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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1892
Page
5
A poem portrays labor oppression and wealth disparity. It condemns mine owners and rulers for exploiting workers, calling for fair wages and shared resources. The speaker laments wage injustice, hunger, and the misallocation of wealth while urging equitable distribution.
A collection of kitchen instructions describes rhubarb pies with sugar and crust details, baked tomatoes with sugar and breadcrumbs, and a chocolate layer cake. Also included are confessional notes on nursery definitions of a baby and a local anecdote about a near-fatal shooting shielded by a cash-filled envelope in a printing office.
A satirical memoir of a wary North Carolina farmer near Buck Shoals, blending anecdotes on well digging, rural vanity, and managing farm workers. The narrator lampoons fashionable farming, neighborly pretensions, and local capital while detailing comic mishaps with dynamite, hose, and jackleg labor.
An elderly freight conductor recalls twenty years in railroading and near misses that tested nerve and reflexes. He explains why many so called heroes only act when safety requires quick, automatic responses, and recounts a night when a double accident forced him and others to jump or risk worse harm.
An eyewitness account describes a near wreck when a caboose was struck and the engine moved forward on a siding. The observer recalls leaping to the engineer’s site, lifting the car, and stopping the train after criticizing the engineer for leaving the engine in motion.
A New York World account describes a midday meeting at a crossroads with a white man asleep by a tree and an aged colored man nearby. The dialogue reveals the figure is Colonel White, his servant explains wakeful temper and fear of gunfire, hinting at postwar tensions and distrust of the United States pursuing him with gunboats and cannons.
All communications to the Executive Committee of the State Alliance of North Carolina should be addressed to Capt. B. Alexander, Chairman, Raleigh, NC, care of W. S. Barnes, Secretary-Treasurer. By order of Executive Committee. W. S. Barnes, Secy-Treas. NCFSA
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