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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1896
Page
3
A compact digest of varied North Carolina items from Gastonia to Windsor. Reports of weather, crops, lightning, accidents, court cases, local headlines, and small-town incidents across Ashe, Brunswick, Durham, Raleigh, and surrounding counties. Notable items include a Confederate monument unveiling, a fatality from lightning, post office openings, and local curiosities.
William J. Bryan will tour New York State before returning West. The plan outlines travel from Barrytown to Albany Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Erie and Chautauqua with meetings and a Democratic Clubs gathering in Erie. He returns to Buffalo and then remains in Western New York through the week, resuming travel Wednesday morning.
A crowded Thursday night rally in Atlanta’s Moody Tabernacle featured Judge J K Hines presiding as Howard of Alabama urged unity for the Populist cause. Tom Watson and Watson supporters spoke passionately, pledging support for Bryan and denouncing McKinleyism, with eight thousand in attendance and cheers echoing throughout.
Col D P Duncan reports from New York the Washburn Moon Manufacturing Co will make wire cotton ties from annealed steel No 1 wire. Bundles of 3 ties weigh 874 pounds and cost 90 cents per bundle delivered across North Carolina. Duncan urges Alliance agents ginners and merchants to order, noting wire ties cost 240 per hundred pounds versus 321 for Trust ties, signaling strong savings and competition with Trust ties. The outlook suggests Trust concerns may hold many tons of ties by season end. beer
A short tale from Golden Days: Benny gives a nickel instead of a quarter to the church collection. Mr Bloombum asks why and Benny explains that a nickel felt more cheerful to give than a quarter because the Lord loves a cheerful giver.
The Treasury gold reserve closed at 10 361 051 dollars with withdrawals of 167 200. Lazard Freres plans to import around 2 million dollars of gold from London, boosting stock exchange optimism. Bank presidents discuss replenishing reserves using 1893 method, with potential imports of 15 to 20 million dollars. past shipments arrived within days after the initial Friday import.
Celia B. Whitehead from Union County New Jersey Standard recounts a dream in which a crowd suffers thirst from a spring guarded by a few golden cups. The allegory condemns inequality as water is only available to the few, while many perish.
Advices describe killings of Cubans with American citizenship, a near Havana battle on August 17, and reports of rebel and Spanish losses. Also notes a work-train attack near Bacanagua, Guanibacoa clashes, and large tobacco crop yields with market expectations for wrapper leaf amid Cuban and Spanish hostilities.
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