Silver coin policy debate prompts currency reform ideas
The text argues that overvalued silver money via international channels harms trade and burdens the U S government with large costs through idle reserves and redemption risk. It cites France and the United States losses, advocates ending small denomination notes, and suggests embracing a gold backed or simplified paper system to stabilize currency and reduce government burden. It also includes several advertisements and notices embedded in the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Thore
Wagley & Smead
Recon Acha advertisements and local notes blend
Local items report residents visiting Colfax and Keota, soldiers returning from Chickamauga, and community notices. Marketing ads mix with church invitations, wedding plans, and faculty moves at Iowa Wesleyan University.
Doctors Gap Fails to Hold Back Pack Train Heroics
P. E. Butler from Santiago de Cuba writes of pack-train No. 234 aiding the front lines during a rush of day and night shortages. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with keeping troops supplied and saving lives. The letter was sent to Chamberlain Medicine Co. of Des Moines Iowa and distributed by Wagley & Smead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Butler
Santiago de Cuba
Chamberlain
Tampa
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Wagley &Smead
Local listings and services offered in Newton area ads
A collage of offering notes lists Jasper county lands and Newton properties for sale with viewings, insurance and piano tuning services, livery and harness fittings, money lending at low rates, medical tonics, rental signs, and a wide range of printing and stationery items. It notes advert lines for printers and invitation cards and assorted miscellaneous notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper ‘County
Newton
Fucarp & Brown
S.S. Ford
Ty Ty
Thompson & Co
Record Office
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AM. Bebner's
Glock
THE
South Side Jeweler
A. M. Behner’s
John Deere
Sattley
Moline
Jasper County
Bergman
Newton, Iowa
EDW
Draggist
Newton, Lows
Sovereign Arana Lodge
Dosvon Mass
Nickel Plate Road
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
Willams
Prop’s
Cleveland
Fosten & Callison
C. Hiddell
Nevada
Recon Acha
N. K
Colfax
Blanche Bradley
W. T. Crouch
J.B. Harvey
Pleasant Plains
Levi Roberts
Kellogg Township
Mina Foote
Fremont
Neb
Kad Warren
Reformed Church
Galesburg
Tom Corrigan
Art Small
Baz" Wells
Clipper
Leonard A. Blue
Oskaloosa
Retin Plaine
Leonard
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Belle Plaine
Blue
Belle Plaine Union
Epworth League
M.smothers
Washington D. C
T. J. S. Johnson
S. Bates
Bethel Baptist Church
Prin
J. E. Witmer
Myrtle Ritchey
Keota
Witmer
Ritchey
Iowa College
Prin. Witmer
E. A. Witmer
Monroe
Grinnell Herald
Battle of
Santiago
Santiago de ‘Cuba
Fugard & Brown
Wright & Lufkin, Insurance
Loyer’s Jewelry
Ramsey
Whee & Lufkin Osborne
Nancy Stationery
Barre
Es Im
Nn i
Saadfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
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