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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1897
Page
5
A collection of kitchen instructions describes Apricot Brown Betty with layered bread crumbs and stewed apricots, Baked Omelets with milk eggs and butter, Mustard Sauce using butter flour sugar vinegars and stock, and Olive Sauce for roasts and entrees with olives carrots onions and stock.
A northern visitor in Atlanta questions a 70 year old gardener named Moses about the handshake custom. The exchange reveals regional attitudes and a hint of underlying social tensions. The text references the Atlanta Constitution and a Texas state building, with fragments about land deeds and a flagpole project in Doylestown.
Walter L. Womble unfolds a melodramatic tale of romance and danger set in the Appalachian Pass. Harry Fontery rescues a threatened maiden, binds a moonshiner, and marries Nelle, only to learn a chilling family secret revealed by Uncle Richard after a devastating confession by Nick Stephenson. A long journey ends with reunion and tragedy as truth and love collide in the mist.
A reader recalls a moment of intimate closeness where sorrow and pain fade in a brief moment of bliss, expressing deep emotional relief after months of struggle.
A humorous note on the English verb break contrasts French struggles with prepositions, followed by household laundry instructions. It explains washing shirts, soaking, boiling, rinsing, and starching, then describes preparing a padded ironing board cover and proper ironing setup for crisp, white shirts.
Instructions describe using two boards a neck shaped one and a larger ironing board. Iron neck band back cuffs sleeves and front in order, smooth bosom with a smaller board, then damp a rag to remove starch, iron until dry and polished, then fold and store.
In a cottage a minister finds Duncan Mc Tavishs wife dead and Donald laments ongoing misfortune. A slate-caused fatal injury to an elderly office seeker is recounted with a grim pun about a better place.
An Educationist from Vineland New Jersey denounces John D. Rockfeller's vast income as obscene charity. He argues Rockefeller earns 27 476 04 per day, funds public institutions with bait, and taxes kerosene users to sustain his monopoly. He urges voters to oppose the party of trusts.
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