Dauntless ring ship and other notes
Editorial notes from the N. R. P. A. column discuss a wide mix of topics including a ship nicknamed Dauntless, local political calls to wake neighbors for Sub-Alliance and county meetings, a woman with three cremated husbands, college oratory, an upcoming Rock Ridge Academy picnic on Thursday July 8, and Wilson County Alliance meetings. Obituary notices note the death of Col. B. McD. Tate in Morganton on June 25, with remarks on his health, plus comments on John D. Rockefeller’s philanthropy, schooling debates, and local newspaper praise as Christmas nears in six months.
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H. F. Freeman
Rock Ridge Academy
Wilson County Alliance
Johnny Wanamaker
McD
Tate
North Carolina
Morganton
N. C
John D. Rockefeller
Brown University
E. Bon+iii
Andrews
America
Nitteeman
Charlotte Observer
Jack Robinson
Webster's Dictionary
J. P
Col Dr Kingsbury Lampoons Town Laws and politics
The Wilming ton Messenger editor Col Dr Kingsbury LL D is described as a fiery partisan writer who edits in a past era. The piece mocks his temper and old fashioned rhetoric using terms like Looter traitor vagabond and nincompoop while noting his virtues of humility in not boastfully touting war records and a habit of joke lines about Ayer’s pills. It ends by recalling Le noir town ordinances banning bean shooters and marbles on sidewalks and hints at voting rights for local kids.
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The
Wilmington Messenger
Dr. Kingsbury
Olden Times
Ayer
County Alliance Meetings Urge Delegates and Action
If you have not elected delegates from your Sub Alliance to the County Alliance meetings do so at once These meetings will be important Elect your best men in the Subs to select the best to go to the State Alliance meeting in August The life of our organization depends on these meetings Officers are to be elected in each County Alliance Elect capable men who will take interest and have the work at heart The State Alliance will consider officer elections and the shoe factory question We urge all counties to send men to Hillsboro in August uninstructed as to details but with sound judgment to perfect plans to operate the shoemaking machinery and keep it running The harvest is ready and with good management will be successful from now on but the enterprise will fail if the machinery sits idle and must be operated
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County Alliance
State Alliance
Hillsboro
Cor
Progressive Farmer
Subs
J. W. Denmare
England Objects In Parliament On Hawaiian Annexation
In the House of Commons Earnest Williams questioned if Britain would protest or cede sovereignty over Hawaii after a small American group deposed Queen Liliuokalani and sought US annexation to gain a coaling station. The reply suggested England would not push a row unless financial interests provoke public attention.
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House of Commons
Earnest Williams
Liliuokalani
Hawaiian
United States
Williams
Mr. Williams
England
Wall Street
Mr. Rothschild
Caldwell to the Rescue Editorials Stir Sportslike Talk
Hon J P Caldwell of the Charlotte Observer writes soul stirring editorials and joins the idea of team kickers. He protests frothing at the mouth about 16 to 1 and attacks Cleveland and Carlisle. He urges Democratic friends to turn from this, though Dr T B K would object to any joint effort.
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J. P. Caldwell
Charlotte Observer
Dr. Kingsbury
North Carolina
Col. Caldwell
Cleveland
Carlisle
Caldwell and Kingsbury clash over state policy on Pisgah
Col Caldwell stands atop Pisgah and surveys the promised land while criticizing Hon Josephus Daniels methods for saving the State. The passage welcomes Caldwell as a potential successor to the News and Observer's late editor and suggests he will enter political conflict.
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Col. Caldwell
Pisgah
Josephus Daniels
Bro. Caldwell
News and Observer
Let Us Have Peace and Dying Rich Man Inheritance
The piece argues for unity among silver men to win in 1900, urging harmony over division with a Grant quote Let us have peace. It then notes how many distant relatives claim kin when a rich man dies intestate and wonders who would stake a claim if old Nick left a fortune.
