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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
2
The Silver State Publishing Company outlines daily delivery terms with Sunday exclusions and subscription options. It lists annual, half year, and carrier rates, plus advertising rates and commission permissions for subscriptions and advertisers in the Silver State block area.
Aug 14 186 season conditions show maximum 92 degrees minimum 52 and mean 72. Prevailing wind from the west with a velocity up to 77 mph. Barometer 25.72. Precipitation 0.00 for 24 hours. Observer Geo D Butcher notes weather ending 2 PM meridian time.
The author questions the meaning of sound money and compares buying power across 1873 and 1895. He argues the 1873 gold dollar bought far more than the 1895 dollar and notes the 50 cent coin was valued differently, challenging organ views on soundness and purchasing power.
The extract notes that 25 gold dollars bought a bale of cotton in 1804 500 pounds cost 20 gold dollars, while by 1883 gold bought less than one third as much yet no one called it unsound money. It questions why people accepted changing purchasing power and asks if the organs will explain.
The article discusses Germany’s tilt toward the United States on silver bimetallism, its historical demonetization of silver, and the impact on gold reserves and currency. It notes a Prussian call for an international conference to restore silver, amid a domestic mood favoring silver. It mentions gold imports and exports and the broader European context.
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