Rallying Liberty and Knights Amid Northern Travel Echoes
J W Oliver of Varina shows a Revolutionary War shot pouch once used by John Spence of Montgomery County. The piece sits amid notes on Alliance momentum, a Wayne County picnic near Salem Church, and a vivid travelogue from Raleigh to Boston detailing railroads, cities, and the Knights Templar conclave in Boston with tens of thousands of attendees.
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J. W. Oliver
Varina
N.C
John Spence
Montgomery County
Alliance
Wayne County Alliance
Salem Church
Goldsboro
White
A Family Affair Brings Railroad Scheme to Light
A Raleigh era column outlines a plan to release the North Carolina Railroad. It credits Cousin Elias Carr as governor and Sid Alexander as president, aided by Col Andrews and a select board. The piece claims Southern Railroad faced a forced lease and notes the railroad’s value amid bids from Seaboard Airline and Atlantic Coast Line.
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North Carolina Railroad
Elias Carr
Sid. Alexander
Col. Andrews
Washington
Southern Railroad Company
North Carolina Road
Seaboard Airline
Atlantic Cot Line
Southern
Twenty Cent Offer Drives Progressive Farmer Subscriptions
A 20 cent promo invites earnest Alliancemen and reformers to spread reform literature by subscribing to The Progressive Farmer. Readers urged to form clubs, recruit neighbors, and aim for 500 new subscribers weekly through word of mouth and small payments.
A North Carolina Book On Silver In Press
Ed wards & Broughton announce a new North Carolina book titled A Day With the Professor and His Friends. The work presents familiar chats on free coinage among a Professor and his circle including a Kansas farmer, a New York drummer, and a Major, using figures and cuts to argue for independent action and free coinage. Price is 25 cents.
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North Carolina
Edwards & Broughton
Kansas
New York
Alliance Executive Committee plans fertilizer contract and enterprise
The Alliance executive committee discusses next year’s fertilizer contract with cash and on time delivery at reduced rates. They urge members to send cash contributions and to contact the state business agent for wheat and oats fertilizer after September 10 1895. Steps are also taken to acquire property for an officer and to pursue manufacturing ventures.
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Yate Farmers’ Alliance
A. F. Hileman
N. C. English
James M Mewborne
Secretary Octavius Coke Dead at Capitol
Hon Octavius Coke secretary of state died Friday evening at 4 o clock after a rapid decline starting Thursday. Born in Williamsburg Virginia he moved to the state in 1866 and served as state senator from Chowan and as chairman of the state democratic committee. He was appointed secretary of state after Col Saunders death in 1891 and elected to the post in 1892. Raleigh Press Visitor.
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Octavius Coke
Coke
Cept Coke
Williamsburg
State
Democratic Committee
Chowan
Col. Saunders
Eir
Rileigh Press
Ancient Egypt Papyrus Reveals Old Trade Fraud Tale
An ancient papyrus from Egypt, dated 3000 to 4000 years ago, describes a bors trade in which an Egyptian writer claims to be swindled by a Hebrew named Daniel. The piece notes that the Daniel mentioned is not the biblical prophet of Babylon, illustrating early uncertainty in horse trading similar to modern times.
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Egypt
Daniel
Tris
Babylon
State rail rates debated as NC Legislature urged to act
A letter argues North Carolina lawmakers should cap freight and passenger rates for the Southern Railway within state borders. It urges reducing first class passenger rates and freight costs to ease state financial strain, contends court rulings permit, and warns against railroad influence in elections. The piece calls for voter control of Railroad Commissioners to curb high salaries and political manipulation.
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Orporati
Newepan
Southern Railway
Pasengera
Desi
Publi Fi
Supreme Court of the
Unites States
Fevla Ag Gn
Col. Andress
Col. Andrews
Biastutences
Sun
People of the Star
P Phnloos
Onip Ubtmeny
J. Veele
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