State debate on bank note plan and Alabama style circulation
The measure favors state supervised banking with a new circulating note system backed by state bonds and stock notes. It outlines redemption, tax, and liability rules, plus Treasury control, and requires banks to keep open hours and face value collateral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Times
Fairchild
New York
New Orleans
Louisville
Alabama
Raleigh
Tate
North Carolina Bill Invites State Banks To Issue Circulating Notes
A proposed act introduced by Senator Sherrill authorizes chartered state banks to issue circulating notes payable on demand in U S dollars. The plan requires bond deposits equal to the notes, state engraving to deter fraud, and governor directed issuance. Notes may be redeemed at par and must be signed by bank officers.
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Sherrill
General Assembly of
North Carolina
General Assembly
United States
Sheep Shearings and Profit in Feeding Practices
The article argues that keeping good sheep is worthwhile and that profits come from feeding efficiency rather than total intake. It warns against uniform care for large herds, stresses reducing costs without harming condition, and advises dry feeding, dry bedding, and careful management to prepare flocks for winter in good condition.
Agricultural News Highlights From 1884 Items
Reports discuss a new Hamburg mill grinding Indian corn, wheat prices in Chicago, and a Springfiield Illinois Swine Breeders Association meeting. Other notes cover Minneapolis wheat stocks, New Jersey dairy enforcement on swill-fed cows, Angora goat fur value, and calls for public markets to cut middlemen.
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Hamburg
Chicago
Illinois Swine Breeders’ Association
Springfiere
Northwestern
New Jersey
Anglish Syndicate
Sire Boas
State News Reflects Crime Fire and Oddities Across Counties
The Lenoir Topic notes Mr T M Hawkins’s 595 pound Poland China hog kill. Montgomery county reports a negro girl burned to death. Durham Recorder cites clothing fire from a blaze. A new two story school at Ronda, Wilkes county, burned from a defective flue. Winston Sentinel covers a $3,000 insurance loss from a house fire.
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T M Hawkins
Buffalo
Lenoir
Montgomery County
Durham Recorder
Ronda
Wilkes County
Winston Sentinel
W. J. Lipfert
Whiteville
Concord Standard
Burlington News
Windsor Cotton Mills
Compton
Greenville
Darkey
Concord Times
Laura Edgison
Jacob Edgison
King’s Mountain
Lee Ware
A. F. Ware
Mike Sellers
Edward Harmon
Carolina
Vanceboro
New Berne Journal
Elizabeth Young
Union County
Supreme Court
Rome
Gen
A. Shuford
Asheville
Julia Dean
Floyd County
Julius Smith
Cornelius Smith
Eaton
Houck
Mecklenburg
Hall
Sugar Creek
J. C. Boyte
Thos. J. Outlaw
Hugh Dortch
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Bris Mamma
Charlotte Observer
L. E. Johnson
Lucia
Gaston County
Raleigh
W. G. Lewis
State Board of Education
Craven
Jones
Carteret
Pamlico
Thomas Jones
Berea
Granville
Durham Sun
Wilmington
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
United Beates Supreme Court
Robbers Impose On Vernon County Clerk At Viroqua Safe
In Vernon county last night two masked men forced John C Johnson at the courthouse safe to surrender about 5000 dollars then locked him in the safe and escaped. No clue exists yet to identify the culprits.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Viroqua
Vernon County
John C Johnson
Johnson
Negro Government Employees Counted in Washington
The Springfield Republican notes 2,894 black workers are employed by the federal government in Washington and collectively receive about $2,000,000 in salaries annually from the treasury.
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Washington
Treasury
Salarie
Springfield Republican
Meat War in San Francisco Prompts Retail Boycott
San Francisco on January 3 reports a looming meat war as Philip D. Armour opens a large stockyards and slaughterhouse in South San Francisco. Retail butcher groups threaten a boycott while Armour’s rep vows new shops citywide and meat sales at unbeatable prices.
