Alliance Department notes on progress and farming
Regular notes and opinions from the Alliance about farming progress. Corres pondence solicited. Ep.
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1889
Page
8
Alliance Initiatives From Farmers Alliances Across States
Reports describe a new Alliance store at Ft. Jessups Louisiana with strong sales. Alabama Farmers Alliance collects 150000 dollars cash toward their business agency fund and plans further payments. The Farmers Alliance Exchange will open in Birmingham led by Dr. H P Bone and Geo F Gaither. Denton Texas sees new Mill machinery promising thirty to fifty bushels per hour. Lodi Mississippi rebuilds after fire with a two story storehouse. Georgia Alliances oppose higher fertilizer prices, aiming to curb purchases and promote manure and compost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Alliance of Alabama
Farmers Alliance Exchange
Birmingham
Ala
H. P. Bone
Geo. F. Gaither
Alliance
Denton
Texas
Alliance Co-operative Company
Lodi
Miss
Georgia
Farm Advice on Manure, Crops, and Hog Raising
Agricultural notes urge using farmyard manure and pig fattening to improve finances. Farmers should conserve wood ashes and fertilizers, prune grapes early, and burn debris to reduce pests. Millet seed and pumpkins aid feed. whitewash protects trees, but avoid overdoing it and risk harming trunks.
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Fragmentary text appears to ponder a tree and the word LinkhK with a dated, fragmented lyric like cadence. The source offers no clear event or entities to anchor a proper summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walch
Farmers Alliance Meeting Examines Dakota Co operative Plan
In Des Moines a mass meeting of Iowa farmers under the Farmers Alliance discussed a proposed co operative system. The Dakota Alliance rep traced origins from a four year experiment, its incorporation with 250000 capital, county based organization, direct coal purchases, five year contracts for implements, and building wagons and facilities with a ten percent dividend on capital stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Farmers’ Alliance
Des Moines
Dakota Alliance
Ile
Bad investment ruins farmer after windfall
A farmer receives a $500 check on Monday and spends it quickly on loans, taxes, groceries, and a fancy cultivator. He soon owes over $100 in scattered debts, faces mortgage ruin of 20 acres worth $2000, and curses the loan company as he spirals toward financial ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanel
She Loan Company
Morturage
Poorman
Farmer
Poultry Farming Shows Room for Special Ventures
The article argues that poultry farming remains profitable as fowl and egg markets are strong. It notes large imports of eggs for manufacturing use but says home eggs fetch higher prices, suggesting opportunity for specialized poultry farming despite many failures from inexperience and poor skill.
Dangerous kerosene fires warned in cautionary tale
The piece warns about constant kerosene fire accidents and suggests a hazardous method using corn cobs in a paint pail to start a fire. It notes the risk and urges caution, contrasting with safer handling while recounting the dangerous idea.
Oats as Feed and Farm Economics
A western farmer compares oats with wheat showing feeding value and fertilizing impact. A ton of oats worth about 21 dollars could buy 2400 pounds of bran or middlings for 27 dollars, with greater value from the noon utilized portion. Wheat equivalents suggest similar farm value and feed substitution effects.
The Alliance as an Institute for Farm Work
The Alliance can perform the tasks of a Farmers' Institute and more. At every local alliance meeting practical questions should be discussed, covering political social and farm work issues. Encourage participation from quiet members with practical speeches over polished rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Organization
Raising Turkeys Plan From a Successful Raiser
A turkey raiser shares a historical method starting with pepper on the nest, then feeding poults custard with egg and milk, later switching to egg corn bread with milk and scalded clabber. Also suggests ashes for dusting, lime to peck, and ample water and milk to drink as they forage.
Inaugural Committee Plans Grand Washington Parade
I S Loomis reports on Chairman Britton and the inauguration committee in Washington. They occupy the Atlantic building to organize parade quarters hotels rail transport and ball displays. The finance subcommittee aims to raise a 50000 guarantee fund and two revenue streams tickets for the inaugural ball and rights to erect parade seats. Britton says arrangements are more elaborate this year with an expected large crowd and ticket sales projected around fifteen thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britton
Atlantic Building
Washington
Mr. Britton
Cleveland
Balldiny
Loomis
Cinsinnati Times
What Cured Her Modern Healer and a White Dust Cloth
A woman explains she healed without a healer. She walked again after seeing a ghostly figure, but the old lady learns it was just a white dust cloth over a broom handle. The Philadelphia Record reports the odd tale as a humorous instance of mistaken miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
A Nice Place to Live in the Keys
A Florida Keys letter reports some islets can host no domestic animals due to swarms of mosquitoes and biting insects. People outside must wear thick canvas and cover hands face and neck with gloves and veils. Lost Man's Key bans many animals though some banana and pineapple culture exists. nocturnal pets may die if kept there. Mosquito clouds are described as sometimes obscuring the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keys of Florida
Lost Man's Key
African Beauties and Their Noted Charms
A report describes travelers praising African women met near Zanzibar. The writer notes the women as young and pretty, openly curious yet reserved, inviting gentle touch but withdrawing when reciprocity is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Becker
Zanzibar
Accomplished but Disreputable Governor Count O Danne
The piece profiles Count O Danne, a former German royal military governor to Prince William, now on trial in Berlin for fraud. It recalls his career, alleged misuse of the prince’s name to raise funds, a prior espionage arrest, and possible lengthy imprisonment if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York Tribune
Monte Carlo
Prussia
Berlin
Prince William
Kaiser Wilhelm VI
Baron von Liebenan
Menus Plusius
Prince Wiliam
Bes
O’ Danne
Prince Witham
St. Petersburg
O'Danne
Erm
Ison
Potsdam
Kader
Comte O Dbanne
Lyons
Reach War Office
Col . Paine
Nasty blow as Prussia prince to wed in Germany
Labouchere in London Truth denounces Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia wedding Princess Louise of Augustenburg as a damaging match for England. The match links a wealthy Prussian heir to German royalty, with ties to the German empress and queen, and echoes past arrangements involving British royals and French ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Louise of Augustenburg
England
Labouchere
London
Prince Frederick Charles
Prince Frederick
Connaught
Germany
Berlin
Louise
Prince Christian
Adelaide
Hohenlohe Langenberg
Louis Napoleon
Saxony
Albert
Old Madeira Wines of Savannah Detail Century Oldties
The Savannah News describes long established Madeira stock in Savannah with families holding all Saints Madeira imported in 171 and 1708 the year of the great fire. It notes two pipes from that year tied to Gibbons and Heyward and Hunter wine acquired by heirs. One owner holds twenty lots from Newton Gordon with prices cited up to 130 per lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeira
Svannah
William Gibbons
Nat Heyward
South Carolina
Gibbons
Heyward
Hunter
de Renne
Newton Gordon
Savannah
Japanese Children Among World Travelers
A writer notes Japanese youth as courteous, contented, and studious amidst a world tour. He describes hair routines for boys and girls, back carries for infants, wooden clogs, and school life with children starting at age five, often excelling in early American education but lagging behind later in adult comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Japan
America
White Cape flionirish bess observed in solitary communities Burdette
The fragment notes a pattern described as White Cape flionirish bess appearing in areas where residents wear white shirts and feel solitary, attributed to Burdette.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alliance Department
Alliance Notes
Ft. Jessups, la
Manhattan
Kan
Count O'Danne
Old Wines
Emqalas AV Evens
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