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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1897
Page
5
A poem satirizes the idea of the “new woman” by imagining drastic gender transmutation. It contrasts feminine traits with a transformed masculine ideal, ridiculing the notion of women adopting manly forms and powers, while mocking evolutionary talk and the notion of intermediate “links.”
A collection of kitchen instructions for desserts and sauces including an apple float with milk custard, carrot cream, a quick jam pastry strips bake, and a lemon sugar syrup served over beaten egg whites. Includes a cropped anecdote about an adopted son and a disjointed Detroit Free Press reference.
In a village Mrs Pettibone frets over hard times and urges paint to save money while watching Mrs Bemis enjoy wax flower making and painting. Pettibone tries to imitate by painting furniture and kitchen items, only to discover her efforts backfire when Bemis earns a hundred dollars for yard space and Pettibone’s niece discovers the mischief after the work.
At a St Louis state medical convention last week Dr Donelan recounted a prank on a sleeper car journey. Dr Knight small in stature slept as Dr Riley large sat with the berth. A woman sought a berth and Riley offered Knight his place. Knight awakened to hear a voice misbelieving him a child. The tale ends with an implied embarrassment and a curious scene.
A batch of reader submissions from Rockingham to Wayne and surrounding counties features questions riddles and friendly notes from young folks. Letters from nine different writers aged 8 to 15 discuss school life farming reflection on the paper and light quiz prompts.
A Georgia revival scene features a colored parson praying as an earthquake shakes a meeting hall. A kerosene lamp breaks, but the preacher keeps delivering, noting the shaking proves the building is “mighty shacklin.” The excerpt ends with a proverb about the Jericho road and robbers at the bend.
Practical household hints describe stain removal with clay and water at night, brush cleaning using ammonia solution, ammonia in cooking water to preserve color and odor, reviving frosted vegetables, a gum arabic lemon syrup for coughs, camphor for stomach cramps, fruits aiding digestion, and keeping cut flowers fresh with sand and water. American Cultivator notes.
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