National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union Leaders List
A roster of national and state alliance officers and executive committees. Includes names and positions for leaders in South Carolina North Carolina and other states, with references to affiliated press associations and papers advocating the Ocala platform.
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THE
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
South Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
J. M. Mewborne
Kinston
North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
Marion Butler
Goldsboro
N. C
J. . Long
Koka
A. F. Hileman
Concord
N.C
ATH Alliance
Jno. Brady
Gatesville
J. F. Harrell
Whiteville
John Graham
Ridgeway
Editorial notes on farm feeding and husbandry practices
The piece argues for efficient farming, urging better animal care and feeding. It condemns wasteful costs feeding cows for milk, laments price controls on labor and produce, and stresses balanced rations for horses and hogs. It compares clover and timothy hay, notes regional differences in pork production, and warns against neglecting young animals.
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Timothy
American Agricultural Machinery in Europe 1895 Paris show
American firms showcase harvesters reapers and mow ers at the Paris agricultural exhibit, led by Walter A Wood Johnston Harvester and McCormick. Trade rivalry with English makers, large orders for grass cutters, and strong European demand mark a busy, expanding market. Plows and implements from Oliver Gale and Planet also attract interest as US firms compete on price and design. Fertilizer misallocation warns of soil needs.
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Associated Trade Press
Paris
United States
Pallas del Industrie
Champs Elysees
Cours la Reine
England
Walter A. Wood
Johnston Harvester Company
McCormick Harvester
Adriance Pratt & Co
New York
Europe
Columbia Harvesters
D. M. Osborne & Co
N. Y
Hsg
D. 8. Morgan & Co
Brockport
Triumph Harvesters
Deering Harvester Co
Chicago
Plano M’f'g. Co
Stoddard
Gale Co
Albion
Mich
South Bend Chill Co
South Bend
Ind
Frane
Whitman and Barker Manufacturing Company
Names and Nonsense in a Family Tale from Back Bay
A humorous Back Bay birth note recalls a boy trying to name twins and proposing silly pairs. The tale ends with a girl pairing, a lingering gag, and a punchline about creative names amid a playful family moment.
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Back Bay
Peter
Repeter
Max
Climax
Kate
Duplicate
Union
Farmers debate fertilizer use amid cotton glut in the South
The Progressive Farmer letters argue to drop commercial guano due to low cotton prices. A subscriber contends crops can rise without guano with composting and that reducing fertilizer demand could ease the market glut. Additional notes urge Alliance dues, factory subscriptions, and farming progress plans, with rural anecdotes and farming science on manure and on farm efficiency.
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Spence
The Shoe Factory and the Alliance Appeal
A caller urges readers to support THE PROGRESSIVE Farmer and fund a shoe factory by subscribing one dollar. The letter extols justice and the Alliance, urging poor but generous readers to contribute for the needy, the unemployed, and education, ending with a plea about charity and duty.
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Progressive Farmer
North Carolina
God
Jesus Christ
Local rights and state interference prompt call for home rule
A reader letter questions why counties must seek state permission for local decisions from jail building to fishing rights, urging true local option and home rule. Editors note agreement that many local bills benefit few and harm many, promising reform efforts amid a busy legislature.
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LaFayette Ave
Brooxlen
N. Y
Progressive Farmer
Senate
House
Alexander County
Sampson County
Leakville
Rockingham County
Wake County
Graham County
Alexander
Craven
Cleveland
Randolph
Rutherford
Hertford
Swiftcreek
Jim
Bob
Swift Creek
State of
New York
Carolina
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J. F. Willetts
Topeka
Kay
H C. Snavely
Lebanon
D. P. Dunan
Columbia
G. L. Loucks
Huron
Mann Page
Brandon
Viria
I. E. Honeaye Falls
Aoe
H. ©. Demming
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Raleigh
R. A. Southworth
Denver
Col
W. Teck
Ala
D. Davie
Kentucky
A. ©. Shuford
Newton
W. 8. Barnes
Gyrus Thompson
Richlands
T. T. Speight
Lewiston
Cart Carolina Reform
Organ
N.G
Neppleigh
Whitakers
Beaver Dam
Lumberton
Charlotte
Wadesboro
Peanut
American Agricultural Machinery
Pender County
Burgaw
Ida McAllister
W. T. Bannerman
Milton Hayes
H L Stevens
Warsaw
Walt
Hoke
Congress
Wil. Messenger
State Alliance
W. H. Davis
Williamsboro
Major Bilkins
Mr. Bilkins
Campain
Peressbun
Bilkins
Silous
Peete
Sucus Bush
Tee Ee
Shoe Factory
Dhe
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