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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1894
Page
7
A lengthy address urges vigilance against election fraud and federal interference, praising ballot rights and North Carolina’s republican traditions. It recalls corrupt practices, condemns cheating, and calls for reform to ensure fair elections and the integrity of the ballot.
A fragmentary political poem attacks Democratic leaders and figures with a refrain about the house the Jackasses built. It references Jones of Arkansas Gorman Hill Cleveland and the Conference Committee in a satirical exchange.
State agency announces completion of arrangements to furnish undertakers' supplies to small county businesses. Available are all grades of linen ware, cloth-covered and metallic caskets, raised top and plain coffins, and burial robes for men, women, and children.
Advertisement describes heavy bagcloth for baling cotton with various widths and lengths priced per yard. Offers sacked material by the yard, with FOB terms from New York or Philadelphia. Mentions bale packing needs including two sheets and 300 yard bale units.
W. H. Wort of the Boston house urges farmers to ship first class cattle weighing 700 to 900 pounds and well fattened stall-fed, as this yields best returns. He notes low current beef prices and overstocked markets in Norfolk and Richmond, warns against marketing small chickens, and predicts an egg market opening September first with plans to handle carload egg shipments weekly.
Special attention to the full Price List of the Business Agency ready for distribution. Claims the best contracts for many goods and offers articles at unprecedented prices. Dry goods, notions, shoes, pants from Raleigh with 49 patterns priced 75 cents to 250 dollars per pair. Shirts, shoes in Raleigh stock, b Raleigh terms. Order early for cane mills and clover seed. Two copies of the price list will be provided.
A dated notice from May 8, 1894, outlines Alliance price usage for members and non members with a $22.50 charge for non members or orders lacking the Alliance seal. It notes a sale milestone of about fifteen hundred items and emphasizes fluctuating prices and correction notices. A second item advertises July shipment Crimson Clover seed offered at seven cents per pound f o b Raleigh, Wake County grown, urging quick purchase before prices rise.
The Alliance Produce Exchange urges farmers to send produce for sale locally, noting higher Raleigh egg prices than New York and strong poultry demand. They offer shipping coop rental, handle bacon, lard, fish, grain and produce, and discourage egg shipments north while prices hold. W. H. Worria signs.
An important notice asks Alliance members with unpaid fertilizer notes to pay promptly. It commends Durham Fertilizer Company for leniency during hard times and urges immediate settlement to support both the Alliance and the supplier.
A dated notice urges recipients to remit owed payments to Seen Sow, promising continued high quality fertilizer and immediate spring shipments. It stresses urgency and asks customers to act now to secure credit and ensure supply. W. H. Worrs and S. B. A. are cited as signatories.
Instructions cover killing and dressing to avoid crop food, avoid scalding, and methods to draw skin, remove neck bone, and leave gizzard, heart, and organs. Details on undrawn poultry, packing cold but not frozen, no straw, paper-lined boxes, proper stock grades, and box weights from 100 to 200 pounds.
The New York Recorder cites alleged Alabama election frauds by Kolbites with claims of armed polling and ballot stuffing in Dallas County. It notes supposed large Oates majorities and unreported killings, plus a Cumberland County memorial. Also details Rockingham County People’s Party convention at Wentworth on Sept 26 to nominate tickets, and a Raleigh printer’s note on ad circulation beyond North Carolina.
On August 28, 1894 at noon a joint debate will be held in Smithfield North Carolina between Charles M. Cooke Democrat nominee for Congress and William H. Kitchen Populist ex-member of Congress. Each speaker has an hour and a quarter, with a 15 minute reply. Cooke opens. Organizers pledge a large orderly crowd and clear canvass issues.
A business letter from Rauziau dated July 18 1893 to J W Denmark business manager of Progressive Farmer states their advertisement ran in four other leading papers alongside Tas and received ten replies for every one from those papers combined.
A Florida publication promo invites readers to subscribe to the Florida Grove and Garden, a handsome illustrated monthly with reliable information on Florida resources and attractions for home seekers, health seekers, tourists, and sportsmen. Subscription price, $1 per year. Address W. H. Fraxx & Co, Jacksonville.
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