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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1891
Page
7
Household tips cover purifying beeswax in a tin with holes, wart removal with ash solution, quick tea brewing near heat, lemon for russet shoe color, decorative cord designs, repurposing worn gloves into travel silver bags, and sewing initials on luxury bags. Also notes on trained cooks, a quip about vision in Detroit, bicycle joke, domestic anecdotes, and local ads for seeds, livestock, and fertilizer orders dated April 15, 1891.
A collage of light jokes and wahine witticisms on marriage manners and social foibles. Quips note marriage as utility, banter about rubbers and centipedes, surgery, scarf pins, marriage letters, Pompeii, and a Johnson anecdote at a large dinner party.
Question whether an Alliance may be moved within three miles of another Alliance in the same county without consent. Answer: not allowed except with consent of one member of the other Alliance. Exias Carr, President, North Carolina Field Society, Old Sparta, North Carolina, April 16, 1891.
At the Nash County Alliance meeting in Nashville on April 10 1891 members vote to fund a tobacco warehouse. Each share set at 5 with sub alliances appointed as canvassing agents and report dates set for May 18 and June 8.
In line with a new lecture system from Washington DC, the Organizing District Convention in Plymouth approved a schedule for District Lecturer to attend county alliances. Readings list meetings from Manteo to Plymouth between April 15 and April 29 with morning and afternoon sessions and invites public attendance.
A dense OCR snippet lists food staples and farm supplies including sugar lard flour cocoanuts and various seed and feed items with pricing, weights and package sizes. It mentions Red Cross Fairbank’s goods and farm tools such as plows drills lawn mowers and reapers as well as horse shoes nails and farm implements.
Dr W N Seawell and the Sub Alliances meet at multiple dates and towns across Onslow Cumberland Bladen Pender and others from April 2 to May 4 with public lectures by the Alliance orator of Texas. District Alliance operations include officer drills and emphasis on unwritten work. attendance urged for all County Lecturers and general public.
By order of the Executive Committee the 9th District elects a lecturer on April 30 in Asheville during the District Alliance meeting. J. B. Smith, lecturer for the Fifth District, will address Sub Alliances at Mount Tirzah May Roxboro Winstead Concord Chestnut Grove House Caswell County Line New Hope Purley Pelham with speaking times at 11 a.m. public and 3 p.m. private.
All No 5 high arm Alliance sewing machines will be delivered at any depot in North Carolina after April 20 at the factory price 20. W H Worris SB A There has been no money appropriated to defray expenses of any meeting of the District Lecturers The expenses of each County Lecturer to these meetings should be borne by his County Alliance All appointments made hereafter by any District Lecturer must be confined to the counties composing his district as laid off by the last legislature Fraternally yours 5S BARNES Secy NC F SA
A fragment listing a book title Farmers' Alliance Songs by E O Excell and D Reid Parker with prices and a Raleigh office. Notices include NC State Executive Committee guidance on speaker expenses and a secretary’s address. Also an ad for Mid dlemen’s profits saved by direct sale and a complete horse book offer from Sonal Buggy Company Columbus Ohio.
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