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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1895
Page
5
A nostalgic poem recalls walking with a childhood companion through a family garden. The speaker revisits familiar scenes old oaks and a spring, the orchard and the creek as if time stood still. He remembers playing, carved letters, a school seat, and a bright face that remains youthful in memory, a Native of North Carolina.
A collection of step by step home recipes including fried cabbage corn soup pop overs and oyster cutlets with a supporting sauce. Instructions cover quantities preparation and cooking steps for cabbage, corn soup, pop overs, apple pickles and oyster cutlets with a sauce, offering practical home cooking guidance.
Squire Rufus Sanders recounts bragging on Buck Hasseltine to grow crops on the Hasseltine place without real farming. Buck, initially failing, improves after Sanders’ puffery, yielding a famous but hard work crop. Sanders notes Buck’s strain, Buck’s wife and baby, and the communal praise as the story emphasizes boasts and perseverance.
A note from Good Housekeeping explains stale bread remains water content similar to fresh bread but its texture changes due to molecular rearrangement. Reheating in a covered tin at boiling water temperature then cooling restores the loaf to the look and properties of new bread. Also a line about paying down Silver to reduce subscription costs.
A North Carolina jurist writes a letter denouncing the California Supreme Court's handling of a contempt proceeding involving attorney Philbrook. He argues it wrong to exonerate the accused via contempt against the accuser’s attorney and praises the high duty of courts while urging reversal of the court’s position. He cites Cicero and Aschines and lauds North Carolina’s legal reputation.
Hes ten M Poole urges homekeepers to rest at midday and spend the remaining hours outdoors. Emphasizes planning and systematizing chores to ease work when one pair of hands must manage the household.
The article extols balanced meals and efficient kitchen practice, praising women’s growing practical leadership. It urges mid day naps after meals to refresh the nervous system, reduce care, and restore equilibrium, advocating faith and calm to weather minor disturbances in daily life.
A historical notice lists district organizers and the counties they cover across North Carolina. Jas H Wright in Carlton coordinates Sixth district with Johnston Wake Durham Granville and Vance. C M G Dunn in Poplar for Seventh with Cumberland Robeson Bladen Columbus and Brunswick. Elijah W Flake in Rockingham for Eighth with Harnett Moore Richmond Anson Union Stanly Montgomery. Geo E Hunt in Michael for Tenth with Guilford Rockingham Stokes Forsyth Davidson Davie Yadkin Surry. J P Sossaman in Huntersville for Eleventh with Rowan Cabarrus Mecklenburg Gaston Lincoln and Iredell. T W Babb in Hertford for Ninth with Randolph Chatham Orange Person Caswell Alamance. J R Means Trinity College for Fourth with Wayne Duplin Onslow Pender New Hanover and Sampson. Twelfth district includes Alexander Wilkes Alleghany Ashe Watauga Mitchell Surry. George W Hahn Tuscola for Fifteenth covering Haywood Jackson Swain Macon Graham Clay Cherokee. A W Parker Sylva organizer for Fourteenth district with Buncombe Yancey Henderson Transylvania.
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