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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1897
Page
5
A poetic tribute to spring imagining a gentle queen ruling with flowers and song. Vivid natural imagery shows violet, daisy, snowdrop, and bluebirds as winter fades. The piece blends seasonal personification with hopes of growth, birdsong, and peaceful days.
A collection of kitchen notes detailing Merringu e toast, Apple Dandies, Fuffed Egg, Mutton Breakfast Balls, Baked Bananas, Province Cake, and Baked Codfish. Includes prep steps, ingredients, and baking times amid a closing aside about a singer.
The Amphitrite wreck near Dungeness in 1833 claimed 133 lives of convicts and crew. Pierre Henin, a 14 year old French boy, swims three quarters of a mile to lay a line to the ship, enabling some hope before the ship finally sinks. The episode is preserved in Humane Society records and remains a sacred Boulogne memory.
A husband recalls a quarrel with his wife who declares she would not marry again. The wife, still married, argues their jealousy limits and memories flare over past widowhood and a cat chase, ending with the couple apart and the husband left desolate.
E M Andrews offers pianos and organs of reliable makes at low prices with easy terms. This compact ad emphasizes affordable quality instruments and flexible payment options for customers seeking home musical gear.
A miscellany of youth submissions from Prosperity North Carolina and nearby communities. Letters by twelve year old writers pose questions about biblical topics and inventions, while others seek space in the paper for the young folks column. An extended reminiscence about a perilous boat voyage ends with a lesson on experience and common sense.
An aging storyteller boasting of sea adventures recalls a shipwreck not on the ocean but on Lake Superior. A boy listens as the veteran explains how experience can mislead and how land seems distant even when not at sea. The tale ends with the irony of dreams versus reality aboard the great lake.
Active body and brain promote longevity with the brain growing in size and vigor through use. The entire system benefits from heightened brain power and vitality. Systematic, even severe, work supports long life, while idleness breeds mental degeneration.
A collage of humorous quotes and anecdotes from Puck Boston Transcript and Washington Star includes a pun about a woman's reason ending a debate, a note on Fortune's ladder, a teacher and Pupile chorus, a sports quip about a band, a Hasel exchange on souls and thought, and a Dublin emetic tale from Dr Babington.
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