Poem Fragments Reflecting Country Life and Longing
Fragmented verse recalls fields and bells, cattle and plowed earth. It questions city life’s appeal and praises rural toil, ending with a traveler’s distant gaze toward the homeland.
The Progressive Farmer in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1897
Page
5
Household Recipes From A Pantry Era
Step by step guidance for strawberry jam peas on toast spiced cherries simple salad and macaroons. Includes soaking hulls rinsing berries boiling with sugar and sealing jars then savory toasts with peas and oil dressed potatoes and almond macaroon preparations with rose water and almond essence.
Things We Should Know About Food and Home Care
A regional guide lists dietary tips and domestic hacks. It notes pork is hardest to digest and unsuitable for children, while beef and mutton digest best. It explains measurements in cooking, sugar, butter, rice, olives, baking soda, lemon juice, soda mint for heartburn, pillow sham repairs, and young girls choosing wash dresses under mother’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Old Jim
Mr. Carson
Two Rings and a Mine Tragedy Lead to a Double Wedding Ring
A man recalls a deadly Derbyshire Langley mine accident six years earlier, where two rings signify a vow. After being trapped with a foreman and a son, hardship and fear bind the survivor to the dying brother’s request that his widow wear two rings, linking past tragedy to a future union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Arthur
Old North
Langley
Derbyshire
Jim Halliday
Jim
Derby
Halliday
Old Jim
Young Jim
Curious Facts From News Clippings and Odd Tales
A parade of brief curiosities spans pearls by shape value, a sulfur mine tale sparked by a camper’s fire near Buckley Washington, a Bay City man’s cigar buy from China that triggers a $2450 duty, and a note on the lord chancellor’s Woolsack. The item closes with a lady leaving the entire estate in her will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall
Richmond
Mason
Darky
Bay City
Mich
China
Washington
Young Folks Letter Promotes School and Questions
A 11 year old reader Lucy Jones writes to the paper praising her school and Miss Bessie Herndon, noting promotion to the seventh grade. She asks trivia questions about Mark verses and historic figures, and wishes the Progressive Farmer success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Herndon
W. H. Matthews
Mark
St. Brandon’s Isle
Father Kino
Madam de Guercheville
Lucy Jones
Convcy
N. C
Paps
Annie J. Upton
Jesse E. Pigott
Gen. Gray
A Boy Querist by R. P. Miller Questions for the Editor
A reader signs as R P Miller asking the editor a set of biblical and general knowledge questions. He inquires about Job's property, Satan's attack, the number of prophetic books, Jesus choices, places, and events, plus a arithmetic riddle about a hawk catching 44 chickens in 44 days. He closes with well wishes to Progress ive Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Satan
Jesus
Christ
Peter
John
Paul
Rome
R. P. Miller
Questions and Answers From Rowan County Readers
A Rowan County letter bag asks and answers on biblical figures and history. It covers Abraham and the Promise, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and a dog rabbit riddle. The writer also praises The Progressive Farmer and includes school anecdotes and questions about Civil War generals and presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Tabulah Alisons
Abraham
Sheba
Solomon
A Girl Lover and Girl Critic BoxBoro Letter
A 16 year old farmer boy writes about community life in Boxboro North Carolina describing tobacco farming busy times and girls gossip about patches road proximity and panther sounds while preparing new dresses and sewing machines roaring for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BoxBoro
N. C
A Comical Note on Boys and Girls by Wie R James
The writer laments that brothers and many boys lack bread making skill, claiming dough sticks to their fingers. He praises the girls and closes with affectionate regard for them, signed Wie R James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. James
A Business Affair Involving Revival Costs
A dialogue references Mrs Wickwire Henry seeking $10 while the church plans a revival. The Rev Mr Hanmerbook demands at least $250 per night, prompting remarks that he runs a business revival scheme. The exchange appears in the Indianapolis Journal.
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