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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1893
Page
5
A speaker recalls glancing at a glass and sensing a hidden figure, describing a young lady tall and fair as the scene’s clue. The fragment hints at a troubling impression or riddle without clear resolution or context.
A collage of kitchen guidance covering broiled shad with butter, strawberry ice cream made with multiple cream and berry combinations, piccalilli with green tomatoes onions cauliflower peppers and spices, bread meringue with lemon and custard tips, chocolate cream with gelatine and vanilla, orange custard methods, and final reminder to watch newspaper subscription labels.
At a crowded London fete, Mrs Darbyshire from New York confuses hosts and guests, identifies herself as Mrs Sefton, and triggers a chase by Col Weston. A diamond brooch is found, the incident exposes a mistaken identity, and a missing emerald bracelet resurfaces weeks later with a surprising link to the night’s events.
The Billville Banner laments high rope prices and declares June as a grand month while riffing on lecturing tours and credit till Christmas. A cross-section note claims a lynching in Illinois signals national unity, with six watermelons greeted by a brass band and a World’s Fair collar gift tied to a missing shirt dispute.
A Buffalo Express vignette follows a girl in a blue mackintosh recounting a pretend funeral outing with Charley. They evade her father, hide in a buggy, attend a cemetery service, and while playing mourners enjoy private words and a forbidden afternoon. The closing line labels Alie as “the blackest thing in the world.”
A Nebraska youth spins tall tales to an itinerant clergyman on a Chicago to Denver train, claiming Arrowville Idaho origins, Red Dog mine wealth, and the town of Shasta, only to be revealed as the mayor of Arrowville after a long string of Munchausen-like boasts.
Dr. H W Roby reports on mesmerism and its pdylic force, tracing its history from Mesmer to Baird and Carpenter, noting governments and churches’ cautions, while highlighting its potential for pain relief and disease treatment through Dr. H L Flint’s demonstrations in New York, including a dramatic catalepsy act with a 500 pound rock.
Rev Sam Jones writes in hopeful humor about the financial squeeze across the South. He notes banks refuse to rediscount papers, many owe more than they can pay, and wise darers will endure. He ends with thoughts on plain living and eventual blackberry time and harvests.
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