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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1896
Page
5
A reflective poetry piece recalls life on a plantation with imagery of cabins, fields, and harvest time. The narrator yearns for Mammy, Pomp, and family as memories surge from a bygone era, invoking music, labor, and shared comfort.
Household fare includes honey cookies with lemon butter and flour paste, a tomato salad filled with cold tongue pulp and light seasonings served on lettuce, and a banana snow dessert with gelation and citrus flavors. Also includes mustard pickle and a brief humor snippet about optimists and pessimists.
A tale set on a western North Carolina island follows Hugh Caravan alias Albion Da Caravan and Rose as a sheriff pursues them for bigamy. Caravan attempts escape with his wife after a pirate plot is exposed, aided by Pat O Kelley who sacrifices his life in a last stand as the pursuing Jiffy closes in. The couple faces capture and a bitter choice as gunfire erupts aboard the yacht Wave Winds and the pursuing ship closes in.
A child writes from Bensalem N C praising The Progressive Farmer and his school life. He mentions his papa reads the paper, his siblings, and his teachers Mr Langley and Miss Eta Monroe, sending best wishes to the publication.
A letter from Wash County Nashville N CO writer Wiurk Dozier describes siblings schooling under Miss Mary Lawson and answers a reader question about the world’s largest river, the Amazon. He poses riddle questions about universal needs and empty pockets, closing with best wishes to The Progressive Farmer.
A Newton North Carolina reader writes to Mr Editor praising the magazine and offering historical questions. She asserts facts like Amadas and Barlowe's 1584 NC discovery and Lane as first NC governor. She asks who succeeded Queen Elizabeth and how many NC men enlisted in the Revolutionary War.
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