Major Bilkins Seeks War as Escape from Married Life
Zeke Bilkins discusses patriotism and fantasies of war with a newspaper correspondent. He plans to join Grover Cleveland's imagined campaign, joking about sailing in a lighthouse tender named Violet. He weighs Cuba against England and laments married life, seeking a drastic change.
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Grover
John Bull
England
President Cleveland
Cleveland
Cuba
Watt
Gudebye
Governor Evans pressing railroad reform and tax plan
South Carolina Governor Evans urges an income tax and tight controls on foreign railways, warning that the Southern Railway dominates the region. He calls for a special committee to investigate state railroad status and outlines proposed fertilizer and packing rules for meat curing, including salt quantities and smokehouse methods.
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Columbia
8. C
General Assembly of
South Carolina
Evans
United States Court
Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
United States
New Advertisements in The Progressive Farmer Ad Notes
Leeds-T. W. Wood & Sons Richmond Virginia Lot Free Western Land Company Brooklyn New York Fertilizers Powell Fertilizer and Chemical Company Baltimore Maryland Tobacco Fertilizers The F B Royster Guano Company Tarboro North Carolina and Norfolk Virginia Always mention THE PROGRESSIVE Farmer when writing to advertisers When you visit Raleigh stop at the new Park Hotel Elevator electricity and other modern conveniences and the rates are not higher than at other hotels Mr E C Crawford the affable and gentlemanly manager is making the Park very popular
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Leeds
T. W. Wood & Sons
Richmond, Va
Lot Free—Western Land Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Powell Fertilizer and Chemical Company
Baltimore
Raleigh
New Park
E. C. Crawford
Park
Wood
Leadmen
Richmons
Communion with Living Pages in Columbus County
Correspondence from Columbus County discusses religious meetings and the Alliance and church activity. Mentions Bro. King’s quiet but impactful work, Bilkins urging him, and a Christian Conference in Atlanta delaying broader reform testimony from twenty states.
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Bro. King
Bilkins
Wates
la Grippe
Atlanta
Rowan County Alliance reports large gains in membership
The Rowan County Farmers' Alliance meetings on January 10 and 11, 1896, show a 16 percent rise in male membership and over 25 percent in female members from the prior quarter. J P Sossaman spoke both days, praised for his forceful arguments and public appeal, and recalled as a former mayor of a “wide place” road between Davidson College and Mooresville. Also included is an Agricultural Department bulletin titled How to Make Good Bacon, detailing hog weights, processing steps, and cautions on salting after slaughter.
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Rowan County Farmers’ Alliance
J. P. Sossaman
Bro. Sossaman
Davidson College
Mooresville
N. C
United States
Grover Cleveland
M. L. Rircutt
Y Rowan Co. Alliance. Ee
Agricultural Department Bulletin
Woman in Court Shocks North Carolina Trial
Mrs Pattie Arrington faced ex Judge Spier Whitaker in a Raleigh libel suit. Self represented, she cross examined him fiercely, accusing prominent lawyers and judges of crimes. Though verdict sided with Whitaker, the hearing sparked a loud courtroom spectacle and claims of slurring a former chief justice.
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Superior Court of
North Carolina
Raleigh
Pattie Arrington
Spier Whitaker
Arrington
Bluefield
W. Va
Telegraph. Ee
Chatham County Alliance Holds Quarterly Meeting
The County Alliance met last Thursday with eighteen Sub Alliances represented. Bro. R. B Lingberry will arrange lectures on request. Resolutions condemned the issue of interest bearing bonds and urged public health awareness for a cough.
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County Alliance
R. B Lingberry
Chatham County Alliance
Alliance Resolutions Praise Butler and Education Push
The group commends Congressmen and Senator Marion Butler for opposing further bond issues and supports the majority party in the Senate. They urge sending copies of resolutions to representatives and celebrate increased scholar funding from 90 cents to 1.15, urging continued labor and education efforts despite skepticism. The Caatham Citizen notes the alliance is active for the poor despite doubts.
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Congress
Marion Butler
Butler
United States Senate
Caatham
Progressives Subscribing Agents Club Feeds Farmer List
Subscriptions rising from agents across North Carolina as Pasour Halifax Keatler Bissett Andrews Flake Baines Crawford Sossaman Graham Butler Snipes Princes and others send clubs. Columbus County Alliance resolutions praise Graham and the State Alliance efforts to protect state railroad property and endorse publishing these resolutions by The Progressive Farmer.
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Jonas Pasour
Gaston County
W. E. Bowers
Halifax County
Bro. Pasour
G. Ed. Keatler
Cabarrus
M. N. Bissett
Nash County
Bro. Bissett
W. Andrews
Orange County
Bro. Andrews
T. Flake
Anson County
C.H. Baines
Bro. Baines
E. T. Crawford
Wayne County
J. P. Sossaman
Mecklenburg County
W. A. Graham
Bro. Graham
Progressive Farmer
E. G. Butler
Vance County
Bro. Butler
E. T. Snipes
Hertford County
Bro. Snipes
M. B. Princes
Vance _county
Princes
Columbus County Alliance
Graham
State Alliance
North Carolina
Alliance
C. Gors
J. R. Batowine
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Columbus County
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Sossaman
Chatham County Meeting
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New York
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J. H. Gill
Raleigh, N. C
Irices
Asa
Turner
N. OC
Jas
H. Ennis
T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Will
Jon
Freeport
U. 8
Renan
Harrison Wagon Co
Cary
America
Raton Gankkens
STEAM
Wee Excelsior Incubator
Our Lady
Neo
Raleish
N.C
Washington
Western Land Co
Bridge St
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White Stock
Chester
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B.m.woolley
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Goldbugs
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Cherryvale
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Salem Iron Works
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Raleigh Tobacco Market
Common
Iceman
Pat Pe Saas
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Our Home Publishing Co
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