Perpetuity of Nature
Poem reflects on immortality of nature and cycles of life. The speaker celebrates stars, heaven, flowers, and leaves as eternal, while human life and dust fade. May’s approach hints at renewal amid the perception of no death.
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1894
Page
5
Household Recipes Include Cranberry Pie and Pigeons
A recipe collage covers milk and eggs with butter for luncheon pies, cranberry pie with sugar and flour, broiled potatoes brushed with butter, baked Indian pudding with corn meal and spices, and a caponish pigeon fricassee with lemon and mushrooms. Also notes a veal soup, calf head terrapin style, and a brief mention of a wartime healing method and hospital ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laster
NYE Reflections on a Cyclone and Northwest Change
Edgar W Nye recalls a cyclone near St. Croix in the 1850s and a mishap that left his leg in a glass case. He contrasts pioneer hardship with 19th century progress, notes local growth, and parries religious and social musings with humor. He mentions family, doctors, and community scenes around Hudson and Martell.
A Christmas Turn of Fate in Palmville
A boy named Harry Floyd recalls last Christmas when his family faced poverty after his father’s bank failure. A kindly neighbor helps with an overcoat, then a found letter reveals Aunt Mildred’s former romance with Uncle George Bronson. The discovery enables Uncle George to pursue a legal remedy to recover lost money, bringing a joyful Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
George
Mr. Bronson
Harry
George Bronson
Palmville
Aunt Mildred
Mr. Bronsons
Atending Law School
Grandpa
Uncle George
Pa’s
Harry Floyd
Floyd
Martha S. White
Humorous Snippets and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of light quotes and brief vignettes from Philadelphia Record Life and other papers. Jests about sugar on bread, fiancé mysteries, voters’ curiosity, and a joke on a jack leg carpenter highlight small social moments and humorous turns in 19th century newspaper life.
Notable Odds and Ends From The Times Of Interest
A roundup of curiosities includes an 18 inch giraffe tongue, 57000 women farming in the U S, a Philadelphia man who survived on sponge scraps, and a Passaic horse that drowned itself by holding its head under water. Also noted are a 94 year old with 268 descendants, natural explanations for physics and daily phenomena, and profiles of notable figures in science, religion, and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Nye
St. Croix Valley
New England
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Echo
Canute Nelson
St. Croix
N. W
Section 9
Township 38
Range
Upper Mississippi
Sam Jones
Clear Lake
Hudson
Martell
Passaic
N. J
Jacob Kern
Monongalia County
W. Va
von Helmoholtz
Arthur Konig
What the Mule Said
A civil engineer recalls a ventriloquist friend watching mule drive work. An Irish whip wielder harshly strikes the mule who then speaks through the animal. Startled, the irate man stops and flees down the street in silence as the audience is left amazed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
New York Herald
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Lytton
Nye
Philadelphia Record
Smith, Gray & Co
Maud
Papa
Roger
Macon
Telegraph
United States
Philadelphia
William 8. Jones
Waverly
Lafayette
America
Wilhelmina
Waldemar
Carl
Denmark
Nicholas
Greece
Justice Jackson
United States Supreme Court
William Barnes
Washington
W. H. Sheppard
Wynesboro
Southern Presbyterian Church
Royal Geographical Society
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