Betsy Bilkins Fears Strike as Contenders Buck District
Zeke Bilkins voices fear over political strike and a crowded Congressional race. Betsy Bilkins reads reports of Tom Watson’s possible replacement, sparking a firm, unapologetic stance she calls for fair play. Zeke contemplates a late start in a crowded field with calls for a free for all race and patented candidate rights.
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Tom Watson
Betsy
Congress
Strowd
Pou
Massey
Alford
Counsel for defense and weight law notice
The defense argues the defendant could not have committed the crime and cites alibi witnesses and nonpoison evidence. A Raleigh cotton weighing change lowers the charge to 7 cents per bale, applying to Wake County, with buyers printing 10 cent notices on tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Raleigh
Wake County
Death of J Hardy Williams Brick Layer and Plasterer
J Hardy Williams died in Moore county near Villanow on August 24 1896 at about 67. formerly of Wake county he was a brick layer and plasterer by trade and was widely known across the state.
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Villanow
Moore County
N. C
J. Hardy Williams
Wake County
East and Midwest letter urge Populists to back Bryan
A farmer's letter from New Haven endorses the Progressive Farmer stance opposing Sewall and urges a Bryan Watson ticket or a straight national Populist ticket. It argues for silver, graduated income tax, and federal control of railroads and mining, urging unity against Sewall and the current Democratic candidates.
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Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Progressive Farmer
Kansas
The
New Haven
Conn
People’s Party
Sewall
Bryan
Chicago
Watson
Silver Democrats
Congress
Alexander Troup
New Haven Union
Maine
East
National Corporation
Supreme Court of the United States
Bourke Cochran
Thomas Waller
Phelps
London
Grove
Philadelphia
Raleigh
N. C
W. P. LaFollette
M.D
Missouri
Senate
Tom Watson
Dairyman's Association urged to join North Carolina fair plans
Correspondence from the Progressive Farmer notes calls to action for North Carolina voters uneasy over political changes. It reports on dairy premiums for a state fair test of cows, with prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars, and outlines proposed Farmers Institute meetings at A and M College, plus state efforts to hold county institutes and the lack of available funds to support them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Farmer
Raleigh
N. C
Frank E Emery
J. R. Medlin
Method
Medlin
State Dairyman’s Association
North Carolina
J. 8. Carr
Dairyman’s Association
J. S. Cerr
New Berne
New
Farmers’ Institute
A & M College
A. & M. College
Commissioner of Agriculture
Patterson
Ejistor
Letter from Forsythe on reform and the People's party
H. E. Lona writes a forceful appeal praising the Alliance and People's party, denouncing both old parties as corrupt and urging adherence to the People's party platform. He condemns the Democratic silver policy and warns that coalition moves at the St Louis convention threaten true reform, urging voters to act now or abandon the party.
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Alliance
People’s Party
United States
People
People’ Party
Dmocrats
St. Louis
Democratic Party
Democrats
Bryan
Congress
H. E Lona
Co operatives urged as path to fair labor wealth
A reader letter argues true cooperation will solve welfare by cooperative production and distribution, naming G B DeBernadi’s Independence Missouri enterprise as model. It condemns Hanna of Ohio for labor repression and notes rail schedules and Pullman services added for Raleigh routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
G. B. DeBernadi
Independence
The Potash Question and Farming Potash Guidance
The article extols potash as essential for crop growth and preventing failures. It promises a free authoritative booklet on potash from German Kali Works, inviting farmers to request it by writing to 93 Nassau Street, New York.
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Nassau St
New York
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Zeke Bileins, M
Counsel For Defense
Kanas
Topeka
North
West
W. H. Bennington
Col. Carr
Hixisford, N. C
Forsythe
Progressive Armer
Bower
N. O
MR. Leffler
Jor
Prarrtown
Hanna
McKinley
Ohio
Cleveland
Faugh
Hayes Valley
Cal Reference
Dr. Hathaway & Co
Dearborn Street
Ill
Allianceman
Southern Railway
Piedmont Air Line
Raleigh Dainty
Norfolk and Chattanooga
Liwiy
Norfolk
Chattanooga
Salisbury
Morganton
Asheville
Hot Springs
Knoxville
Durham
Oxford
Clarksville
Keyeville
Greensboro
Washington and Southwestern
All Point North
Danville
Richmond
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Spartansburg
Greenville
Atlanta
All Pointe South
Columbia
Augusta
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Florida
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited
Olsttanooges
Old Dominion Merchants
Miners
Washington
Baltimore
Chesapeake
Co’s
Selma
Fayetteville
Wilson and Fayetteville
Newbern
Morehead City
Goldsboro
Wilmington
Wilmington and Weldon
Keysville
Winston Salem
Northwestern and North Carolina
Knoxville Tenn
Cincinnati
Spartanburg
Athens
Tarboro
Wilson and
Water Lines
Faya
Eastern Care
Lynchburg
P&o Rangers
Pullman
Norfolk Limited
Rabizo
W. H. Green
A. Torx
Washington, D. C
J. M. Cup
Perman
Pease Mfa, Co., Cin
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Haint
Particu
Hustler
Woven Wire Fence CO
Adrian, Mich
Fred A. Watson
Art
N.C
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