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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1895
Page
5
A nostalgic tale narrates Ruben Van Note, a bashful suitor, who loves Priscilla Jan in earlier days. He later wanders Newport, learns of Priscilla’s death, and encounters her portrait and a vanished letter preserved with red silk pockets implying a past confession.
In the St. Paul Globe account a respectable old gentleman, Ruben Van Note, steals a miniature of Priscilla Jan from a mantelpiece. He hides it on his chest and later Priscilla dies, her face resting on his heart. The piece suggests the lovers may reunite in heaven despite earthly betrayal.
A House keeper article urges parents to prevent slouching in youths aged twelve to sixteen. It notes shoulders tend to stoop during growth, warns of ruined form, and prescribes back-shoulder posture, braces, and regular gymnastic exercises to foster erect carriage and healthy lungs.
Measure each wall length and height in feet, multiply to get square feet, sum all walls. Divide total by 36 for pieces, add half piece per door or window, and divide by 33 to allow waste. Ceiling pieces: multiply length by width and divide by 33.
A guide to crafting attractive burlap bedroom rugs and long lasting ingrain carpet rugs. It explains size, border design in Greek style, color choices with angora wool, centering initials, and backing for stiffness. Also describes bias strip rug construction and longevity.
A portrait of prominent women and socialites including Kate Douglas Wiggin engaged to a wealthy man Gertrude Hall a prolific writer, Mrs Cleveland shielding privacy, Consuelo Vanderbilt sailing for London with her mother rumors of a Battenberg marriage, Mrs William K Vanderbilt's extravagant lifestyle, and Helen Gould moving toward a retired society role with noted math talent.
The column surveys tobacco chemistry 1809 ochre in snuff Cuban tobacco nicotine levels above two percent. Memoirs of Lord Clive and Southey reveal madness and death. Socrates guardian spirit myth noted. Secret service warns of counterfeit 1891 $2 silver certificate. US Agriculture Dept. cites Southern corn at 500 million bushels up 48 million. Wildlife stores for winter hedgehog to mice and fur adaptation. Russia’s last year wheat 272 million. rye 792 million. barley 176 million. oats 672 million. no famine in the Czar’s empire.
A playful exchange among editors debates why a cat lands on its feet. The scientists, financiers, and real estate writers spar over the riddle with quips about gravity and claws as the question remains unsettled.
A fragment notes a debate over gender norms and hats as women gain rights. An exchange editor argues a catlike stubbornness, while a question about women adopting masculine hats and tipping etiquette signals changing social habits and headgear debates.
A list of alliance organizers with districts from the Sixth to the Fifteenth. Names include Jas H Wright Carlton Wake Durham Vance. McG Dunn Populi Cumberland Robeson Bladen Columbus. if Flake Kingham Highth Harnett Moore Richmond Anson Union Stanly Montgom ery. Michael Cunic Guilford Rockingham Stokes Surry Yadkin Casanova Huntersville Picadone Rowan Cabarrus Mecklenburg Gaston Lincoln Iredell. First district Currituck Pasquotank Perquimans Chowan Gates W T Bab Hertford. Ninth Randolph Chatham Orange Person newell Alamance J R Means Trinity College. Fourth district Don C Sanders Burgaw Duplin Onslow Pender New Hanover Lamp. Twelfth Alexander Ilkes Allegheny Ashe Watauga Mitchell. W Cox Edwardsville George W Hahn Tuscola. Fifteenth Haywood Jackson Swain Macon Graham Clay Cherokee. A W Parker Sylva organizer for the 14th district Buncombe Henderson Transylvania and...'
The Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union at Raleigh on February 8 1895 adopted demands for monetary reform government ownership of key services and direct election of US Senators. Key points include national currency with flexible issue by government legal tender free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1 increased per capita money supply at least 50 dollars, a graduated income tax, and public ownership of land railroads telephones and postal savings banks with direct voter election of senators.
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