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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
2
A column in Marble Hill Press highlights scattered items from humor to politics. It cites Li Hung Chang favoring arbitration with Japan and jokes about modern speech. It notes an Eau Claire arrest for a scanty bathing suit and a Michigan hypnotist plan. It mentions Czar Nicholas II’s fear of assassination and coronation costs.
A Kentucky coal mine owners call declares a convention of mine owners in the United States to be held in Chicago on September 31. The political calendar shows no other conventions on that date, though plans vary on when the meeting will adjourn with some leaders favoring February 30.
Rebecca Broadman, wife of a traveling salesman, seeks court confirmation of a $600 sale to George A. Greenburg before his last trip. Greenburg asserts possession of her bar gain while Broadman waits in New York for her husband’s return. All involved are described as Russians.
A water famine blankets large parts of Arkansas with isolated showers failing to fall since April 13 in some counties. Jefferson Cleveland and Bradley residents haul drinking water in barrels up to twenty five miles. White River runs dry and Fayetteville bans street sprinkling to save for drinking.
Judge Adams of the Creek Nation supreme court rules that after emancipation act the Indian council erred in admitting negroes to tribal relations. The decision voids their inclusion and affects annuities totaling about $1,000,000 since the act's passage. The ruling references Okmulga as the capital and cites the citizenship case.
A Daley factory owner argues against the gold standard and urges laborers to back free coinage to raise silver dollar value and wages. He frames monetary history from 1873, attacks banker influence, and links credit conditions to unemployment and factory closures.
Moreton Frewen argues in the London Daily Chronicle that free silver harms white workers and expands eastern industrial growth, predicting McKinley’s defeat as silver drives labor costs up, export competition rises, and Western economies face peril from cheap silver and linked monetary policy.
A Chicago Tribune exchange from July 31 discusses why silver was demonetized, with J W Curry urging a 16 to 1 ratio. The Tribune replies that 16 to 1 dollars were melted due to bullion value and coinage design, arguing free coinage cannot yield an honest silver dollar today and that silver was worth about half its 1872 level.
The National Bimetallist argues that gold standard critics have unfairly attacked silver supporters. It notes three major parties favor free coinage, demands substantial discussion over abstract insults, and praises Chicago newspapers for opening silver debate. It urges rational argument to settle the issue in 1896.
A Journal from Ord Nebraska warns that fixing the gold standard will push voting toward property and educational tests, tilting power to a landed aristocracy. It argues foreign buyers seize land and farmers cannot pay loan interest, leading to widespread tenancy and loss of home ownership.
A fragmentary political note argues that a McKinley presidency would prevent Republican protective legislation in the next Congress. It lists Teller Pettigrew Dubois and Cannon as leaving the party and cites Nevada’s Jones and Stewart and Montana’s Mantle and Carter as saying no tariff bill without a committee.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a garbled quote about a director and a police matter, mentioning fifty-cent dollars and free silver, with a workman responding about a Coliseo and an unclear accusation. Readable names, places, or actions are not identifiable.
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