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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1896
Page
12
A Mexico City correspondent argues that free silver means high prices for goods and living costs. He compares wages, rents, furniture, groceries, and clothing to U.S. dollars, illustrating price gaps, imports, and duties. He concludes silver money does not ease daily expenses for workers, even after a year.
Joseph Schincaha told Justice Slater that a total stranger hypnotized him to steal a horse, harness, and carriage from a stable four miles from Kenosha, then they traveled toward Fond du Lac while the stranger committed other thefts. He described the accomplice as a tall sandy haired man about 6 feet, and was bound over to circuit court with $70 bond.
George Meyers alias Miller alias Muffler alias Auer Hal Schwartz was released from the penitentiary and sent to the Tombs to await trial on bigamy charges. He allegedly married and robbed numerous women in New York, remaining undivorced from fourteen wives including Minnie Pupke Pauline Vollach Ligale Auer Marie Schiller Anna Ficken Mia Schipperle Clara Huber Wilhelmina Schaef Kate Huber Lena Schmidt Frieda Kolffer Carrie Schwartz Josephine Krauss Meyer, about 60, reportedly sought money from partners.
Frank Marley, Batavia Herald editor, is prostrated by his wife's disappearance after she left home Thursday morning. He believed she visited her parents in Plano, but she was seen heading toward Aurora on her bicycle to catch a Plano train. Friends fear heat exhaustion or foul play may be involved.
A French anecdote tells of Madame and her maid buying a still-life bouquet painting with a pie and a half-penny roll for 500 francs. The honne notes a similar piece once sold for 400 francs, remarking the prior bargain lacked pie.
Dialogue contrasts views on candidates and circumstance in a revival and a primary caucus. The exchange, cited from the Washington Star, weighs situational superiority and credibility in political contests.
A daughter questions happiness in marriage while a father laments social obligations. The exchange reflects tension between status symbols and personal fulfillment as cited by the New York Herald.
A historical critique argues that adopting free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1 would destroy the gold standard, inflate prices, harm savers and wage earners, and disrupt international trade. It details coin weights 25.8 and 412.5 grains and argues silver would gain de facto value, hurting creditors and depositors while provoking gold shortages and market turmoil.
The Times-Herald of Lincoln notes William Jennings Bryan’s animated post nomination tour. It contrasts youthful zeal with perceived immaturity, citing his restless, impulsive conduct, public appearances, and lack of reserve as factors shaping how voters view his fitness for the presidency.
Two senators exchange barbed witticisms as one proclaims strength in opposition and the other notes speeches attacking time, reflecting period rhetoric and political sparring.
Columbia College professor John W. Burges argues against bimetallism and predicts gold should remain the standard. He warns that a shift to silver would contract currency, harm the poor, and urges voting Republican in the next election.
Tom Need at Portland explains bimetallism as a way to stabilize currency by linking two metals, comparing it to balancing two lakes to even out disturbances. He argues a global ratio of gold and silver could raise price levels and reduce volatility, noting no single country can achieve this alone.
Congressman Meson notes Democrats once tout free trade and reciprocity, likening them to selling shirt fronts in public. He says they now try to cover past positions with a free silver dickey. He frames the shift as a political cover up.
William Russell, 26, a Boston native, traveled to Guatemala as a carpenter with Pan American railroad crews in 1895. He describes brutal living costs and meals, claiming Guatemala’s silver currency devalues wages and food, and notes government stamping coins to suppress U.S. cash use.
Tom Reed at Portland argues borrowing and lending are natural, profitable acts benefiting both lender and borrower. He notes money’s value, its potential to buy goods, and the risk of not reclaiming funds, urging practical terms and mutual trust in financial exchanges.
Congressman W E Mason scolds voters for being hen headed recalling four years ago surge of persuasion by Democrats. He contrasts farmers told they were poor and overcharged with the claim they believed the rhetoric once, then again, mocking the fool me twice line.
A quoted exchange labels Senator Brice a "great society man" and “son hunter” while jesting that in a war he would invite the enemy's generals to dinner on day one. The remark appears in Truth.
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