Fragmented 19th century notes on society and science
A miscellany from Marble Hill Missouri including commentary by Rev Rylance on Sunday laws, a discussion on the Indian frontier and Afghan tribes, labor and wage issues, aging and health, and critique of carbolic acid dangers. The piece touches on crime, politics, and curious anecdotes about Pinkerton, balloons, and a Colorado parade, reflecting varied era concerns.
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Chitral
Baluchistan
Hindu Kush
Silver vs Gold Crime Denomination Debate in 1873 Legislation
The piece argues that demonetizing silver in 1873 shifted value to gold, making gold dishonest money and harming debtors while enriching creditors. It claims silver maintains parity with commodities and that the 1873 act robbed silver of legal tender status, causing widespread economic distress and demanding silver be reestablished by law.
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Chicago Dispatch
Ailver
India Mint Reopenings Threaten Silver Gold Parity Debate
The London Times notes India argues that restoring free coinage at 1544 to 1 with France and the United States would lift the rupee to 2 shillings, boosting exports but risking India’s markets. It suggests parity between gold and silver cannot be maintained by international action and questions prevailing anti bimetallic arguments.
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Indian Commission
Chicago Chronicle
London Sunday Times
Ita
France
United States
India
Europe
London Standard
Silver
Protectionist
Bimetallism Debate Echoes Across Nations
The text argues that wheat prices and gold prices move together, enabling countries with wheat to export to India at favorable gold costs. It notes India’s government acknowledging this relation, challenging the move to restore a fixed gold to silver ratio, and urging farmers in Europe and America to back bimetallism as a solution.
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India
Eam
Oliver
Europe
American
Allison Begins To See The Silver Debate In Cleveland
The Chicago Chronicle reports Senator Allison acknowledging European mints' role in silver value shifts after 1870. He notes the decline in silver stemmed from Europe while U.S. coinage followed a paper basis, urging restoration of world metal usage to realign gold and silver values and suggesting mint openings could adjust gold values as well.
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Chicago Chronicle
St. Louis
Allison
Cleveland
Germany
Latin Union
Scandinavian States
Holland
Europe
United States
Alligon
Iowa
London Press Stirs Over Bi Metalist Conspiracy
The London News rails at bimetalism and mocks a double standard while praising single gold standard advocates as honest money. It warns the first lord of the treasury to be wary as Ball abury nears retirement and Balfour’s possible rise fuels cabinet tensions.
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London
London News
Treasury
Logd Ballabury
Balfour
England
India on Silver and Wheat Prices in Debated Coinage
A distorted report discusses silver remonetization, wheat prices, and an implied international agreement. It notes India receiving more aluminum for a bushel, mentions demonetization, and links silver value to Indian wheat costs, signaling potential price shifts and policy impacts.
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India
United
Lndia
Nativns! Democrat
Interstate Commerce Commission Power on Future Rates Debated
The Supreme Court ruling limits the commission to judging past reasonableness of rates while forbidding future rate prescriptions. It discusses Freight Bureau and Social Circle Cage decisions, and notes carriers retain power to set and adjust rates independent of the commission. Rates deemed reasonable from Springfield and Bellyman, Mo., to Eureka Springs are examined.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Freight Bureau
Commission
Congress
Morrison
Tureka Springs By. Co
Supreme Court
Cage
Jackson
Springfield
Bellyman
Bureka Springs
Ruling Limits Shippers Rights Against Railways
The commission states that the Supreme Court ruling deprives shippers and travelers of the right to force railroad carriers to adopt reasonable charges through the commission. Recovery of this right now requires favorable congressional action.
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Supreme Court
Congress
The Bacchante Controversy and a Moral Alarm
A crowd viewing a nude statue hears a protester demand its removal while a mallet-wielding man proclaims the scene obscene. An elder warns that the accuser, seeking to cleanse vice, is tainted by the vices he fears, and that the statue’s danger lies in his mind.
Vacation schools in cities show New York model taking hold
A New York City experiment started in 1894 by the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor used vacation schools to keep children off hot streets with play turned to constructive work. Attendance grew from about 1,000 to over 6,000 in a week, with low costs and organized by 11 schoolhouses. The association urges city backing to make the system part of education, noting other cities adopt similar efforts.
