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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1897
Page
5
The piece laments life as a flowing river that never ends. It ponders time, storms, and mortality, contrasting sorrow with memories of loved ones and hopeful visions of eternity.
Household recipes describe orange custard made from orange juice twelve s rain, eggs and cream then cooled served in glasses. Oyster croquettes mix chopped oysters with potatoes butter salt cream form rolls, breaded and fried in lard. A stuffing mixes six large oysters with bread crumb butter and seasonings to fill cleaned smelts, baked ten minutes, and served with butter and lemon. A light fruit cake combines butter sugar eggs lemon flavor and mixed fruit with flour and baking powder folded with whites.
A garbled compilation of cartoonish dialogue across newspapers. Jumbled exchanges touch on domestic mishaps and humorous misunderstandings involving family, wealth, and social expectations, with stray lines about mistaken ages, pets, and broker woes.
Johnny Neeley, a small quick-witted gambler in early Santa Fe, earns fame for calm nerve under fire. He coolly deflects a shot at his cigar from Big Bob Sweeney, then disarms danger when Arizona Jake attacks, winning a high stakes gunfight and continuing to gamble with unshakable poise.
The article traces early American coinage from Virginia’s 1612 tobacco-based barter to colonial efforts for minted copper and silver pieces. It notes copper issues planned in 1645, a Boston mint in 1652 producing oak and pine tree shillings, and copper coins for the Carolinas during William and Mary. Maryland’s first coins were minted in London by Lord Baltimore.
An eminent physician says the best treatment is prevention by eight hours for work eight for play and eight for sleep. Headache from distressed eyes, fatigue, biliousness, and neuralgia are discussed with remedies such as hot water, cool air, naps, diet changes, mustard plasters, and nerve care. Continuous irritation of nerves and related bodily conditions can trigger headaches.
A Detroit streetcar scene features Professor B, famed ventriloquist, who entertains riders with a deceptive basket illusion. Passengers misread a voice from inside the strapped basket until the ventriloquism reveal proves the catless prop a clever ruse.
A reader promotes borax as a safe remedy for grippe like illness advising gargling a borax solution for sore throat and a pinch for upset stomach. The account claims relief from catarrh when snuffed in the nose and notes borax as useful for children's hurts and burns, safer than linseed oil or kerosene.
Sara H. Henton notes borax water helps burn care and soothes chapped hands while keeping kitchens clean without harsh smells. She recalls her father the physician praising old women’s remedies and urges mothers to learn self care to save doctor bills.
Lewiston Journal recounts Major Parsons and Twen Al Wells praising the Nineteenth Maine for foraging deeply during the war. A plantation owner laments stolen provisions as General Hancock jokes about the regiment stealing even immortality, warning that the Nineteenth Maine may attack again.
A physician warns that early rising can threaten sanity for those who sleep late, stressing the brain needs rest. The piece argues against judging tired workers, notes the need for home housekeeping reform, and cites rising insanity among New England farmers’ wives tied to social isolation.
A quotation discusses farm life and suggests it is closer to truth to attribute hard work to inordinately early rising, attributed to the American Cultivator. The line reflects rural values and a belief in dawn labor as defining farm life.
Wash four tablespoons rice until separate then cook in two quarts boiling water until tender. Drain, cool, then soak gelatin in water, dissolve in hot water with sugar. Mix into rice, fold in whipped cream, flavor with maraschino or sherry, mold and chill. Serve with strawberries or cherries around the rim.
In San Francisco a man named Mose Gunst, known locally for cigar selling and police duties, dabbles in Pacific coast theatrical interests. A luncheon scene recalls his presence and a visiting manager asks for his whereabouts. The dramatist replies with a wry note that Mos e Gunet has went.
Fry quarter inch slices of light bread or French rolls in three ounces of butter until crisp. Arrange the fritters in a circle on a dish. Simmer a glass of wine with a cupful of jam, then pour over the fritters. Sprinkle with desiccated coconut and serve.
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