Why was this farmer made poorer by the railroad
A reader asks if the arrival of a railroad doomed a North Carolina farmer. An analysis argues the railroad did not cause poverty but enabled harmful corporate power and price manipulation. It concludes the farmer’s plight stems from capital concentrations, not railroads alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
ivitLe
N. C
Tilroad
Ditions
Memtar
John A. Rockefeller
Buck Duke
American Tobacco Trust
Mamerien Tobacco Trust
New Jersey
North Carfolina
Virginia
S. R. Keeper
Simon Atkins
Thomas M Holt
North Carolina
Money Maker Advertises Jewelry Plating Business
A reader promotes a plating outfit from H F Delno & Co Columbus Ohio as a way to earn 25 dollars weekly. First day plating yields 4 70 dollars and the device plates gold silver and nickel, with demand high for serviced pieces. Also notes medical claims and diocesan appointments in separate items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H F. Delno & Co
Columbus
H. F. Delno & Co
Ohio
Mardi Gras Rail Offer to New Orleans and Mobile
The Richmond and Danville railroad announces round trip tickets to New Orleans and Mobile at first class fare. Tickets go on sale February 25 to 29 with return by March 15 1892. Rates apply from listed points via intermediate stops in proportion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond and
Danville
New Orleans
Mobile
J W. Eddins
A. L. Eddins
Wake County
Court House
Raleigh
Women and Rose Buds Offer Cure for Female Ailments
An advertisement asserts women die young due to self neglect and promotes Rose Buds from The Leverette Specific Co. It claims 20 years of use by a Paris physician and promises cures for ulceration congestion womb ovarian issues and womb dropsy bearing down pains and miscarriages. One package costs 1 dollar and is mailed postpaid from Boston.
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Paris
Leverette Specific Co
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
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M. J. Lally
Woodward Ave
Highlands
Simmons Liver Regulator
Diocese of
Lyman
Atlanta
St. Marks
Mecklenburg County
St. Peters Church
Charlotte
Monroe
Malloy’s
Ansonville
Wadesboro
Mardi Gras
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Henderson
Durham
Wilmington
Asheville
Spart
Greenville
Columbia
Richmond, Va
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
W. ©. Moore
A. J Richardson
Sam Strickland
Little River Township
F. Montague
Raeigh
N.C
Glasborn
Durham, N. C
W. H. Billings
Johnson
Raleigh, N. C
Barnes Academy
J. L. Barnes
A. B
Lenoir
W. J. Martin
Davidson College
J. B Shearer
John *Icken
Charleston
D. C
W. M. Brown
Cashier Bank
Florence
S. C
E. Porter
Rocky Point
H. P. Archer
Life
Chas.Bretsch
Wake Forest
R. L. Brewer & Co
W.H. Edwards
R.L Brewer
Power Press
Addres Geo. P. Pell
Mt. Airy, N.C
Janlo4t
State OF North Carolina
Raleigh, N.C
Raleich
Thos. M. Holt
Telfatik
Sunnyside
James M. Ilamre
Faetteville, N. C
New York Weekly Herald
United States
Weekly Herald
James Gordon Bennett
New York City
B.S. Jerman
Cashier Commercial and Fariers Bank
Olive
M. J. Olive
Monay
Cary
Gates Desk Co
H. Steinmetz
Fiori«t
Rateigh
Cortatt
W. G. Randall
Fayetteville Street
Oxford Female Seminary
Oxford, N. C
F. P. Hobgood
Brest
P. O. Box
D. P. Haskitt
Raleigh, NC
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