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Nic
Barney Barnato
Nick
Mystery of Charlie Ross Sealed by Time and Pride
The article recalls the 1874 Charlie Ross kidnapping in Germantown near Philadelphia, detailing rewards, Pinkerton involvement, and the unresolved fate of the child. It contrasts this with harsh views on London’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations amid famine in India, noting public distress versus pomp.
North Carolina Pioneered Referendum Move Across Nation
The article argues North Carolina was the first state to submit a non constitutional act to a popular vote and use the referendum on a statewide issue the 1881 Chap 319 act banning liquor. it accuses certain editors of misunderstanding the reform and criticizes Speaker Reed for daily adjournments.
Murder at Lexington A. A. Springs shot in the night
A white man shot Mrs. A A Springs in Lexington around 3 30 am as she screamed in the house of the March House proprietor. Despite bloodhounds the trail was lost near Midway and authorities fear he may not be captured.
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Lexington
A.a.springs
March House
Midway
Winston
Springs
A Wonderful Era News Snippets and Oddities
A fragmentary page notes wonders of the age, including the horseless carriage, Tesla's earth telegraph claim, Judge Simonton delays, prosperity hopes, a revived Indian recount, North Carolina pride, and a flamboyant reference to Josephus Daniels. An idle Lemonade record by a Shelby figure is mentioned amid miscellaneous exchanges.
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Nikola Tesla
Josephus Daniels
Grover Cleveland
Tooa Negro
Shelby
A Fragmented Riff on Tariffs and Money Making
A damaged discourse notes the past hubbub of an unnamed deaf and dumb man and a grand claim to reveal the ultimate money making method by ending coinage. It mocks Congress tariff debates and labor’s plight while likening Cleveland free trade to McKinley protection as indistinguishable to workers.
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Eidisoft
Time for Action in Progressive Farmer Correspondence
J W Denmare urges strict business principles for the State Alliance to audit funds and mobilize operations. He notes a shrinking Shoe Factory fund from 30000 to under 10000 and calls for careful investigation, reorganization if needed, and urgent steps to restart machinery.
A Young Giant Populism Rising in U S Politics
The piece argues populism surges in the United States, with 3,000,000 voters plus millions of potential voters from women and young men. It frames Populism as a necessity born from times, fueled by Democratic and Republican policies, and notes ongoing recruitment and loyalty among true populists versus traitors. It also compares McKinley prosperity badges to Cleveland emblems as a partisan motif.
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United States
Republican Party
Southern Mercury
People’s Party
McKinley
Prosperityites
Cleveland
Reform Papers and Populist Echoes Across Newspapers
A collage of editorials and notices from late 19th century papers. References to McKinley era politics, Populism spread, editor attire changes, and patronage letters show a media landscape debating finance, debt, and party dynamics. Mentions Tulare California, Cedar Town Georgia, and Washington dispatches.
Strawberries, subscriptions, and a rural plea to plant
A reader letter mix notes Progressive Farmer pricing as not free, urging each subscriber to pay a dollar yearly. The Rural World item extols strawberries as profitable for Eastern North Carolina farmers and urges families to plant patches, harvest berries, and enjoy their healthful fruits.
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L. L. Polk
J. L. Ramsey
Eprroe
Iit
Jose Sine
Raleigh, N. C
Ralenh, N.C
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
Dauntless
DR. Kingsbury Kicks
Corporation
Lenoir
Moses
Caldwell
Kingsbury
Grant
Charlie Ross
OC. K. Ross
Germantown
Philadelphia
Ross
Allan Pinkerton
Sptember
Pinkerton
London
Alamance
Chatham
Acta
Reed
Congress
Dan
Bradstreet
New York
Cleveland Free Trade
Trish
Reform
Esiven
Claus Spreckles
San Francisco Examiner
Claus
Cedartown
Democratic
Pople
Tulare
Cal
New York World
Washington
Deak Lie
A.J. Wimberly
New Orleans
Louisiana
M. A. Hanna
Topeka
Register
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