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The Progressive Farmer in Raleigh, North Carolina

17 May 1892

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The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1892

Page

3

Turpentine Drops and Cotton Seeds From Various Regions

State News notes a Concord hospital closure for lack of support, the State Board of Medical Examiners meeting in Wilmington, and a string of local events. A white girl 12 marries in Chatham. local deaths include Joseph Armfield and Capt. John Richardson. Fire, accidents, church revivals, factory plans, and crop prospects thread through reports from Durham, Bertie, New Berne, and Charlotte.

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Concord State Board of Medical Examiners Wilmington Chatham County Jno Fisher Stanly Smithfield Washington Durham Joseph Armfield Kernersville Capt John, Richardson New Berne Houston Barker Ashe County Geo Hines Richmond County Buckingham Keeley Institute Greenbro Graham Gleaner North Carolina Goldsboro Odd Fellow’s Alphonso C. Measles Bertie County Western Free Lance Lock Lier Laurinburg Minnie Parham Granville County Mt. Airy News Leonidas McKnight Taylor Salisbury Jim Epps Shelby Mary Davis Sanford Kimble Rockingham D. M. Morrison Cleveland County Joe Elliot Ed. Whitley Moran Charlotte Winnsboro S. C Salisbury Herald James Bradshaw Western Road Durham Graded School Standard Concord Southern Pleasant Wadesboro Monroe Concord Standard Maxton S. V.ore M. E. Church South Hoyle Statesville Horton Barnet Adam Mulberry Barnet Lenoir Nat. Bank of Wilmington Tarboro T. W. Dupree No. 12 Killebrew Franklin Press E. K. Cunningham Jackson County T. C. Harris State Museum Raleigh New Berne Journal Evangelist Fife William J. Ramsey Messrs Jno. C H T. Howell Fork Township Hoffman P. T. Wilson Wake County William M. Jones & Co Cary Charlotte News Seaboard Air Line Rock Island Mills Independence Square Carolina Central Telegraph Force Paul Earnhardt No. 9 John McCurdy Cabarrus Blacks Morganton Herald Hickory Joseph D. Elliott J. G. Hall Elliot A. A. Shuford L. R. Whitner R. A. Yoder Charles F. McKesson Morganton Gastonia Ee Charlotte Winston Burlington Leigh Somamare Washington, D. C Davidson County Daniel Boone Lexington Boone Rocky Mount Rocky Mount Phoenix Daniel Cuthrel Jack White
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World News In Brief From May Reports Across Cities

A digest of global incidents and notable events dated May. Reports include floods in multiple states, court and police actions in New Jersey and London, industrial accidents in Belgium and Hungary, uprisings and unrest in Africa and Asia, and a fatal incident involving a stevedore in San Francisco.

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Tragic Self Harm By Burning In Irwin Fireroom

A man, intoxicated and despondent, asked to enter the Irwin fireroom to warm himself. He leapt onto red hot coal before the engineer could intervene. Drawn out with furnace tongs, he survived briefly but died within minutes. No clear motive beyond drunken despair.

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Irwin
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A Kansas Storm Destroys Buildings Across Arkansas

A May 10 storm in Arkansas caused extensive damage from Little Rock to Morrillton. Fences and small cabins collapsed, a two story house was blown into the Arkansas river with several inside, four men reportedly fatally injured, and the Catholic church and monastery at Morrillton destroyed. Estimated damage exceeds $15,000.

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Little Rock Arkansas Arkansas River Morrillton
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Miraculous Escape as Powder Train Wrecks in Delaware

A ten car freight train carrying nearly five tons of DuPont powder derailed on the Kentmore branch at Greenville, colliding with a west-bound freight. The powder kegs broke open but no explosion occurred. engineer and fireman escaped with minor injuries. The accident was deemed almost miraculous due to the lack of detonation.

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C. M. Payne Th Presbyterian Church Shoncord Frank Buckner Granville Buncombe County Esquire James Smith Togues Lexington Dispatch Laurinburg Exchange Levi Harrill Sparta Township Winston Sentinel Richmond Roanoke Potecast Northampton County Durham Sun Robert Jeffreys West Main Street Newton Enterprise Mount Airy Leonidas McKnight Taylor Salisbury Statesville Mecklenburg County Wilmington Del Greenville Kentmore Wilmington & Northern Railroad Dupont
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Murder and suicide on East Water street in Syracuse

In Syracuse on East Water street two men faced each other in a fatal shooting and the killer then killed himself. John Crouch an orange grower from Jacksonville Florida fired at John Bresnahan a Detroit bartender before shooting himself. Both men died within a half hour at the House of the Good Shepherd. The motive remains unclear. A saloon nearby confirms no drinking by the two men shortly before.

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Syracuse N. Y East Water Street Lizzie Gates John Crouch John Bresnahan Crouch Bresnahan House of the Good Shepherd Jacksonville Fla Detroit
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Strikes Turn Into Riots At Lodz Poland

Details report labor strife in Lodz Poland where 30,000 workers have been on strike since May Day. Rioters attacked mills and then attacked Jewish residents. both sides suffered deaths and many wounded. Local officials failed to stop the violence, military aid was invoked, and soldiers reportedly sympathized with the strikers.

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St. Petersburg Lodz Poland Warsaw
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