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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1893
Page
5
A long poem portrays an island where law is absent and cannibal feasts symbolize political factionalism. The narrator claims the tale is a fable born in imagination, ending with a note that the cannibal theme critiques real world politics and urges true moral love.
A collection of classic kitchen instructions detailing Lady Fingers, Steamed Hominy, Ham Croquettes, Eggs In Cups, Pancakes, and Fruit Cake. Each recipe provides measurements, mixing steps, and cooking times, with notes on oven temperatures, steaming methods, and finishing touches for traditional home preparation.
An April Fool note invites the narrator to spend Easter with Will Walton and Rosa. The visit rekindles a boyhood friendship as Will recounts a twelve year old proposal game with dyed Easter eggs, where Rosa’s clever ruse reveals mutual deception and forgiven love.
A collage of playful exchanges and quips from newspapers including Washington Star and Puck. Dialogues feature romance via a star and comet metaphor, a cat stealing cream, pawnbroking insights, family chores, and a church usher rumor. Humorous vignettes reflect early 20th century wit.
A pair of bachelors lament their singleness. They joke that time is money and they have neither, wandering away dejected. The brief anecdote reflects idle despair over not marrying, echoing a Detroit Free Press sentiment.
An autopsy by Dr. Cilly found General Butler’s brain four ounces heavier than Daniel Webster’s, with Webster’s brain weighing fifty eight ounces but damaged by disease and alcohol. Butler’s brain ranks near the heaviest on record, potentially first when adjusted to Webster’s normal weight. The report cites Cuvier’s sixty five ounces as the heaviest, Edward H. Ruloff’s fifty nine ounces as notable for its peculiar growth, and notes the average brain weight in men at about forty nine ounces.
A gambler detective recalls tracking a South banks robber to a Memphis hotel. He woos a New Orleans banker’s daughter, funds luxuries with a stolen $100, then hides his lover in a clock as three English officers invade Polly’s home. One officer dies from a sword wound after smashing the clock.
An 1892 excerpt explains milk as a primary nourishment for invalids and outlines methods to vary its presentation. It covers serving options from heated to iced to frozen preparations, with flavors and additives, plus a brief note on peptonized milk and a wartime style notice from the North Carolina State Alliance secretary about Polk Memorial Fund contributions.
In White Plains a century and a half old clock in Miss Polly Carter’s deserted mansion holds a link to the Revolution era. Polly, famed as Crazy Polly, died in the 1850s after a life of isolation and beauty once praised by an English governor. The clock, ignored as junk, carries the family history of Colonel Carter, Lieutenant Lawrence Carter, and Polly kept at home during redcoat danger as war pressed on.
A St. Louis Republic summary recounts Nineveh as fourteen by eight miles ringed by a 100 foot wall with three chariots atop. Babylon sits within seventy-five foot thick walls. the Temple of Diana at Ephesus stood 460 feet to the main support. The Great Pyramid measured 481 feet tall with a base covering eleven acres and 208 layers of stones. The Labyrinth of Egypt held 300 rooms and twelve halls. Thebes’ ruins span twenty-seven miles around, with colossal remains resistant to removal by any known modern machinery.
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