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San Francisco
Philip D. Armour
Nea Aeter House
Armour
Indian troubles and famine sweep western Territory
Reports from Guthrie describe great suffering in the western Territory with tribes in the Cherokee Strip facing ration shortages. Indian communities face hunger while settlers on Arapahoe lands lose stock to cold. a prolonged blizzard has brought record cold across the Territory.
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Guthrie
Cherokee Strip
Fort Reno
Arapahoe
Sermon at St Pauls Cathedral for Unemployed Men
London on January 1 reports about an orderly demonstration by about 2000 unemployed men who filled three times their reserved seats at St Pauls Cathedral. Canon Henry Scott Holland preached with sympathy and urged social reforms while pledging support for legitimate efforts to improve workers’ conditions. The crowd cheered the Canon after the sermon as they marched to Camberwell singing the Marseillaise and The Starving Poor of England.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tower Hill
Henry Scott Holland
Camberwell
England
Raritan River floods undermine New Brunswick bridge
Floods on the Raritan River in New Brunswick New Jersey crush the temporary Albany Street bridge again at about two. Most of the structure is swept away endangering onlookers who fled. Contractors Dean and Westbrook of New York face about 4500 in losses. The new bridge, delayed from New York's Day, has uncompleted arches and cost now projected at 125000. The Pennsylvania Railroad temporary span remains intact.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Raritan
Albany Street
Dean & Westbrook
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Moon lighters fire at Browne home in County Clare
In Dvusuin Ireland a masked assailant ransacked the Browne residence near Tullah seeking a servant to a late magistrate. He fired a pistol at one of the daughters but missed, then fired aimlessly as the others fled the house. The attack followed a feud with the servant’s former employers.
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Dvusuin
Tullah
County
Clare
Judge Browne
Brownes
Rioting at Kilrush as Parnellite clash damages clubs
A New Year riot in Kilrush saw Parnellites attack the Workingmen's Club and Temperance Hall with stones, causing extensive windows damage and harassment of residents. Police were absent. many rioters were later arrested as anti Parnellite sentiment spurred assaults on homes of supporters of Timothy Healy.
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Brittany
Browne
Kilrush
Workingmen’s Club
Temperance Hall
Timothy Healy
Anarchists in Spain Rally in Barcelona New Year
Maprio reports 1500 anarchists gathered in Barcelona to mark the New Year. Speakers warned of bloodshed in 1893 with Volas promising a baptism of blood. Theresa Claremont urged armed revolt while the crowd roared, briefly threatening violence until calmer voices intervened.
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Maprio
Barcelona
Spain
Volas
Theresa Claremont
Louise Michael
Bandits in Texas threaten border stability with patrols
New Orleans reports Gen. Wheaton says bandits along the Texas border are troublesome, using dense brush to hide. U.S. forces including Third and Seventh Cavalry and Twenty-third Infantry patrol from Laredo to Rendado while Rio Grande is guarded between Laredo and Hidalgo.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
San Antonio
Texas
Wheaton
Department of Texas
Third Cavalry
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kansas
Hardie
Comitas Ranche
Jackson
Cavalry
Carizo
Chase
Hunter
Reno
Laredo
West
Taughorn
Fort Sihet
Twenty-third Infantry
Rendado
San Ignacio
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Oliver McMath
Hickory Mountain Township
W. J. Alspaugh
First National Bank of
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F. H Fries
Salem
E. Allen
Col. Alspaugh
Henry Weaver
Red Mountain
Durham
Ad Hargrave
Lexington Dispatch
John L Earnhardt
No. 9
Squire Earnhardt
Swepsonville
Crown Mills
Florida
Maj
Nelson
Oxford
N. C
Rocky Mount
M. C. Benson
Marlville
Bladen County
Sim Moore
Scott Boven
Benson
Marsville
Moore
Boven
Wilmington Star
Chatham Record
Wilkesboro
Jobs Cabin Township
Monroe Greer
Greer
Superman
Malinda Jane Speers
Wm. Lee
Sunda
Mr. Lee
Holt
William and
Thomas Whitson
Mitchell County
John Mambright
Cleveland County
Leonidas McKnight
Surry County
Charlotte News
the Negro Government Employees
Oklahoma
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Ireland
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