Gideon’s band politics and Betsy Bilkins rant to editor
The mock interview with Zeke Bilkins and Betsy Bilkins discusses Gideon’s band as a political bogeyman, party loyalty, independence, and threats of loud music protests. The piece shifts to a political remark about Maj Robson and agitation in North Carolina. It then notes Betsy’s outspoken politics and a cranky threat to summon Gideon’s band, ending with an ad-like line for The Progressive Farmer campaign edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon
Plello
Mas. Bilkins
Betsy
Wake County
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Chronicle
State News Breezy North Carolina roundup on crops and crimes
State presses report a continental ball at Greensboro on July 4. convicts on Roanoke river farms, Amity post office renamed Amity, Y M C A funds saved, church plans and accretions in multiple towns. crop prospects and fires plague farms, with numerous local incidents and court actions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Press
Greensboro
Roanoke River
Amity Hill
Hickory Press
Washington
Charlotte News
Mecklenburg County
Rocky Mount
New Berne
Norfolk
D. E Stevens
Wayne County Alliance
J. A. Leach
Thomasville News
Wilson Mirror
Bob Wyatt
Burlington Herald
D. M. Williams
Elon College
New Berne Journal
Heckburn and
Willett
Furbhes
North Carolina
Raleigh Recorder
Wake Forest College
Maxton Union
Nancy Smith
J. B. Holman
Statesville
Goldsboro
Court House
Durham Recorder
Asheville
Viola Boddie
New Woman's College
N. N
Lexington Dispatch
J. D. Newton
Baptist Church
Thomasville
Mount Olive
Duplin
Windsor Ledger
Dunstan
Scotland Neck
Democrat
de Strickland
Stuart Strickland
A. A. Holton
Superior Court
Guilford County
Mary Phillips
Brooklyn
B. R. Hall
Webbtown
Durham Sun
Elizabeth F. Forsyth
J. S. Forsyth
Wall
Durham
Granville County
Burglary, killings, floods fill towns across nation
A sprawling digest lists multiple incidents from May 20 to June 1 across towns including Jonesboro Georgia, Tompson Georgia, Plainfield New Jersey, Forsyth Georgia, Indianapolis Indiana, and Knoxville Tennessee. Reports cover break ins, shootings, train wrecks, floods, a jail escape capture, a railroad injunction denial, and a prison sentence.
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Jonesboro
Messrs. Stewart & Ward
Tompson
Andrew J. Megahee
Dearing
Gus Cumming
Indianapolis
Lake Erie and Western
Fisha A
Plainfield
N. J
John Wolfe
Washington Valley
Forsyth
Jerry Taylor
Milner
Marshal R
Harris
Washington
C. E. Atwell
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee Railroad
Richmond
San Antonio
Texas
Col
Pablo Munoz
Garza
Chicago
St. Louis
Lemonte
John Isabelle
Marie Bissell
West City
Brappocks
Penn
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Blacksmith
Anthony Lake
Joseph Zealang
Hackensack
Italian Shooting Association of
New York
South Fifth Avenue
Woodbridge
Marietta
Atlanta
Warrior
Treasury
Strangled by her hair in Flatbush home tragedy
Miss Lillie Norfolk aged thirty daughter of George H Norfolk a Brooklyn druggist was found dead in the bathroom of her Franklin Avenue house. She had been despondent over debts and mortgage pressures. A servant and neighbors forced open the door to find her body with her long hair twisted about the marble basin edge in a slow strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Person County
Charles Ratliff
Chatham
Jones
Hadley Township
Murfreesboro
Stanly County
Guilford Superior Court
Charles Blackman
Blackman
Lexington
Albert Harper
Andy Powell
Lenoir
Winston Sentinel
State Tobacco Association
J. S. Carr
Durham
Morehead City
Gastonia
Giles Beal
Derr
Lincoln County
Julia Hartsfield
Kinston Free Press
Rutherford Banner
William Nix
Rutherford County
Marion
W. H. Roberts
Marion Banking and Industrial Company
Statesville
New Presbyterian Church
H. W. Fitch
Asheville
Tarboro Southerner
Edgecombe
Bethel M. E. Church
South
Lee
Davidson College
Charlotte News
Sugar Creek
Seventh Street
Danbury
Mary Vaughn
Walnut Cove
Shelby
J. R. Osborne
Col
D. M. Baker
Elkin Courier
Joe. Lane
Marsh Township
Lane
Surry
Howell Cobb
Swannanoa
High Point Enterprise
Guilford
Johnie Carter
Friends’ School
New Garden
Guilford College
Plymouth
Kansas
Goldsboro
Richard Raynor
Our County
Grantham Township
Kinston
Roscoe
J. O. Gray
A. & A. Railroad
W. C. Kimball
Moncure Echo
Henderson
Flower Kingdom
Henry Perry
Concord Times
Miles B. Leslie
Concord
Lilly
Leslie
Sanford Express
Omohundro & Diggs
Lexington Dispatch
William Jey Hedrick
A. M. Young
Hedrick
Superior Court
Lillie Norfolk
George H. Norfolk
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Franklin Avenue
Flatbush
Mr. Norfolk
Miss Norfolk
Mob Hauls Black Suspect From Lewd Jail To Death
Four Adair county men rode into Lepanon Kentucky and abducted Heck Williams a Black suspect accused of an attempted assault on a white woman. The jailer hosted them for breakfast before releasing him. Williams was found hanged from a tree near Campbell Seville at dawn amid a mob vigilante killing.
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Lepanon
Adair County
Columbia
Campbell-Seville
Gen Stanley Retires From Active Service
Washington May 31 Gen Scho field announces the retirement from active service of Gen David H Stanley commander of the Department of Texas with headquarters at San Antonio due to age. The notice awaits Elkins approval before release and raises questions of his successor among three brigadier candidates Col Carr Sixth Cavalry Col Shafter First Infantry and Col Otis Twentieth Infantry.
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Washington
Schofield
David
Stanley
Department of Texas
San Antonio
Elkins
Gen. Stanley
Col. Carr
Sixth Cavalry
Col Shafter
First Infantry
Col. Otis
Twentieth Infantry
Destructive cyclone plagues Wellington Kansas
A Wellington Kansas cyclone wrecked downtown May 28 killing up to thirty and injuring about seventy. The Phillips house hotel collapsed during a ball killing many inside. Four local newspapers offices were destroyed and rescue efforts were underway as death toll rose. Citizens urged to support Farm er Progressive Farmer in campaign appeal.
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Kansas City
Wellington
Kansas
Jefferson Avenue
Avenue C
Ninth
Phillips
The
Monitor
the Press
Voice
the Mail
van Foundry
William Asher
Kittie Strahan
Phillips House
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Zeke Bilkins
England
Shylock
Lord Salisbury
America
State News
One Fruit Transportation Company
Wilmington
Wilmington and
Weldon
French Broad Baptist Church
Claud Jones
Charlie Wynn
Wynn
Thrash
Morganton Herald
Wm. Powell
Arden
W. G. Hoxan
Morganton
Hogan
Dunn Times
J. R. Barefoot
Sampson County
S. P. Hudson
M Bass
J. W. Harris
Alliance
Beans Max Indig
Ple
Tuer
Progressive Farmer
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