Major dodges politics with farm talk on wheat and cotton
In a rural exchange the Major declines political chat while debating single standard wheat and cotton pricing. The farmer cites 80 cent wheat in Chicago and 90 cents to a dollar in state markets, blaming flour trusts for higher consumer prices and pressing for domestic price relations with England and Germany.
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Chicago
Flour Trust
Betsy
England
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Germany
Grover
Officials urged to enforce Schedule B taxes in NC
North Carolina State Treasurer appeals to sheriffs to rigorously collect Schedule B license taxes on peddlers and professional trades. He warns against interstate peddling schemes, outlines penalties, and emphasizes franchise taxes on private corporations while urging cooperation to fund state needs. The message stresses protecting local merchants and ensuring revenue for schools and state institutions.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
General Assembly
Treasuries
United States
Supreme Court of the
Emert
Missouri
Gorham
Justice of the Peace
General Merchants
W. H. Wourts
Young Woman Runs Away After Conservatory Word Feat
A Greenville Reflector item notes a young woman escaped home after crafting seven hundred words from the word conservatory last autumn. Her mother had urged her to bake three loaves of bread from flour.
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Greenville Reflector
Two Fraud Papers Detected in Tribune Snippet Failing Finance Debate
Dalton Tribune quotes mockingly on Atlanta Journal and Argus lines, calling two subsidized papers one thought. The note hints at confusion over "sound money" and mentions Brown's Bronchial imitations with a cryptic aside about Covens Alma and Throat-Fes.
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Atlanta Journal
the Argus
Dalton Tribune
Alma
Throat
Fes
Brown
Commencement Day at Chapel Hill Alumni Banquet
Chapel Hill N C June 6 commencement day exercises opened with prayer and included orations by bachelors of arts candidates. Prizes were awarded to C F Tomlinson H H Horne and J T Farrell. 44 graduates. alumni banquet featured many state leaders and a push to fund an alumni hall with gifts totaling 10 000 dollars.
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Chapel Hill
Cuapen Hill
N. C
Memorial Hall
Joseph E. Alexander
A. L. Quickel
C F. Tomlinson
J. L Carr
H. Howell
H. McT. Thompson
Herbert Bingham
J. T. Farrell
C. R Turner
J. O. Carr
A. B. Kimball
W. A. Graham
W. C. McAlister
D. K. McRae
J. A. Moore
W. C. Wicker
M. H. Yount
W. B. Allen
G. H. Carpenter
J. W. McAlister
Leslie Weil
R. E Zachary
M. Borden
T. E. W. Brown
H. E. Bryant
W. C. Kluttz
D. Lindsey
T. R Little
J. E. Mattocks
E. W. Myers
J. L. Patterson
R. T
Steele
J. F. Gaither
W. L Scott
W. J. Gaither
H. C. Bridgers
G. M Graham
F. C. Harding
G. C. Lee
J. M. Oldham
C. F. Tomlinson
H. H. Horne
G. H. Kirby
B. E. Stanley
Philanthropic Society
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
Mark Baldwin
University of Georgia
A. L. Patterson
University of Texas
Fred. Simonds
Vanderbilt
W. L Dudley
Washington and Lee
J L. Howe
Universty of Virginia
Paul B.iringer
University of South Carolina
J. A. Fion
Governor Carr
Robert Winston
Holt
K P Battle, Sr
William A. Guthrie
H. H Horne
Locke Craig
Charles D. McIver
Marion Butler
Josephus Daniele
Alexander Graham
Paul Barringer
Col
Thomas S Kensa
Bishop Chesire
Grace
Basriet
Col Kenan
Julian S Carrat Orca
Winston
Benshaw Cameron
W. A. Guthrie
Twelfth Annual Teachers Assembly at Morehead City
The Twelfth Annual Session of the Teachers Assembly will meet at Morehead City from June 18 to 30, 1895. Noted educators will speak including Dr. W A Mowry Dr A E Winship and Polk Miller. The program promises educational work musical and literary entertainment with rail rates about half a cent per mile and Atlantic Hotel board at $1 per day. Tickets go on sale June 15 to 30 good to return until July 20.
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Teachers’ Assembly
Morehead City
Friends of Education
W. A. Mowry
Martha's Vineyard
A. E. Winship
New England Journal of Educat
Polk Miller
South
North Carolina
Atlantic Hotel
Captain warns of the unconverted man in Cain’s School
John Dixion fatally shot his cousin Lee Jones in Wilmington on Wednesday night. Authorities say the man read Cain’s Financial School and remains financially dead, merely walking about to incur funeral expenses. The incident drew immediate attention from local citizens.
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S.B Alexander
Cain
Charlotte People's Paper
John Dixion
Lee Jones
Wilmington
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement claims cure and reward
A fragmented early 20th century advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and extols Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites endorsements from J Cheney and several druggists, notes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and claims testimonials are available.
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Hall
Some North Carolina Curio Sities
A terse list by R. Pensstock profiles diverse North Carolina topics. Items include political stances of the Democratic press, a local band, advertisers abroad, a vain girl, the News and Observer, attitudes toward the Fred Douglass affair, and other social curiosities.
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R. Penstock
North Carolina
The
News and Observer
Fred Douglas
Progressive Farmer plans weekly updates and contests
The Progressive Farmer pledges up to date coverage and a strong staff of writers across agriculture reform poetry and humor. It announces a June start for a Lady Agents Photographic Gallery contest with monthly newspaper subscriber pictures and premiums, inviting readers to join Raleigh North Carolina publication.
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North Carolina
Progressive Farmer
Bryan Tyson
B F. White
F. E. Emery
J. F. Harrell
J. A. Toomas
Progressive Farm er seeks reader input on fifth page content
Time extended for ladies to submit reading matter ideas for the fifth page of The Progressive Farmer. The note invites all readers to send suggestions by Saturday, June 15, to shape future installments.
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Rying
Fence praise from Corwith letter to Deak Sirs
A Corwith Iowa note from EFID customer Mr G Townsend commends Deak Sirs for a page fence, claiming no other fence can equal it and expressing strong satisfaction with the purchase.
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Deak
Southern School subscription drive and ad notices
A school magazine note thanks Prof Calhoun of Lexington Ky for a complimentary copy of the Southern School official organ of the Kentucky State Board of Education. It urges subscriptions and sample copies for North Carolina teachers and asks agents to promote the periodical priced at 150 dollars per year.
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Calhoun
Lexanton Busness College
Lexington
Southern School
Kentucky Sta Board of Education
South
North Carolina
Southern
Long Lane
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