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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
2
The piece reviews a Kentucky Republican convention plank opposing free coinage of silver and favoring a gold based system tied to dollar parity. It contrasts with Indiana Republicans who praised free coinage and questions the Kentucky resolution as muddled and impractical to implement.
A long column reviews U S monetary figures on June 1 including treasury totals of 71 million in bullion and 603 million in treasury funds, warns silver and gold certificates do not add to money in circulation, and mocks local political figures and Fort Wayne policing in string of assorted statements.
The town of Tiare Hautes prepares for the national convention of the Trades and Professionals Association to be held there next June. The Journal near finishes upgrading to a machine set format as a second machine comes online soon. In Jeffersonville residents begin culling unmuzzled dogs after seven rabid dog bites, with one death and several serious injuries. Chicago vote on independent free coinage shows 4245 for and 2200 against. Iowa Democrats adopt a monetary plank, reflecting bimetallist tensions.
General Jordan argues the gold silver ratio is arbitrary and not dictated by supply and demand. He cites French 1808 law and 18th century mining outputs to show that historical ratios varied despite metal production, asserting no era saw a true metal abundance and challenging the notion of a fixed ratio.
Thomas Jordan discusses 19th century money supply and demand, gold and silver values, and legal tender laws from 1803 to 1808. He explains how France fixed silver worth, how gold was valued to attract metal, and how coinage costs and international trade shaped money's real value.
Readers are urged to study Bliss's work on free and unlimited coinage of silver from a business perspective. The tract is recommended, priced at 10 cents, and available at the Tres Post Office with prompt mail service for orders.
The Times-Post in Fort Wayne proclaims itself a free and unlimited coinage of silver paper. It will publish daily and weekly in the interest until consummation. The Diamond Plate Glass works in Kokomo plans to resume in about ten days with 800 workers. The Elwood plant to operate with full force, easing monthly wage withdrawals of around $20,000.
Tuesday, June 11 offers half rate trips to western points by rail, featuring Dortmunder, Dortmunder Dopper and Salvator Beer as equal to imported goods.
The article argues spring is optimal for road work as soil is loose and roots do not hinder. It advises using a road machine before hard ground to clean ditches, remove water outlets, fill ruts and holes, plane off elevations, improve grade, and keep shoulders in good condition.
The mayor argues that quality macadam roads will attract people to towns on Long Island. He notes Long Island is healthy but its roads lag behind those near New York and New Jersey, claiming better roads could double population quickly.
Warren county Kentucky purchases road machinery and plans to use it for improvements. The snippet also notes a Nickel Plate Road listing country homes along Lake Erie’s south shore offering summer boarders with a mail copy available via stamp, directed to B. J. Horner or Nickel Plate agents.
The fragment references a Wabash event set for Tuesday June 11 with a time noted as 10:4. No further readable details are available in the text.
Miss Mary Moorhead leads a newly organized church in Pittsburg known simply as The Church. Founded on apostolic rules One Lord one faith and one baptism The church rejects creeds and denominations and uses immersion baptism and communion in 11 oclock Sunday services in Bethany Home chapel, with about 40 members.
The piece notes fawn and biscuit tones pair well with all colors and feature a bold flame tint blending orange yellow and red. It traces color clashes from violet with geranium to turquoise with mauve, outlines gown silhouettes with basques fading, and describes guipure trims and a cam panula blue house gown with embroidered edges and cream ribbon collar.
The Lake Erie & Western R R announces a low fare excursion on August 8 1895 to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls with side trips to Lewiston on the Lake Ontario and Thousand Islands. Parking and special car accommodations offered. Tickets valid return through August 13 1895 with Sunday at the Falls option and access to nearby sights.
Rev Stevens the new Greenway marshal, a Methodist minister and ex cowboy, arrested Bill Adams who fired five shots at him wounding him in arm neck and side. Adams fled into the woods as three other men were captured and the drunken element routed.
The article discusses Napoleonic war era roads built to move artillery, their enduring use for local travel after Moscow retreat, and preservation until railways supplanted them. It cites Joshua Bates testifying in a Braintree crossing case about Commercial street laid out December 25 1640, noted in Adams' Three Episodes in American History as the first road linking Plymouth and Boston.
Colonel Francis V. Greene estimates national road expenditure at about 20 million dollars annually, with Massachusetts leading at 66.30 dollars per mile, New Jersey 48.24, and New York 30 dollars per mile. Total U.S. mileage cited near one million miles.
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