Major Act in Shucks and Silver Dreams In Excess
A dialogic vignette set at a political convention with ex officeholders in distress over party splits. The speaker laments split loyalties between silver coinage advocates and honest money, joking about a resort for disappointed politicians and plans to cope by corn shucking and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Carr
Cooke
Josephus Daniels
Dumakrat Party
Scum
Raleigh
Pervidin
Sandwich Islands
Betsey Iz Laffin
Jarvis
Ashe
Parkhurst
Experdishun
Polly
Jarvin
Simmons
Keeley Institute
Sossaman and Tyson Address Moore County Farmers
In Moore County J P Sossaman of Mecklenburg and Bryan Tyson spoke at Big Oak on September 28 in the Farmers Alliance cause. Sossaman warned of dangers from the goldbug party and urged reform while Tyson argued that dissatisfied Democrats and Republicans should unite with the Populists for a big victory in 1896. The pair previously spoke at Bethlehem with similar impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. P.sossaman
Bryan Tyson
Big Oak
Moore County, N. C
Progressiv. Farmer
J.P. Sossaman
Mecklenburg County
Farmers’ Alliance
Reform
Goldbug
Bethlehem
J. G. Seawell
Vienna Grain Fair Report Recasts 1895 Harvest Prospects
From a August report to the State Department Consul General Max Judd summarizes the thirty-second International Grain Fair at Vienna. Europe’s wheat rye and oats are below average while Canada shows gains. India and Russia vary by region. Detailed yields across Austria Hungary Denmark Norway Switzerland Belgium France Great Britain Ireland Italy Servia Russia and Egypt are noted with percentages and expected harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Max Judd
Vienna
Europe
India
Canada
Russia
Austria
Hungary
Empire
United States
Austria-Hungary
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Ireland
England
Letters echo loyalty to The Progressive Farmer and Alliance
Readers from multiple counties praise the paper and its stance, with A J Hudson Jr sending $100 for a one year subscription to D W Hudson. J T Chappell asserts the paper supports the people, while Wm H Haglen credits its blunt honesty. Asbury Rooney and Williams express personal reading joy and partner with the Alliance ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hudson, Jr
Rockingham County
D. W. Hudson
Alliance
Progressive Farmer
J.T. Chappell
Montgomery County
Wm. H. Haglen
Cabarrus County
North Carolina
Asbury Roone
Wayne County
Bilkins
Williams
Greene County
Betsey and Bilkins
Long Live
Tur Progressive Farmer
Nobie
Eee
New Advertisements and Agent Notice Across North Carolina
The notice invites agents for Guilford Stock Farm run by Isaac W. Lemm in Rileigh and lists W. E. Ben bow in Okridge, North Carolina. Advertisers are urged to cite THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER in all correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac W. Lemm
Rileigh
N. C
Guilford Stock Farm
W. E. Benbow
Okridge
North Carolina Pianos and Organs Tax Letter Issued
State Treasurer W H Worral issues notice to sheriffs to enforce the revenue tax on piano and organ dealers, clarifying liabilities and prescribing proceedings against noncompliant businesses. note of public apology from Elizabeth City Economist regarding Mrs PD Arrington appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grear
North Carolina
Tanose
W. H. Worris
PD B Arrington
Elizabeth City
North Carolina Counties That Have Disappeared History Sketch
Analyzes how North Carolina counties have risen and fallen since colonization, noting key abolished names like Albemarle Bath Clarendon Pelham Bute Tryon Fayette Dobbs Glasgow and Polk and detailing name changes, splits, and reestablishments across centuries. The piece cites the 33 N C Reports ruling and traces orthographic shifts in county and town names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Albemarle Sound
Albemarle County
Cape Fear
Claredon County
Pamlico River
Bath County
Albemarle
Bath
Clarendon
Carteret
Berkley
Shaftesbury
Albemarne
Bladen
Pelham
Bute
Earl of Bute
Franklin and
Warren
Tryon
Lincoln
Rutherford
Dobbs County
Lenoir
Glasgow
Johnston
Martin
Greene
Cumberland County
Culloden
Fayette County
Cumberland
Polk County
Misles Williams
N. C
Supreme Court
Pampthough
Wickham
Archdale
Fayette
Dobbs
Polk
Duplin
Viscount
P’s
Edgecombe
Earl of
Mt. Bigecumb
Surry
Surry County
England
Forsyth
Col
Benjamin Forsythe
Canada
Cleveland
Benjamin Cleveland
Kings Mountain
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An 19th century style advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases. It cites endorsements of F J Cheney & Co and druggists West Travax Valpine and Makzvin Toledo. The cure is described as taken internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials free and price listed per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.j.cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
