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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1891
Page
5
Fragmented verse speaks of unfinished writing and heartache from a lost beloved. It hints at haunting memories, distant hands, and nighttime silence as the speaker recalls a person now buried. The language is elusive, filled with misspellings and dreamlike imagery.
A miscellany of kitchen instructions for Brown Bread Blackberry Jelly Ginger Cookies and other desserts alongside a humorous Mississippi anecdote recounting Colonel Taylor’s cantankerous spree and a landlord’s prank ending in a staged capture.
An amusing tale recalls Prof. Rogers and Dr. R W Dale delivering the same speech in repeated visits. Dale planned to surprise by speaking first and repeating Rogers speech, only to hear a fresh address from Rogers when his turn came. Dale admitted he had banked on the wind being out of Rogers sails.
MeD and I visited Central Park after Sunday school and found crowds occupying seats for hours while artists sketched hippos lions and Tippo the elephant for Chicago and Ohio pages. The day featured overheard banter about loitering benches a park policeman a Castile man and a restless public eager for rest and entertainment.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers. Each snippet features a pun or wry line aimed at light humor and social observation. Prominent topics include baseball, politics, drink, and fashion. The collection showcases long running newspaper humor from multiple outlets.
Bill Arp extols the maternal instinct as civilization’s saving grace and lauds mothers for tending children during illness. He recounts Mrs Arp fighting croup with folk remedies, praises women as schoolteachers, and argues for parental support of public education while noting tax tensions and moral duties.
Notice to parties with No 577 Alliance Sewing Machines bill of lading to pay receipted freight promptly to prevent shipment delays. Signed by W H Worts and S B A.
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