Dream of turpentine and grains from the East to cotton and pine
State news fragment bundle notes Jerry Thomas of Thomasville at 58 with 39 living children. Hotel excavation nearing completion. Monroe cotton mills get a large new dynamo. Multiple county items cover deaths, fires, a kettle explosion at R J Reynolds Tobacco, and local economic notes. The sugar trust profits and labor impacts are discussed in depth. A letter condemns legislature, urging populist reforms and free silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Thomas
Thomasville
Lexington Dispatch
Monroe Journal
Monroe Cotton Mills
Kinston Free Press
Eliza Rouse
Noah Rouse
LaGranze
Wadenboro Intelligencer
Anson County
R J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston
R. P. Reinhardt
Catawba
Levi H. Cook
Hickory Mountain Township
Chatham Record
A Double Porker Displayed By Local Druggist
Mr. B C Rogers at McRae's old stand exhibits a double bodied Wake County pig preserved in alcohol. The creature has eight legs and two bodies sharing one head and could have set records as a pine rooter if it had lived. The Popocrat notes the- moral that every man should earn a comfortable living by honest work regardless of birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Rogers
J. Y. McRae
Wake County
Populist farmer comments on legislature from Stanly County
A farmer from Stanly County voices Populistic views on the legislature. He notes Democratic dominance in the county and states his Farmers' Alliance membership and County Lecturer role. He was asked to run for the legislature on the People's Party ticket but declined.
Ransom's Style Repudiated Amid Senate Banter
The Chicago Times Herald calls Ransom perhaps the best dressed man in the Senate, noting his linen and appearance exceed his concern for law. A Buncombe County tale, recounted by Vilas, mocks his style with a horse named Matt Ransom kept “for style.” Ransom, furious, warned Vilas not to repeat the story. Mrs. Mary E. Fitzgan of Dun, North Carolina, dies at eighty six, with a funeral reflecting on death and heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom
Senate
Chicago Times Herald
North Carolina
Vilas
Buncombe County
Jones
Matt Ransom
Address of reform press association at Memphis 1897
The National Reform Press Association at its seventh annual session in Memphis February 22 24 1897 sends greeting to Populists urging steadfast battle for principles until law and justice for all. It condemns fusion and old party pledges, urges public ownership of transportation, and presses educational work and direct legislation within the People's party. The tract defends non interest bearing bonds and rails at money standard debates while calling unity under the party banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform Press Association
Memphis
National Reform Press Association
Tennessee
People's Party
United States
Democratic Party
People’s Party
Republic
Wee
Omaha
St. Louis
TRE PARTY WRECKER AND PINGREE INTEGRAL BALANCE
A page note reports on Gov. Pingree's inaugural proposals for direct voting in nominations, referendums on franchises, two cent fares, and inheritance and income taxes. It notes party factions like populists and silver Democrats at a joint meeting, with general approval of key ideas though not full endorsement. The piece frames Cleveland as opposed to his party and situates Pingree among reformist and populist currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldins
Smith
Stanly
Ejitor
People’s Party
W. T. Cutchin
Cleveland
Charlotte Observer
Sun
White House
Durhsam
Daily Sun
Gov. Pingree
Michigan
Hog Mortgages and Fences in Farm Notices
Hogs and other livestock are marketed as loan aids and high yields. the ad promotes peat? No. Mention of hogs, cattle, horses, sheep and cholera resistance. Offers include peony prospecting by mail for pricing and freight rates. Fences and barb wire products advertised. J. P. Vissering Alton Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Vissering
Alton
Ill
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State News
Marion Messenger
Jack Avery
McDowell County
Rocky Mount Phoenix
Jos. D. Battle
E Q
The
Bank of Rocky Mount
Cool Spring Farm
Turner W. Battle
Fry Torrence
Lenoir
Greensboro
Rev. W. L Grissom
Advocate
Statesville
Isaac Wallace
McKinley
Salisbury Sun
Rowan Knitting Company
Mil
Rockingham Index
Laurinburg
Charlotte
Laurinburg Exchange
Messrs. Smoot Bros
Roger
Saliebury
Burnaville
John Edwards
Elk Shoal
Edwards
Esq T . Gibbs
Boomer
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Hickory
J. F. Drake
Drake
Forest City
Shelby
Arora
C. A. Dimmett
Edwards Township
Wilkesboro
Fayetteville
Hope Mills
Z B Newton
Blacksburg
Spartanburg
Shelby Aurora
Bryson City Times
Mountain Ranger
Virginia
Greenville
Chapel Hill
Ray
Fred. P Howland
Wilmington
Naval
Dixon
Newbern Journal
Simon Crock
Atlantic Coast Line
John Dobson
Captain Darby
Bruce Williams
Dobeen
J. P. Flynn
Wilmington Star
Sugar Trust
Henry O Havemeyer
John E Searles
Henry O. Havemeyer
Havemeyer
Scalete
Trust
Theodore Havemeyer
N. Y
Ter
Stanly County
Heaven
Heavenly Land
Lazarus
Mary E. Fitzgan
Dun, N. C
America
Nassau St
New’ Yorks
TRE
NC. Farmers’ Alliance
Durham Fertilizer Company
F. B. Carpenter
State Aliance
Eee
Durham, N.C. Rhad
Eis
B. C. Rogers & CO
Raleigh, N.C
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