Which Kind of Money Is the Safest Kind
A historical Tribune piece reviews silver and gold standards, arguing for bimetallism. It explains price declines, rising debts, and silver demonetization in 1873, claiming honest money must be stable and that returning to bi metals could stabilize economy and debt.
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Fingland
Ehiegland
Holland
Germany
California
East India Company
India
Andrews
United States
Congress
Congressional
Judge Kelley
Benators Allison
Beck
Ingalls
Thurman
Hereford
Bogg
Holman
Cannon
Burchard
A. J. Balfour
Ecome
Europe
Wuarner
Currency theories and the value of money in crisis
A reader argues that money can be any durable medium with recognized exchange value, not necessarily gold. He contends confidence and government recognition sustain currency, analyzes gold and silver standards, decries bimetallism, warns against debt and foreign trade deficits, and urges greenbacks or flat notes, with critique of Democratic policy and postwar prosperity.
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Bilver
Alexander Plamiston
Thomas Jefferson
Ite
Sllver
Llere
United States
the Tribune
Uncle Sam
Europe
Democratic Party
van Benthuysgen
Scranton
Free coinage of silver debate questions value and effect
A reader analyzes the meaning of free coinage and questions its economic impact. He argues a fixed silver value is needed and notes the government already holds vast silver reserves and vaults. He doubts new legislation will improve business conditions or alter money circulation.
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Philadelphia
Congress
Dramatic notes from Broadway and London theater scene
Lena Melville joins the Brownies in dramatic notes. Edi Harrigan stages in Boston. Olla Skinner ends season at Coring. Frohman tours Europe for new plays. Richards Mansfield writes Garrick bio. Ada Rehan and Stuart Robson in Washington. Treagedian Ward aids Falstaff in Henry V. Southern to play Major Andre next season. Beerbohm Tree buys Trilby rights. Janauschek and Claxton in The Two Orphans in Buffalo. Rehan to appear in New York next November. Ada to act in Boston next week. Alexander and St James troupe to tour the U.S. next year. Brooklyn to get Montauk Theatre on Fulton near Hanover. Adelaide Prince marries Creston Clarke. Shakespeare’s birthday observed at Stratford. Minnie Sanders thriving in Philadelphia. Salvini’s Garrick opens with Arm and the Man. Actor’s Fund benefit set for The Viking Thursday after noon. Salvini to stage The Outlaw May 1 in Boston. Elanora Duse to tour U.S. with her company. Wig collection noted by William E. Thompson. C W Couldock benefit at Fifth Avenue May 31. The Rivals cast includes Jefferson, Crane, Goodwin, Keene, Hopper, Drew, Viola Allen, Nellie McHenry.
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Lena Melville
Edi Harrigan
Boston
Olla Skinner
Corning
Daniel Frohman
Europe
Richard Mansfield
David Garrick
Ada Rehan
Stuart Robson
Washington
Kendal
New York
Treagedian Ward
Falstaff
Henry TV
FE. A. Southern
Clyde Fitch
Andre
Beerbohm Tree
Montauk
Fulton Street
Hanover Place
Adelaide Prince
Creston Clarke
Edwin Booth
Shakespeare
Memorial Theater
Stratford-on- Avon
Minnie Sanders
Eleanor Mayo
Willard Spencer
Princess Bonnie
Philadelphia
Richard Manefield
New Garrick Theater
Karrigan’s
Bernard Shaw
Arma
Actor's Fund
Estelle Clayton
Alexander Salvinita
Hollis Street
Salvini
Eleanora Dise
Paris
Harry Miner
Our
United States
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Elanora Duse
William E. Thompson
C. W. Couldock
Fifth Avenue Theater
Joseph Jefferson
Bob Acres
W. 8. Crane
Anthony Absolute
Nat C. Goodwin
Sir Lucius O'Trigger
Thomas W. Keene
Faulkner
de Wolf Hopper
David
John Drew
Malaprop
Viola Allen
Lydia Languish
Nellie McHenry
Lucy
Promising Composer Triumphs Through Life of Music
A retrospective on a prodigy born in the era after Mozart, famed from childhood for ear training and early compositions. Reports celebrate his rise through symphonies and operas, with critical praise from London to Europe, and note the press as heralding a career of enduring prominence.
Clay Not of Legal Age When Appointed to Senate
The article notes Henry Clay was appointed to a vacancy and seated December 29, 1800, though born April 12, 1777 he was still in his 20th year and not legally twenty at appointment. The issue raised no real contest and was later resolved as he served long and honorably.
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Clay
United States
Henry Clay
Oddities and odd beliefs from bygone days
A collection of curious notes on animals, sounds, weather, and health beliefs. Topics include insects’ wing speeds, bell sounds underwater, dew on colored boards, Japanese carpentry, brain resilience, Swiss milkmaids’ pay, singers and alcohol, Malibran, starfish oysters, and sea dangers to bathers.
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California
Switzerland
Paris
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Charles Heber Clark
Harrisburg
Manufacturers’ Club
Charles Emory Smith
Clark
Pennsylvania
Weston
Hillshels
Russia
Mingland
Russa
Mint
Earth
Great Britain
France
Mexico
England
Asia
America
Avila
Grande
Terra del Fuego
Thomas B. Feed
Republic
Wuhue
Ee Benesewe
Herwin
L. P. Wedeman
Forest City
Mozart
Igna
Hitete
Preas
Ani
Critica
W. von Sachs
Josef Hoffmann
Anton Rubinstein
Moszkowski
D' Albert and
Paderewski
Vienna
Philharmonic
Hans Richter
Ole
Bozendorfer Saal
Rubinstein
Alice Barbi
Hilda Wangel
Strephon
Phyllis
Mme. Melba
Lippincott
Daubigny
Rousseau
Vibert
Cazin
Jean Beraud
Dettl
Gladstone
Bramarck
Royal Welsh Ladies’ Choir
Clara Novello Davies
Frothingham
Chicago
Wales
Times
the World
the Lady
London Times
Osborne Palace
Hastings
Bauer
Governor Hastings
Thomas Kershaw
Davies Theater
Lyric Music Company
Scarnton
George N. Rockwell
Fred C. Hand
B. E. Pitts
Carbondale
Sity
Sylvan Beach
Antonin Dvorak
Calve
St. Petersburg
Josef Wieniawsk Ia
Berlin
Albert Niemann
Adele Aus der Ohe
Ignesa
Camille d'Arville
Marion
Tannhauser
Geneva
James Everson, Jr
Myron W. Whitney, Jr
Basso
Harvard
Edward Strauss
Straus
Brooklyn
Emmaa
Emma Abbott
Emma Calve
Emma Thursby
Emma Eames
Emma Alban
Emma Howe
Emma Heckle
Emma Jack
Emme Winant
Emma Nevada
Emma Materna
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Fanny
Flossie
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