Progressive Farmer subscription and submission notice
Advertises subscription options for one and six months with multiple year offers and free trial copies. Encourages readers to send letters for publication, requests real names and post offices, and explains payment methods and where to send correspondence to The Progressive Farmer in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Corres Pene Iis
Raleigh
N. C
Port Ofice
Raleigh, N.C
Editorial notes from the Hickory Mercury era notes
The Hickory Mercury advertises ten cords of wood to heat up. The piece comments on the Louisiana State Alliance expelling nine lawmakers for Lotttery votes and rails at various papers, politics, and economic issues, including debt and crime. It mentions leaders, editorials, and a robbery near New York City with diamonds and watches.
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Hickory Mercury
Louisiana State Alliance
Louisiana
The
Webster's Weekly
New Alliance Formed Against Sub Treasury Radicals
The Wilmington Messenger reports an anti Sub Treasury Alliance forming to defeat the radical wing in the Northwest. The piece denounces Hall McAllister and allies as political cranks and unfit for any party, claiming they were expelled from their order.
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Wilmington Messenger
Remarkable Literature and Political Turmoil in North Carolina
A long critique of an address by a Democratic party committee in North Carolina denounces the document as empty rhetoric on tariff reform and finance. It contrasts party platforms with practical proposals, cites a wagoner story, and warns that the next year’s platform must contain clear, substantial reform. A New Jersey incorporated tobacco trust faces Southern resistance as Galveston and Houston merchants join the fight. The attorney general signals possible indictments.
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North Carolina
Democratic Party
Alliance
J. S. Bell
Clay County
Republican Party
Vance
Senate
Iis
Wagoner
Democratic Party of
National Democratic Party
New Jersey
United States
Cleburne
Texas
Tribune
Trust
Galveston
New Orleans
Houston
Dixon Addresses Farmers Alliance Amid Religious Roots
The Rev. Thomas Dixon spoke in Association Hall arguing the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union persist as a moral religious movement, not doomed by recent elections. He said critics mock the movement, which he contends represents millions of under masses and remains unheeded by older parties.
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Thomas Dixon
Farmers’ Alliance
Association Hall
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
York
Alliance subscription proposition to be mailed statewide
The message urges Sub Alliance Secretaries in North Carolina to read and act on a special proposition mailed next week. It notes President Polk's Indianapolis Convention address outlining current evils and claims no paper has disputed or even referenced the message.
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Peele
Col. Polk
Charlotte Chronicle
North Carolina
South
Kansas
Nashville
Alliance Tribune
Alliance
T. J. Johnston
Lincolnton
Reform Press
Polk
R. L. Beall
Caldwell County
Lenoir
The
China Grove Dart
Order
Special Alliance
Sub-Alliance
Indianapolis
Raleigh
Indianapolis Alliance
Wilmington
People’s Party
Ocala
Tea seeds free and breadstuffs gift proposal
The Horticultural Division of the North Carolina Experiment Station offers free tea seeds by mail for stamp postage. Plant promptly and cover seeds two to three inches deep with pine straw over winter. Chef Massey of Raleigh is the contact. Cyrus W Fields urges bread gifts to Russia’s starving, criticizing war as a motive for aid.
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N. C. Experiment Station
W. F. Massey
Raleigh
N. C
Working farmers urged to enter politics and challenge a sting
A North Carolina paper urged farmers to work hard yet notes no money in cotton when prices are low. It contrasts plowing cotton with few plows to many, and promotes political involvement, warning of “yellow jacket” politicians to confront.
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North Carolina
Bro. N. A. Dunning
Sub Treasury Plan Grows to Maturity and Strength
The National Economist says the Sub Treasury plan has shed infancy and stands ready to meet all challengers It will be hard for opponents to replace it with a preferred option for the two main parties The plan enjoys broad support from the common people and the Alliance and will be preserved as a bulwark against change.
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Sub-Treasury
Sub Treasury
Bilkins Questions and Protests as Times Grow Hard
Zeke Bilkins speaks with the editor about hard times and suspending rules. Betsy and Bilkins vow to “cut our own wheat” and protect family interests amid economic distress and political distrust. The piece ends noting the Sub-Treasury as balm.
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Mr. Devil
Mr. Bilkins
Bilkins
Betsy
Betsey
Sub Treas ury plan could cut farmer interest greatly
Plain Talk contrasts current interest with a Sub Treasury proposal. It cites Union county farmers paying 2 percent on a $50 000 loan over a month and 12 percent under the present system, implying a $5 10 4 monthly saving per loan year. It also notes political chatter about third parties and debates in Raleigh and Indianapolis.
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Sub Treasury
Wbs
Union County
Treasury
High Salaries in New York Revealed in Dispatch Letter
A Richmond Dispatch expose via a New York correspondent lists several top earners in the city. Kings County officials Sheriff John Courtney and Clerk John Cottier draw about 60 000 and 50 000 yearly. Corporate leaders and bank presidents also report salaries around 50 000 to 60 000, highlighting vast disparities in pay across industries.
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New York
Richmond Dispatch
John Courtney
Brooklyn
Kings County
John Cottier
Kings
4 Paint and Varnish Company
SU Oc
John Host
Adams Express Company
Mento
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Gentral
Henry K. Hy
Richard M. McCurdy
Jo R. Hegemis
Jose? Knapp
Metropolitan
York
Insance
George C. Williams
Dent
Chemical Bank
Potts
Tappan
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