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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1893
Page
5
A reflective verse fragment traces a boy’s gaze at an untried world and a man’s return looking back. It contrasts the boy’s wonder with the man’s doubt, suggesting age reveals wisdom about paths to happiness and the dangers of careless steps.
A collection of period recipes including Rye Muffins with rye meal and milk, Walnut Macaroons with walnut meats and sugar, Rye Gems using sour milk and molasses, and Forcemeat with veal and bread crumbs. The batch notes yield one dozen servings. Also includes Calf's Head Stew, German Papes, Darley Soup, and a political notice about Thomas E. Watson from The People's Party Paper.
A narrator recounts a British case linking circumstantial proof to a wrongful murder conviction. Arthur Langdon is condemned for killing his cousin Edward Langdon and is publicly gibbeted, only to be freed by press gangs. Edward later turns up alive aboard a naval vessel, revealing the fatal flaw of the trial and fueling opposition to capital punishment.
A story from Tit-Bits tells of an Irishman in Greenock who follows a woman into a Glasgow railway station and, after she purchases a Maryhill single ticket, he pays and declares himself Patrick Murphy married.
A Detroit traveler recalls a Cheyenne encounter with local Scrappers. A lanky visitor with glasses and a glass eye bluffed his way through a sparring display, claiming he fights in glasses and would remove his teeth if needed. He revealed the bluff was his own invention as the crowd cheered his apparent triumph.
A survey recounts numerous famous figures who rose from poverty to prominence, including J Q A Ward, Jim McMillan, James Gordon Bennett Sr, Charles Pratt, Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, Thomas A Edison, and others. It notes many began as clerks, farmers, printers devils, or shop boys before achieving wealth or influence. The piece highlights immigrant origins and the common path from modest youth to notable achievement.
A journalist and an artist in Paris could not leave a small hotel as the concierge lost the keys. After wandering at night they sought help from police stations with doors closed. A wary passerby was asked for tools to break in, but the pair claimed they merely needed access for friends at the seaside. A burglar was called in and treated as a pal by the two, who then paid him with a joke about friendship.
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