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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1893
Page
5
The poem voices laborers and farmers fed up with political rhetoric during election season. It portrays unions of workers as misled yet steadfast, condemning elites, capitalists, and police, while claiming to defend justice. The speaker, a chorus of farmers, denounces taxation and exploitation by wealthy interests and politicians.
A collection of kitchen instructions including made butter thickened milk, clam puree with milk bay leaves and spices, cucumber salad with salt onion and cayenne, strawberry pie with bread crust, egg tomato omelette, and glace frosting with vanilla.
A minister recounts guiding a wealthy member to help a sick neighbor. He sent groceries, Bible reading, and prayer, teaching that heaven is found in acts of mercy. The man later claimed he saw heaven after performing the charitable task.
Ralph seeks revenge after Rupert berates him, but the bank director intervenes. He offers to fund a cemetery lot and funeral arrangements for Rupert to ease his loss of a sick brother, prompting Rupert to cry with relief. Fred, moved, recognizes Ralph's kindness and integrity.
Lieutenant Peary refused a hopeful applicant, who offered to work but lacked training. The explorer requested a $5,000 payment as a preliminary expense, noting that previous backers like Verhoef had paid $3,000 and lost life on prior expeditions, prompting the applicant to withdraw.
A tale from St Louis Globe Democrat recalls Jere Jackson burying a stranger in a mine, becoming rich from gold found in a grave. The piece shifts to Kumamoto Japan, Asa San crater, its size and inhabitants, hot springs, and Japanese educators who left the crater for Kumamoto Kyoto and America.
A collage of humorous clippings from social skits and anecdotes. A pushy passenger rebukes a seat refusal, a streetwise maid answers a flirt, and a series of brief stories on domestic life, miscommunication, and small-town humor. Includes playful bits about licenses and weddings, plus several lighthearted household vignettes set in American locales.
A narrator notes cowboys and cattlemen sing talk or whistle to calm cattle on approach. He recalls a night with an aching head when, unable to sleep, he wandered outside as the herd settled and the animals quietly responded to human voices.
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