Heroic Confederate Helps Wounded Union Soldier at Richmond Battle
An aged Fayette jailer recalls a 1862 Richmond battlefield scene where a Confederate with mangled legs crawled to a dying Union soldier, shared water, and helped him drink before both men died. The scene ends with the Union man kissing the Confederate’s hand as he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilkerson
Fayette County
Richmond
Kentucky
Cassius M. Clay
Lexington
IFS and the Costs of Speaking Truth in Politics
An Advance Guard editorial warns that raising money or criticizing bond issues provokes harsh labels such as crank fool or repudiator. It denounces calls to coin money or regulate value as crazy and urges action against those who expose debt, taxes, or bank burdens on farmers and taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Contingency on the Supreme Court's Vicissitudes
The passage notes that even the highest court faces ordinary undignified changes, challenging the reverence normally accorded to the Supreme Court and the authority it represents. It reflects on human imperfections within a revered institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
How to Make Whitewash and Patron Saints List
Instructions explain whitewash making with lime salt molasses and paints plus a set of satirical patron saints for various entities. It labels figures like St Carnegie St Rockefeller and others as saints of institutions or groups in a Knights of Labor Journal excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
St. Carnegie
St. Rockefeller
Chicago University
St. Wanamaker
St. Heinz
St. Hanna
Labor
Huntington
California
Armour
St. Rothschild
Liberty
St. Astor
Homeleas
St. Car-Rock
Wanna
Hann Morg- Arm
Asto Havemsyer
The
Trusts
St. Cleveland
Hades
Knights of Labor Journal
Florida senator election blunder stirs GOP ire
A Salisbury Watchman note laments Populists in Florida's Legislature as an apparent ballot box stuffing oversight and calls for deposing the culprit. In Louisville, a man is jailed for perjury after swearing a bail case ownership of a $400 lot when records show the plot lies in a cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Salisbury
Louisville
Modest Square Hopkins Glides Post Office to Town Lot
In Biabee's Corners a comical second class postoffice rolls along on a mule drawn windlass while Square Hopkins, the town's modest justice of the peace, is urged by townsfolk to become postmaster. The crowd jokes about his humility and the office seemingly seeking him as it is moved toward his property.
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Justice Field
Supreme Court
Washington
Field
Ottawa Journal
Square
Hopkins
Biabee’s
Bisbee’s Corners
Waal
Square Hopkins
New York Sunday Journal
Four Famous Characters in Fiction by Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson highlights a single Ladies' Home Journal illustration featuring four literary figures. In June the picture shows Mr and Mrs Micawber with David Copperfield and Traddles, noted for Mrs Micawber's curls and her poised glove gesture as she presents a case.
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Charles Dana Gibson
Ladies’ Home Journal
Gibson
Micawber
David Copperfield
Mrs.Micawber
David Copperfield, Have Been Admirably Caught By the Artist. Mr. Micawber
Brunswick Alliance Endorses W W Drew Resolutions
At its April meeting the Brunswick County Alliance unanimously adopted resolutions praising W W Drew for faithful service in the North Carolina legislature. They pledge support as long as he upholds Order principles and send a copy to The Progressive Farmer for publication.
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Brunswick County Alliance
W. W. Drew
North Carolina
Bro. Drew
Tut Progressive Farmer
Joun Jenrette
Pres
T. Isaac Jenrette
Sec’y
Alliance and Other Matters in Beaufort
A reader argues that country folks are misled by glossy political talk. He notes the tension between claims of overproduction and accusations of laziness, and asserts that productive effort contradicts the idle critique. He hints at broader agitation affecting rural communities and calls for clarity among farmers.
Alliance urged to awaken voters and defend county funds
A Beaufort County Alliance leader urges citizens to join and learn, saying the alliance has educated the nation and that debt is rising in counties towns and the nation. They recount bond proposals rejected by the county commissioners and criticize money lenders, tax collections and a shoe factory plan while calling for mobilization and unity. A separate anecdote features Uncle Mose and a Georgia Baptist minister in a dialect exchange about superstition and signs. A Marion Ohio music teacher receives word that his German military court summons his father and a $2000 yearly levy is imposed on the father.
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Alliance
County Alliance
Beaufort County
Court House
Same
J. A Arthur
Hodges
Brown
H. E. Hodges
State Alliance
R. E. Lang
Pres
Beaufort Co. Alliance
Georgia
Mose
Georgy
Dave
Jess
Washington Star
R. O. Becker, Jr
Marion
Ohio
R O. Becker, Sr
Dresden
Saxony
Lopsic
Germany
Inheritance Tax Fight Gains Noted Support
Strong efforts press Governor Black to veto a bill taxing large estates. Examples like Havemeyer and Gould show potential state revenue gains, with taxes proposed up to ten percent. The piece cites Max West and North American Review noting rising adoption of inheritance taxes across states. It argues the tax promotes equality, aids revenue, and would curb wealth concentration, while noting broader adoption and mild rates in Europe.
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Black
New York
Havemeyer
Jay Gould
Max West
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
West Virginia
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Tennessee
New Jersey
Europe
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Yank and
Johnny Reb
Beaufort
United States
W. H. & B.S. Tucker & CO
Raleigh
W. H&a
Tugker & CO
Alliance Headquarters
Ehtllsboro
IN. Co
Alliance Tannery
Hillsboro, N
Morocco
D. H. Tuttle
Beaufort, N. C
T. Ivey
Hilleboro
N. C
Hilishorn
Plymouth
SWOX
MARC
Occoneechee Farm
Durham
Barnes
Seo’y-Treas N. O. F
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