The goldbugs die game and political snippets
Editorial notes lament the gold standard and public folly as reforms unfold. It cites eggs at high prices, a Taft-like talk, and a Raleigh assembly while urging Sub Alliances to fund a Hillsboro shoe factory. It condemns Hanna and promises to prevent cross-party trading, urging Populists to resist Republican buyouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Oklahoma
Tacoma
Washington
Raleigh
L.L Polk Alliance
Hillsboro
Mark Hanna &Co
Hanna
Republicana
Republican Party
THE STATE SOLONS PREPARE FOR A NEW SESSION
The legislature begins tomorrow with many members already in the city. The paper urges harmony, careful scrutiny of acts, and economy, noting prior tax and payroll changes. It warns against corruption, calls for restraint on whiskey in the capitol, and discusses senatorial fights and party unity amid tax shifts and school funding changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pritchard
Senator Ransom
Congressman Settle
Pritchard Shoals
Pitchard
Cleveland
Sherman
Ransom
State Auditor's Report on NC property values for 1895
The forthcoming Auditor's report shows North Carolina property value at 230,861,131 for 1895, down from 224,479,901, with real estate dropping to 153,835,584 from 158,088,054. Personal property categories list horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, and other assets with specified values. landowners and unlisted taxables noted, and percolal property rising to 77,025,547 from 76,391,837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Ieet
Illiterate Bean Eaters and Populist Taxed Minds Revolve
The piece mocks Massachusetts literacy claims in the wake of Kansas Populist gains. It compares print culture, church, and school density to critique biases, uses a farm ownership metaphor for gold standard greed, notes banking strain, and touts an 1897 calendar from N. W. Ayer & Son while commenting on Mexican hotel prices and American meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kansas
Massachusetts
Goldbuggery
Public Printing Costs in Raleigh and State
The piece scrutinizes twelve years of state printing costs, showing averages around $17,000 yearly under Ashe and Daniels and a higher rate under Stewart Brothers. It argues the figures are inflated by misrepresentation, notes specific warrants to Daniel a and the political shift in 1895, and urges fair assessment while preferring Raleigh for local work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Mercury
Barometer
Samuel A Ashe
Josephus Daniela
Stewart Brothers
Ashe and Daniels
Stewart Bros
North Carolina
Old North State
Road builders and reformers push for higher state standards
A Denver message to state secretaries dated December 22, 1896 urges dues payment for Supreme Council admission, notes frugal state reports, and argues renewed zeal is essential amid low prices and meager subsistence. It praises pioneers who attacked entrenched interests and says education has shaken the earth and threatened usury and transportation monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Supreme Council
Congress
Fraternal Message and Train Scene From Reform Era
A Pro North South Allian ce secretary urges unity for a future reform meeting in February with host city options Dallas St Louis or Topeka. An anecdote recounts a railway crew delaying a train to save a mother’s daughter on a track ending with a witty parting line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
St. Louis
Missouri
Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Council
Sam
R A. Southworrth
National Alliance and Industrial Union
Mary Ann
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Pisase
N. C
The
Progressive Farmer
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
Tam
L. L
Jth
Solons
Treasury
State Auditor’s Report
N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
Mexico
United States
States
the Public Printing
Dream OF the Press
Corporation Kings
Tom Reed
McKinley
Observer
Orange
Cedartown
Courier
Farmers’ Tribune
Des. Moines
Iowa
Signal
Gainesville
Tex
New York
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Pittsfield
Advocate
Onio
Filicta
Abilene
Des
Moines
Towa
Tulare Valley
Celt News
Express
Calhoun County
Florida
Advance Guard
Defiance
Ohio
HH. M. Kates
Swepstonville, N. C
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