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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1902
Page
4
Poem depicts a moonlit Linden battlefield as German and French forces clash under bells and drums. The speaker contrasts tranquil snow with brutal combat, forecasting vast casualties and a flagging dawn over a world of fire and war.
A memoir of early rural schooling in 1800s Connecticut describes red one room schools. The narrator recalls desks, lessons in Latin, and Walter Scott, Noah Webster primers, and the moral readings shaping curiosity and independence.
No 17 in a series showcasing Poe selections arranged for The Progressive Farmer. Follows alphabetical author order with brief noted actions before moving to the next writer. Earlier installments featured Burns Bryant Byron and Brooks. this issue continues with Thomas Campbell.
A summary of Sui Sin Far's Lady's Home Journal piece on Chinese marriage rituals. It describes prognosis by fortune tellers, go-betweens, and birth-card exchanges, noting the betrothal becoming binding only after card exchange and the use of gilt dragon and phoenix cards held by respective families.
Nellie urges women to curb imagination that breeds misery and to seek constructive enterprise. Des Moines contributor Mrs Fletcher backs independent female effort, warns against factory work for girls, and urges cheerful living and shared guidance for 1902.
Readers aged sixteen to sixty plus are invited to write to Aunt Jennie at The Progressive Farmer Raleigh North Carolina. Include full name and address for publication or specify a pen name. Submissions should be two weeks or more before the printing date.
Dear Aunt Jennie writes about finding contentment despite poor crops. She urges gratitude for what we have, love in the home, and daily cultivation of happiness through appreciation of others' efforts and personal duty.
Des Moines woman details starting a poultry business as a path to independence. She switches to incubators and brooders to improve chick health and egg supply, earning over 135 dollars net first season and later credit of 36475 dollars by November 1, 1901 after expanding with two incubators.
Mrs. Loum E. Fietourr of Polk County Iowa urges girls to strike out on their own by starting a business, sharing her success with chickens and contemplating expanding to Pekin ducks Toulouse geese and Bronz turkeys. She warns friends against fear of higher costs and emphasizes independence not to rely on others for a comfortable living and to stand straight up.
O. S. Marden advises releasing past hurts and anxieties to improve future happiness. He urges cutting off lingering regrets, embracing “good” reality, and persisting in new year resolutions without morbid fretting or fear.
An English clergyman preached on eternal fate, asking if his sermon bore fruit. An old well known gossip responded that the wicked may wail and gnash their teeth but it won t matter to them as they are not bothered by such threats.
The News Record quotes Old Soak recalling a dream that he had visited Keeley and received a cure. The exchange plays on the idea of medical treatment and the credence placed in cure narratives.
A Kansas newspaper man sent a sharp communication to a rival editor calling him an ass and concluded the note with Yours fraternally. The remark reflects contentious press rivalries and blunt editorial exchanges.
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