Why is bullion worth of gold dollar more than silver
W. G. Seward argues in defense of free coinage against Edwin G. Phipps’s question. He critiques Horr’s gold standard reply, contends money’s demand is constant, and explains bullion’s price under free coinage differs from commodity pricing, asserting gold and silver derive value as money rather than as arts metals.
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Edwin G. Phipps
Bartlett
Ohio
New York Tribune
Phipps
Horr
Michigan
The
Tribune
Horr Ag
Edward Atkinson
Morton
Democratic
New York City
United States
Cleveland
Two Hundred Tons of Feathers Exported from Cape Colony
It is estimated that two hundred tons of os trich feathers have been exported from Cape Colony during the last thirty years, valued at fifty million dollars.
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Cape Colony
Europe
Valentine & CO. 1
Chicago
Minded Customer and Dhaper Drugglat Exchange Quips
A dialogic fragment shows Abeent- Minded and a customer with chapped hands asking about remedies for a man called Dhaper Drugglat. A light punchline arrives as the man boasts keeping a dog to ward off the figure and notes a man who wears overmade ties allows his wife to trim his hair.
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Dhaper
Stuttering Cured by Simple Breath Method Says NY Professor
A New York professor claims stuttering and stammering stem from careless respiration and can be cured with a simple technique. He demonstrates long breaths before vowel sounds, then gradual reduction of respiration with mechanical articulation exercises, promising fluent speech in weeks. He cites a 16 year old boy’s relapse after Europe and notes German training on elocution for vocal impediments.
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New York
Europe
Frankfort
York World
Loaded Dice Facts Across Ancient Ruins and Modern Odds
Fragmented notes report ancient dice found in Herculaneum ruins and a bank burglary near Corder Missouri yielding 75 cents. Another item mentions a natural 700 foot wide bridge at Lac de Jour France and Youngstown capitalists funding a 60000 dollar telephone exchange to rival Bell. Also notes miners en route to Yukon from Port Townsend, a Wyoming ranchman claim of forty feet snow, and Governor Flughes of Arizona naming twelve newspaper men to an immigration board.
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Herculaneum
Corder
Lac de Jour
France
Orbe
Youngstown
Bell Company
Port Townsend
Yukon
Laramie
The Strongest Men Grow Weak and Hostetter’s Bitters
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stormach Bitters as a remedy for strengthened vigor through improved digestion. It claims to re-establish digestion, aid assimilation, and function as a stimulant and preventive, curing or averting malaria dyspepsia consumption rheumatic and kidney complaints.
Fish boon for vice-present hints at a cod
A cryptic quip about philosophy and a toothache frames a joke on political candidacy. The line suggests a punning confusion over a fish named boon tied to vice president, implying a cod-like misdirection in naming.
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Nebraska
R. G. Horr
Hood
Hood’s
Columbias
America
Hartford
Pope Mfg. CO. General
Bartford
Francisco
Providence
Buffalo
Columbia
Colme Pit
Harfords
Columbia Uraney
Mall
Masonic Temple
Ill
NSION
Mire
Mio Rae
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