Sucker for Green Goods Scam: Cousin of President Fleeces Man
A North Carolina resident falls for a Smithy Cleve land cousin scam. He mortgages his land to raise 300 dollars and travels to New York with promises of greenbacks sold at high value. The con shifts boxes at Jersey City and he returns to Raleigh with only brown paper in the money box, leaving him ruined and Betsy furious.
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Cleveland
Major Bilkins
Grover Cleveland
W. C. Cleveland
New York
North Carolina
Congress
Gude Demokrats
Treasury
Washington
Betsy
Jersey City
Raleigh
Atlanta
Wall Street
Central Park
Eden
Benny
Zeke
Political rally notices and party activity across states
Reports of Republican and Populist rallies in Concord Wil son and Salisbury with Col Harry Skinner and Capt J B Lloyd scheduled to speak. Democratic plans in Raleigh June 12 and Alabama Democrats backing Cleveland. Advice to voters about party loyalty and references to Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic.
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Harry Skinner
Concord
Wilson
J. B. Lloyd
Tarboro
Saint Lewis
Edgecombe County
Statesville
Democratic Central Executive Committee
Raleigh
Alabama
Cleveland
Oates
John Board
Salisbury
Cap t W J Kitchin on Democrats and the Silver Issue
A fiery 1890s political broadside roasts the Democratic party as captive to Northern money power. It blames Grover Cleveland for misrule, cites tariff and silver policy failures, and argues the party abandoned its constitutional rights and promises. It laments party divisions and warns of continued betrayal by leaders.
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Democratic Party
Republican Organization
Republican Party
South
Legislative Department
Repubican Party
Cleveland
Harrison
North
Sandwich Islands
England
Germany
Congress
United States
Exra
King of
Siam
Abel
Traites
Wall Street
Tom Reed
House
John Sherman
Senate
David B Hil
Wilson
Faulkner
Gorman
White
Coffeny
F. i
I.c
Democratic
Repubblican
Hayes
Republi
Fragmented OCR reads like political diatribe about party rights
The text appears as a garbled political complaint claiming thirty years of deceit by a Democratic party and questioning rights. It references wartime context and left versus right but is unclear and incomplete.
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Canty
Change-yr Raleigh Advertisers Promote Coffins and Supplies
Advertisements from Raleigh and nearby towns promote coffins caskets and related supplies. Notices cite HL Worth Poland China pigs Hadley s Mills and P Bros printing in Raleigh. A Raleigh Coffin Co. address at 129 Paynesville Street and Wilmington Street corner is listed with notices inviting orders.
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Raleigh, N.C
Worth
Poland
Hadley’s Mills
N.C
P. Bros
Raleigh
N. C
Baraey
Typ Progress Farmeir
Age Severace
Barge Coffin Conbays
G. A. Strickland
Raleigh Co
Payeneville Street
Mor
Wilmington Street
Hen Este
Raleigh Coffin Co
W. Worth
B.A. C.N. Justice
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Zeke Bilkins
W. Ji. Kitchin
Rauxicu
J. W. Denmark
Progressive Farmer
Epwarps & Broventoy
Leaksville Woollen Mills
Leaksville, N. C
Leaksville, N.C
Ase
Barnes Bros
Kaletoh
National Watchman
A National
Vances Ant Vashine
IDEAL
Boileré Progress
Meridian
People's Party
Hshea
Mit
Fey
Tinisofer
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