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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1893
Page
5
The page lists recipes for custard pies, filling for layer cakes, dressing without oil, chocolate creams, carr ied oysters, potato puree, and a lady cake with detailed steps. Interwoven is a short anecdote about a man in a mackintosh who asks about futures and reveals losses of $18,000 from borrowing.
In Washington a finance scandal ends with treasurer Joe Harmon falsely accused, then vindicated. He returns for Washington's birthday to confront a faithless fiancée, only to discover Jule Marsh marrying Rodney Conger. A staged wedding march exposes the truth and sparks a surprise double wedding.
A collection of humorous vignettes and quips from social life and travel, featuring witty exchanges about money and status, odd habits, misadventures, and light English and Irish humor across scenes from households, post offices, and seaside towns. The punchlines hinge on misunderstanding and social ironies.
A humorous anecdote recounts Brown embracing a new punctuating method from a Washington Star feature. He parades through town quoting punctuation marks in speech, leading to comic misadventures with neighbors, a fall from a banana peel, and a dramatic burglar confrontation ending with playful boasts about punctuation.
The dance after the wedding was spoken of as the happiest ever held in that hall. The tenth anniversary of the little city of Washington and the hundredth anniversary of Gen. George Washington's birth eclipsed all past celebrations and are remembered as the greatest joyous events.
A collage of witty quotes from 19th or early 20th century newspapers about courtship, fashion, aging, and diamond pricing. The lines reference Harper’s Bazar Chicago Miss Boston Miss Detroit Free Press and New Orleans Picayune, illustrating social attitudes and market humor.
A Pennsylvania native boasts a log cabin as the finest of its kind in the region. He declares it the only log cabin west of the Alleghany mountains that Washington has not slept in.
The People’s Defender of Albia Iowa accuses Rockefeller of giving 1 000 000 to a Baptist university and asking prayers while raising oil prices by 2 cents a gallon to net 1 200 000 in a day. The Marysville Advocate blasts churches for preferring Rockefeller’s membership over converting 100 poor people.
A drunken drummer disturbs a Southern hotel owner with a string of complaints about rooms, towels, napkins and breakfast. The landlady jokes about the chaos before heading to the depot as the scene ends with a relic of a newspaper promo and a dated subscription reminder.
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