Silver standard debate and political support shift in 1896
The column surveys policy clashes over silver coinage and gold standard, notes Democratic converts to the Republican stance, warns of silver monometallism’s impact on wages, and reports on court rulings and prison policy. It cites Carlisle’s Covington speech, Decoration Day concerns, and a North Carolina Democrat praising Republican leadership on finance.
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Belleville Advocate
Europe
United States
Aurora Beacon
The
Republic
Carlisle
Covington
Eugene D. Carter
North Carolina
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Ballard's Snow Liniment and a Silk Knitting Encounter
Ballard's Snow Liniment, marketed as a unique penetrating remedy, claims to cure rheumatism neuralgia and related injuries and warns against imitations. The piece also notes a Syrian family’s travel from Peoria to America, their fair earnings, and adaptation to American life amid a frontier pro-immigrant sentiment.
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Peoria
America
Farmington Bugle
Minister Warned Away From Diabolical Bicycle
The Hillsboro Times warns a local minister learning to ride a bicycle about the dangers of bicycles described as devices of the demon of darkness. It cites bucking, tearing pants, bloody noses, and ripped breeches as consequences of tampering with the ominous two wheeler.
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Hillsboro Times
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
An advertised remedy promises to cure rheumatism in 1 to 3 days. It claims to act against the cause, providing immediate relief after the first dose, priced at 75 cents. Sold by J. E. and I. A. Powell, druggists, Henry.
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J. E
I. A. Powell
Henry
Income tax net results criticized by Washington correspondent
Washington correspondent E B W of the Inter Ocean argues the income tax yields 873,000 in receipts but costs 250,000 for collection and salaries, totaling a government loss. He frames the tax as a net negative.
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Washington
Inter Ocean
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder World Fair Award Mention
A line about Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder receiving the World’s Fair highest award. A Garfield sentiment notes silence beside graves of 13 000 soldiers, whose lives surpassed speech and death was a poem unsung at Arlington.
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Dr. Price
Garfield
Arlington
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