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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1897
Page
5
The page presents two dialect pieces, Lit Brown Baby by Paul Laurence Dunbar and The Raggedy Man by James Whitcomb Riley. The verses showcase vivid childlike voices, playful dialect, and rural domestic scenes highlighting family life and imagination through contrasting poet styles.
Blackberry jam directions describe selecting berries, heating to pulp, adding three quarters of a pound sugar, boiling then simmering twenty minutes with frequent stirring. Pineapple marmalade uses grated pulp, boiled ten minutes, then one quart pulp to a pint sugar, boiled and poured into jars as a long keeping preserve.
New York News recounts Helen White at Miss Minerva's Seminary discovering love letters and a staged elopement by her Uncle Charles. A masked impostor robs her, driver aids, and the next day Charles reveals the prank as Helen learns she was the subject of a family lesson on flirtation.
An elderly narrator recalls the harms of borrowing clothing and household goods. She contrasts unnecessary vanity borrowing with practical borrowing among neighbors, emphasizes prompt full repayment, and notes rare experiences with borrowings that were not repaid or were short. The piece ends with gratitude that neighbors seldom borrow and she remains glad to accommodate.
Mabel H. Monsey writes in Western Rural about the value of honest neighborly courtesy and the wisdom of not borrowing items that can be damaged by usage. She recalls a copper boiler in Ohio used by many for making apple butter and suggests neighbors would fare better buying a large kettle together and sharing it as needed.
An itinerant Georgia preacher with a large family and one horse claimed he would not bet but urged a hypothetical wager. After Bryan’s victory, he preached against betting, telling his audience that some would gamble away a poor man’s one horse. A member teased him, and he left in mud to town, then spoke of heaven and the lost stakes, ending with a practical joke involving a bridle and a hog.
Advice on parenting emphasizing gentleness and loving persuasion over stern commands. The author argues that consistent affection teaches children to comply willingly, with obedience arising from love rather than fear or force.
The Scientific American quote argues that withholding sleep shortens life and that extensive sleep could extend lifespan. It cites Tesla’s view that few awake hours reduce life, and notes Gladstone slept long hours, implying preserved faculties with age. The passage also references race and age stereotypes in mentioning negroes and advanced old age.
A venerable ex United States senator remains with the young people as his daughter moves a call of the house get the floor for a private discussion. She asks that all others retire while Charlie and she discuss personal privilege.
A Richmond County girl Annie Elias Haywoon writes about farm life and family in Richmond, six miles from Acexingham, recalling a younger brother who died. Eva E Harpie asks Bible questions and praises The Progressive Farmer while offering writing guidelines for youths. A reader critique by Maky Smith chides Cousins for repetitive questions and urges clearer, more engaging letters.
The article notes a questionable practice where market sellers press the breast bone of fowl to judge age, a method likely inspired by common market habits to test freshness and youthfulness of poultry.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item recounts AMCS Clerk as a young woman revisits the telegraph office at Fourth and Vine to underscore the words perfectly lovely on a bracelet receipt. She expresses gratitude and hints she will use the service again, sending all her telegrams through that office.
Practical hints discuss broom dye containing arsenic and testing methods, cautions about testing with broom arrows, mending china with white lead and aging before use, wrapping furs and woolens in newspapers to deter moths, and a fur dealer's note on newspapers being more effective than moth preventives.
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