Breeding Practical Carriage and Draft Horses in North Carolina
The writer outlines preferred horse types for driving and draft work, urging selective breeding for speed, weight, and height. He advocates crossbreeding cautions, stresses high standards, and notes market interest in quality draft stock for foreign and domestic trade. He then urges state legislators to require tax receipts to vote, curb tax evasion, and separate tax funds by race, plus support a dog confinement law with fines to protect property and prevent mad dogs.
Resolutions of Respect for W H Jennett
Resolutions note the December 16 1896 death of W H Jennett a respected business agent and church member in Providence Wayne County as well as a Woodland Alliance charter member. The society pledges support to his family praises his labor and publishes copies in minutes and to Tax Progressive Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Jennett
M. E. Church
Providence
Wayne County
Woodland Alliance
Progressive Farmer
R A. Parker
Pre
T. T. L. Massey
Selecting a Leader in the Progressive Farmer
A critical, partisan broadside lambasts Skinner and Hanna era politics, praising Butler and urging a People’s party platform. It denounces traitors, urges young men not to be tools, and envisions a purified political path across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thacher
New York Tribune
Willie
Puck
Dashaway
Cleverton
Dasheway
Brooklyn
Progressive Farmer
Taz
Skinner
Zartucha
Harry Skinner
North Carolina
General Assembly
Pritchard
Mark Hanne
United States
Mark Hanna
Gen. W. T. Sherman
Butler
People’s Party
Senator Butler
W. Drewry Smith
Start the Shoe Factory Now, Urges Alliance Members
J H Knicurt of Chatham County argues in The Progressive Farmer that the State Business Agency fund should loan money to start a shoe factory. He proposes repaying with profits and selling goods to refund the loan, claiming broad Alliance support for immediate factory startup in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Farmer
GouLr
N. C
Orce
Chatham
Alliance
J. H Knicurt
NO MORE FUSION, PROGRESSIVE FARMER LETTER ENDORSES INDEPENDENT POPULIST ACTION
A Progressive Farmer reader in North Carolina endorses an independent Peoples Party stance and warns against fusion with Democrats. He argues a straight Peoples Party ticket would have prevented vote losses and cites Bryan as unlikely to win under a Democrat banner. He opposes changing the party name and upholds the Omaha Platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Farmer
Oxlark’s Mint, Hyper Co
N C
Peoples Party
Bryan
People’s Party
Ths
Omsha
Gold Bug Democrats Favor Pritchard Victory
Last week the Progressive Farmer notes two Gold Bug Democratic papers supported Pritchard. In a tied Senate vote the House indicated Pritchard would win on joint ballot. The Charlotte Observer praised his election while the Observer, a Democratic paper, claimed satisfaction the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro A.mzey
Pritchard
Senate
Charlotte Observer
Sound Money Dem
Observer
Observer backs Pritchard as sound money split widens
The Charlotte Observer cheers the reelection of Senator Pritchard as gold bug Democrats face estrangement. It notes Mark Hanna and John Sherman congratulating him while a lone Alleghany county Democrat, Jones, faces caucus expulsion for possible cross vote. The piece argues sound money Democrats drift toward the Republicans.
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Mark Hanna
John Sherman
Senator Pritchard
Observer
New & Nator
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Pritchard
Jones
Alleghany County
Pritenard
Lt Jones
Alleghany
Marshville, N. C
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Ejjitor
Tam
Wake County
Weu
Hanna
Reform
New Castle Chronicle
John
Minneapolis Journal
Brunswick County Meeting
Brunswick County Alliance
Atlanta
County Alliance
Augusta Milliken
New Britain
Rachael Hewitt
Orilla V. Mints
Isaac Milliken
Sound
Bro
J. P. Cox
B. KH. Hewett
Mark Hanna, Barry Skinner
Pritchard and the Bolters
Michigan
Omaha
Democratic Party
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Lakes
W. A. Russ
W.h.peeke
F.D
New York
Krausers
Ekrauser & Bre
Midon.p
Lauuceh
Jterkglevelard
Angel of Liberty
Grover Cleveland
White House
Oklahoma City
Grover
Cleveland
Price
Silver Knight Watchmen
New York Avenue
Washington, D. CO
Fguinausi
Ollie
Heu Auld
Bobbitt
Raleigh
ALF
WilLiams
Hace St
Bristol
Atalonue
Quincy
LEV Revere
Hoemaker’s
Sybemak Ker
Freeport
Ss. A. Ted
Wood
T.w.wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, YA
D. M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
America
Nassau St
New Yorks
Smit
Esse
Chester White
Wierney
Jersey
Guernsey
Catalorus
Anranville
Chester Co
Harta Free Library
Vuek
Nts
The
Carolinas
Georgia
Seaboard
Air Line
Suthern States
Happy Homes
Geo. L. Rhodes
Seaboard Air Line
Portsmouth, Va
Mainstree
Norfolk
J.W_H
Marion Station
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