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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1893
Page
5
A compact guide listing fried potatoes with pepper and salt and optional vinegar, milk gravy made from sweet milk and flour, broiled lobster prepared with butter, squash pie with squash and Madeira, Portuguese cakes with cherries, hastily prepared pudding from milk and flour, fried chicken with oysters in a creamy lemon sauce.
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a train robbery with a self possessed passenger claiming no sleeves since Gettysburg and a robber who apologizes after failing to harm him. The tale includes a gold watch and a cryptic claim of being ahead about 250 dollars in a rambling ride.
Brother Gardner lectures on plain English versus big words. He quizzes Bradder Watkins about vocabulary used to impress a stranger and chastises him for buying Webster’s dictionary to impress others. The hall adjourns with a stern admonition and no further business.
Washington Post notes that city life offers little real social scope for country girls. The article urges women to seek fulfillment at home, citing modest salaries, fatigue after work, and the value of local libraries, magazines, lectures, and concerts. It promotes using nearby resources as stepping stones to higher goals.
Spokane visitor James B Howland recalls Chicago in the 1850s and Justice Charles O Malley. He recounts a courtroom scene where a bartender sent witnesses cocktails to calm dispute, the judge calling for order with a toast as the case resumed.
A former secret service agent recounts a dream that led to locating and arresting an Indianapolis murderer. He describes breakfast bacon and a coworker drinking in a dream that mirrored real events, guiding him to a house, a conversation with an old acquaintance, and the suspect's mother, culminating in the arrest and conviction of the criminal serving time.
Miss Dolly Watson of Denver is avoided by friends after her lover Whittier allegedly jammed six dynamite caps down her throat and fled. The landlady evicted her, giving slippers to leave quietly as doctors assess the damage. Whittier is arrested and awaiting further action.
A Missouri statesman recalls a London school essay that serialized Columbus legend. The tale unfolds with Columbus claiming the egg, seeking a ship, voyaging toward rumored land, and the pilot finally sighting land to declare America found, where black inhabitants are described.
A collage of quotes and scenes from diverse sources includes a racist exchange about Columbus, comic marital banter, a needle and pin personified, a girl sewing, and a pawnshop money scheme. The items mix humor, morality, and sensational snippets from early 20th century papers.
An 1848 Coles County tale recalls a cabin shot that beheaded a rattlesnake at fifty yards saving a child, while William Nye derides Salvation Army methods, arguing humanity and charity curb evil more than aggressive displays.
In a village work basket two idle neighbors the pin and the needle quarrel over usefulness and purpose. The pin taunts the needle about having an eye, the needle retorts about the pin’s head, and their exchange hints at resilience and longevity. The tale ends with a blunt remark about pride as fortune fades.
A village clerk tells Pat Flynn to settle his bill and receive a receipt. The merchant refuses a paper receipt, crossing the account off the books instead. Pat insists and learns the cross-off is deemed a receipt, prompting the punchline that Pat finally gets his receipt in the end.
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