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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1894
Page
5
An aged speaker rails against sensational feverish news about microbes and a looming threat from unseen germs. The monologue laments alarmist claims and vows acceptance of death rather than bow to imagined perils, insisting on a quiet life and personal dignity.
A fragmented collection of vintage kitchen instructions listing ingredients and methods for chocolate cookies, puddings, hominy, pineapple jam, salt mackerel broiled, baked omelet, ruse batter, and stuffed beefsteak, followed by a joke about a stray elephant in a circus. The text preserves old measurement names and cooking steps with minor OCR errors.
A Cape May romance ends dramatically as Dor othy Mosher marries her rival Alex Wint after he rescues her from a Norfolk coast schooner wreck. Wint, lifelong suitor, braves deadly surf with the lifeboat crew to save Dorothy from the mast while Christopher, her former mate, perishes with the vessel.
A rural miscellany notes birds and nature facts from sparrows to hummingbirds, plus sighted figures like a Minnesota geologist’s claim of abundant city water. It cites Susan B. Anthony and Populists, Empress and Emperor routines, plus local tales of Mrs Hardison’s 41 barrel potato haul and a Berkshire Hills poet’s engagement. A St Petersburg reporter mentions the Czarina’s dress.
A fragment from a column notes Beatrica Harraden’s love of music and violin cello prowess, mentions the obstinate censorship on reporting the queen, and recalls Laennec's stethoscope origin. It also claims Roman catacombs were quarried, and that Thibevan guards recite prayers to meteors. It references coins for passage of the dead and proposes coins as ferried across Hades.
Miss Maude Banks and Mrs. Eleanor Kirk Ames led a lively discussion on perpetual youth at a Professional Woman's League gathering. Ames urged mind renewal and spiritual living as the path to vitality, while Banks argued for environmental control of inherited tendencies and practical spirituality amid stage life.
A columnist argues that mistresses who treat maids as equals improve service quality and dignity. They recount hard treatment as a drag on pride, urging reciprocity and kindness to elevate the role, citing examples of generous households where staff feel respected and loyal.
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