Proposal for low interest money and public loan office plan
The text argues that binding credits at 3 percent would spark broad use of money, contrasting bank notes and government loans. It cites Calhoun and Franklin, notes how public loan offices could create currency with minimal taxation, and presents a thought experiment showing the costings of private lending versus government issued money for a 20 year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyclopedia of Political Economy
John C. Calhoun
Senate
Treasury Notes
Zovernment
Simle
Benj. Franklin
Province of
Pennsylvania
S&s
Treasury
Thomas Pownal
Massachusetts
North Carolinia
London
Assembly of Pennsylvania
The 3 Percent Tax Plan and the Single Tax Debate
The paper argues a 3 percent tax on unearned revenue could fund government with no tariffs, lowering prices for consumers and allowing surplus production. It discusses protecting labor, Boston land taxation, and substituting double taxation for single tax ideas while urging further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
England
Henry George
Edward Atkinson
Forum
Boston
Atkinson
We Have Decided to Divide Profits and Clear Inventory
This notice proclaims a profit sharing plan and an immediate, storewide sale to move vast piles of fresh goods. The retailer promises unprecedented bargains across every department and urges shoppers to hurry.
Knights Templar Grand Commandery Meeting Notice
Knights Templar announce the Grand Commandery of Kansas meeting in Leavenworth on May 13 1590 with a round trip fare from all Kansas points. Tickets sold May 1 and 13, return by May 14. Information via J T Shanklin Union Pacific Agent Lawrence. Leis Dreue Co reports large stock of painters supplies in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar of
Kansas
Leavenworth
Union Pacific System
J. T. Shanklin
Lawrence
Many Local Items in May 8 1890 City News
Thirteen notes cover funerals pensions illness and visits. Interments were seven last month. Mrs Harry Dick visited Oskaloosa. Freeman Herrington granted a pension. Mrs F L Nichols improving. Woodruff O Hern closed their grocery May 1. Epworth League meet at R M Dunning near Sibley today. Mrs Fugate leaves for Salt Lake City to visit her son. Prof Shucks school at Big Springs closed with exercises. Four of W G Prosser's Kaw Valley children have measles. Argent Cansdell to Hudson I T to locate. Tron fire escapes added to Eldridge House. Mrs Hammert travels to Germany. Geo Innes back from New York buying dry goods. J M Jones' grocery a popular farmers’ spot. William Thomas renews subscription. Miss Dr Mary Neumann to Prague Bohemia for future home. Mrs Fannie Brooks of Mt Pleasant Infl Fluke family. C H Fox of Tonganoxie dies in Bonner Springs. Mrs H A Cutler and daughter Florence entertained friends. Haskell University baseball game: Indians 8, Students 7. Grand Sunday school picnic planned near Big Springs June 24. Rev William Shaw returned to New York. Geo Cooper bitten by mad dog. mad stone applied in Kansas City. Black Jack notes a building boom. Pearson Hayes and John Black building new houses. Prof Wm MacDonald sold residence to Prof E M Hopkins. Bud Bradley and William Washington involved in barbering incident. Washington injured. Bradley fled. Lecompton mail destroyed as sacks fell under moving train. similar prior incident. Douglas Monroe released from county jail for petit larceny.
