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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1892
Page
2
Brief 1802 Durham item notes Hackney Bakvor Pro on a Wednesday entry with a date line from June 15. The fragment offers limited context and names without a clear event.
The News-Observer reports Col Polk died Saturday morning at Garfield Hospital after a brief illness linked to long term strain and blood poisoning. Born April 24 1837 in Anson he rose from farmer’s son to NC state legislator and Civil War officer. his eloquence and leadership defined his public life and the Farmers Alliance.
The article traces Cal Polk’s career from early State Grange influence and helping establish the Department of Agriculture in 1877 to becoming North Carolina’s first agriculture commissioner. It notes his editorial work with The Raleigh News, then the News and Observer merger, founding and expanding the Progressive Farmer, leading the Farmers' Alliance, and his national prominence before his sudden death, which shocked farmers from Canada to the Gulf.
Rain fell nearly every day last week yet aided tobacco setting in parts of the West where ground stayed damp. Many planters rushed tobacco while corn planting lagged, but weather delays and late field work kept acres smaller than potential. Virginia North Carolina and nearby states report better conditions and increased acreage, with East Tennessee and northern areas showing favorable prospects.
In Gurarin Oklahoma Territory on June 12 two assaults by a negro on white women trigger a mob and lynching fears. A later night clash near the jail ends with police dispersing a crowd as armed citizens patrol the streets. The city of about ten thousand reports widespread unrest and calls for order.
An exchange quips that if an ordinary woman were muscled like a flea she could throw a man three miles, reflecting a hyperbolic boast about strength and athletic prowess.
The report cites cotton production statistics for North Carolina and other states, noting acres cultivated rose by 254 053 in North Carolina from 1879 to 1890 but yields fell by 53 353 bales, with 389 598 bales in 1879 80 and 336 245 in 1889 90. It also covers the Minneapolis Convention ticket choice, naming Whitelaw Reid as the Republican VP candidate, and mentions a tonic advertisement for Syrup of Pigs.
A fisherman near Five Mile Point pulled up a 5.5 pound rock with six large shellfish attached. The inhabitants resemble giant mussels with turtle like necks and a beak, and were shown at the Denver market where one man dubbed them sea canaries.
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