Editorial notes urge reform papers and gold standard shift
Readers urged to increase reform paper circulation and work as if house were afire. Senator Mills renounced silver for gold and editorial stance attacks traitors. County treasurer M G Clay of Ironton Ohio short in accounts by 18000 dollars. Mention of Coming Nation rumor correction and Capt S A Ashe book on free coinage priced at 25 cents. Silver and gold shipments to Europe cited. call to seize dollar assets and denigrate gold as a curse to the nation.
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Senator Mills
Texas
M. G. Clay
Ironton
Ohio
S A. Ashe
News and Observer
Europe
New York
Washington
Judge Latham on silver demonetization views
Richmond judge Latham sent his critique of silver demonetization to the New York Herald. He cites that under monometallism the few profited at the many’s expense, with urban wealth rising while rural values fell, noting New York property declines 1879–80 and gains 1881–90, and similar patterns across the South and West through 1893–94.
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Latham
Richmond
New York Herald
New York
Reform Club of New York Sound Currency Committee Report
The Sound Currency committee shows its drive to promote gold standard ideas with meetings, speakers, and massive printings of pamphlets and broadsides. From January to now they issued over 6.1 million items, with two thirds ridiculing opponents and less than a third presenting serious facts, while editing Cleveland Goldocratic papers at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform Club of New York
South
Cleveland
Alliance Push for Silver Restoration Declares Movement
The passage urges unity among Alliance supporters to restore silver to its proper place in the monetary system. It notes a Raleigh convention on September 25, 1895 to unite honest money advocates under one banner and mobilize support in North Carolina for the Alliance platform. It calls nonpartisans to attend and warns against trickery while praising sincere signees.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Alliance
Dillon addresses Bar Association on history and duty
Judge John F. Dillon urges vigilance against social inequity and revolution. He notes his career move from United States Circuit Court to railroad industry counsel, warning that overcrowded conditions and class conflict could provoke violent upheaval within a century.
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Dillon
Bar Association
United States Circuit Court
LaSalle
Paas
Mint official says 50 million silver dollars in circulation impossible
An official from the Philadelphia mint argues that 50,000,000 silver dollars are not in circulation because the government will not pay them out. He contends the debt settlement and parity policy keeps silver locked up, while circulating gold through borrowing. He warns of a growing disparity between debts and resources.
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Philadelphia Mint
Government heads misjudge the nation’s peril
The writer compares the government to a man with far larger debts than assets, warning that at the current pace the country nears national bankruptcy. He questions whether officials recognize the public’s dwindling financial health or misread the people’s resolve.
Tariff issue in 186 a critique of party hypocrisy
The writer blasts old papers for predicting a tariff fight next year. They call the debate a sham, argue the current tariff is Democratic protection, and say both parties echo each other. Voters tire of duplicity, urging living issues like money, income tax, and other pressing questions.
Man with 97 Children Seeks Work in Roanoke Rapids
A letter to Roanoke Rapids Power Company from a Whiteville, NC man describes a family of 97 and asks for work for himself as an all around mechanic. He offers carpentry, brick work, or blacksmith skills and provides references at the North Carolina Lumber Company. He vows to prove himself and awaits a response.
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Mel. Enry
Roanoke Rapids Power Company
Whiteville
N. C
Roanoke Rapids Co
Dan McRakin
The
North Carolina Lumber Company
Roanoke Rapids Eyes Growth Through Family Population Push
Weldon News advocates encouraging the town to grow by welcoming large families as a method to boost settlement and reform paper circulation. The writer withholds their name while urging readers to support population growth initiatives.
Where to Educate Farmers and Mechanics in North Carolina
The article argues government funding for farmer and mechanic education is essential since farmers form most of the state’s population. It praises Agricultural and Mechanical College as a government supported, affordable institution offering broad general education, practical training, military discipline, and stronger life prospects. It urges farmers to educate their sons, noting isolation and finances as barriers, and highlights the college’s favorable costs and outcomes, including graduates in notable positions.
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North Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Addion
Vanderbilt
Mid-Summer Grasshopper Tales From New York Recorder
A New York Recorder note relates a vivid tale of insatiable grasshoppers in Sullivan County New York that ruin clothes and gear. Stories compare the pests to roaches and roil in Texas green-car plantations while a Concord Standard piece mentions bedbugs biting socks and a dummy in Lowe’s sockless man.
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New York Recorder
Sullivan County
N. Y
Jay McEwen
Texas
Charlotte O
Lowe
Concord Standard
Alliance Reorganized at Tar Landing Alliance
Correspondence from Sparkman North Carolina notes Tar Landing Alliance reorganized and begun work with twenty two members. Initial officers listed include L A Jones president J W Jones vice president G T Walton secretary A T Brown lecturer E M Bradley door keeper. Additional officers soon elected. Watton secretary signs off awaiting bonds and sureties.
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Progressive Farmer
Sparkman
N.C
Tar Landing Alliance
L A Jones
J. W. Jones
G. T. Walton
A T. Brown
E M. Bradley
Seseward
Bro. T. Ivey
Watton
Dr Thompson's Defense of Alliances and Church Critique
The author defends his Cary speech on church critique, asserts the Alliance's political education role, denounces opponents in public prints as deceitful, and argues truth preserves liberty. He insists his statements were measured and just, urging vigilance against partisan religious manipulation.
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Cary
Somare
Babe
Mineo
Wilmington Mossenn
North Carolina
Joshua
Earth
Heaven
Church of Christ
Mili
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Andriefly
Raleigh, N. G
Raleigh, N.C
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
Eich
L. L. Polk
Uly
N. RP. A
Charlotte Oeserver
Judge Latham
Goldocracy
John F. Dillon
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon News
Reform
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