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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1892
Page
5
A fragmentary poem and conversational exchanges recount a Mason’s initiation tale with a dramatic voice and later anecdotes about a traveling sharp and a clergyman’s dice game. The excerpt includes a San Francisco Examiner mention and a quip about clergymen’s rates, reflecting quirky late 19th century reportage.
A column of home cooking tips listing orangeade fritters raised doughnuts and Dutchess potatoes, soft waffles and fricashed chicken. It details ingredients and steps for every dish, including broiled shad with Worcestershire sauce and tips on dough handling and frying temperatures.
A tall thin man, described as a sad looking high roller, stayed about three weeks. He surged into the Bad Lands on his first night, shouting glory, and required two porters and bell boys to handle him. On the next night he attended a chicken fight and defeated several hackmen on the way to the hotel.
The Captain recalls a vast batch of alligators along the Tombigbee near its confluence with the Alabama. The Ganges crew battled gators that split paddles, struck guards, and forced them to anchor to a tree overnight. Dawn saw the herd retreat toward a nearby rice swamp.
Fangle boasts a patent for a collar-button that supposedly swears itself when it slips under a bureau. Cumso questions the claim as the device is described as a whimsical invention for the household and comic effect.
Tshang Yao, governor of Shantung, who died recently, rose from a humble start after fleeing as a youth for murder. He led 500 brigands against rebels, saved a provincial town, and returned with am almond eyed beauty as reward. Though illiterate, he was said to be charitable, earning the people’s nickname Tshang the blue sky while sometimes harsh to European missionaries.
A brief quip on a woman's heart yielding to love. Margaret declares she will not marry, while her father chases away an imagined suitor. Margaret urges him to call the suitor back and reveal his appearance.
In a rural tale the thrifty Deacon Miles pressures a donation from a poor farmer Mr Gregory for the minister. A plan to marry off Gregory's daughter Patty to the rector unfolds, leading to a hidden engagement and a happy match within three months.
The New York Herald notes a mongrel police dog named Tenderloin assigned to the Tenderloin precinct. He patrols every doorway, checks stores, and even aided in catching runaway horses. Tenderloin sports a spiked leather collar with a plate bearing Tenderloin 19th Precinct. The story recalls Nigger Jim, a famed police canine, and adds a brief Japan cotton spinning industry update with mill counts, spindles, and employment figures in Osaka and Tokyo.
In a measured courtroom dialogue a judge questions why a bank note was not returned as Jaysmith explains lack of acquaintance and delicacy in addressing the gentleman. The text also notes a subscription label bearing renewal timing.
A series of change of appointments for the First and Second district Alliance lecturers outlines meetings in Perquimans Pasquotank Camden Currituck and Beaufort counties with Dr D Reid Parker and S Otho Wilson addressing the public at multiple towns on March 8 9 10 12 and 14 15 16 18 21 22. The notices invite merchants mechanics farmers laborers lawyers and all to attend, with sessions starting at 11 a m at each location. Other districts list meetings in Wilson Warren Edgecombe Alamance Duplin and Orange counties with speakers J M Mewborne J T Hoover P H Massey G Lea and G W Wilcox, all inviting public attendance across dates March 8–22.
State Executive Committee notice states the alliance does not cover travel or lodging expenses for visitors except for state front or lecturers. It asks invitees to expect personal costs and mentions sending $1 to O E Kittinger Powell. Also references receiving ten rendents and a home cheese making activity.
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