Turpentine and cotton woes spark state notes
State Press reports Turpentine from the East and peanuts from the South as part of a broader agricultural update. The piece describes a new roller flour mill near the depot and ongoing wheat sowing amid drought, plus fires, burglaries, and weather impacts affecting farmers across multiple counties.
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Erect- Liege
Mooresville
Alison
Iredell
Cor Tobacco
Statesville
Howe
Winston
XPERIENCE OF MANY WIVES IN FARM LIFE SAGA
A young wife recalls losing pocket money after marriage as Eben controls the purse and new farm costs rise. She details duties as nurse seamstress housemaid and mother and laments lack of allowance while hired hands are paid. The piece notes envy on Saturdays and links the stress to farm monopolies and systemic drain.
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Speaker
Eben
Tom
Can You Subtract A Kansas Wheat Profit Lesson
The Kiowa Review poses a numerical puzzle about farming costs and Kansas wheat. It estimates a 75,000,000 bushel crop, netting three to eight million dollars, while mortgage interest on Kansas real estate runs around 18.8 million. It implies farmers rely on politicians to calculate profits.
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Kiowa Review
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Deaths and unrest across cities report Nov events
A telegram from Leipzig notes historian Maurin Becker has died. Theodore Child of Harper's died of cholera in Ispahan. Strikes disrupt street railways in Consumers, Ohio. Incendiary fire devastates a J. H. Daniel barn in Mitten, Georgia. A Cambridge paymaster was assaulted in Boston and robbed. Jamaica reports a failed Haytian uprising with arrests and possible executions. Lt Bean clashed with Apaches near Chiricahua. fortifications and reinforcements followed. In Lancashire cotton mills face half time as a strike sheds tens of thousands unemployed. In Carson the Weaver silver ticket wins. Newlands and Stewart expected to return amid a silver party surge.
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Jackson Farr
Ben Foreman
Stanly Observer
Charlotte
Belmont Station
Monastry
Greensboro
Susan J. Warren
Warren
Winston Sentinel
Danial Coble
Brick Church
David Coble
R. P. Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Newton Enterprise
R. H. Bunting
Henry Alston
Mary Wescott
Wilmington Messenger
F. Aoa Peschau
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wilmington
Rufus Honeycutt
Raleigh
P. T Massey
Smithfield Herald
Concord Standard
Jim Miller
Jim
C. F Bevan
Winston
Main Street
Allman House
Stallcup
Franklin Press
Shelby Aurora
George H. Chapin
Boston
St Augustine
South
Shelby
Woodall
Henry Rogers
Rogers
Maryland
Durham Sun
Fayetteville
T. A. Lowder
Centre Township
Stanly County
Charlotte News
Air Line
Charlie Keisler
Joshua Turner
Raleigh Sentinel
Holden
G. Rosenthal
Hillsboro
Turner
Asheboro
David Ope
Willie Furlong
Burr & Bailey
Charles Smith
Martha Staly
J. D. LaRoque
Henry Taylor
Spring Garden
W. G Brinson
Catte
F. H. Linebarger
Caldwell
Monroe Enquirer
J. T. Dees
Gillum Helms
Washington
J. M. Creighton
Jasper Alexander
Cleveand
Creighton
Harrison
Alexander
Healing Springs
Milas Reed
Hoover Daniels
Reed
Daniel
Lexington Dispatch
Mra. A
Front Street
Market and Dock
Henry Bauman
Phil Thomas
McClammy
Carolina Brownstone Co
Richmond
Sanford Hapress
Connor
Paul C. Graham
Supreme Court
Wilkesboro
Curtis’ Ford
Yadkin River
The
Mitten
J. H. Daniel
Geo. White
Cambridge
New York
Herald
Jamaica
Hayti
Cape Hayti
Los Angeles
Cal
McGregor
Fort Bowie
Arizona
Bean
Kid
Chiricahua Mountains
Manchester
Lancashire
Burnley
Carson
Francis G. Newlands
Congress
United States
Stewart
Silver Party
Fires in Boston business districts
A November fire in Essex street at numbers 33, 35, and 37 caused about 12000 in total losses to Patrick Higgins, F. Wolfsohn, and Guttman & Co. Insurance covered most but not all. A second blaze at 91 and 93 Franklin street caused far greater damage, affecting Rive, Kendall & Co., W. Best & Co., S. K. Abbott & Co., and the Boston Mailing Company, with about 20000 in losses on buildings and effects, largely insured.
