Mexican Dollar Fake Teaches Hard Lessons in Bonds and Cattle
A Peru Indiana exchange letter from 1806 mocks offers to swap Mexican dollars for meat and American dollars. It claims Portuguese gold bonds are superior and cites Portugal's 1853 gold standard, while noting bond values and the era's banking claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Mesara
Phil Armour & Co
Chicago
Til
Dean Sim
Portugal
Europe
Bryan
Columnias Meat Market
London
Lincoln Bryan analogy spans era and party foes
A comparison links Wm J Bryan to Abraham Lincoln, arguing New York viewed Lincoln as a revolutionary while Bryan is seen as leading a reform cause. The piece cites Dred Scott criticism and notes contemporaries like Lovejoy and Sumner, drawing parallels with modern leaders Altgeld Tillman Weaver and Teller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Bryan
New York City
Abraham Lincoln
Workman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lincoln
West
Illinois
New York
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Bryan
Lovejoy
Wendel Phillips
Charles Summer
William Lloyd Garrison
Altgeld
Tillman
Weaver
Teller
Brooks
Sumner
Lincoln and Bryan in public contrast at Cooper Union
The article contrasts Lincoln and Bryan as perceived by Eastern press and audiences. Lincoln spoke extempore to about 2500 at Cooper Union, while Bryan drew over 12,000 in Madison Square Garden, both denouncing the rich and powerful and facing elite indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Akward
Backwoodeman
Cooper Union
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Nerve tonics and hotel sale listed in Winnemucca ad page
An ad segment touts Hoodra sarsaparilla as a nerve tonic and Chamberlains medicines sold by W A Brown. It also advertises a hotel property for sale in upper Winnemucca and promotes Union Pacific train service with schedules and through cars for eastbound travel from Winnemucca and Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Winnemucca
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
St. Paul
Denver
Ogden
H. Kitto
Southern Pacifo
D. E. Burley
Union Pacific Co
Salt Lake
Order to Show Cause in Ritchie Estate Sale
In the Humboldt County Nevada district court an order to show cause is issued. Josephine Ritchie as administratrix seeks authorization to sell part of the James Ritchie estate. A hearing is set for October 19, 1896 at 10 a.m. in Winnemucca. Publication of the order is required for four weeks in the Sitven STATE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court OF
TIE Bec
Judicial District
State of
Nevada
Humboldt
James Ritchie
Josephine Ritchie
Winnemucca
Sitven
A. E. Cheney
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Pumtienen
The
Silver State Publishing Company
Utica
Silver State” Block
Cor
Paer Bureau Report
Innemucca
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Arthur Sewall
Maine
Monpay
Serremper
Lincoln and
Hood
W. F. Benjamin
Spectator
Rashford
N. Y
Chamberlain
Dexter
Iowa
W. A. Brown
Upper
Thomas Suoine
Busch Hotel
East
Siawi
Hoods
J. Hood & Co
Lowell, Masseure
Robt
M. Clarke
H. Warren
Attorneys AT Law
Wise Building
Henry Hagar
Wossemecca, Nevada
Wilcox
Post
T. C. Hanson
the Eagle Drug Store
W. S. Bonnifield
Attorney AT Law
Wisnemuceca
Pablo Laverga
F. M. Fellows
A.D. Wilcox
California
Paradise
Kentucky
E. Reinhart & CO
M. Hofman
GO TQ
First National Bank
Wimemagca
NEVA
F. M. Lee
J. Sibbald
Geo. S. Nixon
D. V. McBride
Casale
Mutual Life Insurance
Compa New York
M. B. Staunto
Rockies
Humboldt Soda and Bottling Works
Depot House
G.A
Krenkel
Waukesha M
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