Republican Silver party organized in Chicago report
The Republican Silver party organized in Chicago with 32 states present. Minnesota's Charles A Rowne elected permanent chairman to lead the national committee. Only three Southern states represented. North Carolina not represented. Women from the Women's Bi Metallic Union attended. North Carolinians unaware of northern and western Republican discontent.
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Hobart
Inter State Commerce Commission
Garret
Gill
Father McKinley
Garrett
Republican Silver Party
Chicago
Chales Arowne
Minnesota
Woman’s
Bi-Metallic Union
Mrs. Tillinghast
Cleveland
North Carolina
North
West
Board of Trustees reshapes A. and M. College staff
The News and Observer criticism aside, the North Carolina Board of Trustees met in the city on the 10th and enacted faculty changes at the A. and M. College and State Experiment Station. Prof. F. E Emery becomes Professor of Agriculture, Prof. J. J. Britt succeeds as Professor of Mathematics, and E. G. Butler is named Assistant Professor of English, Board secretary, and other promotions.
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News and Observer
A. & M. College
News & Observer
Asa
State Experiment Station
Irby
Battle
Yates
McCarthy
Elgo
Allen
Asbury
Miller
Ioece
Chamberlain
Hubbard
F. E Emery
Experiment Station
J.J. Britt
Mitchell County
R. E L. Yates
E. G. Butler
Vance County
Country People Scorn Hurts Rural Residents Say Grange Advocate
The Grange Advocate condemns city ridicule of country folks and rural manners. It argues urban mockery harms both sides, praises rural visitors, and questions a News and Observer effort to damage A and M College. The piece asserts equal intelligence beyond city limits.
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Grange Advocate
Freedom for Cuba cries for belligerent rights
A critical call against Spain for brutal acts in Cuba. The piece urges American aid and insists on granting belligerent rights, condemning McKinley and Congress while depicting Cuban suffering and urging action. It cites gruesome claims to provoke outrage and calls for solidarity with the Cuban patriots.
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Cuba
Spain
Columbus
Cubas
House of Representatives
McKinley
Senate
Good Roads Urge Public Action Across All Classes
A call urging better public highways notes farmers show little interest in road agitation. It argues bad roads waste time and labor, reduce farm profits, and cripple horse power. European roads haul more. thus public effort should awaken all classes to improve road conditions.
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America
The August School Elect Nations
A commentary argues that public education expansion is essential as business and farming demand scientific knowhow. It notes colonial times favored physical strength over schooling, but modern society rewards educated individuals in wealth and success through applied science and business methods.
Public School Tax: An Investment for North Carolina
The article argues for longer and better public schools funded by local taxation. It asserts education strengthens business agriculture and commerce, framing school tax as a profitable investment yielding future benefits in culture loyalty and progress. It notes farmers may misperceive schools and predicts August elections will answer.
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Croesus
North Carolina
Faculty Denies Looting Charges At A and M College
The A and M College faculty responds to accusations of looting, stating trustees changed only one department head to consolidate agricultural work and save about seven hundred dollars, with minor faculty additions. Signatories include Alexander Q Howapay president and professors Massey Hill Witness Rippler Gresnam Craze and others.
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A & M. College
A. & M. College
News & Observer
News and Observer
Agricultural and Mechanical College and
Nincom
Friends of Cesantal Education
ALEXANDER Q@ Howapay
Reform era money writings fuel reform papers debate
A collage of quotes attacks on gold standard and calls for greenbacks from reform journals and populist papers. Advocates argue money is value, not paper, and urge print-driven expansion while condemning gold bugs and tariff schemes.
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Proopers
Adlai
Willie Wocott
Paris
Ocala
Congregg
Uate
England
Bunker Hill
Hagland
Curio Demand Over a Dollar Bill Fragments of an Old Sigh
A rambling note complains about curiosities and bizarre images, mentioning a dozen legged cat and a thousand pound hog. The text requests a curio described as a dollar bill and urges payment of a subscription.
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N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
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Tam
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Southern Railroad
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Moike
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Lenoir
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Geo. Gould
Vanderbilt
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South Carolina Statesman
Freedom
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