Ocala Platform Adopted Amid Alliance Moves and Boycott Declared
Indianapolis story outlines partial absorption of the F M B A into the Farmers Alliance, with fourteen F M B A members joining and a pledge oath administered. The Ocala platform is approved with two wording tweaks to the sub treasury plank. General Lecturer G A Wright urges closer reform cooperation. The first Farmers Alliance boycott is proclaimed in Rochester, backed by Wright, targeting twenty seven firms and supporting the Rochester garment makers' cooperative store.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. F. Willets
Alliance
Willets
Ohio Association
Ocala
G. A. Wright
Knights of Labor
W. S. McAllister
C. W. Macune
Macune
McAllister
Farmers’ Alliance
Wright
Rochester
N. Y
Killed by His Stepson in Horse Dispute
Faribault Minnesota reports Joseph Colburn of Richland shot dead by his stepson Charles Peasley after a quarrel over a horse. Peasley surrendered to the sheriff and is jailed. Other brief items note a major Correctionville fire, Italian cardinal appointment plans, a boxing bout ruling, cruiser movements, and local losses from speculation.
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Faribault, Minn
Joseph Colburn
Richland
Charles Peasley
Colburn
Petsly
Faribault
Correctionville
Rome
Leo
Western cities push for West-side convention vote
Washington dispatch details quiet efforts on the Republican national convention race for 1892. Minneapolis leads as a compromise candidate amid western efforts to hold the convention west of the Mississippi. Twenty two western committee members tilt toward a western held gathering while New York and San Francisco await developments as Ohio and other eastern interests weigh options.
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Washington
Arlington Hotel
Arlington
McKinley
Foraker
Cincinnati
San Francisco
McKinna
Scott
Omaha
Minneapolis
Washburn
Davis
Minnesota
Casey
North Dakota
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Johnson
United States Senate
New York
Detroit
Pittsburg
Chicago
Campbell
Illinois
Mississippi River
de Young
United Press
Northwest
Henry Villard
St. Paul
Dakotas
Villard
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Pacific States
Goodland Rain Producing Association Formed in Kansas
A Kansas group from Goodland announces a rainmaking venture with $100,000 capital, to operate next year as the Goodland Rain Producing association under Melbourne in charge. The report notes quiet experimental work in the Texas Panhandle and plans for regional weather efforts.
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Kansas
Goodland
Kan
Panhandle
Texas
Goodland Rain Producing Association
Melbourne
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