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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1893
Page
5
Poetic reflection asserts confidence in divine order and purpose. It emphasizes that the universe operates through a grand design beyond human meddling, and that faithful duty will lead to eventual harmony as stars travel their appointed paths.
A collage of recipes and culinary notes including Soup for an Invalid Currant Shrub Gooseberry Pie Puree of Peas Creamed Potatoes Lemon Pie. The piece also carries a fragment about Jackson and a brief line on a subscription payment to THE Phocaessi Farmer.
In August 1891 a western clergy man asked T W Powderly for an opinion on Jesus Christ. Powderly writes that Christ spoke for the poor and fought land, money and labor abuses. He argues churches and ministers often misrepresent Christ and denounce the rich while neglecting true Christian deeds.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons from 19th to early 20th century magazines. Snappy exchanges cover romance, subscriptions, honeymoon plans, oysters, and cannibal turnips with light satirical tone. Distinct figures and publications named include Atlanta Constitution Kate Field's Washington Life Harper's Bazar Tid Bits Truth Little Peddlington Gheewitz.
A young Chicago Journal sidewalk stroller, famed for witty pargraphs, boasts he writes a daily column by lighting a pipe and thinking for five minutes. He admits he adds any paper name at line ends to vary the column, while a girl and other guests react with disbelief and amusement.
Senator Vance recalls a Raleigh North Carolinian piece recounting a historical encounter between the North Carolina and South Carolina governors. Over drinks on a porch, a wager and a mistaken water swap lead to the famed remark that it is a damned long time between drinks, a saying preserved in Southern memory for about a century.
Edward W. Bok argues in the August Ladies' Home Journal that domestic expenses rise subtly and demand relief through simpler living. He blames both men and women for excessive housekeeping, urging husbands to recognize limits and wives not to bear burdens beyond their physical resources.
A moving sidewalk at Chicago seats 40 000 and extends 2000 feet into the lake. For five cents you ride along three linked platforms totaling six miles per hour. The system, operated by extricity, demonstrates mass transit capacity and visitor appeal on the grounds.
Plans for the third annual August race meeting at Raleigh announce races on Wednesday August 23 and Thursday August 24 with hopes of eclipsing prior state records. Upgrades include track grading and a four to five inch loam cushion as 75 workers and several teams improve facilities. Organizers foresee a strong state fair run and welcome inquiries to Secretary Ed. H. Lee of Raleigh North Carolina.
A humorous forest anecdote recounts a keeper and a mischievous mountain goat. The goat follows closely, hides when watched, and reappears cheerful after a playful chase, ending with a cuffing that elicits a comic reconciliation. The creature’s antics amuse yet frustrate the narrator in a rustic escapade.
A New Yorker recalls Daniel Webster warning a friend about farming and tells of a former lawyer who tries to modernize his farm with duck roosts. The birds refuse to roost, chaos ensues, and the amateur farmer learns his limits while the story mocks overconfident intellects.
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