Fragmentary Observations on Society and Affairs
A collage of brief opinions and notices cites changing social norms with a new woman and old man, Macedonian-Turkish tensions, Kiel press gifts, New York reform, virtuous lawmakers, a census on altruists, and looming locusts affecting Midwest and Southern states. Names and places include Macedonia, Kiel, New York, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Georgia, Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Georgia
Howard
Agricultural Department
West Central
Oldest Man in the World Found by Frankfurt Journal
The Frankfurt er Journal notes a Heilbronn merchant as the oldest man in the world. In a letter to the editor he signs as a subscriber from the paper’s first appearance praising the Journal which marks its 280th year of existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurter Journal
Heilbronn
New Public Library Room to Feature World Newspapers
Boston hosts a special newspaper reading room in the new public library building. It will house representative newspapers from every country and in every language, with magazines and reviews barred. The room marks the first distinctively newspaper reading space in a U.S. educational institution, funded by a perpetual endowment of 2000 dollars yearly from the late J. H. Fiske.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Public Library
Boston
J. H. Fiske
Columbia College to Receive New Library and Donations
Public announcement states President Seth Low will grant Columbia College a library valued around 1,000,000 with W. C. Schermerhorn adding 300,000 for constructing a building on the new site. The New York Evening Post notes Low's total gifts approach six million, a record among American colleges aside from Chicago University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Low
Columbia College
W. C. Schermerhorn
New York Evening Post
Low
Chicago University
Tacoma's Cayuse Horse Canning Touts Flavor in Meat
A Tacoma Washington plant cans meat for the French market using Cayuse Indian horses. Visitors from Chicago sampled the product, finding it coarse yet tender and palatable, with fiber coarseness easily detected. The Times asks where the horse of the future will come from and the Plain Dealer suggests Bologna sausage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
New York Times
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Argentina Wheat Crop Costs and Possible U.S. Profit Signal
The Argentine report shows over 7,000,000 acres sown in wheat with harvesting costs around 220 million. Farmers may forego harvests. total crop yield hits 1.2 million tons worth about 48 million, a loss of 162 million. Exported crop stands at 540,000 tons with price about 4 per 100 kilos. The note suggests U.S. farmers might gain modest profits if Argentina loses money on wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
United States
International bimetallism and value restoration debate
John V. Farwell argues for international bimetallism to restore property values and counter gold dominance. He counters Comptroller Eckels and Mulhall, cites silver coinage, legal money, and economic history, urging a global monetary policy shift to stabilize prices and wealth.
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John V. Farwell
Eekels
J. V. Farwell
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Eckels
France
United States
Eckers
Mulhali
Europe
Mulhall
Lewis Wolowski
Money Commission of Inquiry
England
Congress
Bank of England
Cheadle
Eckelz
International Pimetallic Party
Party of Progress and Reform
Calvert
New Woman and Old Man in Modern Marriage Games
A discussion sparked by a Pittsburg Dispatch piece questions what the new woman will do with the old man. The piece suggests old or new is about ideas not age, urging clear aims for male sympathy, and weighing methods to convert or reform the partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
Humbug Rainmaker Confesses hoax in Cleveland
Frank Melbourne once known as a western rain king admits the whole rainmaking business was a humbug. He says he had no real power beyond others and that Americans enjoy being humbugged. Melbourne made and spent a fortune in the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Melbourne
Cleveland
Ohio
Melbourne
Teacher Why Are the Days So Short in Winter
Dull Boy explains the shorter days in winter by the longer nights. The exchange captures a humorous, childlike curiosity about seasonal daylight.
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Townsend Messenger
Stout & Watt
Montana
Turkey
Macedonia
Kiel
Swift
Edward Atkinson
Massachusetts
India
Hood
Peria Juranum
Emerson
Pope Mpg. CO
Seral
Hartforir
San Francisco
Providence
Buffalo
Columbia
Columbias
Caverb Hartford
Chicago and
St.Louis
San Winchell
Rerry
Emmert Proprietary CO
Alton
H. T. Clark Druc CO
Lincoln
Nebraska
DR. Sykes
Sure Cure CO
Caxton Bldc
Chidads
L. MA. Mo
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