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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1896
Page
5
Fragments of a poem describe dusk by dying embers and visions of past scenes. The speaker laments fading memory and seeks solace in a longing for a beloved voice, with scattered lines about wings of bliss and a plea for forgiveness.
Household notes provide recipes for pie plant pie with sugar and curd or yolk, snow balls with sugar cream and egg whites, and a cheese pudding using milk butter bread crumbs and grated rind. Instructions include draining canned pie plant, baking in cups or tins, and serving hot.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune includes a dialogue about an elevated railroad's impact on a street and who pays for privilege. It also provides home canning methods for green corn including canned, salted, and dried varieties with step by step instructions.
Hugh Caravan rescues Rose Haswell from a precipice after a deadly encounter with a mountaineer. An earlier shot saves the maiden from a venomous reptile. The Haswell family thanks the stranger, who reveals the events that led to Rose’s survival and their renewed bond at Sunrise Peak.
A vintage Florida style notice from Cheney and Co. Toledo and wholesale druggists Wrst Tkvaz Kinvas & Magvin endorse F J Shesey as trustworthy. They claim Hall's Catarrh Cure works by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials and price per bottle offered.
A young artist named Hugh Caravan meets a mountain beauty and a warm mountain welcome as he explains his aim to sketch Sunrise Peak. The mountaineer offers hospitality and his daughter to guide him, and the budding romance quickly deepens as they plan to explore the terrain together.
A reader in Randolph county near Ramsuer submits a brief note to the editor. Emma Yoru says she attends Sunday school, works in the fields, helps at home, and answers Kem Dixon's query about who invented the first sewing machine, naming Elas Howe.
A sequence of letters from young readers in North Carolina asks about the Bible and Jesus on the cross, the shortest book in the Bible, and the origins of a Black man’s oppression, while other children offer farm life and childhood details and request space for letters and future lessons.
Hendersonville reader James Justice praises the Progressive Farmer in The Progress of Henderson County letters column, lauding its value for farmers and asking when Leap Year returns and why, noting a desire for wider circulation in the eastern end of the state.
The piece argues French wives stay appealing by constant self reinvention and small temptations. It asserts marriage begins a lifelong courtship, with affection shown through look, dress, meals, and renewed romance. The author cites North America Review in explaining why forty year olds in France remain attractive due to being loved and petted.
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