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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1893
Page
2
A garbled dispatch reports global unrest with notes on France seeking protection, banking turmoil in the United States, a fire in Delavan, and various court actions. Mentions Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln and a grand list of incidents across cities, storms, robberies, and political moves. Names and places are scattered amid damaged text with sporadic dates and figures.
Reports from Washington describe the House rejecting amendments to the Wilson silver bill and moving toward its final vote. The debate centers on the Sherman act, the Bland-Allison act, and the policy of using gold and silver as money metals. The Senate committee favors substituting the Voorhees bill and setting aside the national bank credit measure as part of the broader currency reform.
In Washington August 80 the Senate program faced expected resistance as opposition to repeal gathered. The House considered proposed rules while debate over the Sk ermuud measure flared. A spat between Crisp and Reed marked a dull session, with strict party lines visible in the discussions.
Faded OCR text describes a New York painter scene on South Street with a workman crash and a fight over a platform. Simon and others laugh as plates tumble from a window, startling observers before the heavy setup gives way and a stair-formed scaffold collapses. The account notes pieced details of a dramatic, chaotic moment with the painter Dwyems Degam involved.
Washburn Observatory presents September astronomical data including Mercury, Venus and Jupiter positions, moon phases, and sunrise/sunset times. It notes Venus as the evening star, a calendar of rising/setting times, zodiacal details, and public viewing evenings on September 8 19 and 20.
A Boston Herald excerpt discusses vast gold movements between Europe and America by steamships. It highlights shipboard security, noting safes beneath decks and reinforced compartments designed to deter burglars, with concerns about protecting treasure on transatlantic routes.
A fragment from the New York Weekly describes two travelers turning to theft, a hungry mank and a follower who claims the dropped coins were not theirs. The conversation reveals a tense attempt to justify theft and seek work with soup as payment.
Judge Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, was elected president of the American Bar Association at the closing session of its annual meeting in Milwaukee. The new officers of the association were named.
The article details Mrs. Gladstone’s public life and charitable efforts. It traces her upbringing, marriage to William Ewart Gladstone, and her active role in founding Newport Market Refuge and a Girls Industrial School in London. It notes the refuge provides shelter and work prospects, with hundreds of lodgings and employment outcomes cited, and compares her work to later efforts by General Booth.
Milwanker Aug 21 Depositors grow restless over bank assets as court enjoins its business and sequesters all stock property credits and effects The judge amends and extends the receiver's order appointing him to close the bank and distribute assets under court direction amid appeals and creditor concerns
The New York Republican State Committee announces the state convention will be held in Syracuse on October 6. Delegates and insuers are advised to prepare for the meeting as the party outlines plans for campaigning and platform discussions.
A wary economic summary notes mixed signals with signs of improvement in iron and textile sectors while steel and grain markets wobble. Banking and manufacturing report cautious optimism as production resumes gradually and demand shows tentative upticks in key regions.
The article notes a September stock market shift with losses narrowing to 9 per cent and September December spread at 5, mentions corn prices, and reports on GE stock strength and fears. It references bank rates, exchange, and government bond steadiness, with a final line on Dillon and the home rule bill trajectory.
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