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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1891
Page
5
Poem recalls a mother and father planning a cradle for their baby only to bury him in a tiny white casket instead. The verse contrasts eager parental care with a sudden tragedy and uses floral imagery to soften the fatal ending.
A collection of kitchen instructions covers nut wafers baked pears hearty steak pate fried ried chickens potato soup and stewed celery with steps, ingredients and proportions. The tips include nut varieties, cream substitutes, stewing times, and serving notes for a compact home menu.
A gray haired widow searches for her eighteen year old daughter Mary who left home for New York last spring. The story recalls a steamboat scene at Glen Island where a young Mary apparently fell to her death, leaving the mother to wait in hopeful secrecy.
A veteran sergeant in Troop E loses his bearings on the plains amid a westward wagon train. He drifts for days, scales loneliness, and is found in a delirious, animal-like state. Doctors declare terror of solitude has claimed him, and he is never to return. The piece shifts to a humorous domestic scene in a hardware store and a hurried station crowd as a city woman frets over a missing purse.
Brethren urged to pay freight charges for No. 5 High Arm Alliance Sewing Machines and mail receipted freight bill to the office. Instructions emphasize avoiding shipment delays. Signed by W. H. Worts and S. B. A.
In a comic domestic quarrel Mr Bowser laments repeated household breakdowns and delays theater plans as he fixes a loose button, torn shirt seams, a busted buckle, and sock holes with improvised tools while insisting he must stay home to mend and prepare for work tomorrow.
A New York drummers asks a farmer to test his fiancée by sitting with her in the next car. The plan, meant as a light test of fidelity, ends as the man stages a mock romance and the couple alight at Medina, leaving the prank unresolved.
The Arizona Kicker advertises a dangerous job for an ambitious man to act as a collector with a mule and two revolvers supplied. He will keep half of the collections and may face gunfire. death benefits are offered and the paper recounts violent editor clashes.
A passerby argued after a collision, insisting the location was not Medina. He warned the young man to move on, saying to leave Ohio immediately and threatening a massive scolding if found within fifty miles of his future home.
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