Graham Leader rail timetable and political notes
The Graham Leader prints a Weatherford to Mineral Wells rail timetable with No 1 and No 8 schedules and connections to Texas and Pacific and Santa Fe lines. It also carries opinions on free silver, remarks about J W Coverett, and local crime news including a Dallas case and a Fort Worth attorney meeting.
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Weatherford
Mineral Wells
Miners Wells
Makiey
Texas & Woific
Santa Fe Railway
W. C. Forbess
Chicago Silver Convention Rally for Free Coinage
A large meeting in Chicago brings delegates from forty two states and territories supporting free silver and a double standard. They adopt memorials urging Congress to repeal the 1873 act and to open mints to free coinage of silver and gold.
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Chicago
Reagan
Texas
Congress
Fishback’s Democratic pledge and tariff plan stated
The Arkansas governor is described as a stalwart Democrat who vows to repeal the Sherman Act and restore free coinage of gold and silver at a proper ratio. He also promises to reduce the tariff to a revenue basis and to resist the creditors’ pressure as part of his party’s program.
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Fishback
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Silver Debasement Threatens Nation and Its Debtors
The passage argues that credit expansion has seeded debt across society and warns that 1893 marks a final attack to demonetize silver. It claims a gold-centered policy would devastate ordinary workers, farmers, and taxpayers, risking repudiation and widespread hardship if Sherman silver purchase and parity are repealed.
Confederate Veterans appoints Mendez and Graber to oversee rail transport
Lieut. Gen. W. L. Cabell of the Trans Mississippi department of United Confederate Veterans orders Gen. S. P. Mendez as commissary general and Gen. H. W. Graber to take exclusive control of all railroad transportation for the department. Communications on transport go to them. The note adds a broader call for stable money and federal action.
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W. L. Cabell
trans-Mississippi
United Confederate Veterans
Bumingham
Ala
8. P. Mendez
H. W. Graber
Gold standard debate dominates Silver Coinage talk
In a lengthy exchange, Dr. G argues for gold as the world standard until an international accord fixes gold silver parity. He warns that free and unlimited silver coinage without such a ratio would favor silver producers and harm other states. He notes the dollar’s value reflects gold content about 70 cents in silver terms.
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United States
U.S
Dr. G
Chicago
Vernon Texan Promises Confidence Through Hard Times
The Vernon Texan urges calm amid bank failures and business losses. It predicts banks will resume by Sept 1 and farmers will repay as wheat prices rise, arguing the country will recover with Congress and Cleveland aiding the economy.
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Vernon
George Gould
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Texas Confidence Amid Financial Strain
A Texas note praises local confidence in banks and businesses during monetary stress. It highlights general trading, farming prep, and belief that market movement will come in September for winter needs, with communities supporting each other and pledging to repay debts before frost.
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Texeo
Texas
War Strain Tells Tale of a Troubled Time
The fragment notes lingering toll of conflict on a person described as heavily taxed by wartime burdens. It hints at enduring hardship, pressure, and diminished prospects after years of universal strain.
Mentone lemon legend and curious tales across eras
A legend ties Mentone to Eve planting a lemon destined to bloom there, while a vivid Long Island City bird cage exhibit impresses with a two story tin house, clock tower and colored glass. Separate items cover bodily electricity curing rheumatism, New Orleans hoodlums using streetcars, and Dr. Thompson the stern Trinity College rector enforcing etiquette.
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Queens County Court House
Long Island City
Hen language lectures spark curiosity in barnyard study
French scientist M Prevot du Houdray, inspired by Garner, tests fowl speech with a phonograph, concluding hens communicate via a language. He lectures at the Academy of Sciences. In Sussex Delaware a Spanish oak core yields a sixty foot timber, quarried and hauled by four teams for rail transport.
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M. Prevot du Houdray
Garner
Academy of Sciences
Georgetown
Sussex County
Del
Hatch Will Warns Heirs Against Tobacco Or Alcohol
In his will Rufus Hatch of New York warns his children to abstain from tobacco and alcohol. He adds he desires his children not to gamble for money, noting his own experience as precaution for posterity.
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Congress
Rufus Hatch
New York
Sayas
Kissing Festival Returns to Velmegen Fair Grounds
In Helmagen a Reumanian town of 1,200, the annual feast of St Theodore draws brides from sixty to eighty villages. Women in festive dress kiss strangers, share wine jugs, and gift small tokens, a custom tied to wedding news. Origins remain unclear with Turkic raids offered as a theory.
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Velmegen
Helmagen
Theodore
Cybele
Transylvania
Halmagen
Blackened silver coins and how they fool shoppers
A rubber goods store cashier explains blackened silver coins common in shops where silverware is sold. A customer is advised that silver turns dark in such environments, and a story about a counterfeiting scare shows a drum’s tip can ruin merchandise unless new coins are hidden in the crowd.
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Graham
Kra En Nn En
Graves
Texas Press
J. W. Coverett
Colorado
Bertie Miller
Bardswell
Sean J. Miller
Dallas
Seay J
Commodore
Ding
Texas Association of District Nerieg Ounty
Fort Worth
Strage
Perpetuory
Yse
Turre
Wall Street
Siam
Wichita Democrat
Nia
America
Nero
the Chiairman
Ard
Mentone
Mediterranean
Adam
Eve
Paradise
New Orleans
Dr. Thompson
Trinity College
Cambridge
Trinity
J.B Norris
Worth Side Square
Morrison, Street & Co
REM
Hill
Finsreisses
Ohio Chemical CO
Opere Block
Lima
Omio
One Chemical Co
Deak
M. Jaylormd
Leake
Mich
N. Y
ChemIcat Co
Mathew Jounsom
P.O. Box
Prrisnonen
Onlo Curwical Co
Ogder
Helen Morrison
Cinginnati, Orto
Cremmical Co
Itpom
Ceemenens
Epworth Pianos and Organs
Williame Organ and Piano Co
Centerville
Iowa
Wear & Keen
Ranch Supplies
Farmer
Wallace & McCan
B. J. Semmes & Co
Yannessee
O. F. C. Taylor and
Belle of
Nelson
Case Goods
W. H. McBrayer
Bond & Lillard Guchenheimer
Phlete A. Martin
Young and
Morrison Street
A. B. Gant
Ollie
Beckham
O. KE. Finnay
Graham, Young Co
Dre. R. N. Price
New Xab
Arecountry
H. Schuster
Graham, Tenas
John Pohlmann
Boots & Shoes
West Side Public Square
M. H. Chism
Randolph Building
Frank Herren
W. H. Cunningham
J. P. Thomassen
A. T. Gay
Scientific American Agency For
Bron
Rushford
Winona
Minn
Sewing Mi Machine Co
OIE
Co-Operative Sewing Machine CO
Sor
Eleventh St
Philadelphia
Webster’s International
the International
Times
Merriam
Stringfie
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