Prosperity jokes and political notes from editorials
An editorial roundup mocks prosperity, noting airship sightings and a 101 year old Yorkshire farmer who drank beer and smoked late in life. It cites McKinley cigars, Mark Hanna debts, Bailey in dress attire, Hillsboro meetings, and a Nebraska law pushing voter referendums on city actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Frederick Annanias Olds
Gibson
McKinley
Mark Hanna
Bailey
Texas
Washington
State Alliance Executive Committee
Hillsboro
Shos
New York
Havemeyer
Chapman
Sugar Trust
Senate
United States
Nebraska
Esball
North Carolina
Charity and class clash amid Paris bazaar fire warning
A long critique links a Paris bazaar fire that killed about two hundred to aristocratic wealth and class policy. The piece condemns charity as performative, praises Switzerland as a model, and accuses media like World of political manipulation and bond fraud. It argues wealth concentrates through oppression and questions recent finance actions.
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Paris
Switzerland
Warrenton Editor Praised For Bread Gifting Florence Nighingale Mention
The Warrenton Record editor bestows thanks to a local young woman who baked him a loaf of bread, praising community generosity. He laments payoffs of small-town journalism yet celebrates improved paper quality and a brighter outlook for editors amid lighter duties and enduring local portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton Record
New Calamity Howler on Foreign Investments and U S Wealth
The New York World cites American investments held by foreign capitalists across industries including bonds mines gas and electric light firms bakeries stockyards cotton and flour mills and real estate totaling about 3.19 billion dollars. It argues that a 5 percent net profit would drain 159.7 million annually, leaving the nation burdened and potentially owned within twenty years by debt and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
United States
Cartooning and Goldbugs on Double Standards
A Cleveland Recorder excerpt criticizes goldbug cartoons and the single wheel metaphor. It argues two wheels are needed to represent two standards and links prosperity to balanced metallic currency. It also mocks Grover Cleveland’s Waldorf banquet speech as pompous and self serving.
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Goldbugs
England
Grover Cleveland
Waldorf
New York
Cleveland Recorder
Notable Southern Baptist Convention Opens in Wilmington
The Southern Baptist Convention met in Wilmington Friday at 10 p m with nearly eight hundred delegates. President Johnathan Haralson of the Alabama Supreme Court called order and was reelected, as were Secretaries Lan sing Burrows and O F Gregory. Vice Presidents named include R H Marsh W J Northern Joshua Levering and J P Eagle. Sermon by R A Venable. welcome by J W Bailey. Pullen preached on consecration. Prominent ministers and laymen attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptist Convention
Wilmington
Johnathan Haralson
Alabama Supreme Court
Haralson
Lansing Burrows
Augusta
O. F. Gregory
Baltimore
William H. Whitsett
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Baptist Church
R. H. Marsh
North Carolina
W. J. Northern
Georgia
Joshua Levering
Maryland
J. P. Eagle
Arkansas
R. A. Venable
Meridian
Miss
J. W. Bailey
The
Biblical Recorder
Young People’s Union
John T. Pullen
Raleigh
Preservatives for Milk and Cream Questioned
A dairy bulletin criticizes the use of preservatives for milk and cream including boracic acid and salicylic acid. It argues that such additives harm nutritional digestion and warns against Pre servaline described as boracic acid in disguise. The notice cites B B Kilgore of the North Carolina Experiment Station condemning these practices.
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B. B. Kilgore
N. C. Experiment Station
OFFICIAL CHANGES MARK TWENTY YEARS OF AGRICULTURE BOARD WORK
The March Bulletin notes the abolition of the Board of Agriculture under the 1877 act and its replacement by a Board of Commissioners under the latest General Assembly. The Department of Agriculture then turned twenty, reflecting on the former board’s progress from humble beginnings to notable achievements. It established an early fish hatchery, surveyed pyrite deposits, explored phosphate beds, promoted coal searches, staged national exhibitions, surveyed oyster beds, aided sandhill development, built a regional museum, and advertised North Carolina widely, advancing crop methods and new plant varieties along with improved livestock breeds.
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Board of Agriculture
General Assembly
Department of Agriculture
United States
Vienna
Atlanta
Boston
New Orleans
Chicago
South
North Carolina
Retirement tribute to Southern farm improvement board
Sheep, swine and poultry have led the way to renovating wornout soils and promoting the best interests of farmers and workers. The retiring Board's record shows faithful duty, and its work will influence years to come. Credit is due for great accomplishments under its auspices. The successor administration should maintain progress, uphold supremacy among Southern institutions, and quicken forward development.
Correction notes typos in Hillsboro article
A correction from Hillsboro notes typos in a previous issue. The North Carolina Alliance Official Guano seaboard value was listed as 1440 instead of 1540. The writer laments common newspaper errors and recounts a Bible proofing anecdote to illustrate oversight.
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Bro. T. Ivey
Hillsboro
Seaboard
North Carolina Alliance
Fault with social system, Nevada director says in sermon
Rev R A White of the Stewart Avenue Universalist church warned last Sunday that Chicago’s starving poor reveal a failed social system. He cited railways full of corn unsold in Illinois cellars bursting with potatoes and surplus wheat sent overseas while people starve and freeze in Chicago, urging that the fault lies with human-made social structures.
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R. A. White
Stewart Avenue
Illinois
Chicago
Nevada
Arbitration Treaty Editorial Speaks Against Entanglement
From Raneing North Carolina dated May 7 1897 a letter encloses an editorial from the New York Journal criticizing the late proposed arbitration treaty. It claims the treaty was conceived in sin by Cleveland and others and supported by misguided Yankee religious feeling stirred by self serving speculators. The writer argues it would have created a permanent foreign entanglement if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan
Senate
Mark Twain
Adam
Mobile Register
Missouri World
Cleburn Herald
Grover Cleveland
New York Reform Club
Council Grove
Carnegie’s
Topéka
Jerry Simpson
Nebraska
Lousiana
Kill the Arbitration Treaty in Senate Vote Today
The editorial urges the Senate to bury the Olney Salisbury arbitration treaty, arguing against law arbitration with England and warning that Britain seeks territory and would exploit peaceable intents. It cautions maintaining distrust and avoiding binding promises that could curb U.S. options in future disputes.
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Senate
England
United States
Great Britain
Britain ready to arbitrate despite American stance in 19th century note
A fragmented 19th century paraphrase critiques Britain’s readiness to arbitrate with the United States, warning against yielding to sentimental pressure. It cites England’s fortress in Puget Sound, Canadian border threats, and aggressive naval moves as evidence of peril to U.S. interests, urging firm Senate action against an arbitrary treaty.
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Britain
England
United States
Pugette
Men
Pacific
Senate
Loysj
Jcury
Reform Era Letters and Economic Rantings Across Papers
A mixed crop of misprints and sharp opinions from rural presses nationwide. Letters and excerpts critique reformers, tariffs, and party alliances while noting wages, prices, and producer versus consumer gaps. Notable jabs target reform clubs, senators, and bankers as press voices urge practical economics.
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Progressive Farmer
Keates
Jesusia
Raleigh, N. C
Post
N. C
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
Tam
L. L. Pole
Cleveland
Secretary of the Treasury
Reform
Farmville
Ls) Herald
Alliance Plowboy
Missouri
Meens
Upson
Advan
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