Free coinage fears and mining politics in 1897 debate
A 1897 roundup notes economists warning on free coinage and gold prices, cites McKinley prosperity talk, and critiques Oregon mining coverage. It rails against the Statesman for biased reporting on Snake River routes while praising local Salubria progress, a county fair, and plans for electric lighting.
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Lynar
Mountini
Spake River
Huntington
Idaho
Statesman
Baker City
Oregon
Snake River
Washington County
Oregon News
Oregon Channel
Idaho Daily
Donahue Eyes Copper Mines Near Seven Devils Region
Salt Lake mining man P J Donahue visited the recity area to inspect copper prospects in the Seven Devils belt. He collected samples and plans return within weeks if results are satisfactory. Local activity rises as the Ameler project nears readiness for a 60 ton daily capacity and Peacock mine dumps show copper ore. Several mines nearby are undergoing work aimed at early production and smelting facilities are in place.
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Snake River
Seven Devils
Copper Syndicate
Montana
The
Statesman
P.J. Donahue
Salt Lake
Lake
Wapper
Amelier
Thorn
Peacock
Famelter Gota
Nety
Price Suill Lown
Fate of a threatened strike and Chinese labor plan exposed
The Chicago Times-Herald reports a plan to break a northern district strike by bringing 800 Chinese miners from New York to a guarded stockade near Wilmington Healdwood, with 260 arriving next Tuesday and 1000 more conditioned on initial success, amid a broader anti immigrant alarm and calls for drastic political change.
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Chicago Times-Herald
New York
Chicago
Chinese Six Companies
Wilmington Cost Company
Lye Wines
Wilmington-Healdwood
One of Goodwin's Poems Appears in Salt Lake Press
A poem by Judge Goodwin frequently appears in his editorials in the Salt Lake Press and is noted as part of his literary offerings. The piece reflects his public writings and is referenced as a recurring feature in the publication.
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Goodwin
Judge
The Phonograph of Memory and Eternal Echoes
A narrative about a phonograph as a bridge between life and afterlife. The device preserves voices of the past, reviving memories of loved ones and moments long gone, offering comfort and a sense of reality beyond death. The essay contrasts Edison’s device with memory itself, praising the power to conjure familiar sounds and scenes from youth.
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Bimu
Unik
Simons
Sears
Edison
One Who Knows Taunts Huntington Herald Letter Writers
A long satire targets One Who Knows and the Sianal editors over alleged fraud tied to the Kleinschmidt case and alleged Eastern investor swindles. It defends the smelter venture and notes no attack on a Seven Devils company, while criticizing coverage as biased and unreliable.
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Huntington Herald
Siavan
Kleinschmidt
Siawal
Sianal
Sia. Nal
Faves and
Locke
Seven Devils
Hanco
Controversy Over Protective Tariffs and Economic Impact
The piece denounces tariff protection as a scheme that boosts prices for all consumers while enriching a protected industrial class. It argues tariffs fuel higher costs, subsidize trusts, and displace domestic industries, claiming increased prices hurt American workers and families.
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Pamlgiar Parc
Hunel Herald
Aly
America
Taviflif
Moulding the Manacles Dispatch on Bank Reform Plan
Washington dispatch Nov 7 outlines a proposed monetary reform by a commission led by John Bulli. It envisions replacing current notes with a single national currency backed by gold and 3 percent bonds, a currency board, bank closures, and government redemption of silver and subsidiary coins, with broad powers for the currency board to adjust notes and authorize new banks as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AisWerta HS
Eid
John O Bulli
Lts
Currency Board
Treasury
Nation Bank
Bank of Issue
Seiverad Bank of Reserve
Bank Suulia
Jin Tihuswal
United Sttes
Dios
Fei
United States
Watem
Correne Board
Pew
Monetary Commission
Commission
Congress
Lynnn Gage
Wolk Wandag
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Werhich
Louis Sommer
Ohio
John Eherman
Bullit
Ilinois
Salubria
Inas
McKinley
Prosperity
Minneapolis
Bryan
Hanna
Holy Temple of Fame
Nis
Orice
Welser
Sommercamp
Mitchell
OPP & Davis
Walton Ballling
Weiser
Weiser's Pioneer Drug Store
Thi
Bkiers
Cuvid
Amun
B. M. Tenney
Auocen
Hox A Specialey
JW Campell
Jon Lett
FM Mixon
Masonic Building
Paynton
Proprienoe
Obabin Kates
Ceti
Mee
Tom Hhl Ispalgh
Gerry Snow
Geneva
Pugh & Roberts
Cohur
Portland
OR & N Ooean Strambers
Yokobomm
Hong Korar
Northern
Paeile Steamship Co
H. Hurlburt
NovTo-Hue
Lanio
Arena
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