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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1897
Page
7
Christian Life Column urges daily virtue in simple acts. A parenthetical tale links small kindness to spiritual growth, stressing honesty, consideration, and the impact of quiet deeds. A parable about a girl’s toil and a tract leads to faith, ending with a woman’s return and baptism into the mission church.
A reflective meditation on love’s errors and the need for self examination. The prose questions whether self love or devotion to others governs actions, urging subordination of personal desires to a higher love that purges earthly attachments. A fiery plea ends with the line Burn, burn, O love, within my heart.
The article cites Baptists with 42 400 societies in the United States and notes women are two thirds of church members but only one thirteenth of criminals. It reports rising Sunday evening Methodist attendance, the American Bible Society gifting its collection to Lenox Library in New York, and Wisconsin church cooperation. It lists Lutheran figures, Oakwood Union Church open-air meetings in Chicago, and 1 416 202 Negro children in U.S. public schools. Caroline H Polhemus plans a $250 000 dispensary for Long Island Hospital with a $250 000 endowment. Ohio Board of Pardons links abstinence to pardons, calling liquor a crime trigger.
The piece explains communion as sympathy, support, cooperation, and mutual inspiration among Christians here and worldwide. It suggests heavenly beings share in earthly fellowship, renewing energy and hope, uniting Christ’s followers despite divisions, and urging fellowship as in apostolic times. From The Congregationalist.
Detailed price list of Alliance goods including sugar baking soda corn beef canned goods and hardware items with quantities boxes and sizes. Mentions discounts for hides vinegar and sewing machine promotions for sub-agents along with a contest and prizes to boost unit sales through mid 1897. Includes notes on shipments pricing and market fluctuations.
Sheriff Johnson fears Maryland toughs will foment lynching over the impending death of James M Gordy, with threats also aimed at John Andrews, a pardoned jail turnkey. Gordy relatives press for hanging Andrews too, else threaten further action. North Carolina Teachers Assembly meets June 15 25 1897 in Morehead City with low Southern Railway fares and Atlantic Hotel specials.
Southern Railway offers daily and limited trains linking Raleigh Norfolk Charlotte Greensboro and Knoxville with connections at Durham Selma Salisbury and Winston-Salem. Notable services include the Raleigh bound Limited and the Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited with Pullman sleeping cars, plus connections to Washington Danville and Florida destinations.
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