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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1894
Page
5
A garbled historical verse references Pecos, a man named H. Baron and party politics. The jumbled text shows debates on tariff reform and public response, with citizens urged to consider and obey party lines.
A collection of home cooking instructions for fried celery with batter, dried beef broiled on a gridiron, baked Indian pudding, sponge cake, potato salad with parsley and onion juice, and a squirrel pie. The text provides steps, measurements, and cooking tips for each dish, reflecting period culinary practices.
A fireman recalls a Fourth of July freight run on the New York Central where his drunken partner Joe Williams drove the locomotive into a near disaster. As a drawbridge swung open to a passing vessel, the bridge tender signaled stop and closed the span just in time, saving all aboard.
A collage of quips about foreigners labor and capital ends with humor about a 105 year old umbrella owned by John Bickel of Harrisburg. Anecdotes feature misheard lessons, Irish wit, and a clergyman's sermon anecdote from Westminster Abbey.
Memphis cor respondent recalls Arthur Kauffman saved by Miss Taylor of Jefferson Texas during a wreck on the Wabash road. She tore a petticoat strip to bind his head, stopping heavy bleeding and saving his life. Kauffman vows to keep the bandage forever.
Philadelphia narrator Jim Burns recalls a rail passenger scare near Pittsburg in which his car derailed on a trestle, sending him through a wagon top and into a runaway crash involving eggs butter and tumbling wagons. He describes the chaotic chase and collision as the most exciting experience of his life.
A Cincinnati Tribune report recounts a man thrown from a bridge and onto a trestle who grabbed the wagon, boarded a moving train, and then caught the rear car as it sped away. A minor track obstruction had delayed the train for only minutes before normal service resumed.
A sharp eyed country woman, claiming to be a society editor, confronts a Chicago printer over a newspaper item that declared plain gold engagement rings fashionable. She insists diamonds are required for her engagement to Jim Reynolds, suspecting payoffs behind the column. She laments missing the right season to marry.
Burdette warns youths against rushing to riches and the dangers of greed. He compares haste to become wealthy with a doomed plan to cut rails from an acorn, calling out risky schemes and the sunk costs of fast profit. He urges honest, patient living and recalling familial wisdom.
An office boy, proudly ruling the editorial room, confronts a door sign riddle. After days of puzzled stares he discovers the gag and so the rule becomes shut the door as you leave, ending the office prank.
A compilation debunks famed but unverified legends from Prester John to Pocahontas and Arthurian tales. It notes the Vatican treasure claim, the credibility of King Henry VIII era items, and linguistic shifts in word meanings, including weather terminology and terms once deemed insulting.
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