Debates Over Demonetizing Silver in 1870s Congress
Long passage from Congressional Record excerpts shows senators and judges questioning the 1873 coinage act, claims of ignorance about demonetizing the silver dollar, and dispute over passing the substitute bill without reading. It cites quotes from Beck, Kelly, and Hereford discussing fraud and procedural irregularities in the silver demonetization debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Congress
Senator Beck
Kentucky
Congressional Record
Congress
Burchard
Illinois
Blaine
Voorhees
House
Mr. Blaine
Senate
Hooper
Congressional Globe
Holman
Massachusetts
Kerr
Mr. Hooper
Randall
Grover Notes and Local Moves Amid Smoke and Snow
Country correspondence from Grover reports smoky cold weather and the town as a shipping point with a train carrying cattle sheep and horses. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Harry Banta and Will Bolen of Denver while Edith Carsten and Bertha Wedemeyer head to Denver for a carnival. A carload of horses moved east earlier when E A Blackmore sold to S W Lovelady. The piece also mentions a house and barn fire last week blamed on an arsonist and appeals for Sabbath school attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Harry Banta
Edith Carsten
Bertha Wedemeyer
Denver
M. Mackley
E. A. Blackmore
S. W. Lovelady
Will Bolen
Dipper sales promise quick profits for sellers
A seller extols a multi use dipper priced cheap and promises earnings of three to five dollars daily. The item serves as a fruit jar filler strainer funnel sick room warming pan and pint measure. Sample requests lead to two cent stamps to W H Baird Co Station A Pittsburg Pa. and start of sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Baird & Co
Pittsburg
Reaper
Local Gossip From Orcnarp and Surrounding Areas
Nellie Igo and Rachel Cook of Goodrich were guests at Mrs. A Steinbeck’s. Mr. and Mrs. W Mauck of Weldon Valley visited on the South Side. Lewis Cattellis harvested potatoes with a fair yield. Anna and Kate Chaffin gathered sweet pea for friends. Frosts have not harmed crops. an eastern Indian summer is noted as smoke lingers. R L Bailey left for Wisconsin last evening, leaving many friends. Rovnpasovut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Igo
Rachel Cook
Goodrich
A. Steinbeck
W. Mauck
Weldon Valley
Lewis Cattellis
Anna
Kate Chaffin
Wisconsin
Michigan
R. L. Bailey
Rovnpasovut
Dish Washer venture attracts women investors in Pittsburg
An advertisement boasts a $1,640 profit in 87 days for a dish washer business run by a woman with no prior experience. It claims quick two minute washing and drying, insists sales multiply as work is perfected, and promises annual earnings of $5,000. Contact Iron City Dish Washer Co. in Station A, Pittsburg, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron City
Pittsburg
W. H
Potato digging and community notes from Orchard and vicinity
A bustling update from Orchard area includes Miss Daisy Drake visiting Mrs. Drury, a boy earning $1.25 in an hour selling a lamp product, and weekly earnings increasing to $25. Reports cover school openings, teacher meetings, local travels, crop shipments to Denver, carnival previews, and political club discussions on silver and gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Drake
Mrs. Drury
New Man Believes in Cure by Pink Pills for Pale People
The Herald details claims of a local man J. M. Foster of Carter's Creek healing locomotor ataxia with Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. It includes an interview with N. F. Murphy of Southport Maury County praising the treatment and recounts Murphy's years of illness and recovery after using the pills. The piece explains how blood nourishment sustains health and promotes the pills as a life restoring medicine sold at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Foster
Carter’s Creek
Herald
Williams
Foster
Dr. Williams
Southport
Maury County
Tennessee
N. F. Murphy
Murphy
the Herald
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Miss Fritz Spoons and Small Money Meal Offer
In a note from St Louis Missouri Miss A M Fritz offers an elegant plated hook spoon for ten 2 cent stamps. A reader sent for one and earned thirteen dollars in two hours through orders, praising the spoon as a household necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Fritz
St Louis
Fritz
Jeannette S
Prairie farm crops praised as a year of labor
The article notes a farmer with substantial wheat oats and barley harvests plus hay and potatoes. It imagines earnings if each bushel yielded fifty cents in silver and mentions many locals planning to attend a Denver festival this week with a report next week. The closing line references Prudence and a character named Athene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Athene
Grain and Provisions Trade Notes From Chicago
Wheat opens near 10c higher and closes around 6 3 4 c. May corn slips to 26 1/2 c with later fall to 24 4. May oats fall to 19 1/2 c. January pork around 7.10. Lard near 4 1/4. Ribs about 3 1/2. Closing prices show mixed declines from earlier quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
January Park
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices at SouthMaha Market
Receipts show cattle at varied prices with steers and cows listed, hogs down slightly with heavy and mixed lots, and sheep steady to fair with natives westerns and lambs priced. Bulls and calves noted with broader ranges across categories.
Chicago Live Stock Market Report
Receipts: hogs 18 000 steady to mixed with prices from 2.05 to 2.80 in places. Cattle receipts 400 dull with beef cattle around 3.00 and cows and heifers 1.00 to 1.80. Texas steers about 2.55 and westerns near 4.00 to 4.50. Stockers and feeders quoted 2.70 to 3.90. The text also notes a weighed 8 cent silver piece at 12.875 grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SouthMaha
Texas
Chicago
Cascado
Atockers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senator Sherman
Hereford
West VA
Brooks
Mr Hooper
Brovoks
Los Geotleman
Brooks—Ii
Hima
Benger
Ginia
Dana Tar
Blackwell’s
Oronako
W. N. Bachelder
Orchard School House
Times
J. Short
F. Lewis
Fred Girardot
Messrs
Foley
Green
Lewis
Mesdames Foley
Bachelder
Reed
Girardot
Whitler
Neal
Goodykoontz
Arthur Drury
Fort Morgan
Hickey
Igo
Mauck
St. Louis
Tina W
Orchard
Miss Whitler
Will Foley
Walker
F. H. Rickel
Masters
Will Mauek
E. V. Warner
Mabel Augustine
Mr. Johnson
Mrs. Bush
West End
J. Brainard Brown
Madden
Will Shultz
Dist. 71
Rovanpasovr
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J Cheney & Co
Bricuton
Julesburg
Cora Hall
Coon Rapids
Towa
Stouffer
Leffingwell
Iowa
Brighton
Greeley
Lizzie Hume
A. J. McNeil
Bryan Club
Manfall
Dr. McGregor
Woodard
Jnck Steimle
Castoria
Spa
Columbia, Tennessee
Bryan
Provence Aubrey
C. Norris
Andrew McMillen
South Omaha
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!