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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1895
Page
5
A collection of kitchen instructions detailing tomato beef, calf brains saute, salted cod boiling, raised doughnuts, turkey orunk soup, and hints to manage leftovers. Includes steps, ingredients, and tips for texture and flavor, with notes on serving and timing.
Prominent legislators praise women's influence in lawmaking. Senators Lezow and O'Connor commend women for clear, moral, and well-reasoned arguments before judiciary and finance committees. A farmer's wife story underscores the impact of women's writings on policy, urging wider rights for women to influence public affairs. Aunt Lizzig.
A Nevada Directory item recalls a widow who once owned U S bonds and faced payment in greenbacks. Now a pensioner, schoolteacher, seamstress, factory worker, and flower girl, she fears silver or small change as wages and benefits shift with policy, yet she remains alive.
A historical note on Honiton lace as England’s premier court lace. It recounts its seventh century origins, Victorian royal patronage, and the gifting of distinct Honiton wedding laces to Princesses, including the Princess of Wales.
The piece argues parents bear responsibility for spoiled children and criticizes blaming others. It notes grandparents may indulge, but the fault often lies with parents who fail to correct behavior, noting some bad children have no grandparents.
A humorous old quip contrasts girls and seasons, noting how in youth they show mischief with haste and low neck attire by evening, while mornings find them resting as mothers bustle about. In winter they share a sweetheart's provisions, but in spring they seek a new beau.
A collage of humorous quotes from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jests cover shooting misremembered myths, shopping plans, a cat evaluating a mousetrap, a tramp praising a farmer’s dinner, an absent minded lawyer, gown wearing judges, a joke on bloomers, a humorous sermon nod, a farmyard quip about loaves and fishes, a girl boasting four servants and six horses, a reformers comparison to weed pulling, and a country boy curious about Jersey milk.
A passerby overhears a child Sammy delivering a simple moral about happiness. He recalls his own duties to family and decides to focus on the positives, not the thorns. The tale emphasizes choosing a hopeful outlook over dwelling on pain.
A reader recipe explains frying bacon in batter with eggs, detailing batter ingredients and dipping method. The method yields light, puffy pieces eaten immediately. The note promotes subscribing Rural New Yorker, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
A humorous sketch shows a woman preoccupied with weddings, fashion, and furniture choices while dismissing discussions of public matters and personal opinions. The piece portrays her indulgent, self centered views as she plans a life with Tom.
The ten year old Maud Coughlin, with no shoes or money, stole slippers and was jailed. An officer found three younger girls in the home without enough food for over a week, prompting critique of a harsh system that punishes poverty rather than addressing need.
Mrs Newcomb McGee of Washington becomes the first woman elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science She is also a member of the Anthropological Society and a Columbia University medical graduate now at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
A New England educated secretary to Lady Henry Somerset is noted for linguistic, musical, stenographic and typing skills as well as elegant handwriting. She has no kinship to labor agitator Terrence Powderly.
A platform detailing calls for national currency issued by the government with silver and gold coinage at 16 to 1, increased money in circulation, a graduated income tax, and restrictive revenue. It urges land reclaim from railroads and aliens, government ownership of key rail lines, and strong government regulation of transport and communications.
The passage advocates a direct vote for United States Senators. It proposes each state divided into two districts with roughly equal populations, electing one Senator from each district by popular vote. The framing emphasizes governance by the people and a post office system owned and operated in the public interest.
By virtue of a deed of trust from R A Hodge and Jelia Hodge dated December 5 1890 and recorded in Book 114 page 218 in the Register of Deeds office for one county North Carolina the sale action is authorized.
On Thursday November 14 1895 six tracts of Wake County land near Raleigh will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash. Tracts vary from about 8 to 221% acres with Neuse River Mingo Creek and Hodge Road in adjoining parcels and include productive farms with improvements and portions in original growth. Sale at the County Court House door at 12 o clock noon with Haywood trustee overseeing.
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