Progressive Farmer newspaper prompts reader contributions
The fragment announces subscription options and terms for The Progressive Farmer with policies on mailing, payment, and correspondence. It lists staff roles and urges readers to send intelligent, valuable reports from counties, plus instructions for payments, names, and post offices. The note also identifies the paper as the official organ of the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance.
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The
Progressive Farmer
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
Notice to subscribers in arrears
N. R. P. A. any subscriber in arrears who pays what is due plus one extra dollar before November 1 shall have The Progressive Farmer until January 1, 1893. This offer holds only until November 1. All in arrears after November 1 will be dropped from our list.
Editorial Notes from a Southern Paper on Agriculture and Reform
Editorial notes discuss the Atlanta cotton convention and acreage debates, figures like Gen W R Cox of Edgecombe, and advice on deep plowing. It covers the 5th Maryland Regiment's Exposition visit, Webster's Weekly stance against the American Tobacco Trust, and upcoming State Alliance meetings. Also notes on Dr Gatling, Turner's Almanac, and new publications.
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Athlanta
W. R. Cox
Edgecombe County
5Th Maryland
Ets Webster's
American Tobacco Trust
California
State Alliance
President Polk at Elizabeth City 1891 visit described
Reporting Elizabeth City crowds gathering for Col Polk, introduced by Thomas Skinner, two hour speech urging focus on principles over party. Describes fair exhibits and strong Eastern North Carolina Alliance support, then shifts to a satirical dialogue on politics and economic hardship with a narrator named Visitor.
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Elizabeth City Fair Association
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Association
Polk
Chowan Farmers’ Alliance Band
Col. Polk
Thomas J. Skinner
North Carolina
Wall Street
President Polk
Nowon
Elizabeth City
Cotton storage plan backed by Greenville County Alliance
The Greenville County Alliance proposes storing a large cotton crop with banks advancing 0 percent of value at 1 percent monthly. First fifteen days free, monthly storage and insurance capped at 25 cents per kile. Promotes action by cotton counties as part of a broader Farmers' Alliance push, with Ocala demands endorsed. News notes Polk’s California trip and a rumor of huge pay from a railroad magnate.
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Greenville 3 UC
County Alliance
California
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Ocala
Florida
Colorado
Kansas
Who can be bought in Alliance political push
An alarming note warns buyers are on the market seeking Alliance aligned candidates for sheriff county offices and state roles. It cautions against bloc influence in legislation, warns of strikers pricing from governor to local positions, and predicts cheap betrayals under pressure.
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Ed. Smith
Mont
Betsy
Congress
Alliance
The Alliance and Partisan Roles in Caucuses
The text states that Alliancemen wear no party collars and may join party caucuses or conventions only as partisans, not as representatives of the Alliance. An Alliance Democrat cannot speak for the Alliance in these bodies and cannot be sent by the Alliance to such meetings. He retains partisan rights within his own party.
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Alliance Republican
Alliance People’s Party
Alliance
English land purchase plan for Ireland
The British government proposes issuing 165 million dollars of 2 1/2 percent bonds to buy out Irish landlords and sell to tenants. Tenants gain 20 percent rent relief for five years, then four percent of the purchase money annually. Landlords receive four thousand dollars in stock per sixteen years' purchase, with yearly payments by tenants and funds allocated for an insurance fund and labor housing. The measure aims to settle long standing land disputes in Ireland.
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Ireland
Balfour
Weighty Matters in Private Letter About Polk and Winchester
A North Carolina congressman elect writes privately to the Justices noting the farmers seek justice and questioning if L. L. Polk failed as a farmer and whether he resides at Winchester amid weighty discussions of farming policy.
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N. C
Tanager
L. L. Polk
Winchester
Kansas State Alliance Meeting Elects Biddle President French Secretary
The annual state meeting was satisfactory with W. H. Biddle elected president and J. B. French unanimously chosen secretary. The group condemned partisan press attacks on Polk and urged confidence in the national president’s honesty and sincerity.
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W. H. Biddle
J. B. French
Dent
Polk
J. B. Frexcu
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High Point
Murrill
Treasury
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New South
Richmond
Jefferson
Jackson
Pacific
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Tarboro Advocate
Col
Harry Skinner
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New York
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G. A Jones
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R. Gatling
Tie
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Mooresville
McCorkle
Bradstreet
Washington
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Washington City
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Indianapolis
John W. Edwards
Wayne County
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Fakmer
America
Asnerien
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Mississippi
10Th Congressional District
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New York Sun
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Ohio
John Sherman
Col Polk
Leland Stanford
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