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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1891
Page
5
Fragmentary poem lines mourn a river crossing. The speaker laments waves and lost loved ones while awaiting passage and the boatman on a silvery tide. Limited readable phrases indicate a somber maritime or funeral mood.
A vintage kitchen guide outlines a celery omelet with milk and yolks beaten to fold in whites, plus a cream toast with milk flour butter and salt, then baked until set. It also covers baked fish with a breadcrumb dressing, eggs for supper in a baked dish with gravy, and mutton stew for two with chops onions turnips potatoes and a light gravy.
NYE IN DIXIE recounts a reflective travelogue with digressions on sleep and its alleged benefits versus harms. The narrator, from Louisville toward Kentucky’s bluegrass, details late-night fatigue, a peculiar roadside encounter, a rough railway voyage, a remarkable pass anecdote, and a humorous yet sympathetic portrait of an obese sleeping fellow traveler.
A Philadelphia Press item recounts the rumor mill around Mr. Fosdick, his disfigured eyes, and a chaotic chain of gossip. Conversations allege a saloon brawl, a retaliatory flatiron incident, and a looming divorce, with neighbors and friends debating fault and motive.
A jumble of maxims and sayings from an old column, attributed to Wommock and Ian Wanapolis, touching love effort habit and morality. It mixes observations on love patience diligence and caution against vanity and greed with scattered phrases and misprints.
A dignified man studies a haunted two story house advertised as letting for five dollars a month. Neighbors warn of danger of collapse but the owner and a spiritualist buyer push toward a long lease as eerie midnights and ghostly figures loom in the tale. The scene shifts to a lawyer and a sale, with the note of a potential property transaction at stake.
A bright young woman visits a lawyer seeking work and offers to serve a summons. The elderly partner doubts her, but the exchange hints at a challenge with a slippery defendant and posted witnesses awaiting proof.
In a veranda scene the South Carolina Col. Golden entices Uncle Jerry with talk of pigs chickens and sweet potatoes while a wary elder recalls a trap wronged by the colonel and refuses to visit. The seasoned anecdote ends with cautious humor and a wary stance on temptation.
A New York Telegram account recalls a pretty young woman in an elevated train at City Hall station who repelled a pushy fat man by swinging her long umbrella, then calmly exited with poise. The scene highlights old world admiration for independent women navigating crowded transit.
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