Congressmen and labor debate monitory per capita currency
Scranton Times contends Vermont and Maine may vote for McKinley and Hobart. It cites Powderly defending American labor against free coinage and tariff liberalism, arguing honest dollars, open mills, and renewed investment are key to employment and prosperity. Ex Senator Edmunds makes Free Coinage critique in Philadelphia.
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The Theater and Society in Public Morals Debate
The article discusses the large and rising spend on theatrical entertainments versus church attendance, noting theaters attract many more weekly audiences. It argues the stage both enriches social life and faces moral scrutiny, suggesting a conservative middle ground that the theater, despite defects, serves public benefit while trending toward frivolity over serious art.
Stage and politics warn of unrest as 1806 7 season opens
Philosophers note stage diversity reflects broader social tremor as century ends bring unrest in theater, politics, and society. The piece argues theatre should educate and not corrupt, while noting American cities moving toward business like governance with taxpaying interests.
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Visory
Boston
Maine Republicans ride strong support in early returns
Early Maine results show steadfast backing for the Popperade nominee for vice president and a large Republican plurality likely over 45 000. The report cautions against overconfidence and urges the campaign to bury Bryant in Tom Reed's district due to solid protection and sound money support.
Reed’s Maine campaign speech on currency and prosperity
The extract praises sound argument and national prosperity under the dollar standard while warning against issuing government money. It argues for safeguarding honest debt obligations, warns of bankruptcy if currency is devalued, and notes Bryan’s case against Sewall for breach of promise in contrast.
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Chicago
Boston mayor’s unofficial advisory council boosts reform
Since Joelah Quincy’s election, merchants and real estate boards joined a municipal advisory committee. The nonpartisan group guides policy, securing broad support for improvements. Boston Common Fund has allocated nearly 2 million dollars to ventures beyond party lines.
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Free Coinage and Miner Wages Crumble Under Silver Debate
Discusses how free coinage would halve miners' wages from 70 to 35 grains of gold per day and shift half wages to mine-owners. Satirical notes critique politicians and media on silver, gold standards, and campaign stances with references to Bartine, McKinley, Singerly, Bryan, and international views.
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Mexico
United States
Runaway Bloomers on a Windy Hill
Poem fragment by Jeanette Elizabeth Fowler describes an autumn day with a steep dusty hill and a bloomer girl on a shining wheel. A strong gusty wind lifts a riding wheel as a solitary riderless path unfolds.
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What the Trouble Is in the West
A critical editorial echoing Emporia Gazette argues Kansas faces population loss and capital flight for eight years. It claims neighboring states gain wealth and people while Kansas suffers a drain, and mocks local leaders and anti reform rhetoric, urging change.
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Kansas portrait in a prewar political note
A satirical sketch critiques Kansas politics and economy, arguing the state faces no real trouble despite mounting wealth loss and population decline. It claims Kansas philosophers and reformers warn against overproduction, while defending Kansas’ agriculture and independence.
Speech by C Btuart Patterson on silver standard and money
Patterson argues the Chicago platform calls for 16 to 1 silver coinage only when market ratios justify it. He separates money as medium of exchange from money as standard of value and cites growth in population trade banks and the shift to a standard of value as central to monetary policy changes.
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Commodore Singerly
Harrisburg
Thother Singerly
Chicago
United States
Colis
Simple Statement on World Silver Coin Values
The Globe Democrat cites about 400000000 in silver coin worldwide with most coined at 15 to 1. Market values place total silver in all forms between 20000000 and 33000000. Even with free U S coinage, Bryan's claim of a 1 billion value is shown as absurd when contextualized against global populations and metal supplies.
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Diryan
United States
Bryan
New York Sun Drummer Noon Speech Fuld Advocates Gold Dollar
Fuld, traveling for a New York cloak house, spoke at Broadway and Prince Street at a drummers' noon meeting. He argued that a gold dollar has universal value and purchasing power, urging competitive testing of monetary standards before adoption.
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Dollar coinage debate sparks cautious critique
Commentators challenge William Jennings Bryan on a free and unlimited coinage bill. They argue that his claim the dollar will buy the same as the gold dollar is fantastical and unlikely to gain broad public support.
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Knee action remark sparks cycling chat in dining room
In a dining room scene Mrs Wickwire questions a remark about a trotter named Johnson. The speaker praises the trotter’s form and knee action, confusing it with a bicycle girl, reflecting an old time newspaper voice and social tone.
What is the difference between puffs and wrappers
A political item from the Times-Herald quotes a major debating differences among named figures and Buffalo Bill. The major claims Buffalo Bill was a show, implying a distinction between performance and substance.
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Havana
Wisconsin
The Poor Man's Dollar Value Debate
A brief tract argues the sliver dollar has only three cents in value. It asserts the workingman’s dollar, earned by labor, should be the strongest currency in the market.
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