International bimetallism urged to restore value
John V. Farwell argues for international bimetallism to fix falling property values and counter both gold and silver extremism. He critiques Comptroller Eckels and calls for united action with government backing, citing policy history, monetary theory, and the need to revive silver as full money function. The piece attacks demonetization and urges a cosmopolitan, practical approach to money.
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John V. Farwell
Eckels
J. V. Farwell
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
France
United States
Mulhall
Europe
Jaber
Lewis Wolowski
England
Congress
Bank of England
Cheadle
International Bimetallic Party
Party of Progress and Reform
Calvert
What Will the New Woman Do With the Old Man
A discussion sparked by a Pittsburg Dispatch editorial asks what aspirations the new woman holds and how a partner can assist her. It explores the idea of renovating the old man through reason persuasion strategy or compulsion while noting the risks of coercion and leaving the outcome to imagination.
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Pittsburg
Rainmaker Frank Melbourne Admits Humbug Fame in Cleveland
Frank Melbourne once known as the western rain king says his rainmaking was a humbug and he had no real power beyond others. He notes Americans enjoy being humbugged and that persuasion is easy. Melbourne made a fortune and spent it lavishly.
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Frank Melbourne
Cleveland
Ohio
Melbourne
Riddle Reply: Why Winter Days Seem Short
A playful exchange notes why winter days feel brief. The boy hints the waning daylight shortens time, while the teacher questions the length of the days and the brightness. The playful dialogue centers on skewed perception due to shorter daylight hours.
Spectacular Displays on Warships at Kiel and New Photographic Fad
The Navy Department showcases dramatic lighting on Admiral Kirkland s four ships at Kiel with searchlights incandescent hull decorations and a giant electric shield around the pilot house. The New York carries about 2 000 lights and the others about 1 500 each creating continuous lines along masts deck and hull. Also notes how toothpicks and small inventions fuel vast investments and profits. A new fad in photography sees lovers faces photographed on meerschaum pipes bowls.
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Navy Department
Kiel
Admiral Kirkland
New York
Incandescent gas lighting debate at Western Gas session
At Pittsburg on May 15 16 17 a paper on incandescent gas lighting questioned the Welsbach burner. A gas company manager cited a clubroom showing a 46 000 cubic feet drop in six months after switching burners. The discussion weighed public benefit against gas company losses and continued afterward.
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Western Gas Association
Pittsburg
Aathor
Welsbach
Welsbach Company
An Egg and a Cannon Ball
A magician displayed an egg and a cannon ball and claimed the egg could not be broken by the ball. He described placing the egg in a protected corner with the wall sides shielding it, as shown in the illustration, to prove the egg’s strength.
Inventions and Trinkets Drive Small Riches
A columnist notes that many fortunes arise from trifling novelties rather than major inventions. Expensive machines target the wealthy, while six and ten cent curiosities drive widespread profit and mass appeal.
New Insulator From Resinous Substances
M Gentzch describes making an insulating compound by heating ozokerite amber and asphalt to 400 degrees centigrade to release volatile products, yielding a black waxy residue usable with gutta percha resins and powders as a cable insulator with good plasticity. Preferred mix is ozokerite 50 parts amber 45 parts and asphalt 5 parts.
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M. Gentzch
A Cure for Colds Remedy Uses Phenacetine
A medical notice endorses phenacetine as a universal cold remedy. It advises at first signs to take a hot footbath and warm drinks, then five to ten grains of phenacetine, with a full ten grains for strong adults, promising a restful night and morning relief, while warning to avoid chilling the body afterward.
Marine science notes and natural history snippets
Popular Science surveys include sea bottom photography advances with a magnesium lamp, argon production tests from tissue, Saturn ring stability per Prof Barnard, tree girth contraction data from J Clayton, and a social quip about a self made man tied to a tallop made girl.
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North America
M. Louis Boutan
Barnard
Saturn
J. Clayton
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Swift
Edward Atkinson
Boston
Massachusetts
India
Industrial World
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