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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1895
Page
5
A grieving speaker recalls a dead child and the room left behind. The poem details a bedchamber scene with toys, shoes, a dress, and a mother’s sorrow, urging a father to guide the child toward the better land beyond. The tone is somber and elegiac.
A vintage cooking note provides recipes for Graham muffins using graham flour baking powder butter salt eggs and milk to form a patter. Creamed fish uses pike boiled in salt water flaked and seasoned with onion juice pepper salt butter milk and flour then baked with bread crumbs until light brown and served hot.
When a child asks questions adults should respond truthfully and clearly. Some topics are hard to explain but must be accurate. Do not lose a child’s trust by evading the issue or offering half truths.
A petition from Galicia Austria women pleads before Emperor Francis Joseph asking that a corps of female volunteers be formed to share military service. They argue women are robust and capable, noting men are currently liable to service and urging inclusion.
The piece urges mothers to protect anxious children by fostering regular daily routines. It recommends simple wholesome food, ample sleep, and avoiding teasing that unsettles nerves, noting improvement if the child never hears others discuss nervousness.
The article explains that quality fruit should be stored at temperatures just above freezing with pure air and moderate humidity. It notes fruit will not keep well once stored in a room after exposure to such conditions for any length of time.
An early 20th century column urges mothers to prevent tooth decay in children by daily cleansing. Before a child uses a toothbrush, wipe with a cloth dampened in water with a drop of carbolic soap, then wash teeth nightly. Several times weekly, rinse with soapy water and salt to maintain health and avoid costly tooth products.
The excerpt surveys advice on dental care from The Housekeeper and then traces fable origins from Jotham to Vishnu Sarma Pilpay. It notes ancient sources like Judges ix, II Samuel xii, the Sanskrit Scrits, La Fontaine, and Aesop lineage via Babrius and Maximus Planudes, highlighting early fable traditions.
Describes wall materials and flooring for a modern kitchen with glazed tiles or enamel, plaster or painted brick, soapstone, and minimal woodwork. Includes instructions for making chocolate patties and maple patties, with steps for fondant-like fillings and dipping in chocolate.
In December Ladies' Home Journal Mrs A D Whitney condemns modern society as a hollow pursuit lacking soul. She calls professional society women parasites on the world’s heart and argues home life suffers as homes become arrival and departure stations amid artificial conditions and outside work.
A six year old named Martha Henderson from Sallem writes that she will write a long letter when she goes to school. A schoolboy, twelve next month, Henry Loraine, praises the young folks column and notes a geography joke about Pamlico Sound being larger than the oceans.
A collage of light jokes and quips from era humor pages include lines about Jack Frost, doctors bills, a farmer’s oats fed by bicycles, a governess and an 18 year old son, and a priest and cemetery sermon, all witty contrasts and a few punny misunderstandings.
A dated column offers a six point satire on parenting daughters. It advises extreme control including arranged marriages and enforced separation, paired with tips to cultivate appearances such as music and dressmaking, ending with a note from Pecks Sun.
The excerpt explains how sleep affects senses in order, with touch first and smell last. It notes sleep begins at the feet and legs, spreading through the body, and stresses keeping feet warm to aid this process.
Ruth Ashmore urges wives to treat their husband's mother as a second mother. She argues for affection and openness, advising daughters to let mothers and husbands speak freely and to share duties without jealousy or intrusion.
The article urges women to refurbish old dresses rather than buy new. It recommends careful disassembly, lint removal, dusting, brushing, and pressing, with dyeing as a cheaper option than new cloth. A soap bark wash can restore soiled garments.
Advice from Harper's Round Table on polite table conduct for children. Emphasizes engaging with neighbors at larger gatherings while entertaining at home, preserving cheerful responses to familiar stories, and handling small accidents with composure to keep conversation flowing.
A Toledo Blade suggestion asks crafters to make three white pine pieces finished in white varnish and filled grain. Each piece features delicate hop vine sprays with leaves and clusters, arranged up chairs, across tables, and around stools to suit a young girl's blue white or yellow room.
A vintage guide advises brides to guard personal displays in public to spare their husbands embarrassment. It recommends wearing worn gowns on journeys, avoiding overt affection in company, and reserving intimate acts for their own space, especially in hotels, to prevent becoming a traveling joke.
A columnist advises brides on proper behavior after marriage, stressing discretion with chambermaids and guests, the etiquette of sharing wedding details, respecting a husband’s preferences, using his surname in public, and the tone of letters, while noting the bridal trip is only the preface to married life.
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