Welch Seeks Legal Silver Support Against Treasury
The piece argues for using the 1878 law to compel the Treasury to honor silver in bonds and currency, notes past attempts to probe the law, and the broader debate over demonetizing silver. It cites Webster and current officials, reviews public sentiment, and notes gold coin and bank reserve data. Local notices report Cox visiting and a Northern crop expert’s forecast, with stock and water conditions.
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Welch
Orange County
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
United States
Senator Beck
Webster
Paris Maintains Rank as Fast City in Divorce Rates
In England one divorce for 577 marriages, in France one for 87, and in Paris one for 13. Paris seems determined to maintain its rank as a fast city.
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England
France
Paris
National EN Campment Gather in Louisville Thirty First
The twenty ninth National En campment of the Grand Army will be held in Louisville Kentucky from the eleventh to the eighteenth first month.
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Grand Army
Louisville
Suffragists Rally as Arizona Statehood Near
As Arizona nears statehood prospects the woman suffragists press to embed their doctrine in the new state constitution. Laura Johns, a leading figure before the constitutional convention, is coming to rally support.
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Arizona
Laura Johns
Hurley Buys Young Hogs Weighing About 400 Pounds
M. E. Hurley of Phoenix purchases a large lot of hogs averaging 400 pounds each. The hogs are under a year old and raised on alfalfa with a six week grain finishing period, according to Stockman.
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M. E. Hurley
Prince of Phoenix
Stockman
Bi-Metallism Debate Spurs Silver Standard Critique
A late mint report is cited arguing against gold standard in favor of bi metalli sm. It notes global silver production profits and England’s advantage under gold and questions U S debt nations should pursue rehabilitation of silver. Anecdotes on vacations and a New York social scene follow, reflecting public discourse.
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Mint
Great Britain
United States
Mexico
England
S. A
San Bernardino
Printing Office Image Draws Mixed Repute From Texans
Texans show 3800 convicts in state penitentiaries across many jobs. printers and newspaper workers are not singled out as criminals. The piece argues printing houses are tough, but crime spans ministers, doctors, bankers, barbers, photographers, and more, while printers dislike hypocrisy.
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State Penitentiary of Texas
Wealth distribution estimates by Henry Gannett
Statistician Henry Gannett calculates that U S wealth rose from 43.6 billion in 1880 to about 62.6 billion in 1893 placing per person averages near 870 and 1000. He shows 5 percent of wealth owned by billionaires and 6 percent by those under 1000, with large shares held by different income brackets.
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Henry Gannett
U S
Gannet
Silver Knight and the Money Question in Panics and Trade
The piece debates monetary systems with Japan on a silver basis building factories, England and the United States facing gold standard woes, and a critique of “good” and “bad” money. It notes railroad receiverships in the US, and separately discusses a proposed Arizona tannery as a public benefit and job creator with material supplies available locally.
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Mexico
Japan
England
United States
Custodian Urges Funds for Casa Grande Preservation
Isaac T Whitmore of Casa Grande Arizona seeks $7000 to $8000 in a congressional report for general preservation. He asks funds to roof the building fence forty acres and conduct excavations in nearby mounds. The diggings aim to illuminate prehistoric peoples and enhance historic understanding.
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Isaac T. Whitmore
Casa Grande
Arizim
Enterior
Congress
Copper and precious metal output rise in Colorado mining
A report from five chief smelters notes Colorado mining gains. Copper production in the past six months nearly doubles the first half of 1894. Gold output up 80 percent, silver up 5 percent, with a small decline in lead.
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Colorado
Edison Definition of Electricity Questioned in Kentucky Debate
Letter to the editor argues that Edison's view of electricity as a mysterious fluid is outdated. The writer notes that while it is an old definition of water in Kentucky, it does not prove water and electricity are the same substance.
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Edison
Kentucky
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