Silver War Rages Over Global Money Policy and Education
The piece argues that silver demonetization was a political myth and gold dominance persists. It criticizes European influence on U S currency policy and urges public education to support bimetallism with both metals freely coinable. It cites 1870s and 1890s coinage details and calls for independence from British monetary standards.
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Washington
United States
Europe
William C. Cornwell
New York State Bankers’ Association
Bankers of Chicago
England
Andrew Jackson
Mary Lowe Dickinson Leads National Council of Women
Special correspondence profiles Mary Lowe Dickinson, New Englander by birth, New Yorker by adoption, as president of the National Council of Women. She blends teaching, writing, and executive work to advance women, guiding a 1,000,000 member body with 8,000,000 affiliated women worldwide.
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Mary Lowe Dickinson
National Council of Women
John B. Dickinson
New York
The
Silver Cross
King’s Daughters and Sons
University of Denver
Belles Lettres
Dickinson
Isabella Charles Davis
Spccial Economics
King’s Daughters
National Council
Mary Wright Sewall
National Woman Suffrage Association
Rachael Foster Avery
Department of Home
Washington
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Francis &. Bagley
Michigan
Mrs. Dickinson
Freak of Nature Oranges Arrive in United States
A Washington Star report traces the origin of the novel two story orange to a flower mutation called a sport. It likely originated in southern Asia and spread via the Mediterranean, reaching Bahia Brazil and the United States in 1870. Early plantings in California and Florida followed, with California fruits maturing faster. Florida crops, while less prolific, produce the finest examples.
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Washington Star
Asia
Mediterranean
Brazil
Mr. Saunders
Department of Agriculture
Orange House
Florida
California
Fashion in Fiji Women Wear Sulu and Pinafores in Public
Fijian women show grace alongside strong pride yet grow more burdened after marriage. Unmarried girls wear plaited hair and hibiscus adornments in dances, while in Suva and Levuka they favor blouse shaped pinafores. Interior wear the sulu from bark cloth tappa.
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Suva
Levuka
Fiji
Dangers of Pan Air Warn of Putrescent Breath
The article explains that condensation on window panes from groups of people can harbor organic matter. If burned, it emits a smell like singed hair, indicating life in the residue. Prolonged exposure leaves animalculae visible under a microscope and is tied to many headaches that could be avoided by better air circulation.
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Financial School
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Jefferson
Council of Women
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Women's Republican Association
Davis
Indianapolis
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