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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1896
Page
5
A quirky杂 assortment of verse and jokes. An old poem mashes love with a science fantasy about inoculating a beloved with love sick microbes. The comic bit follows with a bank watchman ruse about two men, a manager and a director. Various light snippets from humor pages conclude the patchwork.
A manufacturer of a well known patent medicine reportedly fell from a large apartment near Central Park and was found unconscious. Doctors tended him as he revived and asked the doctor if he had ever used their pill, reflecting the era's ardor for patent tonics.
An artist climbs the western slope of a monumental tableland in Western North Carolina and discovers a sleeping maiden beside a deadly rattlesnake. He plans to shoot the serpent with a revolver to save her and, after a close shot, she awakens just as the snake dies and vanishes over a precipice. The tale ends with a cliffhanger and note that the chapter continues in the next issue.
An excerpt discusses widening women's activity within civilization and challenges old barriers. Also included is an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from Toledo druggists and a promise of free testimonials and per-bottle pricing.
A ten year old resident of Raleigh asks to join a local social band for youth. He describes farm duties near Crabtree Creek and Neuse River, notes two sisters and an older brother, and ends with a riddle about why the letter k resembles a pig's tail.
In Wake County North Carolina a 14 year old boy asks to join the young folks column. He mentions his father a former senator in 1895 and identifies as a Populist and Alliance man. He promises to send a charade describing a milk dish a word a mother and a slender tether binding contents.
11 year old Vernia Goode from Moresporo North Carolina writes to the paper asking about readers’ questions. She mentions reading the young folks column Aunt Fanny and Aunt Ora and signs off with Virginia Dare and Bible word trivia including vanity in Ecclesiastes.
A reader letter from Erna Hit asks why the whale swallowed Jonah and whose wife was turned to a pillar of salt plus what Christ said about the scriptures. The note closes with best wishes for the paper.
In Durham County North Carolina two local youths Louisa and Lucy share notes for the young folks column. Laura Pendergrass asks about church founders and heroes while Lucy Mansina answers reader queries and mentions her teacher H James and studies arithmetic spelling geography history and grammar.
The writer from Elm Grove NC asks to publish a short letter to the young folks column. She notes helping on the farm chopping plants and tobacco, tired by hard work, mentions missing school at Chatham High School, and describes the difficulty of quitting school to work.
A historical stream of personal notes and questions from Arra F PoLuine to the paper. He speaks of Miss Stella Pasmore of Cary North Carolina and praises her, then asks trivia about General Thomas the Rock of Chickamauga, the first navigator sent by the French King, and the relation of a girl to her mother's brother's brother in law.
A Rural New Yorker excerpt argues housewives can reclaim youth and curiosity by scheduling an hour daily for reading or leisure. It compares relentless chores to breaking a horse, urging balance between duty and personal growth. The piece ends with a quip about government and railroads in the Indianapolia Journal.
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