Prosperity, Real Estate, and Reform Press Talk in Buncombe
A Buncombe County resident, Mr. T. C. Coffee, shows life long fines totaling 1184 for fighting. Real estate mortgage activity rose by 770 in numbers and about 3 million in value last year. Rail and road building plans loom, while eggs and seasons shift as the big bog season ends. The Reform Press Association declares no fusion in campaigns, with editors convening in Memphis.
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Buncombe County
T. C. Coffee
Reform Press Association
Memphis
St. Louis
Eee
A Great Mistake The Railroad Commission Reform
The Railroad Commission was praised for its craft yet flawed by making commissioners elective through the legislature, not by the people. Despite defeats in 1891 and 1897, the public now pushes for a system where the people elect board members to curb high rates and salaries. The coming legislature is expected to reorganize the Board toward popular election.
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Railroad Commission
Andrews
Legislature Adjourns Amid Railroad Fight and Graft Claims
The session ends amid stalemate over bills and a tense railroad lease dispute. Claims accuse a bossed plutocracy of buying votes to block reforms while Morgan Carlisle and Rothschilds profit from a 99 year lease and bond deals. The writer urges public action against the Southern Railroad and calls for reform in the next legislature.
Hon Joseph Pie Caldwell and the Pie Brigade Scandal
The piece accuses Hon Joseph Pie Caldwell editor of the Charlotte Observer of carelessness and dual roles, portraying him as leading a traitor’s faction then deserting to Mexico. It claims suits for damages loom and references Mark Hanna in a mock political scandal tone.
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Joseph Pie Caldwell
Charlotte Observer
Trusta
Grover Cleveland
Mark Hanna
BillcKinley
Tobacco Trust
Mexico
United States
Joseph Pie
Every Man Who Travels in North Carolina Rail Lines
A historical note criticizes rail fare disparities caused by minimal legislative votes. It argues travelers face higher first and second class rates due to lobby influence, with one vote margins cited for rail and telegraph rate bills. It urges tax and school-fund implications if different votes had prevailed.
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North Carolina
Sothern Railroad
Senate
House
Rewarding Carlisle as a gold bug ally in a stock scandal
The text accuses John G. Carlisle once Secretary of the Treasury under Cleveland, now labeled a gold supporter, of duplicity benefiting J. P. Morgan and a Syndicate that owns the Southern Railway. It claims Morgan helped to swipe a $262,000,000 pile from the Cleveland era deals.
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John G. Carlisle
Treasury
Cleveland
J. P. Morgan
Southern Railway
Cleveland and
Carlisle
Congress
Brockton Diamond
New Jersey
McKinley
Brockton
The Old Guard Subscriptions and Renewals Page
Readers from multiple counties send renewals and kind words for The Progressive Farmer. Notable supporters include William F. Reade of Person, G W Perkins of Ashe, R C Siler of Chatham, and C A Guffy of Rowan, each thanking the paper and noting renewals. A long list cites dozens of subscribers from counties such as Caldwell, Anson, Gas ton, Chatham, Rockingham, Rowan, Wake, and Mecklenburg with many more names.
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William F. Reade
Person County
G. W. Perkins
Ashe County
R C. Siler
Chatham County
John F. Helderman
Lincoln County
C T Flowers
Caldwell County
P Davis
Anson
Rogers
Christie
J A Faires
Gasston
T F Andrews
Chatham
J A Glass
Move on their lines to curb telegraph and telephone charges
A Raleigh letter urges state action to set maximum telegrams at 10 cents for 10 words and telephone rents at 12 dollars housing and 18 dollars business. It argues federal post office ownership and lower rates will educate the public, curb corporate profits, and hasten universal access, with bills already debated in several states.
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Europe
Italy
England
Switzerland
Paraguay
Congress
Henry Clay
Cave Johnson
Maine
Washington
Daily Press
Western Union
Post Office
United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Morrill
North Carolina
Clark Raleigh
N. C
Two Kinds Of Populists In Kansas Legislature
The Topeka Advocate reports two kinds of Populists in the Kansas legislature and notes that one group was expelled from the party. It argues both major parties failed to weed out traitors, risking a fake third party unless populists continue to expel non genuine members.
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Topeka Advocate
Kansas
Three items from Billville and a weather joke
The note lampoons local politics and weather, recalling Billville not being invited to McKinley’s cabinet and a preacher funded town editor. It mentions a reporter predicting a cold wave and a mule’s pension claim tied to Civil War imagery, with witty asides about Washington and public funds.
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Billville
McKinley
Atlanta Constitution
Reform Era Echoes on Prosperity and Tariff Debates
A collage of reform pamphlet quotes mocks populist rhetoric and McKinley era policies. Parodies rail against tariffs, gold reserves, and the so-called prosperity wave, with voices from the Grange Advocate to the Missouri World debating Dingley and Wilson bills and money in circulation.
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Bill Perkins
J. Piegpont Morgan
Cleveland
Bill
Col. McKinley
Congress
Dingley
McKinley
Hev
Annanias
Gudebye
Last Notice to Subscribers Owed Back Payments
A newspaper note urges subscribers in arrears to settle debts before service is cut off. It instructs placing owed amounts in an envelope and delivering them at the post office before soil dries enough to plow, framing payment as the first step to avoid disconnection.
Ink keg incident sparks town apology
The Kicker office reports a Monday event where a rival journalist fired sixteen bullets at the writer who then shoved him into a barrel. No serious injuries are claimed beyond a possible spinal hurt, and the writer says they will repeat the scene if the rival recovers and returns to shoot.
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Kicker
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