The Curse of Progress Poser
A fragment from a Cornell widow recounts a tense social moment as she responds to a boastful remark. The exchange highlights social scrutiny and the narrator’s attempts to think through the situation.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
2
A fragment from a Cornell widow recounts a tense social moment as she responds to a boastful remark. The exchange highlights social scrutiny and the narrator’s attempts to think through the situation.
An overnight host promises guests a comfortable stay with a feather bed. At 2 AM a guest wakes another, insisting he switch places to lie on the feather bed, revealing a humorous dispute during the night.
An anecdote questions if sending Josh to college is worthwhile. Farmer Corntes asserts value in any case, noting even limited learning can reveal hints at things he does not know to prove there are gaps.
Embroidery pattern 5746 offers six motifs featuring Terry the Terrier to dry dishes on tea towels. Includes materials, color ideas, stitch types, and transfer pattern. Send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept New York for pattern access.
In 1869 the per unit of population value of manufactured products was $89.60. By 1929 it rose to $579.70. Advertising boosted demand and employment three to four times higher while lowering consumer costs.
An old advertisement advises women to avoid nagging and use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease cramps and functional disorders. It frames womanhood as stages and promotes smiling through life with the remedy.
The saying notes that God Almighty first planted a garden and considers it the purest human pleasure, attributed to Bacon. It appears in a collection of quotations highlighting nature and wisdom.
An old advertisement urges parents to ease a child’s chest at bedtime with Penetro salve. It touts a mutton suet base and higher medication content, claiming counter irritant action, improved circulation, body warmth, and vaporization to relieve nasal congestion.
A concise aphorism attributes true justice to a judge who chooses what is right over expediency. The quotation emphasizes integrity guiding legal judgment in the face of convenience.
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