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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1892
Page
3
A Raleigh river town chat discusses the Georgia Bourbons and the reform ticket. Betsy Bilkins credits Weaver support, predicts party realignment, and notes broad turnout for an upcoming presidential visit. The dialogue covers Democrats, Republicans, and public sentiment towards old parties and new reform efforts.
The president forms an international monetary committee to meet with English and French bankers on the silver issue. Three of the five oppose any change. Critics warn the move may worsen currency problems, accusing Harrison of bowing to money power. The piece urges voters to elect a Western man untainted by Catholic influence to counter perceived Catholic sway in politics.
A political commentary denounces denominational meddling, claiming Catholics and the Cleveland faction align with a party to bend politics to their will. It asserts Catholic power in New York and warns voters about partisan influence.
The Topeka Capita and Louisville Courier Journal echo the same political line, but the text argues a Weaver vote breaks with Cleveland and Harrison factions. It claims Weaver serves the people and would advance liberty and justice, while Cleveland or Harrison would worsen the republic’s fate.
A humorous note about Nothing but a Noise a short work by T A Bland priced ten cents from Chas H Kerr & Co Chicago. It recounts two Irishmen hearing frogs at night near a pond misinterpreting the sounds as monsters until a sharp guess reveals its only a noise.
The News and Observer asks THE PROGRESSIVE Farmer how to lift farm product prices via national legislation. It suggests stringent anti-option laws to stop crop manipulation, anti-trust enforcement, and erasing tariff fraud. It notes the need for measures like crop-price protections andTreasury schemes as potential steps.
The Greensboro Normal and Industrial School for girls nears completion amid civic support. President McIver leads praise for the Alliance backed project, with Greensboro donating bonds totaling thirty thousand dollars. The university had long aided boys only, and the new facilities promise public school excellence for girls, attracting more applications than the current capacity allows.
Prof. McIver notes tenfold applications from the notice in this paper compared with all others. Three-fourths of the faculty will be North Carolina teachers, reflecting well on our state. Mr. E. J. Forney of Raleigh moved to Greensboro last week to head stenography instruction. Only the best talent will be employed in any department.
The speaker blasts the Democratic state platform for endorsing free coinage of silver while Cleveland and Democratic papers oppose or obfuscate the issue. He accuses party papers of surrendering to Cleveland and of lying, arguing they are untrustworthy on matters of policy.
The Greenback platform of 1884 is printed here and shows little difference from this year’s Omaha platform. The Omaha version is argued to be better, opposing the corrupt financial system while offering stronger substitutes. It criticizes land giveaways, supports railroad discrimination laws, favors a government postal telegraph system, and advocates a graduated income tax.
Gen Stevenson faces mixed reception in North Carolina towns where crowds are small and farmers few. Citizens greet him with modest turnout while newspapers trumpet coverage. Winston and Charlotte show decent turnout. In Wilmington, two hundred horsemen total thirty eight. many marchers are young boys.
Raleigh letter from January 24 1887 notes Col Polk plans another gathering January 26 to oppose the current university board and push an agricultural potions agenda. He favors diverting Landscrip funds to form a new college policy and hints at legislative action. The writer questions the existence and origin of an Agricultural and Mechanical College in North Carolina.
The Sentinel argues that prices have risen relative to income since 1868. A $10,000 mortgage at 10 percent buys far more labor and produce then than now, while mortgage interest stays fixed. It questions who benefits: money lenders or wealth producers, and who funds campaigns for the “under dog” and their own power.
A collage of notes reports and notices from small towns. Items include farm yields and crops from the East North West and South regions. Local deaths accidents and disappearances are listed alongside social and educational updates.
The State colored normal school opened in Goldsboro yesterday with Prof. H. E. Hisona a named principal. Mrs. Jane Thompson died Tuesday at her son’s home near Harrisburg during an operation for cancer. Dr. C. C. Wilson led the surgical team including Drs. J. R. Wilson, S. A. Grier and Will Pharr, per the Concord Times.
Health bulletin notes no new cases since the last report. McAllister, son of Ward T formerly of Savannah, faces arrest threat for wife desertion and non support, defended as acting under bad advice. Washington reports the Grand Army parade with a record long line. sixty thousand veterans marched in double column from the capital to the review stand today.
Joseph B. Ricker editor and proprietor of the Somerset Reporter was shot and mortally wounded while crossing the public square at 8 o clock. Three shots were fired two hit him one through the body near the heart. A $1000 reward is offered for the assassin. Ex Chief Anderson, linked to the case, is missing.
Rockaway Beach in Brooklyn faced a major fire starting at 10 am in the seaside museum, swiftly destroying its buildings including Murray & Dock's hotel, Huber's, the Myrtle, Kingsland's Casino, and several others. Injuries reported to two ladies and a man, with the blaze fueled by a 30 mile per hour wind and little water to fight it. Help sought from distant towns as flames threaten remaining structures along the entire beach.
PirrssuraG Sept 22 A railroad crash at Shreve now confirms two women and one child among the dead, down from three women. The identified bodies include Mrs F Schalley and Miss Campbell, mother of the child killed. The missing is F C Mann a Chicago tal clerk. Loss estimate incomplete with about 80000 in mail registers and $75000 in silver bricks recovered from the car.
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