Silver money crisis sparks call for international bimetallism
The article reviews Edward Leech's June piece on monetary history and silver demonetization. It argues that halving silver in global money would force gold dominance, causing universal hardship and potential bankruptcy, and advocates international bimetallism with emphasis on Europe, India, and the United States.
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Edward
U. S
Leech
Europe
Mining & Scientific Review
Silver League
England
India
United States
Fyam
New H
New England
Musical Miscellany and Notable Figures From History
Backers are tied to Scotland for long held musical use, while Greeks and Romans first played it. Hartford Times notes Mike Nolan earned 214000 from Annie Rooney rights and 16000 from I Whistled and Waited for Kate. Erik Sront, Denmark born music teacher to Princess of Wales, dies at 64. son of Italian tenor, educated in Leipsic. Tone artists rarity cited in Paderewski praise. Rubenstein wonders why music remains unattainable by women.
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Scotland
Hartford Times
Mike Nolan
Annie Rooney
Kate
Erik Sront
Ezarina
Russia
Denmark
Leipsic
Paderewski
Rubenein
Exposition Pickings Shows World Fair Preparations
Dex TMank allocates 47000 for the world’s fair. Over 189 exhibitors listed from VP. Foreign state appropriations exceed 84509009. Silk bodies plan a large exhibit of silk goods and resources. A 169 by 260 foot Union building costing 100000 will rise near Horticultural hall for music and choruses. Peruvian Indians and native paintings reportedly to be shown by Peru.
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Dex
Tn Silk Association of America
The
Silk Industry Association
Horticultural Hall
Peru
American Men and Women in Brief Social Notes
Dawn Lawant's income rose from 15 a week ten years ago to about 100 000 a year today. Mrs. Clannison gains as a water color artist with works gracing the White House. Mrs. West, wife of the Missouri senator, is a quiet domestic woman of slender build and dark brown eyes. Bessett Laurrison begins reporting as a congress press gallery applicant for the Elena Journal. Wilde jars readers with a remark contrasting Mrs Leslie's industry to his own indolence.
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Dawn Lawant
Elena Journal
Frank Leslie
Wilde
Leslie
Royals and Rulers Move and Messages Across Europe
The king of Greece speaks twelve languages while the emperor of Austria writes weekly to the pope. Carmen Sriva the queen of Roumania recovers and plans a Bucharest return after months in Pellanza. The king and queen of Portugal relocate to Ne cessidades palace as the empress orders 50 000 rose trees planted around Heine’s statue atop Corfa rock over 2000 feet high.
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Greece
Austria
Carmen Sriva
Roumania
Bucharest
Pellanza
Portugal
Heine
Corfa
Our Southern Neighbors and Colonial Changes
Brazil holds two million acres of coffee. Census data for New South Wales shows 1,132,234 residents, up 569,766 since 1881. Empress Josephine’s marble slab will join Panama’s world fair exhibit with official consent for removal. Mexico has had fifty four presidents in sixty two years, with frequent upheavals and one emperor Maximilian, while Pronto seeks government changes.
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Brazil
Tur
New South Wales
Empress Josephine
Panama
Prorto
Mexico
Maximilian
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Relief for Coughs
Two trial offer for Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds promises relief or refund. Sufferers from La Grippe report speedy recovery after use. Free sample bottles offered at J R Weston’s Drug Store Lange Wy end Si.
Reminting Silver Coins and the Treasury’s Profit
The piece explains why the United States Treasury remints abraded silver coins including half dollars, quarters, and dimes. It notes 14 to 15 million dollars of worn coins in vaults, the profit from face value versus bullion value, and the $100,000 appropriation to reimburse losses from abrasion. It also describes the weight and handling challenges of silver dollars and the shift to paper substitutes in commerce.
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Congress
Sam
Treasury
Washington Star
Washington
United States
History of cremation and new devices plus a giant pink diamond
A serialized note traces cremation as a 19th century shift with the first U S cremation sixteen years past in Ohio and cites a growing number of crematories in cities like Washington Lancaster Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati Detroit Atlanta Davenport Los Angeles Buffalo Troy and Waterville The piece also mentions a Paris barrel organ note and a newly found large pink diamond at the Koffeyfontein mine in Australia weighing thirteen and a half karate with unclear price confidence in its value.
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Haron von Palm
Cincinnati
Toledo Bee
Washington
United States
Lancaster
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Detroit
Atlanta
Davenport
Los Angeles
Duffalo
Troy
Waterville
N. Y
Wright
Koffeyfontein
Australia
Dr King's New Discovery Claims Cough Cure Power
A testimonial touts Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a promise of cure for throat chest and lung diseases. Trial bottle offered free at J R Weston's Drug Store and large bottles priced at 1.00 and 61 00.
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Dr. King
J. R. Weston’s
Deep Water Versus Shallows Warns on Long Island Sound Dangers
A longshore hotelman with thirty years on the Westchester shore argues the danger is greater from prolonged deep water swimming than shallow shore wading. He notes drownings are rarer at deep-water sites than at Coney Island, but sickness and fatigue from long exposure in the open sea can be deadlier, while shallow areas allow quick rests and recovery.
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Coney Island
Ockaway
New York Sun
Westchester
Sound
Bewitched Cows, Bucks County Farmers See Ghostly Cure
A Philadelphia milk dealer recalls a winter visit to Bucks County farms where villagers claimed witches afflicted cows. A ritual involved cabalistic writings on shed doors, a milk pot with paris green fumes, and gunpowder toads exploding while prayers were recited. Cows recovered slowly and some died.
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Bucks County
Philadelphia Record
Paris
Ocean Currents and the Global Circulation
An English writer argues currents form one grand system driven by all winds and by land and sea shapes. He notes prevailing wind direction and coastlines define currents, downplaying Earth's rotation and suggesting only strong density contrasts could swap equatorial and polar waters.
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U.c
Globe
Gibraltar
London Leaders Debut New Dinner Party Rule
Prominent London hosts ban couples from attending the same dinner. They argue wives are livelier and more charming when unaccompanied, while husbands talk better and entertain more freely without their spouses present to later cross examine them.
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London
Mayfair
Belgravia
Deserving Praise for Dr Kings Remedies and Bucklin Salve
Advert says merchants offer Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Dr Kings New Life Pills Bucklin s Amnica Salve and Electric Bitters with universal satisfaction. They guarantee results and promise refunds if not satisfactory. The notice claims strong merits of these remedies.
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Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Bucklin
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