National Money League backs gold standard amid heated debate
The executive committee of the internation al money league convened in New York on Nov 10 with members including Geers Leighton and Smalley. They debated the silver issue, proposed $1,600 for related expenditures, and urged a firm international monetary stance endorsing the gold standard over bimetallism.
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New York
Jengie Haset
Perent
Geers R. Leighton
St. Tavis
Genval Eserelars
V. Smalley
Henry Willard
Guatare Hsehwah
J. Kennedy Tull
J. P. Robinse
Edwin Burringwich
K Cowen MH. Inewalls
J. WY. Morwood
W. C
Shalley
M. C. George
Oresun
Theatin
George
Orendk Copen
Baltimore
A. Sterling Merton
League For Webenske
Bryan
Divciples
ARES
Oliver
Iaididates
W. Mt. Steme
Ate Itaurie
Arkansas
Charlten F. Libby
League
Tar
Maine
James Blair
St Loui
Willam
Cornwell
Buffalo
Louis H Kshrich
Calorado Springs
Colorado
Lebehtan
Cincinnar
Crdwag
Eprimiittes
Leviskrieh
Mr. Leighton
Smiley
Gus- Auge N.sebwat
Willand Cornwall
Hetory
Phinley
Congress
Department of the Treasury
Agkinioy
Nathisal i Miney League
Lois Krich
Colorado Springs
Piad
Rational Seimd Money Lease
St. Tamin
Republican Party
Bresene Civitestion
United States
War League Seeks Investment Backing for Gold Standard Plan
The message urges foreign friends to invest for national prosperity and safety while warning that the monetary system of the United States should rest on the gold standard. It notes the upcoming league meeting in Washington in January to discuss the plan.
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United States
League
Washington
Sophomore at Bates Endures Brutal Freshman Hazing
A Bates College sophomore Willis faced severe hazing by freshmen on a Saturday night. He was dragged from an entertainment, beaten, tied, and left at home with forehead marked 1903 in acid-containing preparation. Authorities say he fled to rest at home, forced to withdraw from college.
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Lewiston
Noy
Willis
Bates College
Ax Willey
Michel
Hatary
Witte
Ted
Antrus
Comparison of Greater New York and London Metropolises
The London government journal compares Greater New York with London, noting London is larger in area and population, has more police, more scholars and teachers, and more hospitals and cemeteries. It contrasts debt, social relief, churches, and crime rates, suggesting London’s crime under European terms would yield far more incidents than New York, with several proportional differences highlighted.
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Tastion
London
Ieadh Kovernment Journal
Greater New York
Ad Engish Metropolia
Greater London
New York
Hinemore
DPR United Ghirty
Tondor
Thea
New Orl
Double Deck Car Introduced By Chicago Railways
Chicago preview shows the first double deck streetcar to run from Lawndale to the AmIange Canal on the North Side line. Invented by GC te Pullisen and tested by the Chicago General Railway, the 26 foot long 18 foot high car seats with side entrances and signal buttons. Cost estimated at 137,000 dollars.
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Chicago
CMNY
Chicago General Hatheny Company
Lawndale
AmIange Canal
Georse AL
Chicago General Railway Company
Pull
Nevada District Attorney Shot by Son in Carson Death
The Nevada case centers on Charles A. Jones United States district attorney shot dead in Carson. Julian Guinan the 16 year old son of a local physician claims he killed to defend his father after Jones allegedly moved like drawing a revolver. The youth surrendered and confessed, stating his father warned about the attorney’s conduct and a Winchester rifle was used from a window. Miss Guinan embraced the deceased at the scene. Jones, about 23, married with a widow and child, had been a factor in rivalries with Guinan and others in Reno and Carson.
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Jones
Lispersia
Heath
Guinan
Eitidadt
Julan
Miss Guinan
Reno
Carson
Mike Gulign
Dy Guinan
Byuguinst Jones
Bor
Simplicity Itself and a Digestive Tablet Remedy
Dr Jernixom champions a universal indigestion cure via a fruit and vegetable essence mix with pepsin, sold as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. One tablet after meals digests meat and other foods, dissolving in the mouth to aid digestion, with fifty cent packs widely available through druggists. The firm offers free literature on digestive troubles.
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Jernixom
Penn
Ge&l
Stuart
Stuart Co
Louisville Sorrow Defeat Leaves City in Low Mood
Louisville voters rejected the constitutional amendment allowing first class cats to relate tax measures for municipal purposes. The defeat is seen as lowering business mood with banks likely to raise rates and stocks to fall. Estimated city deficit near two million dollars. Opposition to corporations and trusts cited as factor.
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Louisville
Banka
Flures
Margaret Mather's Property Attacked by Attachments
New York report details Margaret Mathers company facing financial trouble with two attachments on its effects at the Jersey City Academy of Music. Thomas Coleman demands his week’s salary or a guarantee, attaching the company’s property. Later H. P. Sculler at the Lyric theater Hoboken attaches Miss Mather’s property for breach of contract during a performance.
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Margaret Mather
New York
Margaret Mathers
Jersey City Academy of Music
Thomas Coleman
Eactturmas
Romeo and Tylet
Incandescent gas aims to revolutionize illumination
Germany reports a discovery of an incandescent gas with one set of ordinary-sized flames producing over a thousand candle power and readable print at 106 feet. The inventor claims a night of 1 candle power costs only 4% cents per hour, compared with 14 cents per hour for a 400 candle power electric lamp. Santa Fe Route California Limited advertises luxurious via Santa Fe with super vestibuled Pullman sleepers and fast service between Chicago and Los Angeles.
