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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1896
Page
5
An allegorical poem argues against tobacco as a ruinous weed draining labor and wealth. It urges farmers to grow crops at home, slow production, and invest in minds over profit. The poem warns tobacco undermines schools and social fabric, urging citizens to vote for their homes and families.
A collection of old time kitchen guidance detailing how to make a milk and crumbs cheese omelet, roasted oysters on toast with oyster liquor sauce, fried cucumbers, crabs a la creole with onions peppers tomatoes and broth, and a pineapple ice freezer recipe with gelatine and ice salt ratios.
A collage of jokes and quips from the era, featuring snippets about fame after death, poets, a momma and Harris in a humorous tone. It includes gags on bicycle chatter and a promo notice urging readers to subscribe by sending one dollar for a year.
Hugh Caravan and Rose Haswell share a moonlit confession on a Sunrise Peak lawn. Aunt Hannah warns of men, while Hugh learns of a looming departure after bad news reaches South Fork. Rose and Hugh declare love as night ends and fate looms.
A mixed text recounts Mary E Sawyer and her lamb's early life, then abruptly shifts to an advertisement claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure deafness, with a money-back promise and circulars offered by F. J. Cheney & Co.
A recounting of a school visit where Mary brings a lamb to the Sterling school, the lamb causes a distraction, and local figures such as Miss Polly Kimball and John Roulstone appear. The narrative shifts to Mary’s life, marriage, and her charity work, ending with a brief closing from Clare Turner in the Progressive Farmer.
A reader Daisy Stanfield asks for space in the paper to share her interest in a young folks column. She poses quick questions about figures in history and romance, then wishes success for The Progressive Farmer.
A 10 year old Garner girl asks the editor to admit her to the children’s column group, noting she would prefer country life to city life. She has three sisters and three brothers, oldest papa is a farmer, and she attends Sunday school.
Alamance County reader Fannig Kernodle asks for a spot in the young folks column, offering to answer two questions she has about Columbus and asking about early envelopes knives and newspaper ads. She notes Columbus died May 20, 1506, and mentions ships Santa Maria Pinta and Nina.
A 13 year old girl from Dorches Cross Roads in Edgecombe County Rocky Mount NC writes to the young folks page. She mentions her father subscribing to the paper Alliance history and a log schoolhouse becoming a good academy and a flat school. She answers Connie Cleggs question about Columbus ships and asks who made the first permanent treaty with the lidians.
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