Silver Trust Plot Ties Mine Owners to Government Sales
A Salt Lake Herald report outlines a conspiracy claim by Thomas Merrill of the Bi metallic League of the Silver States. He alleges silver mine owners would profit under free coinage and urges a fund drive to back Bryan’s campaign, naming major mines and executives across Utah and the western states.
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Tadus
Merrill
Bimetallic League of the Silver States
United States
Salt Lake Herald
Morrill
Brian
Messrs
McIntyre and
Cunmirchai
Mizameth
Keith and Kearns
Silver King
Chisholm
Centennial
Eureka
Mysn and
Weos
Ajax
Packard
Eureka Hil
Daly
West, Beck and Associates
Bullion- Beck
Farnsworth & Sharp
Horn
Sioux
Ontari OW. RD Hearst
Bryan
The
Silver Trust
Utah
Salt Lake City
Bryan Campaign Financial Committee
Mr. Merrill
Beck
Knox
McIntyre
Kearns
Farneworth
Cunningham
Mercantile views on gold and silver values
The text discusses the mercantile problem of gold to silver value ratio and argues for disregarding legal proportions. It proposes studying market prices of gold in principal trading countries and taking an average to guide policy.
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Burdeck
W.B. Knapp
Litchfield
Fareers and Wage Payers On Coinage Reform
A historical piece debates wage payment in devalued coins, arguing both workers and employers would gain or lose from free coinage. It notes wage stability, inflation risks, and the need for predictability in material and product costs, reflecting concerns from the era.
A Short Cut to Health Celery King Sample Offer
A short health note warns against pills for constipation and promotes Bacon's Celery King as a perfect natural laxative for nerve, blood, stomach, liver and kidney issues. Daugherty Bros Indiana Pa Mateer Rankin Eiderton Pa B Ber inger Beringer offer a free sample package with sizes 25 and 50 cents.
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Bacon
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Mateer and Rankin, Eiderton
B. Beringer
Beringer
Li Hung Chang Tale and Hood's Scurilous Advert
A humorous Li Hung Chang anecdote about John W. Foster and Mrs Foster circulated in official circles. The tale, questioned for accuracy, portrays Li as inquisitive and playful as he questions Foster’s wealth and offices. The piece blends the anecdote with a second, separate promotional block praising Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills with testimonials from a Mr. Knapp.
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Li Hung Chang
John W. Foster
Mrs. Foster
China
Li Tsung Chang
Li Bung Chang
Washington
Chicago Times-Herald
Skeleton sleeve extenders spark curious fashion debate
A Philadelphia Inquirer reader notes women tucking wire sleeve extenders into sheer dresses. The crisscross scaffold makes shoulders look exposed in sunlit windows yet disappears under heavy fabrics. A mischievous youth calls the wearer a skeleton lady as the eyestopping effect draws crowd attention. Catarrh is a constitutional disease and requires a constitutional remedy like Howds Sarsaparilla to purify the blood.
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Chiias
Lphia Inquirer
Simple and Effective Summer Table Arrangement
A plain, inexpensive table decor uses pansies and moss for a garden feel. Four large yellow pansies radiate from the center, purple pansies edge the cloth, and a low vase of glass holds hair ferns and pansies. Purple and gold with yellow accents create rich color with little cost or effort.
Cleaning and Dyeing Hats Saintly in Old Telegraphed Tips
A Philadelphia Telegraph note describes methods to refresh dusty or faded hats. It covers dyeing with colored liquids, brushing and sponge cleaning, drying in the sun, and renewing straw or braid with polish or bluings. It warns against grease odors and suggests air exposure to reduce odors.
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Philadelphia
Why more typewriters do not hit medical woes
A New York Times report records a manager noting the scarcity of proficient medical-venue typists. A single capable operator impressed during a medical society meeting, earning $25 for two hours, but another worker struggled with medical terminology until studying a dictionary.
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Ture
Medical Society
Los
Sin
Amy
Suiie
New York Times
A Triumph of Surgical
A six year old began with ear discharge that persisted for over 30 years. The examination by Dr. Sadler of Pittsburg found the ear filled with foul discharge and dead bone, but after treatment from February to May it fully healed with no discharge or ill feeling and no recurrence since. Andy BruncLIK Bennett Pa.
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Sadler
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Andy Bruncclik
Bennett, Pa
What's the Use of Discussing the Tariff in Sibley's Record
The piece condemns Candidate Sibley for avoiding tariff talk while asserting his consistent support for free trade. It argues his past statements and vote show the true tariff stance, predicting defeat if he dodges the issue. A quoted 1781 author Pelatiah Webster is cited on currency depreciation as related economic harm.
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Sibley
Mr. Sibley
Pelatiah Webster
Hood's Pills Cure Liver ills and Bilious Indigestion
A historical drug ad highlights Hood's Pills as a pleasant laxative curing liver ills biliousness indigestion and headaches. Sold by all druggists with promises of reliable relief.
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Hood
Preventive Syrup Ad and Cider Barrel Sale
A vintage ad touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a preventive cure for consumption and lung troubles. It also promotes Druggitt Empfield selling cider barrels at 1.60 dollars each, urging readers to call around before stock runs out.
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Druggitt Empfield
Commodore Vanderbilt Death Watch Told By Reporters
Reporters recalling midnight vigil after Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt’s illness describe old ritual and humor. A servant read a handwritten note from the dying man asking for patience as he faced death, reflecting a gentler era and the newsroom’s memory of Vanderbilt’s time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Commodore
China
Goodman Jay
Pootleman
Cyer Anu
Doc
Bull
Loondure
Bargain House Ad Promises Low Prices on Housewares
We will not be undersold and invite you to visit our store where we buy to sell not keep. Our stock includes full sets of dishes, lamps at 89c and 1.95, stone crocks, jars, tins, kettles, buckets, tubs, wash boilers, dish pans, and a complete line of house furnishings. A few doors east of Court House.
MacCARTNEY'S FOUNDRY Stove Line and Plows Ad
The foundry advertises the largest line of school house store hall and parlor stoves at hard time prices. It highlights the Norma open-front stove two sizes with large fire box and reduced prices on all stoves plus repairs for cooking stoves ranges grates and fronts. Safe agents for the Burch Plow with repairs offered and Conklin Wagons praised for ease and satisfaction.
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Norma
Conklin
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Armor & Co
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Frank Douglass
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