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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1891
Page
5
A rustic memory piece portrays a stranger in a restaurant asking for coffee like his mother made it. James Whitcomb Riley's voice emerges as the man returns to his birthplace, revealing the estranged son recognizing his mother in a warm, hometown scene.
Rev Thomas Dixon Jr argues against public trials for heresy. He urges giving heretics elbow room and freedom, claiming trials persecute and dishonor Christ. He condemns trials as anti Christian, unproductive, and a relic of barbarism, urging the church to avoid judging inner faith.
W C Biss Sr from Montgomery Alabama argues against the silver bill citing 1836 1840 Democratic Calhoun Whig debates and fears that issuing silver certificates would empower banks of issue. He urges disbanding banks of issue replacing with government legal tender notes to fund debt war costs and general circulation while warning of bank domination and tax burdens.
The excerpt catalogs strong anti bank rhetoric from Democratic figures and influences across years from 1840 to 1892. It quotes Jefferson, Jackson, Calhoun, Webster, and Lincoln, linking fears of centralized money power to national banks and political control. The passage ends with a call to mobilize in 1892.
The Saxony portion of the Great International Geodetic Survey under Nagel and collaborators reports extensive data from the trigonometrical and astronomical efforts aimed at refining the earth’s shape. It details base lines of 8908.647 meters, 36 fixed survey points, 122 second-order points, and 203,888 instrument readings, with minute normal deviations and longitudinal variations across Saxony.
State Executive committee announces district by district appointments for Alliance lecturers across North Carolina. Notable appointees include Prof F S Blair in the first district Capt E A Thorne in the second Dr V N Seawell in the third Rev P H Massey in the fourth and other named figures such as B Smith Hunter and J S Bell. These agents are to promote literature and cooperate with district lecturers.
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