The Major's Heartbreak Over a Patent Range Tale
A humorous Muckraker style dialogue shows a broken heart over cooperation between the People's party and the Republicans. The Major laments lost offices and principled compromises while recounting Betsy’s range purchase mix up. A Cleveland cousin ties the tale to politics and a $45 to $20 stove range bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Party
Reform Republikans
Wall Street
Dumakrats
Eibout
Kurnel Johnson
Betsy
Cleveland
Dymakrat
Sol
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FOR FARMERS AND OTHERS
A miscellaneous ad listing includes drugs by J Hal Bobbitt in Raleigh NC a farm for rent by D C Murray in Raleigh a reward by A B Marshburn Eagle Rock NC a dining hall called Jordan's Dining Hall in Raleigh an advertising agent Goddard Astwood Allen Belvidere IL sewing machine supplies by Ch B Ellis Burlington NC valuable land for sale Peele & Maynard Raleigh seed grass and clover from T W Wood & Sons Richmond VA. Always mention Taz Procresstys when writing to advertisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hal Bobbitt
Raleigh
N.C
D. C. Murray
N. C
A. B. Marshburn
Eagle Ik
Jordan
T. W. Wood & Sons
Richmond
Republican State Convention Meets At Metropolitan Hall
The Republican State Convention met at Metropolitan Hall with Eaves presiding briefly before temporary chair E A Johnson. Delegates selected committee on credentials and platform, adopting a platform endorsing protection, labor and capital parity, tariff reform, currency reform, and electoral safeguards.
President Cleveland Back Bone and Tariff Reform
A satirical piece mocks President Cleveland for failing to veto a tariff bill after leaving coal mines in Nova Scotia out of the measure. It claims he drank beer at Buzzard Bay and fished, then allowed the tariff bill to become law without his signature as a test of his backbone. The article notes a letter to Congressman Catchings on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
W. H. Worth
Wake
Witeress
Supreme Court
William T. Faircloth
Wayne County
Walter Clark
H. G Connor
McRae
D M. Furchen
Burwell
Cleveland
Tom Thumb
Congress
Nova Scotia
Buzzard Bay
Washington
Whitney
Congressman Catching
Catchings
INFORMATION WANTED How to raise Irish potatoes from second planting
A. M. Hunter seeks guidance in the Progressive Farmer on improving Irish potato crops after two failed attempts. He details cutting, drying, and sun-drying practices that yielded poor results and asks for remedies to produce a successful crop from a second planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Hunter
Grass and Clover Seeds from T. W. Wood & Co Seedsmen
Carefully selected stocks of high germination with prices and samples available on application. The Fail Catalogue offers valuable grass culture information, soil preparation, sowing seed, and pasture care after war, mailed free on request by T. W. Wood & Co. Seedsmen, Richmond, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Wood
Richmond
Jubilee Celebration for Perry Davis Pain Killer reaches fifty years
Providence firm Perry Davis and Son marks a half century of Pain Killer. The celebration doubles bottle capacity without raising price, promising broader reach. The ad touts Pain Killer as the enduring family remedy with broad global use and rapid relief for internal and external pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Perry Davis
Perry Davis & Son
Provi Nrananananaas Pa Ence
Messrs
Providence
R. I
Pain Killer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zeke Bilkins, M. A
Metropolitan Hall
Eaves
E. A. Johnson
Johnson
Brown
Hertford
R. J. Perry
Halifax
W. W. Lawrence
Craven
F. M. Sorrell
B. Satterfield
C. M. Bernard
J. D. Grimsley
A. R. Middleton
J. C. L. Harris
R. M. Douglass
F. B. Rice
J. C. Dancy
R. Z Linney
J. C. Pritchard
A. E. Holton
Yadkin County
H. L. Grant
Jas. H. Young
J. W. Goslin
John C. Dancy
R. O. Patterson
A. R. Middleon
O. H. Dock
National Republican Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
United States
South
Internal Revenue
Empire Manufacturing Co
Quincy
Turkey
Constantinople
Russia
Joan Swinter
National Fublishing CO
Chicago
Chas
Ellix
People’s Party of
Wake County
Court House
People’s Party Club
Orho Wilson
Chin'n Co
Godard
Atwood & Allen
Belvidere
Farr
D.C
Gale
Cary
Peele & Maynarp
Julius Lewis Hardware Co
R ‘Leigh, N. C
George Aceelis
West Chester
Hester O
Agee Jordan
Fayetteville
J. Hal. Bobbitt
Dprategist
Fayetteville Street
Marke, Raleigh, N
Square
J. H. Gitt
Connoe Staigo
J. W. Denmark
England
America
Leaksville Woollen Mills
Leaksville, N. C
A. B. Farquhardi
Len
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works
York
Swinton
Outfit Quick
National Publishing CO
D. M. Osborne & CO
Philadelphia, Pa
Cmrael
Charlotte
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