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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1893
Page
5
A collection of household notes on making hourhound candy corn meal cakes fish cutlets rice cups and banana float with step by step guidance. Instructions cover boiling salting scalding soaking and frying plus serving ideas and garnish suggestions. The excerpt ends with a prompt to read The Progressive Farmer.
A dramatic Easter eve story set in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. Molly Mayo and her brother Allan devise a daring plan with their mother and old Aunt Amy to fool a British party seeking dispatches. Molly disguises Allan as a young woman, they stage a church canticle, and yeast eggs poison the intruders to buy time. American forces later capture the British party, while Allan recovers and the captor learns a lesson in chivalry and romance.
The article describes a card method used by railway postal clerks to memorize routes and post offices. It outlines making blank cards with office names on one side and their routes on the back, then repeatedly reviewing the packs to form strong associations. It cites examples including Pennsylvania and Ohio, plus uses for language and mythology learning, and ends urging teachers to consider such methods.
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