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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1892
Page
5
A Kansas City Journal verse laments modern tax burdens as robbers of old and new prowl the countryside. It contrasts ancient highwaymen with today’s bill pains, noting taxpayers bear the cost while officials craft laws and heirs profit from lands and rents.
A sequence of kitchen instructions for Swiss pudding cauliflower with cheese plum pudding banana ice cream vegetable soup French rolls and related notes. Includes quantities ingredients and baking steps with tips on timing and serving for breakfast dinner or leftovers.
The widow of Charles Spurgeon is described as intensely pious and energetic with a poet’s flair. Friends recall her engaging anecdotes about his brightness, though she rarely reads fiction.
A March Ladies' Home Journal remark by Frederick Dolman praises the interior and surroundings of Westwood, describing its beauty as matching its exterior and noting the modest taste of its mistress. The tribute underscores her influence on the home and its appeal to her husband's followers.
The March Ladies' Home Journal discusses Froebel as the great apostle of the kindergarten. It describes the garden of children concept and how early instincts guide growth. The system emphasizes children's natural unfolding, curiosity, and early questions as the basis for proper training.
A pastor recalls a marriage tale in which a country groom bargains for payment terms. The groom pays ten dollars up front and five later, doubts arise about married life, and the wife’s insistence on continuing the union prompts further uncertainty. In the end the pastor wittily hedges on the final debt.
Dorothy Imray longs for diamonds despite her husband Ralph's warning. Luella Dixon lures them into a moonlit night venture to buy jewels from smugglers aboard a tarred vessel. Aunt Rhoda reveals the pair were duped. Dorothy is rescued and vows to abandon diamonds for true affection. Ralph insists he will gift jewels but not diamonds.
A Washington Post quip recalls Mike’s portrait of an Irish bull with a joke about three cows on a highway. The March Ladies' Home Journal notes spangles on gowns bonnets and fans, highlighting gauze fans with large steel or gold sequins and dragonfly motifs. A touching incident closes the fragment.
The Bellefonte News notes a man who trained to hear a sound not heard, then began tapping clock strokes at set hours. He times eleven taps after ten, five taps after four, and so on, aligning with the clock’s next chimes in a peculiar routine.
Notice from the State Executive Committee states that the alliance will not cover expenses for attendees or speakers and hints at payment expectations. Mentions names Alexander J Mewborne J B Johnston and references buying Allen's Long Staple cotton seed at one dollar per bushel FOB Fayette, with limited specimens left at ten cents.
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