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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1892
Page
2
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Special from Grand Junction Colorado General Weaver tours the state amid mass gatherings. In Aspen five thousand greeted him and ten thousand heard him outdoors in the afternoon with Mrs Lease energizing crowds. Mines paused to honor the event and a Weaver and Field Club formed. The Silver League endorsed the Omaha platform and the People’s Party looks to win large Colorado support in November.
V O Strickler notes the election of Collier Cobb, son of Rev N B Cobb, as Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. A Harvard graduate who taught at MIT, Cobb returns home hailed for energy and perseverance, a native victory for the state.
A reader asks for plain meaning of the Omaha platform pledge for free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1. The piece traces 1783 mint law, demonetization 1873, and gold bugs opposition, arguing silver serves the people and criticizing partisan presses in North Carolina for bias while urging reformers to present finance and transportation issues clearly to voters.
A lengthy denunciation of Democratic papers in North Carolina, accusing them of recycling dailies' content and of lying to attack the Progressive movement. It cites the Kinston Lee Press and the Progressive Farmer, critiques subscription costs, and condemns editorials and garbled extracts aimed at discrediting reform candidates. It argues for reform aligned with the Omaha and St. Louis platforms and condemns partisan deceit.
A forecast of a prolonged drouth threatens the South with hot, dry weather. Crops are suffering as sap levels rise. late cultivation is advised. Farmers should plow or harrow frequently without harming root systems to preserve moisture and mitigate damage to cotton and tobacco.
Grantsboro North Carolina August 1 15 a convention of the People's party of Pamlico county will meet at the court house in Bayboro Saturday August 13 1992 at 1 o'clock AM to organize and elect delegates to the State Congressional and Senatorial conventions Join in this reform movement J Sawyer Chairman Executive Committee People’s party
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