06 Feb 1895
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1895
Page
1
The Baltimore Manufacturer's Record reports U S corn production last year fell about 400 million bushels below the long term average. With two recent years under the average, the nation opens the next crop year with minimal stocks and likely high prices even if a 2 billion bushel harvest occurs.
Delegates from almost every state and territory prepare for the annual session in Raleigh with tributes to Dr. Sam A Williams who died in his Warren boarding house. Legislation adjourns to honor his memory as a fire devastates Cary mills and a railroad sale nears in Spartanburg.
The News and Courier is praised for offering premiums that allow two hogs to grow where one did, and big hogs to replace smaller ones. The item extols the newspaper for increasing meat supply and serving cattle raisers, calling it a public benefactor.
A sharp observer notes no financial legislation this session as a $100,000,000 bond issue is printed to tide over stringency. Secretary Carlisle remains confident of spring revenue gains. The piece covers party faction fights, nominations, House altercations, and broader political unrest across the Capitol.
An American Tobacco Co. agent posing as a jobber spied the Brigg’s cigarette machine in Thomasville North Carolina. The expert machinist escaped before tar and feathers were applied and filed a report that likely underpins the forthcoming infringement suit.
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