Plan for a United States currency reform proposed
A detailed plan outlines monetary reform including issuing government notes secured by bonds, gold payments, and a national bank system. It covers bonds, bank reserves, taxation, and governance with key signatories led by George F. Romunds and others, aiming for a stable, expandable currency framework.
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Pstermus Mationale Bank
Secre- Surry
United States
Seo Omiec
Existtawons
Esch National Bank
NATIONAL BANK NOTES REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
The total issues of any national bank may not exceed its paid-up unimpaired capital excluding real estate investments. Notes must be uniformly designed and first lien on assets including stockholder liability. Denominations cannot be less than $20, and issues limited to 3 percent of capital stock.
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Sige
Cweathy
Uni
United States
United State
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Hoavier
Washington
Erouf
Aschingten
Treasury
Cocam Men Guaranty Fund
Motiotal Bank
Guistandoek
Gany
Jesus Vieto
United Pykeh Guaranty Fund
Popes
St National
Correnes
George F. Romunds
Virginia Razorback Hams A Regional Specialty
The Department of Agriculture reports Virginia razorback hams from Isle of Wight Surrey Southampton and Nansemond counties with an annual output about 300000 pounds mostly exported to Europe. The meat is praised as equal if not superior to Westphalian and raised on a corn and pea fed system ending with potatoes. Genuine hams require year ahead orders to secure.
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Te Department of Agriculture
Isle of Wight
Surrey
Southampton
Nansemondé
Virginia
Europe
Gompers Replies to Secretary Gage on Gold Standard Attack
In an open letter Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor argues that the gold standard worsens wage earners and inflates creditor profits. He denounces retirement of greenbacks and bonds, warning the plan would empower banks and impoverish workers.
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Scamucks Gompers
Anmterican Federation of Labor
Gage
Federation
Gage Financial
Gompers
America
American Federation of Labor
Tomer
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Two Children Dead After Hog Attack near Tiffany Mo
In Tiffany Missouri a farmer named George Cockley reports his two young children crawled into a pig sty to catch a pig. The pigs attacked and killed both youngsters while the mother was away.
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Tiffany
George Cockley
Christmas clemency passes to bank wreckers list
Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer notes Christmas pardons include a string of bank law violators. Names cited include Larry L. Martin Alonzo B Crawford Henry H Kennedy John A Wall Frederick E Edgar Charles R Fleischman Frederick L Kent Edward R Carter Francis A Coffin Lewis Redwine Stephen M Folsom Frederick W Griffin W E Burr and Hamilton R Norvell with varied convictions for embezzlement or violating U S banking laws and six to ten year terms.
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Washington
Cincinnati Inquirer
Larry L. Martin
Alonzo B. Crawford
United States
Missouri
Henry H. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
John A. Wall
Ohio
Frederick EE. Edgar
New York
Charles R. Fleischman
Frederick L. Kent
IMS
Edward R. Carter
Francis A. Coffin
Indiana
Lewis Redwine
Georgia
Stephen M. Folsom
New Mexico
Frederick W W. Griffin
W. E. Burr
Hamilton R. Norvell
Pacified Province Showcases Cuban Authority and Spanish Plight
A visitor from Cuba reports the Manzanilla region as loyal to the Cuban republic though insurgents rule local towns. Spanish convoys are met by rebels on roads, while many Spanish soldiers, mostly boys, endure poor rations and no pay, sparking sympathy among insurgents. The Cuban authority is described as a fact in parts of the island.
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City
Mexico
Cuba
Manzanilla
Put a Bullet in His Brain Bergmann Suicide on Third Avenue
John Bergmann, once a wealthy Chicago investor, reportedly shot himself after a fatal confrontation with a New York police officer on Third Avenue. Passersby heard him say a final request to donate his body to science as his debts and poverty followed him.
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New York
John Bergmann
Third Avenue
Towies
Jolin Bergmann
Brunswick Robbery Shocks City After Bank Failure
In Brunswick Georgia R H Mabry an agent for the Southern Express Company is said to have shipped fourteen thousand dollars in currency to Savannah bankers. The money vanished around Tuesday night and Mabry is believed to have fled by tug. Mabry was a prominent social figure noted for his polish. The incident followed a local bank failure, electrifying the city.
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Bruunswick
R. H. Mabry
Southern Express Company
Savannah
Brunswick
Mabry
Cinnamon Bear Breaks Loose on Milwaukee Line
A huge cinnamon bear shipped from Leavenworth Kansas to Baraboo Wisconsin escaped its crate in an express car at Western Union Junction on the Milwaukee Chicago and St Paul line. The bear drove off the messenger, devoured apples and candy, destroyed way bills, and required ten men to secure it on arrival in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Leavenworth
Kan
Baraboo
Wis
Western Union Junction
Chicaso, Milwaukee
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Taylor
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