoln
Nevada
Jefferson Davis
Florida
Famous Faces and Mount Etna Temperature Readings
The column lists famous historical figures and their distinctive looks, noting features from Philip II of Macedon to Paganini and Napoléon III. It also reports automatic temperature instruments atop Mount Etna measuring highs of 61 and lows of 50 with January being coldest and August warmest.
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Pope
Paganini
Ole Bull
Rubinstein
Wordsworth
Pepin the Short
Charliemagne
Oliver Goldsmith
Mount Etna
Australian Butter Exports Near 600 Tons This Season
South Australia has exported about 600 tons of butter during the season, valued at roughly $250,000, as the season winds down.
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South Australia
Chinese hotels described in vivid travel anecdote
An old travel sketch portrays Chinese inns as courtyard complexes with sun baked brick rooms and sparse furnishings. The author highlights animals in the yard, the risky rooms housing scorpions and centipedes, and praises the waiters with their napkins as a notable feature, while noting reasonable charges.
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China
Advice from a storeroom waste room tale
A Great Divide writer recalls advice given during his office-boy days in a large store. The piece notes a cluttered back room with many ink bottles and the instruction to move old bottles to the waste room, reflecting on practice versus preaching.
The 72 Cents That Shook a Firm
A clerk hides bottles in a basement stock-room and sells them at a funk shop for two cents each, earning 72 cents. He questions the money’s ownership, returns it after counsel from a cashier friend, and later learns the cashier was convicted of embezzlement, casting doubt on whether the firm ever received the 72 cents.
Too Much Girlie and the Chinese Servant
A correspondent recalls a Chinese servant in a household who reacts to the birth of twin girls with humor and superstition. He gifts elaborate items, notes the girls are “too much girlie,” and finally leaves the family after expressing discomfort with having two daughters.
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Frank Les
Sue Kung
Jie
China
Ile
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Daily Times- Post
Gart Shober
Times-Post CO
Fort Wayne, MD
Tus
Pike County
Pana
Crown Point
Tur
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
Logansport
Tur Times-Post
Delphos Daily Herald
PD. Vo Gasson
J. A. Levity
McKinley
Keeley Motor
Penury
Anderson ‘Telegram
Tumts-Post
Warsaw Daily Union
Charles Foster
William McWinley
Truss-Post
Kendallville
Times- Post
The
Times
Chis. Sliss
Auburn
Pane Tis- Post
New Haven
Anderson Telegram
Our
Salvatory
Biailton Buaner
Randall Hotel
Bossuet
Forrest
Jeremy Taylor
Bunyan
Battle of
San Jacinto
Texas
Philip the Great
Macedon
Nfayda
Charles J
Tasso
Yespasian
Addison
Chaucer
Duke of Wellington
Vitellius
Napoleon III
Kent Wayne, Inc
Times—Post
East Berry Street
Trans. Post
Forder
Will Advocate
E. Berry Street
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