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Crefeld
Germany
State Department
Santa Fe
California
Popping Corks From Juju to White Men in Benin City
Reports from the dark regions under the protectorate recount superstitious rites in Hendi and the Benin area. Two protectorate officers penetrated the interior and faced hostile reception, learning Juju rites are hidden beyond the town. A soda bottle free the locals from fear when the white men tested the Juju seal. The expedition departed after warnings.
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London
Nigor
Benin City
Héndi
Opobe
Bendi
Leonard and
James
Skush
Mbendi
Night and Day watch for graves to deter theft
N Harman of the Valley Falls Vin dicator reports a local family guards a relative's grave to prevent grave robbers. Mrs. Ft. Rubinson, east of Valley Path, died last Thursday and was buried in Hose HM cemetery. The cause of death is unknown. The watch is kept daily and nightly from a covered wagon near the grave until they deem the danger past.
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N. Harman
Valley Falls
Topeks
Borhood
Secret Pension List Revealed in Chicago Discussion
Chicago residents debated a published list of elite pensioners drawing 35 a month and more. General John McNulta questioned secrecy, noting pensions granted by special acts and highlighting names like Mrs Gr e sham and John A. McClernand. The article mentions pensions from 50 to 75 dollars and details about special Congressional acts.
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Chicago
Ney
Sachers
John McNulta
Grand Army
Comereas
Ting
General Black
Greshm
John A. McClernand
Gresham
Congress
Berthudtusnd
Hisek
Layer House
Samuel J. Randall
General Shields
Coleone
McNulta
Olof Ekbers
Kansas
Olof Ekberg
Kansas Avenue
Bankrupt Somerville Maine A Debt ridden Town Revealed
From Beaton Herald Somerville Maine on November 4, 1891 the town's finances are grim with 1200000 in bonded Civil War debt and a tax rate of 50 to 60 percent. Real estate unsellable, taxes unpaid, and a mass of unpaid orders and liabilities show years of alleged fraudulent bonds and widespread financial collapse.
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New England
Kansas
Buffalo
Beaton Herald
Somerville
Monley
Jefferson
Augusta
Rockland
Maine
White House enhancements and cures noted during summer
At the White House President McKinley and Mrs McKinley are praised for summer improvements to the executive residence, including a Flemish room transformation with rugs, dark wood wainscoting, and refined decor. An anecdotal note mentions Mrs. Ate intey’s maid attending to visitors. The column promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bilious colic. It extols Union Pacific as a premier travel route with service and Pullman amenities. Endorsed products include White's Cream Vermifuge for children's worms and NoTo tooth substitutes for tobacco cessation.
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Washington
Washington Society
McKinley
White House
Chamberlain
Hospital Eskimo Child Meensey Brightens at Bellevue
Nov 10 Bellevue Hospital treats six Eskimo men and a young boy Meensey, son of Nouktur, for pulmonary troubles. While Nouktur’s bronchitis worsened into pneumonia, others improve. Meensey, learning English and guiding his sister, enjoys visits, art, and patient observation as doctors aim to make a full American out of the boy.
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Meensey
Bellevue
New York
Bekimor
Bellevue Hospital
Aer
Nouktur
Believas
Robert M. Baly
Murphy
Nooktur
Lark
Ukelt Bia Garis
Neoktur
Mat Handon
Smeensey
Dr. Borg
Aitle Meensey
Mat
Meeuwey
Ahwhkr
The Marriage Desk at the Alliance Review Office
A desk used by female telegraphers at the Alliance Cathy review office has become a running joke as editors note that women who held the post resigned to wed. Col Hinman peeped in and soon a telegram announced a son’s marriage, and the staff now quarrel over who will fill the desk, which remains vacant for now.
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Ofice of the Alliance
Cathy Review
Mares
Col
W. F. Hinman
Cork for pavements on Fifth Avenue New York
New York officials consider cork pavement mixed with rubber for Fifth Avenue from Twenty fourth to Thirty ninth Street to replace asphalt. The board of estimate approved paying 1500 dollars extra as asphalt would wear quickly in heavy traffic and become slippery in bad weather.
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New York
Acv
Commandoner Collie
Board of Estimate
Fifth Ave
Nus
Twenty-fourth
Thirtyainth Street
Asphalt Corpany
Recount Suggests 39 Vote Shift Could Help Gorman
Washington reports indicate that a hypothetical shift of thirty nine votes would have altered the Senate race outcome for Gorman. The data shows changes in Talbot Prince George's Carroll and surrounding counties, with adjustments affecting delegates and the House tally, alongside news of William Whitney and Mrs Whitney planning a New York voyage aboard the Majestic as President Coolidge expresses a wish for peace.
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Gorman
Senate
Washington
Marrh
Talbot County
Hat County
Prince George's
Tives
Heer
Ttm
Carroll
Ala
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A. Sterling Morton
Sound Money League
Nebraska
The
Chicago General Line
Julian Quinan
U. 8
Nevada
Lousville
Whtie Kere Tse
Hyeon
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Ulai
Denver
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Portland
Puget Sound
Union
Pullman
Lewis
Jc. Fulton
White
Geo. W. Stansfield
Miller's Pharmacy
Carnes Sixth
Topeke Avenue
NoTo Bae
Sterling Remedy Co
R. T. Kreipe
Cork
Fifth Avenue
Geo W. Stansfield
Miller's
Sith
Topeka Avenue
Topaz Palace
Levi Millinery
Crosby Bros
Whitney
Lawson
Wittiam , Whitpy
United States Navy
Swift
Fonda Apolmir
Gregneasiie
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