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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1897
Page
5
An incomplete verse reflecting a preference to stay on familiar soil over risky journeys. The speaker favors the known comfort of home, spring and summer contrasts, and the safety of the “bird in the hand” over uncertain voyages, noting the hardship of moving across distant lands.
A collection of desert and dinner ideas including Jelly Crackers with whipped cream, Oyster Blaucz stew using oysters and milk, Apricot Meringue baked with whipped wine-flavored cream, Fish Croquettes from cold boiled fish and mashed potatoes, and Drop Codfish Balls formed from cod, potatoes, eggs, and butter then fried to a golden brown.
The clipping lists assorted notes including unusual facts about cat tails, piano components, hospital telephones, cobra wounds, and a French Canadian couple, Louis and his wife celebrating their eightieth wedding anniversary in St Paul. Bats in Asia are noted for fruit eating and daytime roosts.
Col Pulaski Cowper retold a tale from Northampton County when he visited Jackson. Uncle Tom Wheeler, famed for never leaving home without his gun, tricks Cowper by loading Betsy and firing to scatter the hat. The crowd funds drinks for Cowper, who ends up in Raleigh as a respected insurer.
A historical critique of pharmacy practices notes how prescription errors occur and the dangers of Latin abbreviations. It highlights Missouri’s regulation, calls for clearer English dosing, and cites anecdotes of misread Latin terms leading to unsafe or even comic outcomes, underscoring risks from student mischief and lax dispensing.
A St Louis Post Dispatch report warns that careless prescribing can create explosive mixtures. It details pharmacists’ near-misses with chromic acid, tartaric acid, and chlorate formulations, plus a cautionary tale of arsenious acid mistaken for bicarbonate.
In this era ignorance of paint Materials is inexcusable as full information is available from National Lead Co. at 1 Broadway New York. The note lists various firm names and places such as Pittsburgh Baltimore St Louis Chicago Philadelphia and Buffalo, indicating a nationwide distribution network for paint related products.
The article outlines methods for stain removal and laundering. Mildew can be treated with lemon juice and sun or sodium hypochlorite dissolved in water, then rinsed. Peach stains need a long soak with chloride of lime, while grass stains respond to cream of tartar and water. Rinse thoroughly, soak in cold water with shaved soap, then boil twice and rinse again. Bluing requires care for iron content, and a little starch or ironing while damp adds gloss.
A Detroit Free Press joke recounts a Chicago merchant forced into a free ride scam by a Missouri drummer. The pair feign T P A status with a hand gesture, but the trick fails on the return trip when the motion direction is reversed, exposing the ruse.
A middle aged woman with parcels on Mission Street pauses to greet a laborer digging a trench. She suddenly recognizes her divorced husband, greeting him warmly as he looks annoyed, while she smiles.
In a Seattle style exchange from the San Francisco Post, Moike boasts of earning alimony while a companion answers she is spending it. He resumes shoveling as she heads down the street, seemingly satisfied with herself.
A humorous tale recalls a forenoon call for a social appointment and a pumpkin pie caper between a young woman and her father. A camel yarn notes camels from 1853 still roaming Arizona. Eskimo medical payment custom is described with a twist on outcomes for patients and families.
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