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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1896
Page
5
Poem excerpts praise the Creator's design across nature from seas and skies to beasts and humans. The lines celebrate wonder at creation, the soul, and the mighty workshop of the Living God, attributing all life to a divine artificer and invoking awe at cosmic order and human thought.
Household recipes for lemon jelly pink jelly sun set pudding and cold slaw dressing are mixed with pickles and kitchen tips. The page includes odd anecdotes about a Nation Army worm and a joke about hens, ending with a remark on insurance companies under corporate laws.
Western North Carolina tale follows Hugh Caravan and Rose Haswell as moonshiners track their flight through Redmonds cabin to Stony Point. They escape, secure Haswell, seize treasure from a cave, and, after eluding pursuers, marry at Rose Hassell’s home before leaving on a bridal tour.
In Shawsville North Carolina a letter from Aunt Ora expresses concern about politics as the coming election nears. She prays for Congress to be filled with God loving and God fearing men who value country and freedom over gold. The note reflects on death and moral accountability as Death’s cold hand has lately touched their community.
The author praises Dr McLean as a noble, devoted elder whose absence will be deeply felt in worship, sickness care, and prayer. He urges readiness for death, acceptance of God's will, and calls for training younger generations to sustain churches as older members pass away. Aunt ORA.
A set of reader letters from Morrisville Cary Craven County and Neuse River area youths ages 12 to 15 thanking the paper for the young folks column. They pose questions about ships spinning machines biblical figures and ask when the first match was made with brief notes on family farm life and dry weather effects.
A Guilford County reader writes to The Progressive Farmer from Hex Port North Carolina sharing admiration for the paper and requesting help to exchange cancelled US and Confederate stamps for foreign stamps. The note mentions farm life, history questions, crop woes from wet weather, and concern over potential scarce provisions next year. Marion signs off.
A Nash County letter from 15 year old Paty Batts praises The Progressive Farmer and its youth column. She notes family details and asks results to several reader questions, including the riddle about a thing that occurs once in a minute twice in a moment and not in a hundred years and other playful queries. She closes with a political aside on wealth and corporate power.
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