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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1897
Page
5
The narrator Simon Scrags reflects on his death and how neighbors, friends, and family react with indifference or vanity. Paul Pry spreads the news as Scrags observes the feigned condolences, while his widow and children fail to show true grief. The poem ends with his spirit leaving the living to join the forgotten.
A collection of culinary directions covering Jelly with gelatine cream and sugar, French fried potatoes, veal croquettes, bananas with coconut and custard, baked ham with a sweet crust, and step by step notes on preparation, soaking times, frying, baking, and seasoning for refined home cooking.
In a moonlit scene Aunt Dinah contemplates destroying Captain Elmo’s altered will that left Kate ten dollars unless she wed a suitable suitor. Dinah’s plan backfires as Kate marries Carl Dayton after the uncle’s death, while a mysterious stranger wins Annette’s hand with a 22 feet 1 inch leap, later revealed as George Washington in tale’s frame.
In 1775 a rich elderly farmer in a Virginia town hosts a jump contest to choose his daughter's husband. Annette, aged 18, stands by as suitors shed coats and prepare to leap for her hand. Judges note Edward Grayson reaches seventeen feet, but the outcome hinges on further jumps.
A Woman's Ideal Man defines a gentleman as gentle, morally strong, educated, and refined. The piece praises kindness to women and children, thoughtful generosity, and inner resilience forged by diverse life experiences, citing Mrs. Humphry on true manliness.
A sturdy little girl trudges with a water pail past a gate while explaining she helps her mother with washing. She says mother and I are partners, reflecting pride in family labor during a dry time and scarce help.
A Sharpsburg man signed a liquor pledge after drinking too much. His wife kept the pledge for him, but the next day he drank freely again. A friend asked how it could be, and he replied that his wife would keep it for him, so he could take a drink.
A playful rural exchange unfolds as Jim and a farmer's daughter discuss marriage during a cold Christmas eve. She notes cotton, land, and a mule shortage while he jokes about debts and a future together if prices rise. The scene captures rustic hopes and shared humor in a tense cotton economy.
A Boston Traveler item reports a pompous mistress questioning the rent collector at the door as the new girl notes the man claims they must pay rent though the mistress insists they do not. The exchange highlights tension over owed housing costs.
Fashion's notes describe spring and summer silhouettes with narrow front gores and fuller backs, the waning wide skirt, and the rise of the drop skirt and separate linings. Yoke skirts suit tall slender figures, while revived front plain with shirred sides and extensive tucks promise broad usage, harking to grandmotherly craft.
A compiled set of humorous vignettes from distant shores and schools. A harsh magistrate nearly drowns, saved by a shepherd. The Spanish king tweaks forks with fingers, prompting a royal retort. A public school boy explains idle wrists, and a Scots sergeant confronts a cheeky lamp.
A brief cartoonish exchange centers on a hunting dog sold to a man who insists the animal should hunt, while the seller defends the claim. The piece also includes humorous reflections from Reflections of a Bachelor about love, singing, hair and teeth, and domestic satire on women's talk and a muddled hat.
A 12 year old asks in a letter to the editor for space in the paper and notes readers love the issue. Sadie Connor’s question about Methuselah’s age is included along with a query about the first photograph in America and its photographer.
A 10 year old girl from Gaston County requests space in the paper and offers answers to reader questions. She provides correct facts on Methuselah, 1776, Virginia Dare, Balboa 1513, 1071 Matthew verses, Robert Fulton, and Alaska purchase. The note closes with well wishes and sign-off Annie Campbell Jackson.
A young reader from Moore County North Carolina sends space for a Q and A in the young folks column. He answers questions on Noahs ark and Jesus baptism then poses Bible and telegraph questions. He mentions dairy farming with sisters and a brother milking sixteen cows and selling milk and butter.
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