Crains & Urbansky Offer Bargain Suits at Forced Sale
At Crains and Urbansky Boston Square Dealing Clothiers 738 Massachusetts Street a forced sale clears stock of heavy cotton and all wool suits in multiple styles with prices from 4 to 25 dollars and promises refunds if cheaper elsewhere. Buy now and compare before the lots are broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crains & Urbansky
Boston Square Dealing Clothiers
Massachusetts Street
Union Cassimere
Middlesex
Boston
eSquare Dealing
Chas. Woodward
Hesper
Woodward
Kansas City
Innes Offers White Crochet and Swiss Embroideries
Clearances on white crochet or Marseilles quilts mark a reduced sale with a grand prize in White Goods at twelve, fifteen, and twenty cents. Swiss embroideries 45 inches wide are highlighted as available from new stock, with emphasis on value and range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
INNES
Resignations and local notices from Douglas county
Geo. Walker resigns as policeman. A strict garbage ordinance passes by council. Mayor Henley and Judge Emery return from Washington confident on the public building bill. Benj. McAllaster, former Lawrence resident, dies in Omaha. remains to be buried here. Local subscriptions and bimonthly church events noted. C. Woodward bitten by mad dog. treatment in Kansas City. Multiple marriage licenses issued. Stony Point school closes with community dinner for teacher Nellie Oaks. Vinland youths charged, case dismissed for lack of evidence. Sunday school mass meeting planned for May 22 at South Park with parade and speeches. Wm. Klein wins part of $300,000 Louisiana Lottery prize. check arrives via First Nat. Bank. Crains & Urbansky prices listed this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Park
Court House
Wm. Klein
Enterprise Alley
Capitol Hill
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Nat. Bank
McKeesport
A Sight for Farmers Telegram For Deering Display
A telegram from E. P. Shields of Kansas City to Butler and Alexander notes a solid train of Deering Machines passing through Lawrence on a special Santa Fe train at 8 40 a m Saturday May 10. The public is urged to gather at the depot to view what is described as one of the finest trains and displays in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler & Alexander
E. P. Shields
Kansas City
Lawrence
Unprecedented clothing prices aid by Crains Urbansky
A wedding noted at the home of Wim Gibson as Julia Gibson and Ernest Crocker unite. Rev Dr Marvin conducts the ceremony. Newlyweds head to Seattle for Crocker’s business ventures. Gift list includes silverware, paintings, parlor lamp, and other items from many relatives and friends across multiple cities. A. J. Griffin offers the best shaft coal at the lowest prices, Blue Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. Gibson
Julia
Ernest Crocker
University
Marvin
Crocker
Seattle
Anna Oblfast
Anna Brickly
Anna McKissick
Josie Brechtelsbauer
Borders
Marissa
Ill
Paul
Coulterville
A. J. Griffin
Trained Dogs and Horses at the Opera House
Prof Gentry brings trained dogs and ponies to the opera house for Monday and Tuesday shows. A Lecompton veterans reunion last Saturday hosted over two hundred for dinner and speeches at Dr Ward’s. E A Smith celebrated his 57th birthday with a large surprise gathering and elegant repast West of town. Sunday School Institute set for May 11 at Hesper covers building up the Sunday School duties officers and township organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Gentry
Lecompton Township
Lawrence
E. A. Smith
Hig
Mr. Smith
Emma Clarke
N. Henshaw
E. Russell
H. S. Fillmore
A. P. Brewer
Dr. Coffin
Chimes of Normandy Opera Presented for Hospital Drive
The season’s highlight is the opera Chimes of Normandy on May 9 and 10, staged for the hospital fund through the Associated Charities. A strong local cast includes Josie Hutchings Georgia Brown Hal loran James B. Stevens Walter Howe and Dr. Moore with Prof S F Cravens of Topeka directing music and Georgia Brown J E Riggs handling stage management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Sth
