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Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 May 1864
(ed; 5 inches)
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p.2, col.2
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1987 - L. May 25; ed:2/2 - There is an "abominable gang" of speculators
at work in New York City, through whom beef is being run up to such ap-
palling figures. "The remedy is to eat no beef, buy no beef, until the
price of beef is brought down." (5)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 October 1864
(ed; 11 inches)
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p.2, col.1
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1988 - L. Oct. 6; ed: 2/1 - A financial crisis of the country is rapidly
approaching. The operations of gold gamblers and speculators have ex-
hausted the power of the Republic, and panic has begun. The failure
of the Chicago banks, and the hurried fall of produce show that a fi-
nancial storm is brewing whiclı is to sweep like fury over the land.
"The merchants and manufacturers who still cling to inflated prices,
may find that they have pulled their own buildings down on their heads.
Those who are wise will convert their goods into greenbacks of the na-
tion as soon as possible." e - (11)