New Jersey editors conquer tariff talk and satire
Patriot editors mock prosperity boosters and reformers while noting tariff passage in the House. Col. John S. Mosby is named for Havana consulship as rhetoric on money and railroads sharpens. Farmers’ fertilizer use looms large. Lineberry amid a banking shortage returns to Durham. Notable newspapers Cald well and Haywood urged to offer lessons in honest money.
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New Jersey
Huckey
John S. Mosby
U. S
Havana
United Preas Association
Lineberry
Morehead Banking Co
Durham
Joseph Pie Caldwell
The
Charlotte Observer
Weary Wabbly Haywood
Raleigh Tribune
County Alliances Attendances Urged For Meetings
Snow storms disrupted January meetings making delegates unable to attend. With busy season and rains delaying work, farmers are urged to devote at least one day to the alliance. Encourage neighbors to attend and participate for collective welfare.
New Jersey Journalists Visit North Carolina Southerns Pinehurst Tour
A party of New Jersey newspaper men and some wives toured North Carolina visiting Charlotte Southern Pines Raleigh and Pinehurst. They rode a Seaboard Air Line special train and enjoyed Governor Russell's mansion reception and a State Museum exhibit. Local editors hosted praise for Piedmont hospitality before returning to Raleigh.
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New Jersey
Charlotte
Southern Pines
Seaboard Air Line
Raleigh
Russell
Petty
Moore County
Miss Smith
Peace Institute
Frank W. Baldwin
Orange
N. J
Chronicle
Mayor Russ
Old
Cape Fear
Returning Prosperity and the Money Question in 1890s Debate
The piece criticizes bankers and policymakers who sought prosperity through gold standard fixes and tariff schemes after 1893. It argues money in circulation is overcounted, gold reserve misrepresented, and U.S. debt interest soars at five percent for each dollar in circulation, predicting failure of monetary cures.
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People's Party Paper
Atlanta
New York
Woods
Cleveland
McKinley
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Nose graft replaces finger to form new nose for Mrs Edwards
Mrs. John Edwards of Chester Pa underwent a pioneering operation by Dr Joseph P Tunis of Philadelphia to graft her third finger onto her face forming a new nose. The procedure left her with a nearly normal nose and she left the hospital with a lineal nose and preserved nasal passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Tunis
Philadelphia
John Edwards
Chester
Able Address by Robt N Sims Earns High Praise
The anniversary address of Robt N Sims son of Rev A M Sims Raleigh Baptist Tabernacle and a Wake Forest College student is praised as one of the best. The speech shows thorough research and modern thinking, praising youth and parental influence and urging steady guidance. An appended note cites U S crop tonnages from 1893 to 1896 with western dominance and eastern shortages.
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Robt. N. Sims
A. M. Sims
Raleigh Baptist Tabernacle
Sims
Wake Forest College
Mr. Sims
Reform Papers Parade Across a Nation of Opinions
A collage of reform era quotes from Advance Guard to Marietta Journal praising studying campaigns, opposing trusts, populist advertising, and the value of editorial experience. It cites diverse voices from The Dawn, Grange Advocate, Cleburne Herald, Southern Mercury, and Missouri World, reflecting political rhetoric and social critique of the era.
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Grange
Cleburne Herald
Arizona
House
Council Grove Courier
Congress
Grange Advocate
Southern Mercury
Alliance Advocate
Topeka
Senator Teller
United States
Breckton
Ing
Missouri World
Marietta Journal
Debtor and Creditor Nations Letter from London 1897
Moreton Frewen argues that creditor nations gain from price falls and gold depreciation, urging readers to study a Washington Post article. He proteinizes bimetallism versus gold, cites price declines in wheat and cotton, and notes the impact on foreign debt payments and national incomes. He cites figures for New South Wales and England and signals future correspondence on Indian administration policy.
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Mr Borror
Washington Post
W. J. Peele
the Times
Smalley
Washington
St. Louis
Times
United States
New York
London
Manhattan Island
District of Columbia
England
Francis Walker
America
Asia
Walker
Turkey
Greece
Australia
New Zealand
Bowley
Journal of the
Royal Statistical Society
Coghlan
New South Wales
Sydney
California
New
Moreton Frewen
Chesham Place
Dingley Bill Passed By Large Republican Margin
Washington March 31 The Dingley bill cleared the House with a strong Republican majority after amendments setting April 1 as the duty effective date The move prompted jokes about fools day and sparked debate over retroactivity and constitutional questions The same issues lingered in the Senate where finance Republicans debated whether the April 1 date would stand and how the House tactic would affect public opinion and tariff legislation.
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Washinegton
D. C
Dingley
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Supreme Court
Finance Committee
Senate Committee
McKinley
Waterspout Causes Destruction Across Kentucky County
Futon Kentucky April 1 A waterspout last night caused unprecedented damage across the county Bridges were washed away water stands two feet deep in roads once dry Trestles on the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway were carried away suspending traffic until repairs between Futon and Union City Tennessee.
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Futon
Nashville, Chattanooga and St
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Progressive Farmer
L. L. Polk
L. Ramsey
Eprror
J. W. Denmark
Tiverticine
Pisass
N. C
Fealetoh, WN. C
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
Tam
Z. L. Polk
Suds
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