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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1897
Page
5
A lament by U. B. Gwynn decrying modern decay and the destruction of nature and culture. The verse condemns degradation by vice and industrial change, calling for a return to pristine, innocent country life and warning against the corrupting influence invading from outside.
Step by step kitchen notes cover draining fruit, dusting with sugar, and forming dainty desserts. Recipes include maple cream with brown sugar and walnuts, Auntie’s molasses candy, and a pulled candy method. Also shared are spiced chop preparations and a quip about white linen scraps for England notes.
A discursive sermon argues that selfish striving pervades science, religion, and daily life, hindering humanity. It condemns personal gain as the motive behind discovery, rivalry, and sectarianism, urging readers to release selfishness and allow the inner spirit to guide善 toward compassion and unity.
Ruth Ash More urges young women in The Profession of Marriage to study their role for harmony. She counsels praising the husband, avoiding fault finding, and forgiving foibles to prevent strife and build mutual respect in married life.
A fragment notes people speculate about a public figure named Tom and his wife, suggesting she speaks dreadful things about him, provoking the remark that “How horrid Tom must be.”
A Massachusetts justice of the peace nicknamed Square Simmonds, famed for a faulty memory, marries a couple at a county fair. He searches vainly for his marriage form and, failing to find it, proclaims them married using a note left in his other trousers pocket.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recounts a playful exchange about seeing numerous airships in the sky. The couple jokes about catching a glimpse through a bottle and mentions Jim Sturgis looking for a fallen airship in the park as they wait for a bell.
A string of dated quips and anecdotes from 19th century papers. Jokes range from servants and dogs to marriage happiness and plantation folklore. The collection features caricatures of social types and rural mannerisms with humorous misunderstandings and dialect.
Use proper brand pure white lead and linseed oil for painting. The right brand adds value and attractiveness to your property while cheaper alternatives are less reliable. Free 21 Lead Co at 1 Preadway offers genuine products.
A Wake County youth sends a letter to The Progressive Farmer with Bible questions and family notes. Other contributors from Ballentine’s Mills and Perquimans County share political views, schooling concerns, and brief anecdotes from Raleigh visits.
Two readers from Pamlico and Craven counties send Q A style notes to The Progressive Farmer. Cassie Dowry asks about presidents' deaths and biblical questions while Eva Bell answers a query on darkness at crucifixion and other items.
A Kansas editor recalls a brawny man demanding correction after a newspaper stated Jake Billings fell from a train while slightly intoxicated. He insists he was fully drunk and protests the phrase as false, declaring I ain't such a chump.
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