Minting gold coins and silver coinage limits at mints
The Philadelphia Mint rapidly produces gold coins as withdrawals of coin outpace gains from bullion. The New Orleans Mint closed due to exhausted appropriations for worn silver coin recoinage. Silver dime output is halted, nickels are scarce, and most subsidiary silver coinage now occurs in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Carlisle
San Francisco
New Orleans
Congress
Treasury
Boston Herald
Dr. Talmage Moves to New Washington Home
Dr. Talmage will lease a large Washington house at 1400 Massachusetts Ave NE and live at a hotel for now. He plans to move household goods soon but may stay at the Arlington through the year. Mrs. Ann Cole’s property will be auctioned, and she may reside elsewhere or go to Brooklyn with Hon. Horatio King.
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Talmage
Washington
Arlington
Ann Cole
Massachusetts Avenue
Hamlin
The
Treasury
Brooklyn
Horatio King
When Indians Play Football
A brief note from the St. Paul Pioneer Press bemoans assimilating Native players into football, claiming the Indian now learns the game well yet warns that focus on warlike symbols might reawaken tomahawk instincts.
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St. Parl Pioneer Press
Alfred Austin Named Poet Laureate of England
The November London Bookman says Alfred Austin has been appointed England’s poet laureate. Austin, born near Leeds in 1835, is a poet critic and journalist who helped found The National Review and authored verse and novels. His work including a royal appointment poem is cited as pivotal to the nomination.
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Bookman
Alfred Austin
London Bookman
England
Leeds
University of London
Inner Temple
Randolph
Royal
Albert Victor
Duke of
Clarence and
Avondale
Remarkable Natural Icebox Found Near Ste Genevieve Mo
A hill near Ste Genevieve, Missouri, about 15 miles west of Red End, hosts a natural refrigerator formed by layered ice between rock strata. Farmer Wallace found a shallow grotto turned into a cellar with cool air and persistent ice, keeping perishable items like milk and meat in good condition even in heat. Local resident G W Kettler calls it a genuine icebox formed naturally by unknown forces.
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Ste. Genevieve
Red End
Tils
Wallace
Spectator in Garrick Lobby Reports Dramatic Mother News
A dramatic scene unfolds in New York's Garrick theater lobby as two women interrupt a performance, inform a younger woman her mother has died, then insist on staying to finish the show. The exchange ends with the sisters departing and returning in distress amid further confusion.
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New York
Garrick Theater
Leonardo
Thay
New York Evening Sun
Death by own action linked to women colleges
A long discussion on suicide among young women, especially in women’s colleges, notes repeated cases from overwork homesickness hereditary factors and strict school life. It recounts a notorious early death by jumping from a railroad bridge as part of a whispered college tradition. The piece questions mental discipline and calls for reform in higher education for women. It also mentions Mrs Maybrick and the Maybrick case and a Kansas apple carnival with governors speaking.
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Brooklyn
New York Art League
Stevenson
Lot
New York Evening Sun
Left His Gold at Bloomfield American House Robbery Attempt
A man described as tall with a Prince Albert coat rented a room at the American House in Bloomfield New Jersey five years ago and left $4 500 in gold with proprietor William Courter before disappearing. The safe was repeatedly targeted in failed robbery attempts as authorities seek the mysterious Welsh who claimed to be on his way to marry.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Raymond Welsh
New York
William Courter
Courter
California
San Francisco
Welsh
Hoe
Cincinnati Enquirer
Detroit's Brainy Mayor Pingree Seeks Convict Work Farm
Detroit mayor and presidential hopeful Peter Pingree outlines a plan to employ convicts on state farms farming advanced crops like French curry and mushrooms to deter crime and teach soil
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Pingres
Detroit
Pingree
H. — Riscrer
Chicago Times
Mr Gratebar's Butter Bill and Family Debate
A humorous tale recalls a New York bill from Maud Gratetar detailing 18 years of butter at 12 dollars per year and the family's dilemma over paying it. Maud argues the father should settle the tab as winter nears and she plans to start eating butter to avoid sinking expenses.
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Mr. Gratebar
Maud
Tam
Merpanene
Maui
New York
Uncle Sam's sickness and the guard of his interest
The piece discusses Uncle Sam's financial convalescence, the $2,000,000 gold deposit to cover the earlier withdrawal, and the doctors and nurses whose fees could reach $10,000,000 for a full year of treatment. It argues for reinstitution of the care by the guardians of national interests and notes the shifting dynamics of care costs and foreign involvement.
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Sarte
Sam
Foel
Theas
Springfield
Mass
German Tariff Narrows U.S. Buying of Foreign Goods
An analysis argues that the reduced tariff harms American manufacturers by flooding the home market with cheaper imports. It notes that in the 1890s and early 1900s the public was wealthier and could afford luxury imports, while current times show less purchasing power and stronger foreign competition. It cites imports of voluntary use articles and manufactured goods, highlighting how cheaper foreign materials hinder domestic production and domestic supply.
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United States
Pacrenta
Professor Victor Dugard Seeks Return to Mrs. Cameron
Victor Dugard revisits Mrs. Cameron at her Plymouth home, recalling a long-ago romance and presenting a renewed proposal of love. He opens with memories, praises her wit and virtue, and offers to share a peaceful life, stressing he is wealthy and not in need, while asking for time to consider his plea.
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Victor Dugard
Cameron
Plymouth
Thar
Mes
Baid
Victor Duard
Dugardt
Benson Street
Mr. Cameron
Honore de
Ashe Sant
Ann Proctor
Hoxton Conservatory of Music
Mrs. Cameron
Honore de Balzac
Holt
Victor Hugo
Balzac
Victor Dagard
Au Comforter
Gulag
Boston
Elderly lovers scheme over three-day verdict in Boston link
In Plymouth, Ann Cameron and Dolly Jordan debate marriage to Professor Dugard and the future of the old love. Ann weighs leaving her life with Dugard for Boston and a possible union with him. Dolly hints at wills, inheriting a gift, and a sentimental keepsake from the past.
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Professor Dugard
Mre. Cameron
Jortony
Dolly Jordon
Ann Cameron
Anne
Dolly
Ann
Ann Procter
Boston
Linarey
Twix
Alice
Drell
Pugor
Toston
Plymouth
Winn
Dally
George Alden
Nell Sampson
Garret
Irrigation Farming Featured at Cotton States Exposition
A pamphlet offer from Ouaa. 8. Fee promotes irrigation as easy farming with small labor on limited land. Letter from A. t. Hartley of Magic Pa. urges public awareness and cites DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for eczema. Atlanta Exposition round trip tickets on sale until December list 6.40 with final return Jan 7 1906. no stop overs.
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Gen'l. Pass. Avent
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Mant, Minn
A. T. Hartley
Magic
DeWitt
Atlanta Exposition
M. M. Oain
Agt
Electric Bitters and Cure Claims for Old People
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a safe tonic aiding digestion and bowel and kidney regulation for old people, claiming gentle stomach action and renewed vitality without alcohol. Also mentions One Minute Cure for cost and a separate claim for a "comedy" remedy by Wa. Hugax.
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B.S. Peterbaugh
Ustima
Hugax
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