British Gold Standard Defense Faction Receives Harcourt Reply
The British chancellor of the exchequer, W. V. Harcourt, responds to London bankers and merchants endorsing the gold standard. He affirms adherence to the single gold standard and cautions against changes to monetary policy, stressing continuity and stability for the United Kingdom’s trade and credit. Dated May 27, 1895.
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Exchequer of
Great Britain
London
Gold Standard Defense Association
Bertram Currie
United Kingdom
Tremain
W. V. Harcourt
Free Silver Debate Across Kansas Is Misjudged
A Gazette critique rebuts a Times-Post claim that the western states oppose free coinage. It argues Kansas shows westward support for silver, citing 1892 results, Populist alignment, and Republican shifts toward free silver, urging readers to view public sentiment beyond narrow newspaper tests.
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Kansas
West
Gazelle
Times-Post
Mississippi
Gazette
Funston
Con. Record
Speaker
Friends of
Silver Dollars
Free Coinage Debate Sparks Silence of Gold Syndicate
The piece argues that claims by gold standard advocates about free coinage being unsound money are unfounded and refutes the Gazette’s accusations. It notes alleged syndicates behind the gold basis push, cites a New York address, and accuses the Gazette of bias while praising Atlanta Exposition and a Liberty Bell return.
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Gazette
Virginia
New York
Williams Street
New York City
Indiana
Footprints to heaven guiding kindness and healing
Poem reflects on small acts of kindness and sacrifice as angels' footprints leading toward heaven. It urges following these gentle guides, letting angels cross our path, and teaching what is for our good as we strive to heal and support others.
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Fen
Excursion Notes With Varied Rail Fares and Dates
Low rate excursions announced to Baltimore Boston Chattanooga Niagara Falls Rome City Island Park and more with dates in July August and June. Groups include Baptist Y P A Knights Templar Ep worth League National Educational Association and Popular Annual Excursion with fares as low as half price and limited by region within 200 miles of TL 7 W.
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Baltimore
Baptist Y. P. A
Boston
Knights Templar
Y. P
C. KE
Chattanooga
Epworth League
National Educational Association
Niagara Falls
Rome City
Island Park Assembly
Questions By a Farmer in Connersville Examiner
A farmer questions free silver coinage and its historic prosperity arguing it would again benefit the nation. He attacks gold standard supporters and Dems wavering to gold, urging emancipation from capital and lampooning rival papers.
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Connersville
Wall Street
John Bull
John G. Carlisle
Democrat Party
Fashionable Summer Headgear With Orchids and Irises
Fashion notes highlight orchids and irises as seasonally chic floral trims for hats and gowns. Rare orchid varieties resist cheap imitation, while blue hats, cornflower accents, and green straw plateaus dominate, with ribbons and lace finishing thin capes. The illustrated hat features black rice straw, roses, a pansy, an ostrich tip, and plaited gauze crown.
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Paris
Brilliant Sea Avenue Lights Sailors Through Sandy Hook
A Boston Herald account details a landmark engineering feat off Sandy Hook. Electrically lighted buoys with 100 candle power lamps, protected by glass, illuminate Gedney channel for safer night passage to New York harbor. The 64 mile underwater cable carries 1000 volts AC, the longest high tension underwater line, laid under Captain W Walcott Marks supervision.
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Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Gedney Channel
Ira W. Henry
New York
Mr. Henry
W. Walcott Marks
Boston Herald
Velvet Cushion Ball For Pin Storage
A craft feature by Clare Bunce describes making a velvet and satin pin cushion ball. Twelve pyramid cushions form a sphere. each uses two satin pieces and one velvet piece stuffed with lambs wool. Pins on the seams and ribbon bows finish the multisection ball with storage in each pyramid.
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Clare Bunce
The Fish Was a Bird Near Dolgeville
Frank Pierce of Dolgeville New York witnessed a strange aquatic creature while fishing this week. A fish leaped from the fly and sailed about fifty feet into the air before Pierce reeled it in. The five inch creature resembles a trout in body and skin with white belly and bullhead like head, but lacks horns. It bears paired winglike fins behind the gills with light delicate webbing. The eyes sit close together atop the head. It will be preserved in alcohol per the New York World.
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Frank Pierce
Dolgeville
N. Y
Mr. Pierce
New York World
Noted Ohio Lumberman Reports Wyoming County Menace
Taylor Davis, a leading Ohio lumberman, describes Wyoming county West Virginia as a near impassable refuge for criminals. He cites a local official claiming forty murderers there, organized and armed, with a defense ready. An Amy posse would face deadly resistance. many criminals work in logging while others live off scavenged goods, mainly from neighboring states.
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Ohio
Taylor Davis
Hoe
Wyoming County
W. Va
Kentucky
West Virginia
Old Virginia
Davis
Amy Posse
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Practical Love and Cigar Dreams in a Chicago Post
A poem shows a man seeking solace in a cigar and fantasies of Mabel. A following prose piece, from the Chicago Post, portrays a 'new woman' Ethel, pressed by Alfred to marry, who shifts to businesslike practicality before accepting, as he reveals himself a physician and pledges devotion.
Announcement of a New Baby at the Editor’s Home
A country editor reports a new girl baby at his house and notes stopping the press for the bulletin. He jokes about the baby joining the quartet as a contralto and retitles the motto to four babies while asking delinquent subscribers to remit a dollar. The message playfully conveys family news and a call for payments.
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Atlanta Constitution
How Mr Smith Was Considered Wealthy in Court
A Yonkers Blade excerpt shows a lawyer questioning a man about Mr Smith’s wealth. The defense reveals the man has little cash but supports a large family, highlighting poverty as the measure of being well off. The exchange underscores social norms of the era.
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Hull
Yonkers Blade
Doctor Keeps Tongue Still During Prescription
A Lewiston woman recalls her doctor joking about her talking during prescription writing. He asked to hold out her tongue and, after she complied, remarked that it would do. She notes he did not look at it to avoid distraction.
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Lewiston
L Owly
Lewiston Journal
Color Compatibilities by Complexion and Hair Tone
A guide suggests how to choose colors based on complexion and hair shade. It notes that sallow skin should avoid cool tones, while pale complexions can wear many colors, with hair guiding choices. Brunettes, blondes, and brunettes with warm or clear skin have specific color recommendations and contrasts.
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The
Ladies’ Home Journal
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