Eight World Woe Warns of False Gold Dreams
An archaic lament warns that some rush for wealth when misled by promises of gold. The speaker notes readiness to abandon caution and travel wrong paths seeking money, risking loss and folly.
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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1896
Page
4
Runaway Engine Narrows Escape From Fatal Wreck
A railway brakeman recounts a runaway locomotive incident on a nighttime run. The engineer attacked him and drove the train toward disaster. the brakeman uncoupled the train, slowed the cars, and alerted crews. The runaway derailed in a ditch two miles away, sparing a passenger train from a sixty mile per hour collision. passengers donated a purse in gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lcab
Free silver rhetoric targets Wall Street Shylocks in debated coinage
A vocal piece argues against free coinage 16 to 1, labeling creditors as Shylocks who would lose millions if silver dominates currency. It enumerates banks, pensioners, life insurers, and various companies as beneficiaries of honest money, while portraying debtors as victims of reduced value. The author cites figures on deposits and policy values to claim a political finance imbalance.
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Wall Street
Woods
Prairies
Manufacturig and
Mer—Ea
Tent Technione
Byron W. Holt
Mexico
China
Congress
Whidden Graham
Walnut Tree in Crimean Baidar Valley Yields Century Nuts
A walnut tree in the Baidar Valley near Balaklava Crimea is at least a millennium old. It annually produces 80,000 to 106,000 nuts and is owned by five Tartar families who divide the harvest equally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baidar
Balaklava
Crimea
Unparalleled Sale of Dry Goods and Groceries at Higher Prices
A large sale advertises 44 606D ABVa per cent dry goods clothing hats booth groceries and hardware at marked up prices. Women’s hats priced at 7 cents and coats sold below former prices. The notice promises big advances relative to other stores and warns the sale lasts only two weeks with mail order options. The ad is from a Purifield based dealer in Calamity County, N G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Inflationary coinage debate from Judge Aldredge
Judge George N. Aldredge argues against silver coinage at 16 to 1, warning that free coinage would inflate prices and harm both farmers and manufacturers. He notes the equal impact on buyers and speculators, using a farmer example of selling a dog for $100 paid in pups to illustrate the diminished benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Aldredge
Michigan Vote History on 16 to 1 Platform
In 1892 Michigan saw a tight contest between Democrats and Republicans. In 1894 Democrats nominated a popular governor on a straight 16 to 1 platform, losing by 106,892. Six months later a state election kept 16 to 1, with a majority against them of 80,407.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
How to Tell Good Money
The fragment cites Henri Cernuschi as an eminent politician quoted by free coinage advocates who praise money. It hints at a discussion of money’s nature and valuation with an echoed political stance on coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Cernuschi
All Prices Would Advance
A brief note asks whether free silver would push wheat to 1 per bushel and lift corn prices. It presents a hypothetical link between monetary policy and agricultural commodity prices, with readers invited to consider the potential impact on staple grains.
Gravel work method noted for efficiency and cost
An old editorial notes that a single laborer with tools can replace ten loads of gravel by continuously spreading material along a road. The custom uses wheelbarrow and hand tools at a rate of $125 per day, assuming 240 working days a year for five miles of new road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Dayton
Herald
Buckingham Dye for Whiskers Proves Easy at Home
The dye product Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers can be applied at home and colors brown or black evenly. Its simple use and consistent success drive its strong popularity among users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Timber from Roadside Trees
Scattered roadside and fence corner trees develop tougher wood due to exposure to sun and wind. Oaks and hickories grown in this way gain fiber strength. Farmers with such timber can field inquiries and may find a good market with some effort.
Piso’s Care for Consumption Praised by Chester Resident
A Chester Florida reader, Wm B McCiellan, praises Piso’s Care for Consumption as a God send in a letter dated Sept 17 1896. A recipe for pickled blackberries outlines three quarts berries with syrup of three cups sugar two thirds cup vinegar plus one teaspoon cinnamon and allspice, cooked fifteen minutes then sealed in jars. A note adds a young enthusiastic girl enjoys dancing in the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester, Florida
The Ideal Man and Woman's Congress Debates
An English paper lauds the ideal man as a near myth while a San Francisco congress explores the evolving role of women. The piece notes no firm conclusions beyond the rarity of the perfect man and critiques idealized gender norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
San Francisco
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other household remedies
An old newspaper item lists Hall’s Catarrh Cure at 75 cents and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents. It also contains humorous quips about women stepping out, bicyclists, and quarreling couples, reflecting period social attitudes.
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