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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1895
Page
5
A fragment from Progressive Farmer features a poem about gathering by the fire at home with lines celebrating warmth, light, and resilience against winter. It shifts to household recipes from Newry Stour Household: milk wine, corn cake, canned salmon cream, German butter puddings, and a squash pie method with spices and baking guidance.
Newspaper clippings report varied reactions to Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson's proposal for men to wear skirts. Indianapolis Sentinel and Denver News contain objections and advocacy, while Kansas City Journal and New York Press note a wave of reformist talk. Irrelevant courtroom quips from Patrick’s Day and satirical lines from Harper’s Bazar accompany the mixed coverage.
A moral essay traces ostentation from medieval to modern times, noting vanity in dress, mirrors, patches, and luxury. It cites Elizabeth I and Raleigh as extreme examples, argues liberty allows excess but public scorn curbs it, and warns that showy living harms education, virtue, and society.
An editorial fragment extols modesty and honesty, warning against ostentation. It includes a quip about "Esse quam videri" and a humorous exchange involving Ras tus, watermelon, and Uncle Mose, reflecting dated dialect and racial stereotypes.
Rev Charles H Parkhurst argues in The True Mission of Woman that nature and physical constitution dictate women's roles in wifehood motherhood and domestic life. He dismisses feminist ambitions as futile, expresses pity for women wishing to be men, and suggests divine intent limits female equality.
Mrs Perry pleads for a clear opinion on the recent Congress. Mr Perry agrees to help after sending the children from the room. Indianapolis Journal notes the desire for an impartial assessment amid partisan papers.
In a Detroit Free Press reminiscence the narrator recalls talking with a green, 20 year old rope ferryboat operator on the Cumberland River. A light exchange on marriage reveals the humor and stubborn honesty of mountain life and the author’s own failed betrothal.
Aunt Lizzie argues that a mother should devote early years to her children, choosing patient caregivers and avoiding harmful practices. She cites fears formed in infancy from nurses and stresses that a child-loving nurse builds enduring character. A home should be a heaven on earth where love to God and others grows, shaping future citizens.
Jas H Wright from Carlton coordinates Sixth district including Johnston Wake Durham Granville Vance. McG Dunn from Populi lists Seventh district Cumberland Robeson Bladen Columbus Brunswick. Elijah Wayne Roe Tex me Ha Shint Michael from N Tex ex accepts Tenth district Giham Stokes Forth Davidson Yadkin counties. J P Sossaman Huntersville outlines Eleventh district Rowan Cabarrus Gaston Lincoln Iredell. First district Currituck Hertford Perquimans Chowan and supporting Ran dolph Chatham Orange Person Cas son. T W Babb Horttons Ninth district includes Randolph Chatham Orange Person Cas son. Twelfth district Alexander Wilkes Alleghany Ashe Wata Mitchell Lee. J W Cox Edwardsville lists Fifteenth district Haywood Jackson Swain Macon Graham Clay Cherokee. A W Parker Sylva organizer for Fourteenth district Buncombe Yancey Stark Henderson Transylvania and Polk.
A Raleigh based Farmers Alliance page records demands from February 8 1895 advocating a government issued national currency legal tender to all debts and notes, direct to the people with 2 percent interest, lawful coinage at a fixed ratio, a graduated income tax, and reform of future national legislation to avoid private corporate control.
A 19th century program argues for government control of national and state revenues limited to essential expenses, postal savings banks, public land reform reclaiming alien and railroad holdings, government ownership of key transportation and communication lines, and direct election of U.S. Senators by district.
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