Parting Words From a Longing Letter
Fragmentary lines reveal a tender farewell as a speaker bids goodbye to a distant beloved. The message speaks of love, devotion, and the promise to return, ending with a quiet good night and a single kiss.
The Progressive Farmer in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1894
Page
5
Household Maitre D hotel Butter and Old Time Dishes
Fragmented text outlines a recipe collection with dishes including Maitre D Hotel butter a fried chicken scalloped eggs brown bread cheap sponge cake curry of cold roast beef apple pie and a cooking method. It preserves ingredients steps and variations. Names and places are not clearly stated in the readable portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maitre D'Hotel
Chloe
Mt Tiga
Tramp Thanks Lawyer After Acquittal
A Utica Observer report tellsa grateful tramp seeks to repay the young attorney who won him release after an arraignment. The jury acquitted the man in eight minutes despite claims of guilt, prompting the tramp to declare thanks with a tearful offer of a watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Old
Gibraltar
Mr. Sawyer
Utica
An Inch of His Life A Tale of Stounder the Magician
An American drummer recounts an 1856 Tarboro NC tale of magician Stounder who saves a man from a murder accusation, hides in plain sight during a hanging, and escapes, then pursues his career in Europe while the narrator helps expose the truth and later gains rewards. He witnesses a murder trial, a dramatic escape, and a posthumous reunion across continents. The New York elevated railroad detail follows as an endnote.
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Arachel
New Berne Journal
Flotsam
Baltimore
North Carolina
Tarboro
Rocky Mount
Stounder
Mr. Stounder
Stoander
City nicknames and rail talk fill items of interest
Detroit is the City of the Straits while Vicksburg is the Key City and Hartford the Insurance City. Other places gain monikers including Lowell the Spindle City and Brooklyn the City of Churches. The piece also notes average travel distance, railroad finances, locomotive prices, and a gun tied to the Jesse James gang. A West Superior ex police chief’s revolver links to the Northfield bank robbery. A Spanish onion glue yields mucilage. A tale from Mexican papers describes a man who tattooed his will on his chest and had it authenticated in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
the Straits
Vicksburg
Hartford
Lowell
Mass
Sheboygan
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Raleigh
N. Y
Salt Lake City
Burlington
Soo
Orchard City
France
Great Britain
Mulhall
United States
John Simons
West Superior
Bob Younger
Jesse James
Northfield
Minn
Simons
Monecke
Temperance talk ends in unexpected chase of hogs
The Rev. Thomas P. Hunt used a temperance lecture in a Pennsylvania town to bait the audience. First women attended and were angered by a satire on dress, then men filled the hall the next night as Hunt claimed he would roast them. He explained he used a hog analogy, shocking the crowd with a vivid, provocative, and humorous demonstration.
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Stoander
Thomas P. Hunt
Pennsylvania
Hunt
Old Hunt
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