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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1894
Page
5
A collection of kitchen instructions detailing shortcake and chocolate cake with butter sugar milk and flour, Aunt Marys pudding with grated bread and lemon peel, veal and oyster pie with layered meat and pastry, potato cases prepared by scooping and mashing, and careful oven timing for delicate browning. It reads as a practical 19th century home cookery page with step by step measures and bake times.
An early court hearing recalls a witness describing a scene at the courthouse. The witness mentions a loft, crowds passing by, and men seated as if at a meeting while a gray haired man in a box is watched, with tense exchanges and calls to bring in another person. The account emphasizes confusion and fear among those present.
A prose verse piece argues that a kiss is essential to home life and morality. It laments poverty and references historical figures while urging readers to value tenderness, faith, and social ethics over despair, ending with hope that the people will improve conditions so none must be a tramp.
A Cannon City resident recalls a 1875 Colorado encounter near Meeker with Indians who believed his red hair was painted. After a guide explained, the man dampened his hair to prove it wasn’t colorfast paint, revealing a long, skeptical inspection by the tribe before acceptance.
A professor boasts of a discovery in a farmer's corn bin the ears have even rows and no odd counts. The farmer jokes that married people come in pairs, just like kernel rows, making the professor look foolish in a lighthearted exchange from Youth's Companion.
Passengers recount a cyclone hitting a house and orchards as an old man preserves the tale with comic misidentifications. The crowd dwindles while the old man dreams, and a woman gifts a spaniel, ending with a note about Sweetheart not wearing a blue collar. The Washington Evening Star report sketches a comic storm vignette.
Arthur Spalding of Bridgeport praises a self possessed woman at Old Point Comfort. He recalls her promene and chaperon aunt. An army officer retrieves and returns a lost article of blue silk from her appearance.
A miscellany lists crime statistics for France England Ireland and Italy with figures on literacy murder executions and punishments from 19th century data. It also covers science topics such as measurements of the earth and celestial brightness and notes on appendicitis and proposed removal from infants.
A marriage near Harmony Grove is postponed as the groom jokes about a horse trade. The fiance replies with wit about the horse’s traits and a hopeful wait, while a separate cartoon quip from the Philadelphia Record ponders bad luck from opening an umbrella indoors.
The coco de mer or Maldive double coconut palm native to the Seychelles archipelago is among the largest palms. The fruit forms two oblong nuts joined together and can weigh 30 to 40 pounds, with bunches totaling around 400 pounds. It ripens in ten years and yields shells and leaves used for hats and baskets. Concerns over overharvesting led to petitions for protection, though one island reportedly holds thousands of trees. Historically, rare fruits floated to coasts and were esteemed for religious and medicinal beliefs.
A St Louis Democrat reprint quotes James Skaggs of Coffeyville Kansas on why a desperado should throw up his hands rather than draw. It cites Wells Fargo guards surrendering under fire, and a guard who regained the loot after tracking robbers with a Winchester killing three men and recovering arms before rejoining the coach.
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