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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1896
Page
5
A compilation of household hints including alcohol for grass stains, glycerin for illness relief, lamp maintenance, flower care, and several recipes such as soft ginger cookies, scalloped potatoes, suet pudding, vegetable soup, cream puffs, and light bread. The tips emphasize practical, everyday domestic tasks with concise, step by step instructions.
In Monroe, two lifelong neighbors and Civil War veterans who lost legs in 1864 met and bought one pair of shoes together. One uses a wooden right leg, the other a wooden left, with each taking the corresponding foot to share the pair. They had survived a long friendship and wartime in solidarity.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer counsels women to avoid quick marriages to strangers. It warns that many suitors lack verifiable references and recounts the Florence Love story, urging long courtships to verify character before marriage.
Professor J G Leonard, a Chicago oculist, describes marvels seen in India by yogis and fakirs. He details a suspended man on sabers, a boy swallowing and extracting thread from beneath the skin, and asserts the feats are not hypnotic tricks but real phenomena.
Dr Crothers of Hartford warns alcohol drives insanity idiocy pauperism and crime and asks who bears the cost of drunkenness. Dr Day of Boston cites body disease and risk of delirium or insanity from alcohol. Autopsy data show brain congestion stomach inflammation and rare normal kidneys among chronic drinkers. The Rural New Yorker ad urges sending address to receive issues.
A report by Internal Revenue Commissioner Mills notes saloon patrons spent 609 million dollars on whiskey and 617 million on beer in 1892, totaling 1.226 billion. Interest at six percent would cover the national debt and aid the poor, while railing against intemperance cites disease, death, poverty, crime, and demoralization as outcomes of drinking.
A little girl boasts she will send kisses by mail since the express man is homely. Vassar girls coast on barrel staves while another college uses dustpans for sledding. A Christmas home-going wave sends 1200 men and boys from Chicago to Norway Sweden and Denmark to visit families. Chicago fire department tests prove water can reach the twenty story Masonic Temple with 240 pounds pressure and a nozzle reach of 125 feet.
Practical advice from Azora D in American Farmer on refreshing feather pillows. Describes turning feathers in a ticking bag, sewing technique, and avoiding sun exposure to prevent odor. Includes stain removal tips for ink on fabric with starch paste, ink on gingham with milk and salt, and grease on silk with blotting paper and heat.
A 15 year old girl in Cooper North Carolina writes praising a local paper. She notes her father is a cooper who makes barrels and delivers water to him at the shop while expressing enjoyment of the young folks column. She promises to write again if not discarded.
Alamance girl Mamie Wilkins writes to the young folks section of The Progressive Farmer. She recalls Lord Worth's exclamation and asks cousins a question about President Harrison's last words, signing off as Mamie Wilkins.
A Rowan County reader Mapie Barger writes to the paper asking about history and prompts with questions on who named Stonewall Jackson and the Revolutionary War cause. She praises the paper and requests more good content for every home.
Two school girls from Union Rives North Carolina request space in the newspaper to pose questions and engage readers. They sign as Outre Walker and ZaDee Watson and promise to write again if this submission escapes the waste basket.
A Pamlico County notice praises the local paper, noting enjoyment of the fifth page and a favorite young folks column. The writer mentions sharing the issue with family, speculating on who gets it first and who reads at night.
A reader writes about hiding the paper to read first and wishing for weekly Christmas stories. The note mentions Aunt Fannie’s silence, hopes to hear from Mrs Parmela Reade, and expresses appreciation for festive content. The writer signs and hints at future correspondence.
Mothers should teach children table etiquette early including proper knife and fork use, quiet drinking, chewing with closed lips, and avoiding rude actions. Emphasize patience, cleanliness, and polite phrases, with parents modeling good manners for observant children. Womankind.
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