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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1896
Page
5
A fragmentary poem by Mrs. M. B. Crist recalls a lonely garret shelf, a ragged book, and a child named Tom. The speaker remembers a quiet plea to look at pictures, the mother’s fatigue, and the tearful moment when the book is finally laid aside as the child grows ill and is claimed by the sky.
A collection of kitchen instructions covers deviled ham loaf with cracker crumbs milk eggs and parsley, quince butter and fruit preserves with sugar, soft sauce for desserts, milk lemonade, and a poison ivy home remedy, presenting period domestic guidance and recipes.
Rose awakens in a cave beneath a cabin with tied hands. She frees herself, discovers a moonshiner Redmond’s treasure chamber, and escapes through a hidden passage with help from her father Haswell, finding daylight and a possible way out.
In a moonlit scene a woman frees herself and confronts a man aiming a rifle. He lunges for the weapon but she grabs it first. Hugh Caravan intervenes, striking the moonshiner with a revolver butt and knocking him senseless as the scene pauses for continuation.
A Detroit Free Press retelling recalls a mountain Kentucky town disaster sparked by Uncle Tom’s keg of powder and a candle. Four men died as the powder and flame exploded, after a local rumor about arson and danger provoked panic and a brutal blast.
A playful dialogue features a boy asking if Congress is in session in the barn and a farmer correcting him. A minister asks a boy about becoming a preacher and jokes about people bringing out their best food when he arrives as well as a mule braying in the lot.
A collection of letters and questions from young readers in North Carolina towns Dayton Harrellsville Justice and more. They request explanations for dog days biblical trivia and discuss reading THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and local news.
An 18 year old Orange County girl writes to CaLpwell Institute NCO about family, reading the paper, and a question on how many times the word hen appears in the Bible. The letter closes with remarks about Mrs Benham and a remark from Benham about adaptability.
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