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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1896
Page
7
Brother John McDuffie extols The Progressive Farmer as a rare enduring guide and valuable weekly for North Carolina reformers. He lauds its high standards, warns of industry pressures, and urges subscribers to honor debts to L. L. Polk’s widow while supporting the paper’s mission.
F Buar appeals to Guilford College readers to unite under Unity and Progress and to rejoin the Alliance. He argues past reverses prove effort pays, likening farmers and merchants to a child learning to walk, urging Alliancemen to rally, renew faith, and support with envelopes and blanks sent on request.
The Southern Railway announces the revival of its New York and Florida Short Line Limited for 1896. First southbound train leaves New York January 6 and first northbound departs St. Augustine January 8. Route follows Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington, then Southern Railway to Savannah and Jacksonville, with Florida East Coast Railway to St. Augustine. Travel from New York at 3:20 p.m. and Washington at 10:05 p.m.. Jacksonville reaches 6:30 p.m., St. Augustine 7:40 p.m. The line emphasizes Pullman equipment and compact schedules, offering through tickets and full information from Southern Railway representatives.
Correspondence from Progressive Farmer notes Broadway Alliance in Grotto North Carolina reorganized weeks earlier with R B Fuquay as President J L Thomas as Secretary and Capt J O A Rolly as Lecturer The writer supports reform and mentions sending one dollar for continued receipt of the paper The note also discusses turkey breeding advice and seasonal considerations about turkeys and wild turkeys mating with strong gobblers to improve hardiness
Two railroad wrecks on January 1, one near Leadville on the Midland and Denver Rio Grande lines and another in a Vandalia Illinois Central tunnel near St Louis, claim multiple lives. Firemen Harry Harman and Henry Rothweller die, engineers John Baker and Milton White are victims, with several injuries and extensive wreckage reported.
North Carolina creates many notable inventions from household appliances and local ideas. Local geniuses across communities develop simple devices that streamline work and could reveal new principles with wider impact beyond their initial use.
A fragmented notice urges North Carolinians to submit ideas on patentable inventions to the Patent Law Department in Washington for potential advantage. It also outlines Populist demands for currency reform, coinage, income tax, government ownership of rail and telegraph, postal savings, land for settlers, and direct election of U.S. Senators by district voters.
The magazine expands with an 80 color print setup capable of 320,000 pages daily. January shows Eric Pape water color frontispiece for Stevenson's final story and a Rossi lithographed cover, signaling changing times and monthly cover surprises. Zeke Bilkins claims subscribers for The Progressive Farmer as the only fix to Vexing Batsy.
A collection of letters from 1893 to 1895 praising The Progressive Farmer as the best advertising medium, with endorsements from J. H. Gua and J. W. Denmark. The documents include notes on ad reach across papers and a warning from the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance urging complaints about a business agency be directed to the State Business Agent before investigation by the committee.
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