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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1894
Page
6
A letter reads as a rustic tale of ailing Major living and cheating death as he drives two broke-in oxen to a cart. The narrator jokes Betsy’s remedies, a crash, head injuries, and quips about Democratic and populist rivals, ending with a farewell in lingo.
The Progressive Farmer highlights ads from Raleigh merchants William Woollcott & Son and others. It praises Woollcott as a major, reliable dry goods house and promotes the locally advertised Victor Incubator by Geo Ertel Co of Quincy. The note urges readers to mention The Progressive Farmer when contacting advertisers.
The piece argues Alliance members should fund a shoe factory to end profits flowing to outside manufacturers. It cites 1890 census data on shoe industry profits, per capita output, and North Carolina figures, urging a $10,000 contribution by December 1 to launch a local factory and save wealth for members.
The Medical World argues for physician support by aligning with mass prosperity. It cites New Zealand reforms as a model and warns that growing inequality harms medical practice incomes while the profession must serve all, urging public duty and collective effort to raise societal well being.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional remedy. It is taken internally and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces, boosting strength. The ad offers one hundred dollar reward if it fails and invites testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, with price 75 cents.
In Lenoir County reads a letter from sheriff candidate J. D. Sutton and colleagues declaring they will not accept or contest the election. They acknowledge irregularities at Mosely Hall and Vance townships but bow to opponents’ right to bond and serve if chosen. The piece then shifts to local commentary on politics and a notice about The Progressive Farmer moving to cash payments.
An advertisement urges readers to buy a Folding Sawing Machine from Folding Sawing Machine Co at 241 249 South Jefferson Street Chicago. The copy promises a free catalogue and invites readers to investigate the device.
Col Virgil S Lusk a Buncombe county representative elected on the fusion ticket will run for Speaker of the next North Carolina House of Representatives. The Progressive Farmer announces his candidacy in this notice.
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