Mary E Lease Captivates Cooper Union Audience
Kansas reformer Mary E Lease spoke at Cooper Union urging Populist unity to aid the unemployed. She criticized plutocracy, railroads, and foreign debt, urged social justice, and predicted New York women would win suffrage, while praising the Populist platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mary E. Lease
Kansas
New York
Cooper Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Thaddeus B. Wakeman
Hugh O. Pentecost
Clarence Ladd Davis
John S. Rooney
Henry Carey
Wilbur J. Davis
Henry George
J. Ellen Foster
Cynthia Leonard
Harding Weston
H. Allen Spencer
Foote
McGlynn
Lease
England
Nero
Rome
Christ
Jesus of Nazareth
How to Grow Corn in North Carolina by Archbell
B J Archbell shares practical field techniques for corn culture in North Carolina. He describes land preparation, row spacing, plowing methods, mid row work, and timing for tasseling, plus companion planting with peas to improve soil and yield. The guidance emphasizes wide rows producing better ears and occasional dual ears on stalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gop Rock
N. C
Epior
B. J. Archbell
Income tax talk and farmers' conference proposal
The speaker urges reducing the president and Congress wages to fund a per capita payment while replacing officials with diligent farmers. He calls for a stateside farmer conference to pressure Cleveland and a “sold out Congress” over tariff issues. The piece notes Democratic weakness and a strengthening Alliance amid scarce money and good crop years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowe
N. C
Epior
Washington
Cleveland
Congress
Matt Ransom
Crowells
Alliance
James A. Porz
Chapel Hill Alliance Store explains stock history and sale
Ex manager S W Andrews details the Chapel Hill Alliance Store finances from 1890 to 1893 including stock increases, dividends, and a sale to Mr Lloyd at 75 percent of paid stock. He denies any prearranged partnership while urging stockholders to consider patronage supporting his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuapg. Hin
N. C
Epior
Chapel Hill Alliance
Lloyd
Mr. Lloyd
God’s Bar
8. W. Andrews
Alliance Store
Life and Battle Flag of Gen William MacRae Recalled
A Civil War veteran recalls Gen William MacRae, the 15th North Carolina, and color bearer John Love. He questions a Stedman sketch’s battle flag attribution, recounts near-flag battles near the railroad cut, and lists his own service, injuries, and kin losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Love
15Th N. C. T
MacRae
Love
Cook
Gen. MacRae
C. M. Stedman
Bristow
N. C. Cavalry
Fredericksburg
Petersburg
Bristow Station
James H. Johnson
Virginus Copeland
Col
Harry
Ellerbee Springs Alliance News and Outlook
A letter from C E Bernouns, Secretary, Ellerbee Springs Alliance No 2089, reports growing membership and renewed activity. He critiques national finance under both major parties, urges unity to end plutocracy, and defends alliance values from Maine to Mexico in a patriotic plea.
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Bosting
N. C
Bprtor
Ellerbee Springs Alliance
Cleveland
plu_tocracy
Mexico
Maine
C. E Bernouns
Salem Alliance Mourns Death Of Brother Erastus Ham
At Salem Alliance No. 513 on February 8 1894 a committee reported a resolution honoring Erastus Ham a devout member noted for truth and probity. The alliance adopted the tribute praising his piety friendship and citizenship and requested publication in The Caucasian and The Progressive Farmer.
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Mr. Epior
Salem Alliance
C. H. Brogden
T. E. Hodgin
I. P. Andrews
Bro
Erastus Ham
Bro. Erastus
Which is the anarchist
The excerpt from The Atlanta Constitution critiques Democratic leaders on Bland seigniorage and depicts a clash with plutocracy and autocracy in Washington. It accuses twenty eight men of representing eastern plutocracy and argues for a bold, people oriented stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Capitol
Washington
Atlanta Journal
Rey
A &tChjc
Distorted Polemics Highlight Press Clash Over Policy
An Atlanta Journal editorial critique contrasts anarchist and democratic lines amid calls to suppress opposition. A Washington based committee expands outreach, distributing government bulletins and mortgage data to inform the public while urging distribution of literature through official channels.
Alliance organizers listed by district across North Carolina
The document names organizers for multiple districts from Jas H Wright of the Sixth district in Carlton to J R Means of Trinity College for the eleventh, detailing organizers for Johnston Wake and Durham counties, with others covering Granville Vance Cumberland Robeson Bladen Columbus Brunswick Harnett Moore Richmond Anson Union Stanly Montgomery Guilford Rockingham Stokes Forsyth Davidson Davie Yadkin Surry Currituck Camden Pasquotank Perquimans Chowan Gates Hertford Ranaoee Chatham Orange Person Caswell Alamance Wayne Duplin Pender New Hanover and Sampson counties, indicating a broad network of local organizers across the state.
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Jas. H. Wright
Carlton
N. C
Johnston
Wake
Durham
Granville
Vance
C. McG. Dunn
Populi
Cumberland
Robeson
Bladen
Columbus
Brunswick
Elijah W. Flake
Rockingham
Y. C
Harnett
Moore
Richmond
Anson
Union
Stanly
Montgomery
Geo. E
Perquimans
Chowan
Gates
Ees Rev
T. W. Babb
Hertford
Ranaoee
Chatham
Orange
Person
Caswell
Alamance
J. R Means
Trinity College
N.C
Don C. Sanders
Burgaw
Wayne
Duplin
Onslow
Pender
New Hanover
Sampson
Demand for National Currency and Land Reform by Topeka Alliances
The Farmers Alliance and Industria Union at Topeka on February 6 1894 adopted a platform calling for government issued currency with wide reach and flexible terms a 16 to 1 coinage ratio for silver and gold a strong federal treasury and a direct distribution system with taxes not over two percent plus secure postal savings banks and land reform prohibiting alien ownership and reclaiming railroad land. It also backs nationalization of railroads telegraph and telephony under post office management and land held by railroads and aliens to be reclaimed for settlers.
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Ireland
Egypt
Ind
United States
Senate
Federal Judiciary
Lease
Kansas
Pennsylvania
People’s Party
Farmers’ Alliance and Industria Union
Topeka
Kan
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Wild Kansas $ Oratory
Chapel Hill
WAR History
Gettysburg
Wayne County
the National Committee
Washington, D. C
J. H. Turner
Pennsylvania Avenue
Alliance Organizers
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