Progressive Farmer Notice on Subscriptions and Office Changes
A reader notice from The Progressive Farmer advises subscribers to report any change of paper office and to send real names and post offices when communicating. The paper identifies itself as the Official Organ of the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance and reminds readers to sign their name and include their post office in letters. It also asks readers to mention seeing advertisements in the Progressive Farmer and notes that the date on the label shows when time is up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Farmer
Raleigh
N.C
The
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
Robesonian
Jerry Simpson
Supposer
Charlotte Chronicle
Bro. Simpson
Chronicle
Simpson
Greensboro
Durham
Reidsville
North Carolina
Alliance
State Alliance
Iobesonian
News and Observer Opinion on Sub-Treasury and Currency
The Vid Retinue advocates the Sub-Treasury plan and unlimited silver coinage. It proposes issuing 000,000 more paper money and reallocating 100,000,000 Treasury funds to support agricultural products. It calls for repealing the national bank law and allowing state banks to issue notes, ending the internal revenue system and adopting a revenue tariff. It backs the Farmers Alliance and urges white unity for prosperity in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News and Observer
Internal Revenue System
Farmers’ Alliance
North Carolina
A. Ashe
News and Griser
Raleigh
N.C
Editorial notes from The Progressive Farmer and Alliance rally updates
Editorial notes announce October and November print runs, urge reform papers to join, and promote The Progressive Farmer. Alliance rally at Spring Lake Park Talladega and upcoming Brookside Park appearance are noted, with calls for temperate rhetoric and independent thinking. President Polk speech at Albemarle Park Fair is highlighted as crowds grow in Eastern North Carolina.
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Kinston Bee Press
Reform Papers
Agricultural Bee
Goldsboro
Columbus News
Whiteville
Reform
Grand Alliance
Spring Lake Park
Talladega
Fla
Alliance
Alliancemen
Polk
Albemarle Park Fair
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Only True Position and Raleigh Alliance Rally News
Ocala declares the only true position for Alliancemen and plans a February 22, 1892 National Conference. Raleigh hosts a large Alliance rally on Friday the 9th with Senator Peffer and Marion Butler among speakers, expected attendance of ten thousand.
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Ocala
Supreme Council
Raleigh
Alliance
Peffer
Kansas
Marion Butler
J. S. Bell
Polk
Old Granville
Wake County
Brookside Park
Stronach Warehouse
Nea
The Progressive Farmer Refutes Bosses Claim and Offers Appeal
A Norfolk style discussion notes that neither The Progressive Farmer editor nor affiliates own railroads. It praises the Charleston World for fairness toward President Polk and mentions a big offer: pay arrears plus one dollar by November 1 to receive January 1893 issue. It also recalls editors whistling past graveyards as parties lack issues and relief demands rise.
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Charleston
South
Polk
Randall the Artist Exhibit Shines at Great Southern Exposition
A beautiful exhibit features Randall the Artist with portraits of state leaders Holt Lyman Stedman Davis Crenshaw and other notable figures. The collection, praised as the finest North Carolina has seen, includes Old Masters copies and works by locals, including Randall born in Burke County. Visitors are urged to study the paintings to fully appreciate their merit.
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Randall
Gov
Holt
Bishop Lyman
Stedman
Davis
Maj
Crenshaw
Philomathesian Society
Wake Forest College
North Carolina
Burke
Misunderstanding over Dr Caldwell and railroad finances
The Richmond and Danville Railroad finances are debated, with Dr Caldwell of the Landmark criticized for silver coinage stance and free passes. The Progressive Farmer contends the remark about apologies referred only to railroad finances, not to any wreck incident, and urges calm.
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Dr. Caldwell
Landmark
Richmond & Danville
Reform
National Alliance
Caldwell
Bastian’s Bridge
Bro. Caldwell
Northern Ananias Club member warns on Polk visit
A northern member of the Ananias Club criticizes Polk for visiting Des Moines to influence the 1892 vote and to aid the Southern Farmers’ Alliance. He attacks alleged lies, cites prison hell horrors at Salisbury, and questions North Carolina papers’ ethics in duplicity and venom toward Polk.
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Polk
Des Moines
Southern Farmers’ Alliance
North
Democratic House
Salisbury
N. C
Great Northwest
Hell
Northwest
Iowa Register
Col. Polk
Republican Party
News and Observer
Democratic Party
Ananias
Not a word in the partisan press about Alliance speeches
A Charlotte farmer defends Alliance speakers amid charges of negro social equality. He cites Polk, Simpson, and Willetts, challenges Chronicle reports, notes Polk’s absence, and accuses Democratic papers of spreading falsehoods to aid the Alliance. He urges readers to see the paper's offer and send a dollar.
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Polk
Simpson
Willetts
Charlotte
Charlotte Press
Alliance
Charlotte Chronicle
Chronicle
North Carolina
Col. Polk
Reidsville
Jerre Simpson
South
Outrage Claims Mirror in Kansas Commoner Remarks
The Kansas Commoner at Wichita rebukes falsehoods circulated by political power interests about President Polk. It notes he was treated with respect in Wichita and would pay for better conditions to address the crowd at the opera house. It attacks Republican dailies for pushing division to keep masses robbed through cunning.
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Kansas
Wichita
Polk
Col. L. L. Polk
Opera House
Hutchinson News
Lying and press fraud sparked by party tactics
The passage condemns third party schemes to sway Southern votes and criticizes sensational fake news in newspapers. It cites editors from Atlanta Constitution Topeka Capital and Kinston Free Press, accusing press dispatches of false reports aimed at discrediting the Farmers' Alliance. The Progressive Farmer advertises a fifteen month for one dollar offer.
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South
Atlanta Constitution
Kansas
Topeka
Rep
Ananias Club
News and Observer
Kinston Free Press
Col
Alliance
Farmers’ Alliance
Betsy and Zeke in a Raleigh Alliance talk
In a rambling dialogue Betsy chafes at Democratic papers and editors, praising Betsy’s outburst and plans to attend an Alliance meeting. Zeke recaps editorials blamed as radical, recalls Civil War bravado, and hints at local political currents in Wake County. Betsy vows to read at the Alliance and dine with Petter and Polk.
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Mr. Bikins
Ramsey
Zeke
Betsy
Sweetgum
Milwaukee
Polk
Alliance
Peffer
Mas Bob
Raleigh
Petter
Etsy
President Polk
Progressive Farmer Office
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