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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1897
Page
4
A fragmentary verse piece mocks editors fate in journalism and editing. It evokes life’s battleground and the press as a bivouac, urging constant writing amid disillusion and toil. The piece invokes a Tar Heel editor voice, ending with a note of hopeful labor.
A rustic dialogue on prayer posture clashes with a long republication of 1897 Bladen and Guilford County Alliance meeting notices. The letters urge delegates to attend July gatherings, elect officers, and reorganize subs, stressing farming, reform, and unity across counties.
Correspondent notes a May June ceremony at Thompson's School in Siler City with a peaceful close between literary societies. W B Harris wins Declaimer medal, J Q Smith Dabater medal, A M Moore Orator medal. School grown from 47 to 160 students, alumni attend UNC, Vanderbilt, Roanoke, Wake Forest, Trinity, Davidson, Randolph Macon. Summer Business School starts. Fall term Aug 4. BLACKSTONE
The Racepath Sunday school and community express deep sorrow at the untimely death of Miss Geneva Padgett. They resolve that her passing removes the brightest flower of womanhood, offer prayers for the bereaved family, and direct copies of the resolutions to the family and local papers.
A historical sketch lauds New York as a rising world city on the eve of 1898, citing 712 newspapers and vast per capita debt alongside striking statistics. It notes wine, water, charity, births, deaths, and a five billion dollar real estate value while praising commerce, manufacturing, parks, and railroads before offering a cautious verdict on its commercial pride.
The piece compares Chicago and New York shipping, notes Southern ports gaining in foreign trade, and argues New York is not a typical American city. It then explains global pin production, led by Birmingham, with Britain producing 86 million pins daily and the US about 1.6 million yearly, and describes pin manufacturing from copper zinc wire to finished product.
A veteran editor narrates a mischievous first years tale. On a Monday he became a “devil” and the next day was sent for editorial essence. The apothecary questions spark laughter before the prank escalates. The foreman unknowingly breaks a bottle of brown liquid in a dramatic moment.
An odor from a bottle filled with a decoction of decayed angleworms sent workers fleeing the office. The foreman paid a man to scrub the stone and floor and open the windows while the druggist faced no further prescriptions.
The Atlanta Journal details a complex courtship in which a widow becomes engaged to a man who once loved her, then another marriage and separations occur. After a web of past loves and shifting affections, the pair finally commit to marriage following a chain of changes and reconciliations.
A Philadelphia infidel millionaire orders clerks to work Sundays to unload a ship. One clerk refuses, citing his mother to support. After three weeks with no work, a banker seeks a cashier and hires the conscientious man, praising his integrity.
A compact page of humorous bits from Life Truth Chicago Record and Pack. Jests touch on marriage, su rdice, and social oddities. A veteran joke contrasts war service with home life, while a daughter surveys marriage worth. The text notes Chinese language is not written nor spoken and bridesmaids in white at funerals and black at weddings.
A large group of marriageable women in Demote, Jasper County, Indiana, convened and passed a resolution announcing they will not marry any man who does not subscribe to his home newspaper. They argue lack of newspaper patronage signals low intelligence and a reluctance to support family, education, and local institutions.
Reports from Mount Nebo and Brownville recount Sylvester Schilling killing a five foot six inch rattler with seven rattles and a button, W L Gittings trapping a four pound owl four feet nine inches wingspan, and George D Jones finding a pure white mole on his Eaton farm. Madam Rumor raises a question if a U S marshal sold moonshine at Beloit Kansas last week in accordance with the law.
The July issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly features a leading article titled Heroes of the Neutral Ground. It recounts little known Patriot history defending Saw Mill Valley from Revolutionary raids, detailing the hometown effort to protect homes and people.
Johnston County Alliance will meet at the courthouse in Smithfield on Thursday July 8th, 1897. All Sub Alliances are urged to be represented as there will be business of importance to attend to. Gipson Gerald, President. E D Swneap, Secretary Treasurer.
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