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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1892
Page
5
A collection of kitchen notes describing Jelly Cake with white egg frosting, Fried Corn Muffins, Boiled Crabs with cracking tips, Hop Yeast for bread, A Dish of Snow with coconut and snow cream, and Beef Stewed with Onions. Also includes a recipe for Kisses and a humorous street scene, plus a list claiming Rockefeller tops as richest New York figures with figures near $180 million and historical wealth standings.
At Dumoulin's deathbed in Paris, eminent physicians gathered and heard him promise to leave three excellent doctors to the profession. When asked to name them, he replied that Water, Exercise, and Diet would fill his absence, supplying future guidance for health.
An elderly man was guided by a patrolman after recounting a lost watch incident. The stranger claimed to have been robbed near a ferry and said he had a drink with a man, uncertain where the watch went. He offered little more about the location.
A boy weeps outside a newspaper office as a kind stranger asks why he cries. The lad says his father went upstairs to lick the editor and that pieces of him have come down while he awaits the rest.
An Illinois merchant and a Chicago firm clash over adulterated baking powder. They sketch a tasteless plan with chalk and whiting to mislead consumers, arguing for a staged percentage of adulteration to disguise the product as baking powder. The exchange underscores consumer deception concerns in trade practices.
The article recounts Mr Bowser's stubborn denial of grip as a mild illness and his wife’s struggle with the disease. It then details a dramatic skin graft operation on Mrs Muench performed to treat a severe burn victim, using the Thiersch method and extensive grafts from her limbs.
Mrs Annie Muench of 85 Norfolk Street volunteered to have skin grafted from her body to save her three year old son Herman injured by fire on October 28. She underwent the operation at Bellevue Hospital calmly, seeking only his recovery.
A series of travel anecdotes by M. Quad recounts encounters with pushy hotel and rail staff, plus a recurring chorus of “kick” incidents. The narrator defends bold action to enforce travelers rights, from snorers to trunk handlers to impatient depot clerks.
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