Senate and House Consider Civil Service and Post Office Bills
The Senate debated resolutions and a treasury issue amid sparse attendance and a pending vote on the silver question. In the House the sundry civil and post office bills were discussed with amendments offered and a late-night adjournment after a brief pension focus. Senator Quay discussed Blaine as a possible Republican nominee and delegates’ likely support noted for Minneapolis.
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Dual views clash over soldier pension plank in St Louis platform
In a Kansas weekly, editor W F Hill reports letters from Col L L Polk and Dr McLallin disputing whether a pensioning of Union soldiers was a St Louis conference demand. The letters, from Goldsboro North Carolina and Westmoreland Kansas, dispute reform rhetoric and accuse opponents of misrepresentation.
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Kansas Cyclone Devastates Wetlaneton Reported Fifty Dead
Telegraph dispatch from Wetlineton Kansas notes a cyclone destroying the town with great loss of life and fire. Report also covers the Silver Convention in Wasuinday with speeches on silver and coinage and other brief telegraph items from Tennessee New York Indiana and Colorado.
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Memories of Wadesboro Then and Now
In a May column from Wadesboro, the author recalls the town’s old and new faces, noting fires that reshaped its center and preserved landmarks like Judge Little Aleck Little. He describes Wadesboro’s unique elevated setting, strong cotton industry, and early manufacturing, including a silk operation and sandstone quarries supporting regional building projects. He also mentions rail access via the Carolina Central line and a forthcoming strawberry tea fundraiser for the King’s Daughters.
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Peace Institute Commencement Amid Festive Honors
The Peace Institute graduation eve featured a large crowd, floral chapel decorations, and a class of seventeen with Mrs. Bettie Dinwiddie presiding. Music by Misses Mellwaine, Dinwiddie, and Merriman showcased fine training under Prof. Baumen, with a humorous post program moment by Miss Kate Belvin delighting the audience. The program closed with verses about the class of 62 and a note on Rev. Dr. W Morton revival, plus local notices on officials, appointments, and a Kemp's balm promotion.
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Polk Plans Massive Third Party Train Blast At Omaha Convention
Col Polk claims he has arrangements with railway companies for ten excursion trains each carrying 500 persons from every Southern state to transport third party supporters to Omaha. He says ex Confederates will be among the attendees and 60,000 ex Federal soldiers will handle them in Omaha. The plan includes a possible state ticket with unnamed candidates implied for nomination.
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State Chronicle and Weenly touted as top region dailies
The State Chronicle The Daily claims the largest city and state circulation while The Weenly reaches every county in the state. HostCir is presented as a premier advertising medium and is advertised as widely solicited.
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