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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1895
Page
5
A fragmentary poem satirizes Democrats and Republicans amid campaign rhetoric and regional strife. References to Jordan and Cleveland appear, with a refrain urging action and rolling up sleeves as political sentiment shifts toward Republican victory.
A collage of kitchen instructions and anecdotal tips. Recipes cover fish sauce, cranberry tarts, carrot entrée, canned lobster croquettes, and fricasseed chicken with detailed spice blends. A narrative thread shares ginger snaps, baking tips, and reader dialogue about successful alchemy of sugar and flour.
A reader recalls visiting a New York friend who kept ginger snaps on hand, praising their taste. Despite asking for the recipe, efforts to recreate the cookies failed, as the author could not match the treats from that home, until a suggestion from Mrs. N- to Katie offered a hint.
A Chicago parrot speaks about a dozen English and German words. Eleven year old Estelle Heyman iced by a seven day cold. A Pecos river spring in San Miguel county New Mexico sends a 15 foot wide and three foot deep stream. Monks build a larger hospice on the St Bernard for rising travel over the Aosta martigny pass. Leonard Jacobs of Ansonia Connecticut owns a pie fed horse, fat and sleek. Abram Atwood of Lewiston Maine sold a turkey hiding a gold pin worth twice the bird’s price. Oliver N Snyder of Huntington Indiana wore a glass shard in his foot for thirty three years until it was removed. Jewish women in St Louis form the Sisterhood of Personal Service to aid the poor and educate children. Carey B Moon of Saratoga Springs New York, age 82, famed hotel keeper and creator of Saratoga fried potatoes. John O Brien of Duval Florida died leaving a pencil written will on the wall near his bed that reads Mrs Arnold God bless her shall have all I leave. J Pierpont Morgan’s gift of twenty thousand four hundred dollars funds a stone sanitarium in Liberty Sullivan County New York on two hundred acres. A Radbruch German shepherd can diagnose illness by a patient’s hair and prescribe remedies. Apple production by state totals listed with Illinois leading at 9,600,000 and New York 8,400,000. Private gifts and bequests to colleges and similar bodies total nearly twenty million, rising to thirty three million in 1893, not counting sums under one thousand dollars.
Dear Ephor I boast of being the funniest man in this section and offer free jokes plus postage. A post office scene, a Dem party quip, and a hatful of vest buttons spark laughter. A Jersey cow pun, a treasury joke, and a water works quip keep the tales rolling with local color and humor. Case Conort closes by asking if the paper is owed.
A Pulaska News Review tale describes a bashful groom at nineteen who trembles before his wedding night. He fears the encounter, climbs to the bridal chamber with a candle, and finds not a lonely bed but a room full of the blushing bride and six bridesmaids.
A clerk and his country father enter a restaurant and bow to say grace as a waiter presents beefsteak and codfish balls. The father and son refrain from prayer until all diners join in bowing, including a telegraph operator and a reporter, leaving a sense of reverent hush.
A farmer's wife should avoid rapid shifts from hot rooms to cold dairy while working. The article cites a physician's remedy and warns that cold water ingested after heat can trigger rheumatic fevers common on farms. Helen Jay discusses keeping young and strong through wise practices in The Work of a Farmer's Wife.
A passage urges using wide cool piazzas around the farmhouse for domestic tasks to spare the skin from heat. It advises ironing and some baking on a small oil stove outdoors and keeping vegetables prepared in a cool corner to avoid exhaustion and irritation from intense kitchen heat.
James Hyde recalls a small town case where a farmer claimed stolen ducks were his. The lawyer questions how the farmer can identify his ducks, leading to a description of peculiar ducks and a remark that the farmer has had other ducks stolen recently.
A collage of humorous anecdotes and one liners from various figures, including a son mocked by wearing mother’s clothes, Mendle’s rumored illness, a counterfeit dollar tale, a David story by a school ma’am, and clever parting quips from Howells and Gerrit Smith. A Marseillais recalls a duel threat in a hotel with a fencing master.
A plea to farmers to modernize farmhouses with furnace heat water service and bathrooms. The writer notes many farms lack city comforts, suggesting using springs wells or windmills to bring water inside and calling on wives to appreciate labor savings and comfort until they have experienced these conveniences.
In closing the partnership business of Alfred Williams & Co. the trustees offer for sale several valuable copyrights including Moore's History of North Carolina Spencer's First Steps in North Carolina History and Williams Reader to Beginners. Five are on the State List of Public School Books. The sale includes electroplates goodwill stock and fixtures. The firm is the largest in the state with nearly thirty years in operation. A W Haywood and Thomas M Pittman trustees conduct the sale.
A fragment lists district organizers for North Carolina counties. Ninth district includes Randolph, Chatham, Orange, Person, Caswell, Alamance with J. R. Means and Trinity College. Fourth district is Don C. Sanders of Morganton with Wayne, Duplin, Onslow, Pender, New Hanover, Sampson. Twelfth district spans Alexander, Iredell, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Mitchell with J. W. Cox. Fourteenth district covers Buncombe, Yancey, Madison, Henderson, Transylvania, Polk led by A. W. Parker from Sylva. Sixteenth district includes Ha, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Clay, Cherokee with George W. Jr. as organizer.
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