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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1895
Page
5
A jumble of excerpts touches on chivalry in public transport, women’s fate, and a New York World correspondent. It then shifts to quick biscuit and toast recipes, followed by stewed rhubarb, maître d hôtel butter, lambs fry, mackerel au beurre noir, and Boston pudding with detailed ingredients and methods, reflecting period culinary homework and social attitudes.
A columnist riffs on family foibles and village quirks including a boy’s joke about the Governor’s Mansion, a mooted epitaph for a departed child, failed poetry submissions to papers, a lightning rod hustler, and an Irish boardinghouse encounter, stitching humor with local life and heredity.
In the St Louis Republic piece, the term spooneys and spoons are explained as a Tennessee social fad. Spooning parties assign spoons to attendees representing couples, with mates chosen by costume or ribbon. The ritual aims to pair participants for the event and may ease courtships or marriages, followed by private consultation between the spooned pairs.
The Atlanta Constitution cites concerns that earth waters are vanishing as scientists note receding harbor depths and dry land. Proctor and others suggest water sinks into fissures, freezes at poles, or dissipates into space, while some claim the globe edifies a drying trend since ancient times.
An editor recalls a tale of misread signals and editorial luck in a columnist's editor’s luck. A planned rebuff to Miss Edith Presley backfires when an elderly aunt submits a witty political economy essay under Edith's name, winning the editor's admiration and partnership. Edith’s manuscript changes his life and journal, showing luck favors those who listen.
A humorous dialogue pieces together an evening scene with Cousin Fritz nearly drowning after falling into water and Banks mocking Rivers about an overcoat. A loud man scolds, then apologizes to Mary. A bee chorus questions work and industry in a satirical turn about adulterated goods and the remaining manufacturers.
A Arizona Kicker item weighs in on a Common Council meeting incident described as accidental, with gunfire brief and noninjurious. It defends reporters for sensational framing and notes no harm, urging readers to view the event as a routine clash and not a scandal.
Trustees A W Haywood and T M Pittman invite offers for valuable copyrights from the long established partnership Williams & Co book sellers. Included are Moore's School History of North Carolina Spencer's First Steps in North Carolina History N C Spelling Book Williams Reader for Beginners Busbee's Justice and Form Book N C Speaker and Songs and Hymns for C Schools. Five titles are on the State List of Public School Books. Electroplates exist for Moore's and Spencer's Histories and Williams' Reader. Also offered are goodwill stock in trade and appliances. The sale notes this is the largest bookstore in the state after nearly thirty years of operation.
The document names multiple organizers and the districts they represent within North Carolina, detailing counties for each district. Names include Jas H Wright Carlton McG Dunn W Babb J R Means Don C Sanders W Cox Hahn Tuscola and others, with districts spanning Johnston Wake Durham Granville Vance Cumberland Columbus Brunswick Harnett Moore Richmond Anson Stanly Montgomery Rowan Cabarrus Mecklenberg Gaston Iredell Currituck Camden Pasquotank Perquimanu Chowan Gates Hertford Ninth and more.
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