17 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
The Farmers Alliance
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
1
Rev Poem contrasts two political parties as identical when viewed together. It mocks woolly eyed republican and moss-grown democrat figures and uses a store illusion as a metaphor. The piece urges Christians to oppose a supposed unholy league and to combat it.
Seward sells electric light plant to Lincoln capitalists for 8000. Platte county farmers expect corn cribbing before week’s end. Corrigan of South Omaha dies of pneumonia at Keeley Institute. Track work begins on Republican Valley and Wyoming railroad at Palisade. Mrs. Hinman of Newman Grove likely fatally burned by gasoline stove explosion. Wealthy Oto county farmer Wilson dies of heart disease. Polk county poor farm building destroyed by fire due to defective flue. Ix grippe epidemic rising alarmingly in Nebraska City. Northwestern Nebraska Editorial association to meet May 5, 1902 at South Sioux City. Fish hatchery chief aids restocking ponds at Atkinson. John Anderson of St James to Sweden for bride in spring. Gresham store closed on chattel mortgage. liabilities $5,000. Elsie Opera Company plans new Christmas drama. Karstedt’s shop at McCook reports $200 stolen. Patterson arrested. Central Nebraska Medical Society concludes session at York. next meeting at Aurora second Thursday in March. Norfolk to Paris trip yields faster reply than Omaha. Seward youths fined for poker then admonished. North Platte business men form active board of trade to push sugar factory and other ventures. Dakota County farmer finds missing steers on his own farm next day. Dakota City injunction bars removal of county records to South Sioux City. expires year’s end. Tecumseh coal prospect company formed with 9000 capital. six-foot vein reported last spring.
Citizens petition Congress warning that option selling and non existent product sales harm farmers by lowering actual commodity values and harming land values. They cite losses from 10 to 150 million dollars annually and urge passage of the Butterworth bill or an equally effective remedy to curb gambling like trading that benefits idle speculators and harms the agricultural public.
France and Bulgaria sever their diplomatic relations in a abrupt move affecting embassies and consulates. The action halts high level exchanges and hampers ongoing negotiations between Paris and Sofia. Authorities report a breakdown in diplomatic channels and vows to reassess regional ties.
European dispatches report France severing relations with Bulgaria after a journalist Chadonine was expelled and accused of distributing false stories. Vatican influence calms French bishops amid church state questions. Other items note a ghastly coffin incident in Ireland, a rough British steamer voyage with many cattle killed, and various political and legal updates across Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and the United States.
Washington December 15 reports the monthly summary of imports and exports for October and the ten months ending Oct 31 1891 with comparisons to 1890. Imports totaled 66 5 million for October and 493 million for ten months. exports reached about 102 million in October and 720 million for ten months, with agricultural products up sharply and overall favorable trade balance of 70.4 million. The note expects November exports to exceed October, driven mainly by agricultural goods and better prices for farmers.
M Scott alliance state lecturer is in the city to start work on the instruction course for congressional and county lecturers. The program standardizes topics across the state with texts for each subject. Topics for the first quarter include loans and reinsurance, fire insurance and cooperation, and grain and stock business.
Reports from several counties claim ex Governor Foraker’s friends plan an expedition to Columbus to influence the legislature’s two houses and push his senatorial election. Secret meetings and con stantations are noted as organizers prepare for the move.
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