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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1896
Page
8
Farmers neglect poultry as a business and learn little from broader stock. The piece urges gradual steps, better houses, breeds suited to climate, systematic feeding, cleanliness, and careful breeding to avoid costly failures and improve profits.
W. S. Clark writes from Yeatesville in East Carolina urging unity for the People's Party on a bi metalist platform. He attacks the Cleveland administration and usury, advocates the whipping post to cut crime costs, and calls for industrial liberty, monetary reform, and a nationwide push from mountains to seacoast.
The discussion argues that opening U S mints to unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1 would not flood the country with silver. It notes historical mint policies, silver and population growth, and China's silver holdings, asserting global output has not outpaced demand and China could not export its wheat or silver despite a favorable ratio.
The Journal of Agriculture in St. Louis argues against both unlimited minting and foreign silver dumping. It contends that open coinage would not debase the currency, nor would it prevent silver from flooding in, since each assumption cannot be true simultaneously. The piece highlights fallacies in gold standard advocates' reasoning.
A Demana Chronicle item recounts two birthings in a single household where a man’s joke about twins backfired. Triplets emerged, all children sharing similar color and expressions, making it impossible for nurses to distinguish mother, father, and offspring. Parents remain perplexed about the mix up.
At a June meeting the lodge adopted resolutions mourning the death of Allen J Sanders aged 55 who passed on June 16 The group extols his loyalty and membership offers sympathy to the family and asks that the resolutions be published in The Progressive Farmer and sent to the family and Shelby Aurora.
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