Empire State of the North and Its Crops in Orleans County
A reader letter from Orleans County New York describes winter hardships and a thriving bean crop. Details cover bean yields, planting and harvesting methods, a push for higher duties to curb imports, and local fruit farming, with notes on politics and regional economy.
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OxLfaxs County
New York
Americas Recorder
Georgia
Orleans
United States
Monroe
Italy
Germany
France
Washington
Committee of Ways and Means
Albion
Lke
Grain Output by the South Surprises Northern Views
The 1889 report from the United States Department of Agriculture shows the South produced 610,517,000 bushels of corn, 55,009,000 of wheat, and 7714,000 of oats, totaling substantial grain. Over ten years the South’s grain output rose by over 220,000,000 bushels, challenging the notion that the region grows only cotton and sugar.
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United States Agricultural Department
South
Georgia campaign quiet as candidates begin to emerge
The Macon Telegraph notes Georgia politics only now stirring with one announced gubernatorial candidate and several men under suspicion. Expected contests include Judge Guerry in the second district, Senator Dupree in the third, Judge B W Harris in the fourth, Judge Lawson in the eighth, and Tom Watson active in the tenth with more to come.
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Macon Telegraph
Georgia
Guerry
Dupree
8. W. Harris
Lawson
Tom Watson
Who will be Georgia's next Governor in 1880s?
The piece discusses possible Georgia gubernatorial candidates including Northen Livingston Blount and Col J H Estill, noting regional interests, campaign timing, and pay discouraging some from running. It also shifts to national topics including Montana Senate contests, emigration impacts, the Florida Sub-Tropical Exhibition in Jacksonville, and a John Temple Graves address.
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Georgia
Northen
Livingston
Congressman Blount
Macon
Congress
Col
J. H. Estill
Savannah
Estill
Jacksonville
Opposition to a foreign ballot law voiced by Governor Hill
Governor Hill of New York opposes the Australian ballot system as publicized by the press. He argues it is expensive, cumbersome, and erodes citizen self reliance by having the state print tickets. He favors secret compartments for voters and broader state registration to curb corruption and enhance electoral reform. The piece also mentions race tensions in Leavenworth, weather forecasts, and political opinions on Cleveland and Maryland legislators.
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Gibbs
Madison
North
Gordon
W.J. Walthall
United States
Demara
British Guinea
Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society
N. D. Davis
Davia
Senate
Major Walthall
Georgia Senate
Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of
Davis
Governor Hill
New York
Hill
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Empire State OF the North
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Cesar
Clay
J.D. Binimas
East Carnton
Orleans County
N. Y
Eufaula
Wm. D. Kelley
Pennsylvania
Judge Kelley
Montana
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Ways and Means Committee
House
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Texas
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White House
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Grover Cleveland
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Gazette
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