Farmer Bell Attacks Alliance Leaders in Capitol Grounds Plot
A Clay county farmer accuses the Alliance and its leaders of a deep laid scheme to erode support for Bro. Worth and the State Business Agent. He claims fraud in the Business Agency fund and persists in partisan remarks as he urges the yeomanry under the Democratic banner to act.
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Raleigh
Capt. Roberts
Farmer Bell
Alliance
Clay County
Bro. Worth
Busnes
Massachusetts Mortgages Burden Surges in Decade’s Rise
An Alliance backed bill led to a census based reveal of mortgage indebtedness in Massachusetts. From 1880 to 1890 real estate mortgages totalled 250 222 with debt of 508 million dollars. By 1890 half remained unpaid, while population grew 25 percent yet indebtedness jumped 163 percent. Both calamity and prosperity critics should digest the figures.
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United States
Massachusetts
Tariff Changes Mentioned For Paints Soaps And Strychnine
The article explains tariff figures for paints colors and varnishes noting minor shifts. It cites changes in lead products calomel castile soap soda and sulphate of soda with a final ironic line about Strychnine. The tone mirrors a practical lesson on the impact of tariff rates.
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Castile
Gideon ultimatum and local political factions in North Carolina
Letter from J. S. Bey denies Band of Gideon membership while acknowledging its influence in state politics. Bey condemns false statements from Hickory Mercury and defends supporting a Western District U.S. Marshal candidate from Clay County amid party alignment. The note labels critics as liars and scoundrels.
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Raesen
N. C
ProGressive Farmer
Hickory Mercury
Bell
Clay County
Gideon
O. Wilson
Mercury
Alliance and Reform Talk Amid Betsy and Bell
The dialogue shows Betsy and Mr. Bilkins discussing the Alliance, the legislature’s fate on revenue, liquor bans near churches, and fears over the McKinley tariff. They reference Bell, the Kronikie, and plans for greenbacks, free trade clubs, and party lines with a demand for financial reform and silver coinage.
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Betsy
Congress
Dior
Kronikie
Non-Partizan Alliance
Partizan
Alliance
Canada
Cleveland
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Congress S
United States
McDonald
Cabarrus
Legislature Fails to Reflect Platform In One Month
A North Carolina legislature in its first month passes many bills of little value while ignoring the party platform. Critics urge action on liquor near Barnum Springs Orphanage and note bills about fish passage, wildcat tariffs, and local concerns. The piece urges lawmakers to either act decisively or resign.
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Barnum Springs
North Carolina
Dream of Turpentine and Grains in State News
Morganton Herald reports a wide array of state items including crop notes from east to west. Obituaries note Richard Bowers near Glen Alpine. H F Nixon near Lowesville. Rev R A Johnson in Dunn. Local incidents include fires, cattle and hog weights, and a Windsor river ice report.
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Morganton Herald
Richard Bowers
Glen Alpine
Lincolnton Courier
H. F. Nixon
Lowesville
Smithfield Herald
R. A. Johnson
Dunn
Lexington Dispatch
Martin Bost
Tom Bost
Concord Standard
Charlotte
Compressa
Charlotte Nevws
Winston Sentinel
Late Pharmaceutical Association
Greensboro
Winston
Raleigh
New Berne Journal
C. H. Fowler
Stonewall
Strong
Charlotte Democrat
Jne C. Stout
North Tenth Street
Register of Deeds
Wilmington Sar
Jim Kennedy
Wiley Thomas
W. H
T. K Renigar
N. M. Lockhart
Billie Clanton
Trent's
Madison County Alliance Plans Quarterly Meeting
The Madison County Alliance will hold a quarterly meeting at Madison Seminary on Saturday February 11 at 10 am. A strong rally is urged by President Joan Ammons Co Secretary. A separate notice cites Lenoir County Farmers Alliance meeting set for the second Thursday in February at 10 am at the courthouse in Kinston.
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Madison County Alliance
Madison Seminary
Joan Ammons
Sece’y
Lenoir CO
Alliancemen
Lenoir County Farmers’ Alliance
Court House
Kinston
S. H. Bricurt
Sec.Treas. L. C. F. A
Desperate Shootings and Disasters Reported Across Cities
A series of incidents reads like a map of late January and early February calamities. Desperado Rush Morgan was killed near Hubbard Springs, Kentucky, while a wreck on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago line at Londenville, Illinois, left six dead. Earthquakes struck Stromboli near Sicily as the Czar attended a court ball, and smallpox cases rose in Akron. A gas explosion in Anderson injured several, and a Wellsburg railroad wreck claimed a life while a suit for 30 000 dollars was filed in Dallas.
