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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1892
Page
5
Fragmentary verse recalls a maiden hoeing corn who blushes as a speaker praises her beauty. The scene centers on a rural, pastoral moment with a lyrical dialogue about a fair face and song worthy appeal.
A set of old fashioned kitchen directions covering chicken pie crust lemon custard pie fruit muffins pound cake graham rolls and related step by step methods. Includes measurements ingredients cooking times and oven notes aimed at home bakers.
A courtroom exchange reveals rumors about Penfield and a girl named Bangle. Judge notes he has stopped taking her to the theater and now attends church with her each Sunday evening, suggesting a possible engagement.
Dramatis Persona shows Hebrew seeking sociability with an American who harbors hostility to Jews. The exchange includes casual goading about goats and lines of work, culminating in a tense miscommunication as the Hebrew offers to carry samples while the American asserts his brains.
In northern Wisconsin, Maud Ovel, six, treks with her doll Sarah Ann to deliver her father dinner in a south clearing. A large black bear approaches, eats the lunch, and Maud sleeps beside it. Father, fearing to wake the bear, kills the animal with an axe, rescues Maud, and returns with the bear’s pelt later used as a rug. Maud recalls the tale with pride and humor.
A humorous juvenile view mocks girls as vain and fragile in a dated schoolyard tone. It caricatures girls as dress obsessed and timid about guns, with claims they cry at distant cows, stay home, attend church, and mock boys while secretly loving them.
An elderly witness in a Kentucky case testified about two years and three months imprisonment at Andersonville. The cross examiner pressed for details, but the jurors cheered as the witness held his composure and exposed the lawyer’s ploy.
The census shows cotton acreage rising but yield per acre falling from 230 acres per bale in 1880 to 3.41 in 1890. Mecklenburg now leads with 22,700 bales on 61,808 acres, signaling a land value decline as production shifts outward. The piece urges profits from stock, dairy, and crops like root vegetables, asking for agricultural college and experiment station aid to save and ship these crops, noting Mecklenburg's creamery start boosts land values.
A husband buys a so called magic money maker that prints fake ten dollar bills by cranking a device. He demonstrates it to his wife who fears arrest for counterfeiting as he offers her a ten. He teases more bills, but the prank risks consequences and ends with her warning.
A quick witted woman tears counterfeit bills to pieces while her husband laughs at the scheme. The man spends a week trying to piece the fragments back together, while the scene is recounted with humor.
County or Sub Alliance may hire a top lecturer by writing to the sender. Expenses and a small compensation for services will be paid. Internal note.
The sixth annual meeting of the Tobacco Association of the State will be held at Morehead City on July 5 1892. The leading topic will be the tobacco exhibit at the state fair and its success for farmers manufacturers and dealers. Delegates from each county alliance are urged with travel and board discounts offered. Governor elect Elias Carr will attend along with other notable men.
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