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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1893

Page

4

ONE WOMAN'S WORK IN GEORGIA PAPER

Miss Lula M Pearce, twenty, runs a political Georgia paper edited managed and printed in the People's Party line. She handles manager secretary treasurer mailing editor duties, mails 17 000 weekly papers, collects all subscriptions, and studies shorthand music and sewing as she builds a career in politics.

Georgia Miss Pearce Tom Watson Atlanta People’s Party M. Pearce Lula M Pearce Thomson Colonel Watson Thi Watton Forsyth Streets Tom Barill

Lady defends Dr Van Doren against Freeman letter

Mrs Lavra E Cox from Walter N C writes to The Progressive Farmer defending Dr Van Doren. She says she has known him twelve months and treated by him for months with better health, noting she does not intend to bias readers but presents her experience.

van Doren Lavra E. Cox

World armies and war costs by nation

A Journal of Education column item lists each country with regular and war footing army sizes and annual military expenditures. Countries include China, Turkey, Italy, Japan, Spain, Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, India British rule, Austria Hungary, and the United States, with figures stated in numbers and dollars.

China Turkey Italy Japan Spain Russia France Germany Great Britain India Austria Hungary United States Journal of Education

Marion Butler at MOC Calin Mill Draws Crowd and Praise

A steady crowd heard Hon Marion Butler speak for two and a half hours at the Grove Hill Alliance meeting. Butler urged alliance unity and outlined national finances, advocating laborer organization against moneyed interests. Readers urged political reform and praised Butler and other allied figures. Also letters comment on Governor Carr remarks at the State Fair and farm advice on winter hen care including feeding and housing.

Secretaries urged to report members for county meeting 1893

Micuard N C December 11 1893 Dear Brethren as your Lecturer I ask each Secretary of the Sub Alliances in Davidson county to list all members in good standing and forward to the County Secretary in time for the January 1894 county meeting Also urge each Sub Alliance to discuss boosting educational work and send a full delegation The county welfare depends on this effort and the speaker warns time is running out Guo E Hon.

Micuard N.C Davidson County Alliance Guo. E National Court House Kansas Council Grove Maryland Peninsula Texas Southern Mercury Missouri John Sherman Congress Alabama

Eggs in Winter Plan for Profitable Poultry

The article argues for raising broilers for spring sales at good prices and keeping hens producing eggs in winter when prices are high. It stresses advance planning, comfortable shelter, diverse feed, clean quarters, good ventilation, exercise, regular feeding and watering, and selecting young vigorous hens, with early hatched pullets given proper care.

N J. Shepherd

Items of Interest From Around the World and Regions

A digest of diverse notes including cooperative dairying in France, San Salvador crops, a five day forest fire in France burning 10 000 acres, and casualty rates in European armies. Also mentions French horse feed experiments, British army recruit origins, Belle Boyd touring as a speaker, Sonoma’s Joaquin Carrillo on the poor list, Admiral Avelan’s hair request letters, Chamberlain South Dakota’s artesian well, German war minister Schellendorff, Oregon Indians selling ponies, salmon flood losses, and a subscription reminder for The Progressive Farmer.

France French Department of Agriculture French War Office Mediterranean Markham England Scotland Ireland Belle Boyd Sonoma Cal Joaquin Carrillo California Admiral Avelan Chamberlain Bronsart von Schellendorff Germany Oregon Grant Big

Reform Era Press Quotes On Politics And Economy

A compilation of reform-era quotes from diverse papers warning about political corruption, tariff failure, money value, and democracy’s outcomes. It cites opinions from Our Home, San Francisco Press, Globe-Democrat, National Watchman, and others, critiquing Sherman act repeal, debt, and silver planks while urging honest leadership.

San Francisco Horace Mann

Mary Hooper Falls 45 Feet In Dumbwaiter Shaft Back Stays

New York special reports Mary Hooper a 23 year old servant girl fell through a dumbwaiter shaft to the cellar a forty five foot drop. She suffered a broken back and serious bruising but is not expected to die due to a remarkable operation. Surgeons removed bone fragments and elevated and cleaned the spinal area after cutting portions of the backbone to relieve pressure on the cord.

New York Mary Hooper

Tanning and dyeing hides and farm equipment tips

Instructions detail tanning hides using saltpetre and a lye bath, drying and softening pelts, dyeing sheepskins with diamond dye, and creating colorful rug centers. Also notes on trimming with various skins and making wraps, cloaks, and hats. Ends with Farmers Alliance platform on currency, land reform, and government ownership of railroads and post office systems.

Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union Memphis Tenn Allan Accraeh

Also Mentioned on This Page

Watson McDuffie County DR. Freeman the World Marion Butler Calin Mill Epitor Butler Thompson Weaver W. S. Greene Sec'y Grove Hill Alliance Orrcon N.C Borror Carr O. K Davidson CO San Salvador Tas Progressive Farmer Dream OF the Press Poltician Mollie American Enterprise Atchison, Kan Cleveland Times Luray Union Cleveland Globe-Democrat John Swinton St. Louis Globe Democrat Journal of Agriculture THE Goldbugs
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