Crisis of 1893 linked to silver policy and money supply
The article argues the 1893 panic stemmed from gold scarcity and credit contraction, not policy shifts alone, blaming New York banks for demonetizing silver and forcing a cash squeeze that froze loans. It contrasts this with a harsh portrait of speculative blame and notes broader economic collapse across factories and employment.
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Chicago Times-Herald
McKinley
Warsaw Union
Cleveland
New York
San Francisco
Libel suit favors Columbus Herald amid accusations and reform notes
The Columbus Herald won a libel suit brought by a colored preacher alleged to have misused church funds and involved with a rival editor. Reports also note the Fort Wayne Times-Post as a new free silver Democrat paper and cite Charles H. Bliss's business view on coinage. A poem from New Orleans Times-Democrat portrays a child and a woman in a church setting.
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Martinsville
Daily Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Thecause
Columbus Herald
Charles H. Bliss
Traves-Postt
Humorous Bits and Local Sayings From A Silly Page
A collage of quirky lines and jokes from a 19th century paper includes a clash of puns about a cutworm and farmer, a funeral sermon toast, a beware of the dog sign, a pun about a reader and runner, a misquoted exchange, a mock doctor letter scheme, and a lamp advertised as an After-Dinner-Speaker lamp, all reflecting local humor and social wit.
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Smith
Jones
Pilldell
Women in Schools and Wyoming's State Superintendent
The article profiles several women advancing in school boards and state superintendency across the United States. It highlights Louise Reed Stowell in Washington and Mary Church Terrell, plus Miss Estelle Reel of Wyoming, A J Peavey of Colorado, Susan G Patterson of Indiana, and others, stressing education, public life balance, and leadership in school systems. It notes Stowell’s scholarly work and honors and Reel's Wyoming leadership with a strong female administrator core.
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Wyoming
United States
Louise Reed Stowell
Washington
International Council of Women
Stowell
Michigan Pharmaceutical Society
Royal Microscopical Society of London
Society For the
National Collegiate Alumn Association
University
Oberlin
L. R. Stowell
M. C. Terrell
Catherine T. Avery
Massachusetts State Normal School
Michigan
Ohio
Massachusetts
Avery
James Tilden
Elroy M. Avery
Indiana
Susan G. Patterson
Patterson
8. G. Patterson
Estelle Reelways
Union City
Ind
Europe
Far West
A. J. Peavey
Colorado
Miss Reel
Chicago
St. Louis
Transmississippi Congress
San Francisco
Congress
Narcisse Jarvis
Woman’s World Highlights Female Pioneers and Sturdy Spirit
Katharine T. Prescott of Boston emerges as a leading sculptor noted for bas reliefs and full figures with works portraying Trilby Melba and Irving. Sophie Weil runs a thriving New York livery stable after inheritance, proving women can lead in tough trades. The piece urges women to choose their paths and mocks anti suffragists as outdated. Local items note a camp meeting starting today and a town recorder fining a man for whipping his wife, with a wry remark on the cost of domestic discipline.
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America
Katharine T. Prescott
Boston
Prescott
du Maurier
Trilby
Sophie Weil
New York City
Miss Weil
Bilville
Fashions of Henri Quatre Return With Yellow Gowns
New fashions revive Henri Quatre styling with wide godet skirts and slashed sleeves though critics question their practicality. Yellow remains a dominant color across dresses from crepon plisse to sarah grace, with yellow trims available at low cost. An illustration shows a white mousseline de soie skirt with blue floral accents, turquoise silk blouse, and a white lace trimmed fichu. Judic Chollet notes a case in Kankakee where a former official's salary was forgotten, described as a longage. Count Eugen Zichy funds a Caucasus expedition costing about 45060.
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Henri Quatre
Crepon Plisse
Sarah Grace
Eugen Zichy
Caucasus
Wyoming Republican League Clubs Convene for Convention
Wyoming Republican League clubs met in De Curverin Wyoming on June 7 to elect delegates to the national convention in Cleveland. Resolutions favored Monroe doctrine enforcement and free and unlimited coinage respectively with fall equity arithmetic in the policy statement.
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Republican League Clubs of
Wyoming
Curverin
Wyo
Republican League Clubs
Ing
Cleveland
Regular Trilby remark echoes crowd scene
In the Boxston Transcript a man jokes he is a regular Trilby as the crowd steps on him multiple times. The line highlights comic crowds and social blunder in a vivid street moment.
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Boxston Transcript
Excursion to Niagara Falls from Lake Erie & Western Railway
The Lake Erie and Western Railway announces a popular annual excursion on Thursday August 8 1895 to Cleveland Chantauqua Lake Brighton Niagara Falls with low rates and optional side trips to Lewiston on the Lake and the Three Islands. Tickets include special excursion side trips and a Sunday stay at the Falls with rail return offers and reduced prices for access to Niagara attractions.
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Lake Erie & Westerun Ro OR
Cleveland
Chantauqua Lake
Brite
Niagara Falls
Lewiston-on-the-Lake
Lake Ontario
Brockton Junction
Chautaugua Lake
Placia
Whirlpool Rapids
Falls
Niagara Palls
Garfield
Accon Fagdlax
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Times- Post
East Berrys
Gart “Shober and
Nmrles HL
Eatrier
Times-Post Co
Times-Post
Petter
M. F. Church
Herr Most
M. E
Auburn
M. FE
Kokomo
Ilicksville
Fort Wayne Board of Health
Salety
Lilly
Lily
Pather
Plate Glass
Home Sweet Home
Jong
Jennie
Min
Churcil
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Anil
Meeting House
Faust Asteep
Wabash
Johnny
Montpelier Werard
Women IN Schools
American Press Association
Conversational
Women’s Press Club
International League of Press Clubs
Revolution
I A
Artemus Ward
Wimmin
Eiza Archard Conner
Kankakee
Ills
Pittsburg
Silver Republicans
Clare
Nisgars Falls
Lake Erie and
R. I
Peoria
Muncie
Ceo. Myers
Calhoun ST
Fort Wayptne, Ind
South Side Wall Paper Store
Kaiser Bohemian
Will Advocate
E. Berry Street
Fort Wayne, Inc
East Berry Street
Trums- Post
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