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New York Association For Improving the Coalition of the
New York
Remember the Children Says a Globe-Democrat Editor
A motherly voice urges that adults should guide a child’s fashion choices with care. Consultation and pruning, not blunt imposition, shape a girl’s tastes into refined adulthood. Dressing should avoid forcing self conscious awkwardness or vanity.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Book agent warned Biddeford residents after thefts
In Biddeford Maine a self styled book agent from a New York publishing house recruited a local youth to inspect the town and nearby Alfred. No word from the agent since. Several households named by the youth have since been burgled, suggesting caution about the impostor.
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Biddeford
New York
Where Halls Are Made in Daltimore Cotton Duck Center
The city centers the cotton duck industry, supplying the shopa of all nations and equipping foreign navies. Production exceeds twelve factors below the world’s other factories, with plans linked to a larger Atlantic companion and concerns about a captain’s public duty and safety.
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Daltimore
Furnlahow
Irrationalities of Life and Quick Toilet of Mickey
A collage of quips and verse on life duty joy and fear from the Boston Traveler. Also a folksy joke about a railroad accident rider nicknamed Smikey and a tow-catcher steam bath. Characters Shady Nook and Nooksy Shade frame a humorous regional vignette.
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Mickey
Realism craze cited in theatre quip from Washington Star
A gossip asks what caused the company to dia oand and the Méinager replies that the craze for realism drove it. The exchange references Polonius and Laertes from a speech about money, noting Laertes demanded real money to continue his part.
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Méinager
Polonius
Laertes
Washington Star
Walking delegate walks out of church sermon
The New York Herald notes a tale about a bookkeeper whose fine clothes exceed his salary and a walking delegate disrupting a Sunday sermon. The Indianapolis Journal adds a sparked exchange about biblical injunctions and habit.
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New York Herald
Indianapolis Journal
Mind Reader Quip Sparks Quiet Exchange
A humorous exchange depicts a lady scolding her servant for not hearing a bell and instructing future alerts. The servant replies with a ready response and a hint of bemusement as the pair share a silent moment before the man admits he might be leaving.
Sunny luckier man Wilums, Rastus praises him
A slang spoken line praises a man named Wilums as the luckiest. Rastus adds that he was sun born, pointing out his cheerful nature and a burst of humorous local color.
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Pink
Rastus
Trouble in Grasville Reach for the Lost Horse
A World snapshot recounts a distressed stranger near a toppled wagon declaring he may have lost a horse after traveling from Grasville to Lidfordtown with taters, reflecting a volatile domestic scene and a warning tone about a wife’s temper. The piece blends local color with satirical ads and a medical patronage pitch, including Bell’s preparations and Hall’s pills, plus a Manila mimicry note and a deafness cure offer.
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New York
Groasville Village
Lidfordtown
Grasnville
Lidford
Jeff Lidford
Grassville
No title found in Cleveland Leader fragment
A Cleveland Leader fragment questions a writer's purpose in a novel about drinkers. The speaker says the aim was to obtain money to buy bread and bitter, but the attempt failed. The writer claims an earlier attempt to borrow ten was made.
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Cleveland
Dieagrond Ara drink warning from Mr Linkforth
A fragmentary exchange shows Mr Wiltue and Mr Linkforth debating the harm of an Ara drink. The dialogue hints at concern over the beverage’s effects and urges moderation, capturing a cautious social note in a clipped wartime or local page voice.
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Mr. Wiltue
Linkforth
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Pinky
Denver
Chicago
Ikia
Apteldrowakej
Andre
North Pale
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Bouthvent
Kilver
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Department of Schools and Education
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Rees
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Maine
New Orleans Picayune
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
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Manilla
Philippine Islands
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Mick
Bridget
Alwaye
NorTo-Bae
Tobadeo
Siane
Hood
Melloway
Colombia
J. B. Hawthorne
Oro
Sterling Remedy Co
Provida
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Hicker
A.J. Tower
Mass
Garg Storia
Fe “Pitcher
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Mar Z
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Te Tacastre
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas, HI
Pletcher
Cbserseck Peat
Ata Evans
Wah
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