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Boston
Essex Street
Patrick Higgins
Grocer
F. Wolfsohn
Linton
Guttman & Co
Boston Umbrella Company
Franklin Street
Rive, Kendall & Co
Best & Co
K. Abbott & Co
Boston Mailing Company, Machinery, &c
Belgian Liberals Parade Then Are Charged By Gendarmes
In Brussels a Liberal demonstration at the Alhambra Theatre drew about 3,500 supporters with deputies like M Janson delivering sharp anti government speeches. After marching through the streets to the palace a gendarme detachment charged the crowd dispersing them near midnight amid cries for universal suffrage. A socialist threw paper at King Leopold as he rode to Parliament. the assailant was arrested.
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First National Bank of
Herman
Taylors
Plateau
Ory Mercury
James Edwards
Durham
Sihe
Burlington News
Ran Jlph County
Arkansas
W. Ray
Bolling
Greer & Johnson
Seville Gazette
Sun
Milton Gazette
Jolnsboro
Vanderbilt
F. H. Linebarger
Baldwells
Newton Enterprise
Fort Barwell
Fannie Wooten
New Berne Journal
Smithfield Herald
Betsy Powell
GC. S. Pow
Sue
Bill Nye
Buck Shoals
Buck Als Manor
Wills Bros
M. Hardi
Gloppias Parker
Fort Mill
Powe
Jall
Charlotte News
Herman Fisher
Honeycutts Townip
Simpson County
Tev
Jno. T
Minstry
Baptist Church
Goldsboro
Pereen Market
J. A. Montgomery
A. Bilbro
Wilmington
T. J. Deadman
Jerusalem
Mr. Deadman
South Main Street
Snelbey
R. J. Balfour
Grover
Mary Bridges
Balfour
D. J. Hardin
Hardin
Superior Court
Winston Call
Charles Fisher Bevan
P. H. Hanes
Winston
Greensboro
Alston
A. and M. College
Brussels
Brusses
Alhambra Theatre
M. Janson
Rue Montague
Lonrpon
Standard
Leopold
Schenck
Ghent
The Cotton Crop in November Report
Washington November returns from the Department of Agriculture show a very light cotton crop with short staples and generally good condition. Local estimates vary from two fifths to four fifths of a full crop, with many calling it the worst since 1860. In favorable spots a fair crop exists, while the Atlantic coast suffers from alternating heavy rains and drought, frost, and uneven growth.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Atlantic
Alabama
Cotton Growth and Factors Affecting Yields in Mississippi Valley
The field notes describe varying bale requirements per acre, with Mississippi estimates around a bale per acre. Strong stalk growth and small boll development are noted, while cold wet weather, drought, defective stands, and bollworms injure crops. Early rains caused slender joints. gathering is favorable but maturation is hindered. Lint yield is usually short relative to seed cotton weight, though lint is generally clean and well colored.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans Strike Persists Amid Civic Tension
The New Orleans strike continues with both sides firm while no violence is reported. The Governor may assume control if city authorities cannot contain disturbances. Militias are being readied, with citizen funds likely to finance deployment. Freight handlers walkout crippling commerce as several rail lines are affected.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central
Mississippi Valley
Texas Pacific
Southern Pacific
TOWED SAFELY TO PORT
The Wells City, sailing from Bristol to Bristol from New York, braved gales to tow the disabled Catalan from New Orleans to Liverpool. After multiple broken hawsers and near wrecks, they reached Valencia Bay with the Catalan in tow, while the Wells City suffered no damage.
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London
Wells City
Bristol
New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Ita
Valencia Bay
Fifty Three Spinners Walk Out in London Lockout
London, Nov. 7. The cotton trade lockout began at noon with 53,000 spinners expected idle, though figures may shift as employers’ action spreads. Secretary Mawdsley predicts up to 53,000 affected. some mills closed while others run, and profits may endure if wages are met.
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London
Mawdsley
Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
Federations of
Heywood
Federation
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State News
Julie Lillington
Court House
Rockingham
Laurinburg
Ali Reas
Haddock
N. C
J. M. Wright
Columbus County
Wilmington Star
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Orton More
J.R. Moore
G. R. Dixon
Midocean
Mammoth
England
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