West &Travax
Jolesale
Hall
Townships in Halifax County Change Names Since 1868
Changes in township names in Halifax County reflect the evolving map since 1868. The early list included Arcadia Eucharia Caledonia Dalmatia Etruria Formose Palmyra and Rapides, with Dalmatia mockingly dubbed Damnation township by an illiterate magistrate. Later boards renamed them Littleton Weldon Halifax and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Arcadia
Eucharia
Caledonia Dalmatia
Etruria
Formose
Palmyra
Rapides
Dalmatia
Damnation Township
Littleton
Weldon, Helifax
C. Walter Clark
Grifton NC A Highly Divided Village Claims Many Boundaries
The village of Grifton in North Carolina is divided across two counties three townships two congressional districts two senatorial districts and two judicial districts making it a notable municipal geographic curiosity in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Grifton
Wake County Alliance Pub Lic Speaking and Picnic
Wake County Alliance will meet at Holy Springs Thursday October 10 with a grand basket picnic to follow on Friday the 11th at 11 o clock. Advices will be delivered by A. Q Holladay of A. and M. College and W. Sossaman of The Progressive Warmer, with others possibly joining. Committee members H. W. Norris and A. F. Norris urge a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen and full baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake County Alliance
Holy Springs
Friends of the Alliance
Prea A. Q Holladay
A. and M. College
W. Sossaman
H. W. Norris
A. F. Norris
Alliance pic nic schedule by King and Hoover in multiple counties
Hon H E King district lecturer of the Farmers Alliance will speak at Freeman's Concord Church Mt Tabor West Prong Hall Lee's Township Pireway Long Branch Shallotte Lockwood's Fully Town Creek Southport Elizabethtown Tar Heel Bladenboro Lisbon Centerville in Columbus Brunswick and Bladen counties from October 9 to October 26 1895 with 11 am talks and a October 16 evening Shallotte dinner prompt. Rev J T B Hoover also speaks at Concord on October 10 and Whiteville on October 11 with Freeman's on October 9 train time. Public invited baskets requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman's
Concord Church
Columbus County
Mt. Tabor
West Prong Hall
M. Lee’s Township
Pireway
Long Branch
Brunswick County
Lisbon
Bladen County
Centerville
Otober
J. T. B. Hoover
Concord
County Alliance
Whiteville
Freeman’s
C. C. Gorn
N. C
Hiiu E. Kina
Dist
Se Co'r
Peanut
North Carolina inventors urged to seek patent protection
North Carolinians are invited to submit brief descriptions, sketches, or photos of their ideas to the Patent Law Department of the Associated Trade and Industrial Press in Washington, D C. The program, managed by a well known North Carolinian, aims to foster inventive genius and advance industrial growth in the Old North State, with other State Papers encouraged to copy the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Law Department
Associated Trade and Industrial Press
610
Thirteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Old North
Rowan County Meet Ticket Sale Ad
Southern alley Co offers low rate round trip tickets to Atlanta Georgia with return on following date. Readable details indicate sale timing and travel arrangement for ROWAN COUNTY meet planning. Corporations and dates mentioned suggest a travel deal for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Alley Co
Atlanta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zeee Bileins, M. A
Moore County
Bulgaria
Treasury Department
Wilmington
Newton
Greenville
Hali
Kali Works
Nassau Limes
Alliance Pic Nic
H. E. King
Columbus
Brunswick
Raleigh Tobacco Market
J. S. Meadows
Addres
Isaac W
Ital
Guilford Stock Fary
Frysland
Benbow
Rowan County Meeting
Rowan County Farmers’ Alliance
Spe&king
Rutherford County Farmer’s Alliance
Maj
W A Gresham
Lincoln County
W. O Baner
A.D . Waetacz
Jn Bruscher, Jr
Poultrymanard
Sd-Man
Kerport
Ils
Bauscher
Branson’s Agricultural Almanac
Levi Branson
Raleigh, N.C
Colton States
Atlanta, GA
Snation. It & Ptember
Ana Hekate
Golamn
Limary
Veith Snes
Inclas
Alexandria
Avheville
Burlington
Burkeville
Chatham
Charlottesvill
Goldsboro
Blenversonville
Hickory
High Point
Ea Hot Springs
Exderson
Lynchburg
Lexington
N. Ub
Morganton
V.C
Marion
N.C
Oxford
Richmond
Reidsville
Paligh
South Hoston
Strasburg
Salisbury
N. Statesville
Taylorsville
Ryon
Mahineton
West Point
Arrenton
A. Wilkesboro
Winston-Salem
N. A
Southern Railway
Exposition
City of Atlant Exposition Grounds
Penn, Ave
Washington, D.C
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