North Carolina Alliance leaders push reform of state institutions
A sweeping call from Assor T L Swinson Goldsboro NC urges replacing Democratic machine appointments with legislative elected boards and officers for NC state institutions. The note argues for salary cuts and removal for cause to curb excess taxation and ensure reform aligned with labor and producer interests. It also notes the rise of Italian bees as overrated and lists various alliance figures and presses.
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North Carolina
Todpy
Assor T L Swinson
Goldsboro, N. C
Popular Authors Theme The Ladies Home Journal 1895 Plan
The Ladies Home Journal outlines a rich 1895 program with Jerome K Jerome Bret Harte Frank R Stockton Mrs Burton Harrison Mrs A D T Whitney and others contributing serials stories and essays. It also notes music and performances, including Nordica Davis and Conan Doyle and mentions kerosene emulsion as a stock spray additive.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Jerome K. Jerome
Bret Harte
Frank R. Stockton
Burton Harrison
A. D. T. Whitney
Madame Nordica
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Mr. Howells
Dr. Parkhurst
New York
Edward Bellamy
Eugene Field
Bill Nye
John Kendrick Bangs
Robert J. Bartlett
Conan Doyle
America
Francis Hodgson Burnett
Jane Austin
Julia Magruder
Elizabeth Bellamy
Kate Greenway
Palmer Cox
Shakespeare
Margaret Deland
Sarah Orne Jewett
Plutocracy and the 1890s political critique in prose
A dense critique denounces Grover Cleveland as a plutocratic president, accusing his message to Congress of prioritizing bankers and plutocrats over relief for the unemployed and hungry masses. It attacks money power, party politics, and calls for peaceful political change amid references to Alliance and Populist sentiments.
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Pluto
Chicago Sentinel
Cleveland
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Mene
Tekel Upharsin
Washington
Jefferson
Letter from Rowan County seeks to speak for Alpha
Correspondence appears from the Progressive Farmer noting it is outside the writer’s business to publish in newspapers. The writer recalls scarce dispatches since the 1890s and mentions a cyclone era when Alpha fell due to Alliance politics and a nonpartisan assistant deputy marshal, with lingering cranky chatter.
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Alpha Alliance
Butler
Iredell County
Davie County
Rowan
Grover A. Misenheimer
Alpha
Unemployed Mechanics and Laborers Face Limited Prospects
In Richmond, an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 mechanics and 7,000 to 8,000 total unemployed workers, white and Black, linger in idleness. The piece warns against emigration to other communities where work exists, noting widespread idle industries and long spans of unemployment, sometimes eighteen months, with only brief spurts of work. Local opinion urges staying put to avoid increasing “idle and ignorant tramps” elsewhere.
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New York
Carneagie
Chauncey Depew
Maillionaire’s Union
John D. Rockfeller
William
William Waldorf Astor
England
Cornelius Vanderbilt
China
John Jacob Astor
Sun
Grosscup
Dugro
Vail
Pennsylvania
Hocking Valley
Spring Valley
Richmond Star
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D. P. Dun
G. L. Loucks
Hares
Se Son Mannage
Brandon
Southworth
Denver
Colo
Beck
Alabama
Davie
Kentucky
Yath Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
J. M. Mewborne
Kinston
A. C. Shuford
Newno
N.C
Scretary
W. 8. Barnes
Aleigh
N. C
T. T. Speight
Lewis
Geo
T. Lane
Greensoro
Jas. E. Lyon
Urham
J. R. Hancock
Keensboro
W. H. Worth
Raleigh
W. Graham
Mach
North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
J. J. Long
A. F. Hileman
Joncord
State Alliance Judiciary Committee
Jno. Brady
Gatesville
J. F. Harrell
North Carolina Reform Press Association
J. L. Rameey
Arion Butler
Sarnes
Organ, Raleig
Raleigh Hickory Whitakers
Beaver Dam Lumberu
Laucas
People’s Paper
Unsion Blade
Gente
Semincole
Boston
National Union
Farmers’ Advocate
Dream OF the Press
People's Advocate
Europe
Chicago Express
United States
Pensacola
Labors’ Tribune
John Burns
Chicago
Hell
Washington Republic
Woodbine Sentinel
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