Major On the Wrong Side Over Kingsbury and War Plans
A humorous dialogue lampoons political loyalties as Major Ek e Bilkins confesses chronic bad luck and shifting stances. He jokes about attaching Dr Kingsbury to the regular army and cites marching toward Africa after March. The piece parodies civic meetings with quips about speeches and an audience chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kingsburry
States
England
Bryan
McKinley
Col. Johnson
Cleveland
Africa
Col. McKinley
Wilmington
Kurnell
Awkward Oratory On Public Speaking Flubs And Foibles
A reader capsulates a list of speech bloopers from various speakers. The items include misused phrases such as on the platform but the house and mispronounced h sounds. The excerpt notes how presence of mind and training can curb blunders and improve fluency on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Undary
Torturig
SAD CONDITION OF NEW YORK FARMERS FACING MORTGAGE CRISIS
Henry George reports Western New York farmers suffer a sharp drop in land value from 100 to 120 dollars per acre to 15 to 20. Farms become worthless against mortgages, forcing aging owners into poverty or tenancy.案例 詳述 Knowlesville and Orleans County families losing homes amid mortgage burdens and unpayable interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry George
New York
New York State
Medina
Knowlesville
Orleans County
O.k Ochard
Oleans County
Congress
FOOLED THE TRAIN ROBBERS NEAR ALVARADO
Three masked youths about seventeen to twenty held up the Katy passenger No. 1 one mile south of Alvarado Monday night at seven. They climbed the tender, stopped the engine, and forced the express car loose. The messenger shut the door and light to conceal the loot. Sheriff Bell sent a posse with bloodhounds to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da As
Tex
Katy
Alvarado
Grandview
Bell
Shoe factory funds rally in North Carolina Alliance drive
The Progressive Farmer reports on efforts to finance a shoe factory for the North Carolina Alliance. Members urged action to move the project, noting profits and risks, with updates on dollar and stock plans, tannery progress, and receipts totaling $366.50 toward the factory and $247 toward permanent stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
N. F. Miller
Cadet
N. C
Kinston
Maple Grove Alliance
H. A. Cutler
A Crabtree
Brethren
A. F Hileman
Poplar Tent Alliance
Sage
Cabarrus Alliance
P. P. D Johnson
Alliance Shoe Factory
Bro. Barne
Bro. Barnes
D. A Fulton
J. A. Ware
Rush Harmen
D. H Smith
E Cole
P. P. D. Johnson
P. R. Howard
D . Peele
David Mezs3
J. W. Couch
S T. Couch
C. W. Stanley
J. K Rails
P. E Pendergrass
R. M. Shields
T. I Davis
T. M. Robeson
J. Killough
M. W. Booker
Levi Y Lockhard
Dr. Geo. Gouger
R. H. Lane
Bro. W
Questions to Think About from Progressive Farmer Letter
Correspondence from Crocker North Carolina dated November 2 1896 discusses questions for the editor. It asks how the government can issue silver certificates without coining silver dollars and how one can vote for a candidate who would cast a different vote. The writer asks if farmers should grow cotton to support machinery that harms them and ends with a pledge for silver and support for truth and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crocker
N. C
Ana
J.B Groceze
Industrial Paralysis and Nebraska Victory Report
Industrial paralysis allegorizes a money shortage and real estate distress in Atlanta with foreclosures and loan losses. The piece contrasts this with Bryan’s Nebraska victory, noting Democrats and silver supporters’ cooperation, ballot-law reform aims, and voter protection goals alongside the national political shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Arp
Georgia
Atlanta
Merchants’ Bank
Cartersville
Oe Bryan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
McKinley
Bryan
Congress
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited trains schedule overview
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited offers multiple daily vestibuled services with connect options at Greensboro Durham Selma and Simbury. Through sleeping cars from Norfolk to Chattanooga and from Greensboro to Raleigh. Double daily Raleigh Charlotte Atlanta runs. Officials include W H Green general superintendent and W A Turk general passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Chattanooga
Salisbury
Morganton
Asheville
Hot Springs
Knoxville
Durham
Oxford
Clarksville
Keysville
Greensboro
Washington and Southwestern
Danville
Richmond
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Spartansburg
Greenville
Atlanta
All Points
Columbia
Augusta
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Florida
Norfolk and
Pullman
Old Dominion Merchants
Miners
Washington
Baltimore
Chesapeake and Richmond
Co’s
Selma
Fayetteville
Wilson and Fayetteville
Newbern
Morehead City
Goldsboro
Wilmington
Wilmington and Weldon
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited
Tarboro
Wilson
Carol
New York
Lynchburg
Raleigh
Nor’ Folk Limited
W. H. Green
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Eke Bilkins, M. A
State Alliance
Hillsboro
Bro. M. L. Wood
Bertie
North Carolina
Bis State
Miss Defluster
Miss Highfinger
Brown
Ibama
Kainit
America
Nassau St
Newark
John Hare
Hare
H. E. Norris
Southern Railway
Piedmont
Norfolk and Chattano
Winston Salem
Northwestern and
Simbury
Tenn
Cincinnati
Spartanburg
Athens
W. A. Turk
Washington, D. C
J. M. Cunp
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