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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1891
Page
5
A pantry of old era dishes, from snow pudding to gluten mush and broiled mutton, with detailed steps for preparation, mixing methods, and serving suggestions. Includes currant cake, federal cake, pudding sauces, apple prep, and whipped cream pies, all urging precise timing and careful cooking.
Weekly Record lists new plants and expansions across North Carolina including electric power contracts for streetcars in Asheville, mills in Graham and Norwood, a cotton factory in Rutherfordton, a pottery and brick works planned in Charlotte, and multiple flour mills and textile facilities in Durham Greensboro and Winston. Names include J Y Old & Sons, J W Stockard, E D P Latta, Norfleet Harris, J G Hester, and companies such as Linwood Flour Mill and Carolina Improvement Co.
A satirical reminiscence of a Fourth of July celebration in Skyland Buncombe County North Carolina. The narrator outlines pyrotechnic schemes purchased from factories, local politics, railroad grievances, and a two part festival with music prayers and speeches. The piece blends humor about fireworks mishaps with social commentary on capital and democracy. The narrator recounts the crowd, the mine spectacle named Pauper's Dream, and a rocket mishap that injures a nurse, ending with the line the summer is passing.
A miscellany of notes on agriculture, oysters, and plants, including the first agricultural exhibition in 1810 at Georgetown, the origin of billiards, banana versus wheat yields, a Seattle giant tree ship to Chicago, and pearls needing climate shifts for health.
Choice lots may still be had in Western North Carolina with a view of Pisgah and General Clingman at moderate prices. The climate here is the best I have ever subsisted on and the wagon roads are still passable for pedestrians on stilts. Nature did everything she could for this beautiful country with the understanding that man should keep the roads in repair. EB. W.N.
A brief note questions how readers can afford the Electoral College exhibit, delivered as a promotional image accompanying a one year subscription offer. The text emphasizes affordability concerns voiced by new subscribers.
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