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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1892
Page
5
Fragmentary verse notes from Aberdeen focus on boys, trains, work, and collective spirit. Scattered lines mention Weaver, DOYS, and a platform, with repeated calls about strength, land, and justice. The piece reads like a rough draft of a wartime or labor-themed poem card.
Household recipes on broiled chicken sandwiches apple water and various cakes. Instructions cover young chickens, butter seasoning, sandwich assembly, egg batter cakes, and tips on flannel and israel cakes. Also notes on circulation figures of European papers and a faulty clipping mentioning newspapers and prices.
A cautious clerical worker, Peters, becomes entangled with Sadie Bentham while handling routine duties at Bentham Bros & Co. His meticulous method clashes with romance as an elopement plan unfolds and backfires when a damp love letter is misrouted through the copying press revealing the pair. The manager Bentham ridicules the setup and muses on Peters as a potential partner, while Sadie pushes for marriage over a church ceremony.
The Clerks recount that conscientious Peters persuaded Sadie to reconsider. The old man concedes, deciding to retire and shift the firm name to Ben tham, Husband & Co. Luke Sharp reports from Buffalo News.
Mrs Osborne, a Salt Lake City widow, clears 5000 to 6000 yearly from a vegetable ranch and two incubators, and plans to reach 10000. In Middletown a woman owner captain keeps a coal barge and three others, supports two children, and runs the trade as capably as any man, even using two mules to hoist coal.
TRUE HUMANITY recounts a gentle lesson as an elderly man leads a thin horse across the northern commons. A passerby scoffs at feeding the animal, but the old man pleads that the horse served his family for twenty five years and deserves care. The exchange ends with a sharp remark on differences between people and horses.
Advice discusses linseed meal replacing corn meal, effects on milk versus butter, and emphasizes care of cattle to avoid future trouble. It outlines creamery startup needs, suggesting 600 to 1,000 cows, economies of scale, feeding strategies, and use of a baby separator for dairies averaging 200 pounds daily.
A collage of humorous quotes and vignettes from 19th century papers. Jokes about election inspectors, a boy imagining becoming an unbuilder, family squabbles on rainy days, and light anecdotes about waiters and a grocer’s maple sugar sign. Includes a tale of an immigrant hero in Nottingham helping a boy with a saw.
The text warns that expensive feeding methods are rarely profitable unless prices exceed average levels. It notes health risks to cows from such feeding, leading to losses that require large volumes of milk and butter to offset. Advice urges moderate, steady feeding with no extremes.
A Medical Summary writer advocates hot water as an effective treatment for erysipelas when localized. The remedy is praised as nearly pacific, with twenty years of use confirming its value. Alternate hot water with cold compresses when inflammation is intense.
A medical guidance piece describes cooling using an ice bag for the initial stage, with intermittent cold compresses every two to three hours. After redness and heat subside, heat therapy is increased with frequent fomentations, hot poultices, or hot water bottles wrapped in moist flannel for ongoing management.
W H Warner state organizer for the Citizens Alliance and Industrial Union calls for tradesmen merchants and laborers to join in an equal rights campaign. He says funds are unavailable to travel and asks 'brother mechanics' and friends of purity to recruit signers and organize assemblies in each city. He offers to visit to train workers and establish the secret work.
The Executive Board sets the next Supreme Council meeting for Memphis Tennessee on the third Tuesday in November the 15th. Applications have been made to railways for special rates. Turner Lee’s N FLA & L A signs the notice. County Lecturer in each First Sessional district to send name and address.
The notice invites any county or sub-alliance to employ a premier lecturer by writing to the secretary treasurer Barnes. Expenses and a small compensation are to be paid. Fraternally, 7. 8, Barnes, Secy-Treas. N.C. F. 8. A.
The Sonia Alliance declines to cover speakers’ expenses unless they are regular. The brethren are asked to arrange matters accordingly. Signed by RCo Sec’y Treas. and N. C. F. 3. A.
All communications intended for the Executive Committee of the State Alliance of North Carolina should be addressed to Capt. S. B. Alexander, Chairman, Raleigh, N. C., care of W. B. Secretary-Treasurer. By order of Executive Committee. S. Barnes, Secy-Treas, N.O.F.S.A.
Notice states W. R. Lrypsay resigns as Chairman of the Executive Committee due to nomination for Ce ess in the Fifth district. S. Otho Wilon of Raleigh North Carolina announces as Chairman of the State Executive Committee.
Dr W P Exum candidate for Governor and Jas verae lector will address the people at Liberty on Tuesday Nov 1 Walnut Cove on Wednesday and Dobson on Wednesday 8 Otto Wilson Ch in P P Executive Committee
A brief ad offering a book of new People’s Party songs set to familiar tunes. Encourages sending for books and organizing a glee club. Pricing listed as 8 cents per copy, two for 15 cents, 60 cents per dozen. Addressed to Steele, Me Vernon.
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