This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1895
Page
5
This fragment mixes a rustic poem about an old straw hat stained by a child’s muddy play with a satirical, instructive piece of domestic advice. The hat’s worn crown and torn band contrast with the comically maternal tone urging gentle handling of husbands as one cooks and seasons affection.
A set of old fashioned kitchen instructions covers buttered eggs with toast, Flemish style carrots, dressed potatoes, Malvern apple pudding, ground rice pancakes, and bread fritters. Each item gives steps, ingredients, and cooking tips for serving hot or with accompaniments.
A fragmentary humorous recipe advises handling husbands with care and humor. The speaker mocks kitchen recipes for relationships, suggesting gentle governance and proper “treatment” to keep a spouse content, using absurd kitchen imagery and dated language.
A satirical piece from the New Orleans Picayune mocks human nature noting man is an omnivorous two legged creature found worldwide. It jokes about pockets and politics, compares man to dog and elephant, and ends by claiming man stands upright as a unique trait.
The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst argues in the May Ladies' Home Journal that defining womanliness as the prime outcome of female colleges will guide methods and aims. He questions male dominance in teaching at such institutions, suggesting women educators may better cultivate womanly development. He contends a thoroughly womanly teacher can more effectively foster a college girl’s growth than a thoroughly manly man.
The Farmers' Voice reflects on Miss Mary Leiter, daughter of Lt. Leiter of Field Leiter, now Marshall Field & Co., who wed a member of the English House of Commons. It notes her wealth, questions the motive, and laments American accusations while wishing her well. It argues Americans still have many eligible women and fewer constraints on marrying for love.
Tales from the Greek recount Diogenes in Athens and later in sight of Congress. A man asks why the lantern is missing while Diogenes seeks an honest man. The lamp stays lit only to spite idle pretenders, as the cynic tours with a staff and tub.
City Treasurer Cole of Iron Mountain Michigan earns only 150 dollars yearly and must post a bond of 150000 dollars. The 88 United States Senators in Washington have sixteen pages and enjoy their positions. A mole’s earth entrance systems allow escape from danger. New York leads state valuations at 8500 million dollars, followed by Pennsylvania at 6000 million. The stirrup anvil and mallet are middle ear bones named for their shapes. England reports five million dollars in dormant chancery funds. The Fastnet lighthouse off Ireland is in dangerous condition due to corroded iron fastenings. European court ladies commonly smoke cigarettes and display silver cigarette boxes with gold ashtrays.
Gold production in British Guiana surges from 250 ounces in 1884 to 138000 ounces. Today placer mining dominates, with alluvial and reef gold found in Madagascar near Antananarivo. A native strip yielded 1000 ounces from a 20 by 3 foot ground. Comparisons show silver, copper, tin price shifts since 1875 and 1885.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from various speakers including a penitentiary reference, playful miscommunications, and rural witticisms. The page also notes a business settlement from Philadelphia dated June 28 1894, with a check for 55 dollars for advertising in The Progressive Farmer.
A collage of editorial signatures and quotations attacks on government by money interests. It cites Ottawa Journal Kansas City Journal and others, rails at plutocracy, discusses land tax and bond profits, and notes gold and silver price shifts and farmer incomes.
A pompous eastern guest complains about a Michigan town's one hotel, insulted by limited amenities. The polite owner retorts that the town has no better option, highlighting the clash between metropolitan expectations and rural hospitality. The Detroit Free Press notes the exchange.
A fragmented OCR list details local political organizers across multiple North Carolina districts. Names like Jas H Wright C McG Dunn Sevi Lane J R Means and others appear alongside district compositions including Johnston Wake, Granville Vance Columbus Robeson Cumberland Harnett Moore Richmond Anson Stanly Montgomery Currituck Camden Pasquotank Perquimans Chowan Gates Orange Wayne Duplin New Hanover Onslow and Buncombe Transylvania Haywood Macon Graham etc. The item reads as a roster of organizers and their districts with county groupings.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.