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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1895
Page
4
A fragmented note claims Missouri Republicans and Democratic leaders support free silver. It calls Dave Fragers and Mattit as organizers and urges township meetings Saturday to mobilize neighbors for the cause. The text reads as a satirical and garbled editorial snippet with political aims.
An Ananias Green owned paper mocks crime reports while noting F M Crawe secures the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa. Democrats face a free silver rival as Silver men demand gold and silver as primary money and fear British rule. The Press urges farmers to contribute and offers help for the enterprise.
Trustees of Marvin college Fredericktown announce the selection of a president under the supervision of Prof Nelson B Henry predicting success for the institution. The Democratic state central committee met in St Louis to plan a convention at Pertle Springs on August 6 and adopt resolutions on finances. A Tennessee paper praises a platform emphasizing roads farming schools and poultry raising urging adoption by southern county papers.
The text rails at Ananias Green for padding school funds and paying 151 squares, mocks a tax payer organ, and recounts a July 4 Rocheport speech by Tarasonen Lex V. Stevens. It condemns England, gold vs silver standard, and bankers from New York, linking them to economic control and past crises.
Indiana senator endorses the tariff law as beneficial and a step forward. He argues silver remains the money of the people, cites the 1792 coinage act, and defends keeping silver coinage against debasement fears, insisting Americans will not endure poverty or abandon the dollar.
Coroner records in Chicago show eleven deaths from gasoline stove explosions in under three months. Defenders say proper use prevents blasts, while experts note accidents arise from ignorance or neglect, often involving experienced users rather than newbies. women lighting fires repeatedly are named as at risk.
A quirky excerpt notes that explosions are unlikely and escape hinges on neglect. It mentions soap and frequent baths as dangerous, a physician’s discovery gaining fame, and skeptics of silver erages. The piece recalls Noah predicting rain, joking about wet weather, while the old prophet apparently fared better in the end.
Sunday morning Taylor Pierce known as Z T Pierce was shot by his brother in law Sanford Harris and died hours later. The killing followed a feud with Harris and his wife Pierce’s sister who had left home with the children. Harris and his father and Mrs Pierce are under arrest awaiting preliminary trial as Coroner McAnally’s jury reached a verdict.
A Cleveland Main Dealer editorial argues the silver issue reveals a world money conspiracy. It asserts a Rothschild led gold and bond syndicate dominates finance, pressuring silver demonetization, bond sales, and U S credit to October, tied to a $100 million bond sale and silver as payment.
The text argues for restoring silver as money alongside gold, railing against a monopoly influence and foreign finance. It laments taxation, losses in value, and demands American independence to issue its own money, citing farmer hardships and political voice. It also mentions literary notes in Cosmopolitan and public discourse on monetary reform.
A school boy's composition about a horse is contrasted with another boy's jumbled verse, which reworks a line about a male having four legs and ends with a crude punchline about kicking and thinking. The piece captures juvenile mischief and comic mishaps in student writing.
Assignee of the Mayer estate will sell at public auction for cash at a brick store in Mayer on Saturday July 27 1596 from 1 to 3 pm. Items include display cage show case scales tobacco cutters ice shaver water cooler restaurant ware knives forks bowls dishes pepper boxes chairs a regulator clock ice crack freezers heating stove and other fixtures. Many items listed for sale from the Mayer estate.
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