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Weldon News
New Berne Journal
James Ienderson
Onslow County
DuVal
Pollocksville
John Alfred Boone
H. T. Cahoon
Pamlico County
Geldsboro Argus
Atlas T. Uzzell
New Hope Township
Snow Creek Alliance
Charlotte
Sam
San
Charlotte News
Kinston Ree
South West Township
Darkey
Lenoir Foote
Newton Waterprise
Conneily Springs
A. C. Gunter
Alamance
J. G. Pinnix
Stony Creek
Caswell County
Phillips’ Chapel
Robert Jarrett
Jacob's Fork
Hickory Mercury
Haywood
Helen Huff
New Bern
North
Lucky Brothers
Walter R. Dale
Atlanta
Dale
J . H. Nutall
North Carolina
Georgie Nutall
Salisbury
Corcord Louisburg Times
Thos, Fuller
Hayesville
Abbott and Jones
Samuel Brown
Winston Sentinel
L. W. Estes
Blowing Rock
Lenoir
Winnipeg
Man
Swift Current
N. W.T
MippLesperouGcu
Desperado Rush
Morgan
Hubbard Springs
Wooster
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Cai
Londenville
Rome
Stromboli
Lipari Islands
Mediterranean
Sicily
St. Petersoue
Pirtssurg
Anchor Foundry and Machine Company
Wharton McKnight
Peon Avenue
Kirststreet
Cleveland
Akron
Nashville
Tenn
John L.coms
Naional Ferailizer Works
Dallas
Texas
W.G. Veal
Rt. H. Jones
Mary Brunson
Dalle Brunson
Aveusta
Chesapeake and and Ohio
Wellsburg
James Faulkner
Faulkner
Cynthiana
Covington
Passenger and Freight Train Collision Near Dudonville
A Chicago limited on the Fort Wayne road collided with a freight train at Dudonville, 157 miles west of Pittsburgh, at 3 this morning. The engineer and fireman of the freight train and an electrician were injured, but passengers escaped. The engineer may be injured.
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Pittspurg
Chicago Limited
Fort Wayne
Dudonville
Pittsburg
Parade of Poverty Seen At Tower Hill
About two hundred and fifty poor and hungry people gathered on Tower Hill and moved toward the parliament buildings to display their rags and misery before lawmakers. Police initially held back but dispersed the crowd when a scene seemed imminent.
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London
Tower Hill
Parliament Houses
Lynching of Henry Smith in Paris Texas
A mob of thousands seized Henry Smith a black man accused of abducting and murdering four year old Myrtle Vance They dragged him from guards tied a rope around his neck and burned him at the stake as crowds swarmed into Paris Texas from nearby areas to witness the act The arrest had followed his capture in Texarkana and identification by Paris searchers sparking widespread outrage in the region.
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Paris
Tex
Henry Smith
Myrtle Vance
Texarkana
Tragic lynching ends after mob torments Smith
A mob hanged JSinth named Smith after abducting four year old Mortle Vance near Hing biaise and taking her to Gibbons pasture. He was paraded through the city, dragged to a scaffold, burned with hot irons, and his body consumed as curiosity seekers gathered, while Vance and his wife suffer grievous impact.
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Mortle Vance
Pheeman Vane
Vaney
Gibbons
Chile
Paris
Pare
Smith
Texas and Pacific
Vance
Hard Times in Arkansas as Businesses Face Credit Straits
Little Rock reports show widespread financial distress across Arkansas as long standing firms forced to make assignments to pay creditors. The cotton crop shortfall and low meat prices press rural households while officials expect diversification of crops to ease hardship statewide.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Catton
Elas
United States
Earthquake Strikes Zante Island Causes Wrecks and Victims
The island of Zante was struck by a powerful earthquake. In Zante town many houses collapsed and residents fled in night attire. The prison roof fell, prisoners were wounded, and guards were doubled. Hospitals shifted from foundations as aftershocks followed. Dozens dead, over a hundred injured. troops sent with tents and relief provisions.
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AtuHeEns
Zane
Zante
Terrible tale of the sea aboard Thekla during wreck
Three sailors from the Norwegian ship Thekla were rescued after months at sea as the vessel foundered in heavy weather. Nine men remained in the rigging, four survived on board until rescue, and a Dutch sailor was killed and eaten after lots dictated the act while water came only from dew on ropes.
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Hamepurk
Herman
Thekla
Philadelphia
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