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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1893
Page
5
A fragmentary poem revised for modern times laments and admonishes Oliver Cromwell as a figure of ambition. The speaker urges self interest, warns of corruption’s gain, and imagines a martyrdom tied to personal glory rather than public service.
A collection of home cooking directions including Aunt Addie's sponge cake with eggs and cream of tartar, creamed beef, ginger snaps, boiled Finnan haddie with butter and lemon, strawberry shortcake with berries and cream, gooseberry tart, macaroons with almonds, and raised doughnuts with yeast and spice, all with step by step prep and cooking notes.
A collage of humorous verses and jokes on marriage and family life plus household hints. Also includes a long cultural piece on Chinese children in San Francisco, Belgian suffrage and women’s rights, and a domestic anecdote from Good Housekeeping along with several light vignettes about marriage, children, and home life.
In a Tennessee clearing at sunset two young lovers on a log share a tense moment. Tom and Jen speak of possible danger as a coon dog and a looming night frame their scene while an old man on a mule and an owl mark the growing darkness. Her heart races as twilight deepens.
The Durham Globe reports Colonel J A Mosely expressing that the Sherman law requires wild cat bankers to keep them in check under herd law. The interview provoked satire from the paper as Col Mosely was humorously restrained in an ice cream freezer, with commentary that the treatment was deserved.
A tale from the early 1960s recalls Mr Fergurson defending a man accused of beating his wife. The judge threatens hanging, the defense counsel asks to pray, then Fergurson mutters to the prisoner and the man is left to flee.
Edison believes practical railway speeds face steel cohesion limits and envisions about 150 miles per hour as a horizon. At Menlo Park he demonstrated an 1882 electric railcar reaching 40 miles per hour, while he anticipates later mail tubes or telepherage for rapid country delivery before full electric heavy-train propulsion.
A collage of humorous excerpts and anecdotes from 19th and early 20th century newspapers. Jests about a Krupp gun at the World’s Fair, a furniture firm’s grand offer to Infanta Eulalia, schoolyard quips about Hawaii’s pronunciation, and light strokes on diligence, honesty, and invention featuring Edison.
A fragment of a 19th century newspaper item cites C D Lan ter on Edison in a July Review of Reviews and then shifts to a humorous dream of marriage in Wilson Mirror. The piece touches on novelty value, prominent electricians, and a lighthearted personal anecdote.
A National Labor Tribune piece argues that a publisher's persistent dunning mirrors a farmer selling a thousand bushels to a thousand buyers who pay in driblets. It contends debtors treat small sums as insignificant, endangering the publisher’s finances over time.
The brain weighs about 3 pounds 8 ounces in men and 2 pounds 4 ounces in women with nerves numbering potentially over 10 million. A Western Kansas court scene shows witness badgering, as Lawyer 8 tortures a farmer with quizzing about a barn and a house.
The 1892 93 Davidson College catalogue highlights buildings and programs for young men entering a Presbyterian college in Davidson North Carolina. Eton College North Carolina catalogue notes its Christian Church South roots while admitting all denominations. Littleton High School and Wake Forest College catalogues provide course and enrollment details with addresses for further information.
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