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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1894
Page
2
A fragmented bank of phrases urges readers to write clearly with names and post office details. The text echoes advocacy for clear correspondence with county per county outreach and advertiser recognition in Tek Progressive Farmer, mixing quotes and notices with historical political reflections.
Editorial observations urge care with messengers amid threats by highwaymen and stockholders. notes on Col. Fairbrother’s Daily Earth in Lynchburg, and local reform efforts in Granville and York counties. Mentions about Tillman opposition, obscured politics, and a call to boost readership for reform papers.
An essay argues that financial panics are driven by plutocracy and greed, citing 1873 1878 and 1893 episodes with silver demonetization and bond demands. It warns that a new panic could end national prosperity and features Senator Zebulon B. Vance’s death and funeral details.
The Statesville man L C Caldwell denies being a Populist while declaring strong Democratic loyalty. The remark implies he may not fully align with either party, prompting calls for continuous prayer.
The Eiffel Tower and Ferris wheel are described as mechanical wonders. The Ferris wheel, 264 feet high with a 254 foot diameter, cost 400000 dollars and carried 2160 riders per ride. It will move from Chicago to New York and operate twice per fare. The Antwerp exhibit for the next month features a third wonder.
Since 1878 the government has paid hundreds of thousands for fast mail service on mainly Eastern routes. Current year subsidies total 171 238.75 dollars for lines from New York to New Orleans, with claims that faster trains improve mail delivery and that government ownership could cut costs while keeping schedules.
Col. L. L. Polk argues for free and unlimited coinage of silver as a Democratic and Alliance demand and criticizes the party for not keeping promises. The piece also notes a New York business association preferring employees who do not smoke cigarettes, urging all businessmen to follow suit.
In large cities prominent men vanish without explanation, with friends hiring detectives and agents to locate them. Recently Mr. C. E. Crabtree of Durham disappeared, later reported near Durham and described as crazy, though no cause for leaving home was found. The Progressive Farmer notes talent among its writers and highlights a poem Frostbitten by a young North Carolina author on the fifth page.
The New York World and Herald accuse the Senate majority of being influenced by the sugar trust led by Havemeyer and Searles. They name senators Brice West McPherson Voorhees Gorman and others as openly in a gambling conspiracy. Peffer’s probe was defeated and no action followed.
Public censure laments the Senate and House as corrupt and venal with calls for radical change. A Cromwellian speech is cited to condemn virtueless leaders while a Charlotte incident reports two simultaneous train deaths near Monroe, Ada cotton mill worker Sarah Flanagan among the victims.
The piece notes Col. Polk’s editorial on resigning the paper as organ of the State Alliance after the State Executive Committee sought to proscribe it. It praises The Progressive Farmer as first to raise the Alliance banner in North Carolina and defends its advocacy for relief and justice amid party betrayals and bankruptcy fears.
A 1892 Char lot speech quote is cited amid a puzzle framed for readers who skip payups. The puzzle asks readers to use birth year and age, then perform calculations to reveal a word from the last campaign, claiming to size up readers.
The report details a Democratic caucus in Washington debating a quorum rule, with Speaker Hill accused of courting Republican support. It notes Peffer’s tariff critique, the Coxey front, and speculation on political futures including a possible move toward Populist power.
The Durham Globe asks if the country would support Washington in a vote of confidence and defends Stewart Allen Peffer Sibley Su son Pence and other reformers for introducing good bills and voting against bad ones. It challenges critics to point out a fault, praising the editor as honest though differing on records.
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