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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1895
Page
5
A poem extols rustic contentment and simple living over wealth while a narrator declares boundless love for Evelyn. He pleads for marriage as she confesses a dead heart, urging friendship instead. he leaves in despair after her rejection.
Oliver Gray confronts Evelyn as he reveals their ruin and pressures her to wed St. Clair for money. She refuses, clinging to her pledge to Robert and choosing loyalty over comfort, even as her father erupts in fury and powerfully argues for survival. Her plea to Robert anchors her moral resolve amid poverty and social strain.
Oliver Gray reveals Evelyn wed Raymond St Clair on Christmas Day with free will. Robert Leeland arrives to confront the couple’s marriage as rumors of Evelyn’s fate and St Clair’s crimes spread. Gray admits St Clair’s pursuit of Evelyn ended in disaster, as Leeland learns of bigamy and forgery charges.
A dramatic chase at a snowbound depot ends with Raymond St. Clair dying after a failed bid to escape and Oliver Gray fatally shot by a distant bullet. In a year, Robert Leeland and Evelyn marry, living at Riverside Villa and recalling the perilous past.
A writer ponders practical ethics and the tension between desire and duty. They seek a clear standard to guide personal actions, fearing subtle violations of rectitude and social influence. The piece ends with a lingering uncertainty about moral guidance.
A garbled testimonial notice promotes Hall Ostarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. It claims 100 dollars payable if cured and asserts long trust in F J Cheney with statements of honesty and solvency. Distributed by West & Tevax wholesale druggists and watermarks appear in the text as testimonials.
A 14 year old farmer boy writes asking in the Young Folks column who North Carolina was named after. He notes reading the paper with his father who subscribes, and he praises his teacher and the column before posing the question to the editor.
A Greenville North Carolina schoolgirl expresses, through a letter to the newspaper, appreciation for the paper and asks to answer a question about the first battle of the Revolutionary War. She notes her farmer father plants corn, tobacco, and cotton and mentions siblings and schooling.
A rural reader from Lexington N C writes about enjoying the young folks column Aunt Fanny’s letters and farm life. She attends school likes music and accompanies her father a miller at the mill with her sister. She notes her mother loves flowers and grows many varieties W200.
A North Carolina reader praises Aunt Fanny on borrowing and paying back and asks for more young folks notes. A ten year old from Alamance County named Lula Albright asks to join the column, shares Christmas hopes, family details, and pleas for publication of her first letter as Santa’s help is hoped for.
A schoolboy in Farra North Carolina asks for the Progressive Farmer and Rural New Yorker correspondence. He cites battlefield exhortations and urges sending address for free subscription details from Rural New Yorker at 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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