Advertising and subscription notice from The Progressive Farmer
A reader guidance notice offers a year free for subscriptions sent to the Club of Ten, with cash in advance and money order payments. It urges readers to include real names and post office details when writing, asks about changing delivery offices, and reminds advertisers to mention seeing the ad in The Progressive Farmer. It notes labeling dates show when time runs out.
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Celeera
Progressive Farmer
Progressive Farmer notes and political asides in North Carolina
Editorial observations on figures like Maj Robbins and President Butler planning speeches in Henderson and Goldsboro, plus critique of trusts, free wool debates, and alliance movements. Mentions Oregon style reform, Jay Gould, and the St Louis platform, with calls for turnout and discussion of local meetings and education pamphlet.
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Maj. Robbins
Butler
Vance County
Henderson
Cincinnati Herald
Standard Oil Company
Georgia
Hall
Marion Butler
Goldsboro
Songs of the People and a Grey and the Blue
The piece praises Prof. Henri Fairweather and a companion as leading Alliance workers who have published a book Songs of the People for 25 cents and a song with chorus Linked Ever more the Grey and the Blue dedicated to L. L. Polk. It warns of a Dark Plot exposing an Anglo American Trust Company using 50 000 in advertising to push anti Alliance editorials.
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Alliance Cause
Henri Fairweather
L. L. Polk Esq
Nat. F. A
I. A
Los Angeles
Great West
St. Paul, Minn
Northwest
Anglo American Trust Company
Republican
International Advertising Bureau
Chicago
Reform
Prohibition
Alliance
The Cost of Cotton and Food in Hard Times
An observant traveler reports limited acreage reductions across the state and South Carolina. The piece argues against overproduction fears, warning prices fall due to under consumption and urging farmers to grow essentials to avoid ruin as cotton and tobacco prices stay depressed.
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South Carolina
England
United States
Progressive Farn Sale Briefly Noted For 50 Cents
A garbled line mentions a Progressive Farn sale running from now until November for 50 cents. The fragment also includes a stray phrase make up orbs, with no clear context or additional details.
Democratic Executive Member Doubts Silver Bill Support
A long time Democratic State Executive Committee member warned that recent silver bill votes show lack of confidence in modern politicians. He said a third party might throw the election to the House where a two thirds Democratic majority could elect a free coinage Democrat, but he doubts Congress would back that. A bad state of affairs.
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Democratic State Executive Committee
Harrison
The Kansas Vote in 1890 and 1891
Official returns show Kansas party totals for 1890 and 1891 with Republicans 120969 and 89429, Democrats 55873 and 31601, People's party 115933 and 112480, and fusion 39687 and 42160. The People's party fare worsened little while Republicans and Democrats fell by 31540 and 24272 respectively.
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People’s Party
Bond Holders and Bread Winners By S King Explains Political Crimes
A new reform book by 38 S King portrays 25 years of alleged political crimes under liberty. It presents undisclosed facts and diagrams on wealth distribution and the roles of banks railroads and tariffs. The author argues for change and offers 25 cent purchase via The Progressive Farmer.
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S. King
Exclusion Bill and Immigration Rhetoric Divide Nation
A newspaper fragment argues that the Chinese Exclusion Act bars entry and return, attacks lawmakers as harming the country, and claims Baron Hirsch brings Russian Jews to North Carolina. it laments immigration as pauperizing Americans and mocks a political elite.
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United States
House
China
Senate
Congress
Baron Hirch
North Carolina
Now We See It Knights of Labor History
A historical overview traces the Knights of Labor across the North and country, noting Pinkerton pursuit by authorities, press hostility from plutocrats, and public misperception of leader Powderly as either rascal or reformer while acknowledging the loyal ranks and misfits.
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North
Knights of Labor
Pinkerton
Powderly
Mechanics and Farmers Unite in Defense of Labor Rights
The passage notes that laborers and mechanics organized early so conditions do not worsen. It states self defense drove their unity, insisting they must stand together vote together suffer together and die together. The rhetoric emphasizes solidarity among workers in the face of worsening conditions.
The Sub Treasury Question Stirring Southern Planter
In a heated editorial the Southern Planter of Richmond denounces Sub Treasury support as a devils work and warns farmers to resist it. It suggests Alliance leaders would crush opponents and mocks editors who side with plutocracy for timidly opposing the plan.
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Brinkleyville Alliance
Halifax County
Progressive Farmer
Charles D. Blake
F. Trifet
Boston
Mass
The
Southern Planter
Richmond
Sub-Treasury
Sub Treasury
Alliance
Leaders Absent as Alliancemen Urged to Stand Firm
A compilation of quotes from North Carolina newspapers dated April 6 8 7 and 9 urging Alliance members to resist St Louis demands and back conservative reform in government. Leaders and readers clash over loyalties while calls for action and restraint echo across Charlotte Wilmington Kinston and Concord papers.
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Livingston
Georgia
North Carolina
Prophets
J. P. Caldwell
The
Charlotte Observer
St. Louis
Capt
S. A. Ashe
News and Observer
T. R. Jernigan
State Chronicle
T. B. Kingsbury
Wilmington Messenger
Free Press
S. Herbert
Kinston Free Press
Ruling on eligibility and farm policy details
A fragment discusses eligibility rules involving a woman and her husband in relation to a farm policy. It mentions a Progressive Farm offer running until November 15 and a 50 cent charge, but the legibility is poor.
Call for careful choice of attorney general
The writer urges voters to consider the integrity and past record of candidates for attorney general. Emphasizing the office’s importance in protecting state government, the piece argues for electing a capable, honest man rather than a reform-stamped figure, and to assess heart and past deeds rather than party affiliation.
Government Ownership of Railways in a Logical Plan
A Missouri World discussion outlines a method for government control of railroads. It argues the government could start with Pacific roads, run some lines to cover costs, and acquire others by purchase or eminent domain over twenty years without bonds or higher taxes. The piece asserts legal entitlement via eminent domain parallels in land cases.
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Missouri World
Unite States
Congress
United States
Calamity Howling Across Politics and Press Voices
A fragmented satirical piece cites figures like David Davis Henry Ward Beecher and Kate Fields on calamity analysis in politics. It notes widening class tensions as alliances critique monopolies and labor capital clashes, with a farm official touting a fertilizer purchase as market proof.
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David Davis
United States Senate
Henry Ward Beecher
Kate Fields Washington
Thinking Woman
Alliance
Lcan
Democratic Party
Nore
Dr. Talmage
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Fort Worth
Washington
Charlotte Democrat
Tom Progressive Farmer
Alliance Echo
New Reform
Foncore
Chatham County
Bro. J. S. Spence
Gtx
William
Jay Gould
Texas
Railroad Commission
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Kansas
Jerry Rusk
Blaine
Cleveland
Hill
Wall Street
Vance
Democratic Executive Committee
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Freemen of America
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Town Farmers’ Tribune
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American Tobacco
Buck Duke
San Remo
New York
Ben Duke
South
Alliance Press
Fairbrother
National Bank of
Republican Tariff League
Democratic
Winston
Chapel Hill
He Beautiful
Song Fook
Foy
Twin City
Gaza
J. B. Sherrill
Concord Times
Polk
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Charlotte Ocrat
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