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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1894
Page
5
A garbled verse fragment attributed to Eugene Field asks what you would do in a playful moral dilemma. It alludes to ear, scar, and a mock dialogue about actions and consequences, though many words are scrambled or misspelled.
A jumbled domestic cooking page outlines veal cutlets with pepper and butter, round rice griddle cakes, and a cream sauce for chicken. It includes boiled corned beef guidance, baked egg and cream dish, and a fried dough ring recipe called bullers with nutmeg and cinnamon. Also notes a letter about a subscription and a short kitchen anecdote.
A humorous travel piece recounts a third class journey to Hampton Court by William and Clarence. The writer describes the palace’s history from Cardinal Wolsey’s gift to Henry VIII, the sprawling rooms and tapestries, and humorous observations of guards, paintings, and contemporary gatehouse life, ending with reflections on transience of grandeur.
The speaker recalls a friend’s decay, noting the man’s infirmities and a melancholy scene. He mentions the man’s habit of hanging his washing on carpet tacks and reflects on aging, illness, and the harshness of time. The dialogue paints a somber, intimate portrait of decline.
A collage of humorous exchanges and courtroom quips features a flirtatious tease about killing a bird for a hat, a jab at noble officers who avoid dancing, Judge Kellen’s long police tenure, an Irish woman Mary O you’ll not plead to a vague charge, and Mrs Slimpurse debating silent appeals with a grand summer hat through a lighthearted set of anecdotes.
The Boston Transcript recounts Prof. Blackie's awkward incident when a student, lacking a right hand, was corrected publicly. After a hostile uproar, Blackie comforted the lad, apologized for the misstep, and affirmed he was teaching a class of gentlemen. The moment ends with Scottish lads cheering and Blackie’s notable kindness.
Eight choir boys ride a Buffalo streetcar after a St Marys outing. Women ask the boys what kind of birds they are. Seven name birds while the eighth, a Black boy, says he must be a chicken due to being "in the neck" and receiving a beating.
In a satirical dialogue the President and Cleveland mock Congress and the press. The figures debate Hawaiian policy, the Constitution, and public trust while planning a staged press event about a shave. The tone skewers self importance, politics, and party loyalty during a restless era.
A writer urges choosing gentle bedtime tales over fear inducing myths. She warns parents, especially mothers, that frightening imagery can affect a child’s mind and life, advocating calm, quiet narratives about birds flowers and gentle children to ease the transition to sleep.
A historical account argues Lynch law began in Virginia as orderly swift justice by a jury presided by Colonel Lynch. It describes how his followers captured and tried outlaws, with punishments not always death, challenging modern mob law perceptions and noting regional Revolutionary turmoil.
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