Editorial notes from the Rock Alliance and county meetings
The piece promotes Rock Alliance activity in Rowan County North Carolina. It calls for members to send in stock for the Alliance shoe factory and urges participation in the County Alliance meetings on the second Thursday in April. It mocks gold standard claims and notes alliance reorganizations and a Spanish-Cuban conflict report with inflated casualty figures.
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Rock Alliance
Rowan County
O. C
Alliance Shoe Factory
Law makes money and currency power, a public note
The text argues that law determines money value and that fiat money is real if declared legal tender. It cites Supreme Court authority and Lincoln’s quoted actions, condemns fiat money critics, and references a letter from Senor Romero about Mexico. The note ends by asking the Charlotte Observer to take note.
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Senor M. Romero
Washington
Mexico
Walter Clark
Charlotte Observer
The States Bonded Debt and Interest Outlook
The state carries bonded debt of 3,347,750 in 4 percent bonds and 2,720,000 in 6 percent bonds with annual interest of 153,910 and 163,200 respectively. Rental income from the NC Railroad funds interest. total annual interest would be 317,110 with potential deficit of 72,095 after set asides, and $270,910 new 4 percent bonds may be issued before January 1, 1897 to cover old refundable bonds.
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N. R. H.cion
N.C. RR
Stevsenes
N.C. R
North Carolina minister links local schoolteacher to Marshal Ney
The Rev James A Weston rector of Ascension Church Hickory NC reports New York Times corroboration of his theory that Peter Stuart Ney who taught in NC and died November 15 1846 was Marshal Ney. Weston cites recent researches supporting Ney not killed in 1815 as traditionally held.
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Rowan County
Marshal Ney
Third Creek Church
Ney
France
James A. Weston
Marshal
New York Times
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Hickory
N. C
Thomas Whittaker
Weston
Peter Stuart Ney
North
South Carolina
Century-Old Ney Heir Found Living in Kentucky
Dr. Weston discovers a son of Marshal Ney, who fled exile with his father in 1837 and later forged a new life in the United States. The eighty eight year old physician, living near Louisville, confirms his lineage and has written a history of his father to be published after death. He fought in the Mexican war and faces an ongoing international dispute between the United States and Mexico.
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Marshal Ney
Peter Stuart Ney
France
Weston
Dr. Weston
Mr. Weston
Kentucky
Louisville
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
United States
Paris
Mexico
Hidden Bonds Add Almost Eight Thousand to North Carolina Treasury
A Treasury official and the chief clerk found 49 400 in bonds refundable at 15 cents in the dollar among old bonds. In new North Carolina 4 percent bonds the value is about 7 780.50 due to premium. The bonds were not refunded in records, boosting state finances by nearly 8 000. An 1894 treasury report noted 1 154 912 734 in paper money and 123 665 756 in gold in the vaults.
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Worth
Denmark
Treasury Office
North Carolina
Secretary of the Treasury
Mobile
Martin L Sweet
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sherman County
Kan
Bloomfield
Neb
Hill Brothers
Montgomery
Ala
Patrick W. Snowhook
Chicago
Ill
Caudle & Roan
Richmond
Dudley, Brown & Co
Martinsville
J. F. Seiberling & Co
Akron
Ohio
Sound
Howe & Street
Philadelphia
William M. Shipp
C. W. Stone
Woodford County
L. & H. Bloom
Galveston
Tex
William Bridges
Rome
Abraham White
Boston
J. G. Carlisle
United States
White
Wall Street
Anks
U. S
U. Tre
Carlisle
Southern Mercury
Rothschild
Goldbugs
Grover
South
Evening Journal
St. Louis
Daily Argonaut
Lexington
Congressional Doings and Misdoings in Washington
A history of three days of House debate on censuring ex Secretary of State Bayard now ambassador to England. Congress stalls Cuba recognition and backs the A P A. A Senate pension bill on officers with Civil War ties passes the House. Naval funding and the Sundry Civil bill attract attention with a humorous jab at naval fleets and Spanish troops.
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House
Thos. F. Bayard
England
Congress
Cuba
Rothschild
American Protective Association
Boutele
Maine
Platt
Washington
South to Bonanza Land Promises New Prosperity
Chauncey Depew lauds the South as a future wealth bonanza highlighting vast forests coal and iron veins fertile soil and a climate unmatched for settlement by internal migration. The piece also lists bank failures and financial misconduct tied to gold standard supporters, illustrating widespread monetary tensions and calls for sound money.
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Chauncey Depew
Pacific
North Carolina State Treasury Reports Compilation
Official reports authored by J. W. Denmark for The Progressive Farmer compile North Carolina Treasury data. It covers state financial records, revenues, expenditures, and fiscal notes from the Cuivt region, presenting summarized figures and administrative actions.
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THE
Progressive Farmer
J. W. Denmark
North Carolina State Treasury Department
Reform polemics across late 19th century papers
A collage of editorials and quotes from reform and populist papers attacking money trusts, gold standards, Rothschild influence, and silver versus gold debates. It stacks opinions from Topeka Advocate, Grange Advocate, Chicago Broadside, and others on monetary policy and political reform.
Democratic Central Committee Meeting Shows Conservatism
The Statesville Landmark notes the Raleigh Democratic central committee meeting favored harmony and sound money, with free silver men few in number and no proscriptions seen. It predicts a lively year, joking about the circu s and saying the show will be free and entertaining.
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Statesville
Central Democratic Committee
Democratic Central Committee
Raleigh
Progress farmer note and foreign policy quip seed
The clipping comments on The Progressive Farmer being a reliable paper and includes stray remarks about the Rothschild syndicate and possible Cuban recognition. It references Alliance Advocate and Chicago Sentinel style opinions, noting delayed action on Spanish events and Cleveland as potential step.
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Progressive Farmer
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Wake County Alliance
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A. & M. College
County Alliance
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Robeson County
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Spain
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Greenbacks
Leadville
Colo
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Lebanon
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Grange Advocate
Nashville
Tenn
Rothschild Syndicate
Clevland
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