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Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1896
Page
4
Silver standard debate and finance notes in Lowell paper
The Lowell Daily Courier reviews farmer concerns over dear money and high interest, debunks silver taxation myths, cites A A Low buying Adirondack land, notes Bryan era savings bank deposits, and reports New York bond bid troubles with a mandamus tax issue.
Silverism Shifts City Finance and Repudiation Promises
The unsettled state arises from sudden silverism prominence as bids reappear involuntarily, with city funds only accessible at excessive interest. It reflects a nationwide climate of silverites preaching repudiation across the land.
Free coinage profits questioned by debased dollar logic
The Boston Herald and others warn that free silver profits would come from the public, not miners. A New York broker supposedly holds 53 thousand dollars of silver to mint 100 thousand dollars if Bryan wins, while Boston Journal cites large silver estates' gains. The piece argues unlimited dollars from debased silver would devalue the currency, undermining profits and risking inflation and collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
New York
Bryan
Boston Journal
Williams
Waltham watches clash over silver pay issue
The article links a payment dispute in Waltham watches to silver costs, noting mills ship goods to Scotland with contracts demanding gold payments. Gail Hamilton's burial honors a woman known to friends and locals. Don Dickinson's partner takes charge of the Bryan campaign in Michigan, signaling a new legal era. Fort Hill park band concert enlivens a perfect Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Dickinson
Dickinson
Bryan
Michigan
Fort Hill Park
Quotations on Bryan and currency in press opinions
A compilation of editorial quips from several papers mock Bryan and free coinage. The Detroit Free Press and others critique currency value and pensions while the New York Tribune and Boston Herald lampoon Bryan’s fiscal stance. The items reflect mixed public sentiment and pension costs in multiple states.
Electricity Drives Global Industry Since Its Early Rise
Twenty four years ago electricity as a mechanical power was unknown. Now 3 900 000 000 is invested in various kinds of electrical machinery.
Reflections and party ties amid uncertain times
The article notes Mr. Arthur Sewall of Bath facing inquiries about his outlook, mentions David B. Hill as a still presumed Democrat with no direct assertion from him, reports Japanese news that Lafcadio Hearn has become totally blind and resigned his professorship, and remarks that Max Nordau’s handwriting is nearly microscopic as his 414 page Paradoxes was written on sixty-five sheets.
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Japan
Lafcadio Hearn
Imperial University of Japan
Max Nordau
American plant to ship locomotive works to Russia
The American locomotive plant will be moved from Philadelphia to Nijni Novgorod for the Russian empire’s interior. Built for the Sarmova works, the plant will produce 200 engines annually, employ about 1000 workers, and will be staffed by American foremen and engineers. Contracts exceed 500000 dollars with Philadelphia firms prominent. The move is backed by the czar and aims to capture government railway work. The consignment totals over 3000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
Laleham
Nijni-Novgorod
Russian Empire
Sarmova Works
Empire
Russian-American Manufacturing Company
Bryan’s Gold Standard Critique Misreads Insurance Profits
The New York Evening Post says Mr. Bryan misstates life policy economics under gold or free silver. It notes most life insurers are mutuals, profits go to policy-holders, and urges him to stay in economic domains rather than grandiose liberal economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
New York
Nebraska
New York Evening Post
Good print wrappers for 25 cents sale notice
Advertisement for A G Pollard & Co offering 45 dozen light print wrappers in sizes 34 to 40 at 25 cents each on Tuesday morning. Limit three per customer. Wrappers valued at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Pollard & CO
Madonna of the Napkin origin tale at Seville gallery
Exclusive novelties from E. H. Van Insen Co. offerings in New York and London through Louis Alexander's tailor shop at 65 Central Street. A story recounts Murillo promising to paint a monk a picture in a Seville convent, the monk’s napkin prompt, and the painting La Madonna de la Servilleta, the Madonna of the Napkin, now in Seville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. van Insen & Co
New York
London
Louis Alexander’s
Central Street
Murillo
Seville
Campaign on Honest Money Urged in Letter Form
The piece urges individual readers with 30 to 35 years’ memory of currency debasement to share personal experiences buying everyday items under a gold premium. It opens to invite free silver supporters to contribute as well and notes other local items from Lowell including court chairs, prize-winning athletes, and public amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
C. I. Hood
Portland
Little Flyer
Barus
Dexter
Flora Temple
French engineer plans Napoleon’s St Helena house replica
A French engineer proposes recreating Napoleon’s St Helena residence as a centerpiece for the 1900 Paris exhibition. The replica will be an exact copy of the historic house and feature panoramic canvases depicting the island’s scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
St. Helena
Mass, Massachusetts Tragedies and a Foot Care Ad
Massachusetts news reports the suicide of John Swenson a 86 year old baker in Stoughton and the death of Patrick A Corbett 98 after being struck by a Boston bound local train near Hyde Park. An advertisement promotes Allen’s Foot-Kase a powder to ease swollen hot tired feet with trial package offered by Allen H Olmsted Le Roy.
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John Swenson
Stoughton
Patrick A. Corbett
Jeremiah Corbett
Getshe Bay England Railroad
Avenuue
Hyde Pek
Allen
Alllen
Olmsted
le Roy
Work resumed at Hudson Rubber plant after closure
The Hudson Rubber company plant, closed for several weeks, has resumed full time operations on Friday. Burdock Blood Bitters is claimed to cure impurities of the blood from pimples to scrofula.
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Hudson Rubber Company
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