Associated Charities
Lawrence
Josie Hutchings
Georgia Brown
Mr. Halloran
Jas. B. Stevens
Chimes of Normandy Opera For Hospital Fund
A three night benefit in this city features the Chimes of Normandy raising funds to build a hospital. Over seventy perform with Miss Josie Hutchings Miss Georgia Brown and J B Stevens in principal roles under Prof. Cravens. Tickets 24 50 and 73 cents season options available seating at Crew's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Josie Hutchings
Georgia Brown
Messrs. Halloran
Walter Howe
J. B. Stevens
J. T. Moore
F. S. Cravens
Topeka
J. E. Riggs
Miss Georgia Brown
Alfred Whitman
Opera House
Crew's
Pioneer Chas Bruce Dies in North Lawrence at 61
Mr Chas Bruce longtime Lawrence resident and pioneer died at his home Sunday at 1 30 pm of pneumonia aged 61 years 11 months Born in Vermont he lived in Michigan Indiana and Kansas He leaves three children from his first marriage and a widow Mollie Highland He was active in coal and lumber business and his funeral was held Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev GC Howland officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Bruce
North Lawrence
Mr. Bruce
Vermont
Fairfield
Michigan
Julia A.pettibone
Indiana
Lawrence
Bruce
Kansas
GC. G. Howland
Oak Hill
Kansas State News Flits Through Fort Scott Roads
A. L. Mick, once esteemed, is jailed at Fort Scott for robbing the M. E. & T. safe of £900, railroad traffic surges with extra crews and car shortages, coal vein strike north of Fort Scott yields bright black quality coal, and Grant County officials face bounty fraud charges totaling £16,000 through repeated scalp submissions. Nearby, Lawrence licenses bop tea, Purcell assets are listed, Indians paid for lands, Farmers Alliance grows in western Kansas, and a mad dog spooks Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Mick
Fort Scott
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Grant County
United States
Lawrence
Ele
Purcell
Manhattan
SiMina
R. L. Garpsen
Indian Bureau
Topeka
Pottawatomie
Farmers” Alliance
Kansas Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Kansas City
Woodruff
Strong City
Kansas
Clarence
Stevens County
Clarence A. Youngeren
Esther
Shawnee
John Doane
Keysville
Pawnee
Herbert E. Miller
Leoranda
Graham County
Peter Hanselman
Dillwyn
Stafford County
Oasis
Lowan
Van
Comanche County
Kansas Odd Fellows
Tur
Denver
Baldwin
Santa Pe
Joan Lane
Edwardsville
Rock Island
P. A. Thomas
Pueblo
Col
Theodore Botkin
Ulysses
Henry Krens
United States Court
George
Martin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sparr & Alexander
Mass
St., Lawrence
Leis Dreue Co's
City and County News
Harry Dick
Oskaloosa
Freeman Herrington
F. L. Nichols
Woodruff & O'Hern
Epworth League
R. M. Dunning’s
Sibley
Dr. Fugate
Salt Lake City
Shuck
Big Springs
W. G. Prosser
Kaw Valley
Argent Cansdell
Hudson, I. T
Tron
Eldridge House
Mrs. Hammert
Eudora
Mrs. Barteldes
Germany
Geo. Innes
New York
J. M. Jones
Journal
William Thomas
Vinland
Dr. Mary Neumann
Prague
Bohemia
Fannie Brooks
Mt. Pleasant, In
Fluke and Family
C. 11. Fox
Tonganoxie
Bonner Sprnnings
Haskell and University
Indians
Some Grove
Wm. Shaw
Geo. Churchill
Kensington
Geo. Cooper
Black Jack
Robert Pearson
Elizabeth Hayes
John Black
Wm. MacDonald
Tennessee and
Hancock Streets
E. M. Hopkins
The
Bud Bradley
William Washington
Washington
Bradley
Lecompton
Douglas Monroe
Afl
Geo. Walker
Henley
Judge Emery
Benj. McAllaster
Omaha
M. McCall
Douglas County
Clinton
G.S. Dearborn
Warren O. Search
Anna May Rowan
DeSoto
Henry B. Brass
Lucy L. Kennedy
Wakarusa
McKissick H. Karnes
Nora Bell Vitt
L. G. Smith
Baltimore
Thomas H. Smith
Lawrence Canning Co
Sacramento
California
Stony Point School
Nellie Oaks
Chas. Roberts
Henry
Chas. Liggett
Crains & Urbanusky
D. S. Alford
Masury's
Sherwin & Williams
Leis Drue Co
Kansas State News
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