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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1896
Page
4
A four line telegram from Cuanpaiaua New York notes potatoes at auctions bring two and a half cents a bushel as farmers burn them. The item is cited as illustrating the era of dear money and devalues currency, with gold at five times its value. It concludes by blasting those who hoard gold and government at the expense of others.
Raleigh diary notes on a Raleigh Democratic Executive Committee meeting with seventeen of fifty seven members favoring “sound money” gold. It contrasts American drinking customs with Europe and reports on white caps violence in Mt Airy, railroad deals, and political commentary from the era.
The jury in the Albert Franklin and wife case in Lenoir North Carolina found them guilty of murder in the second degree for poisoning Fay Green, the first husband of Mrs. Franklin. The jury began deliberations Wednesday night after the trial started Thursday of last week.
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