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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1897
Page
4
A long letter from a North Carolina tobacco grower criticizes Alliance fertilizer quality and price but praises the company for listening. The Agency replies defending the product, explains stems are ground and composted, cites Dr. Battle on stem potash, and argues Alliance is a cooperative trust, not a monopoly.
June 10 report from the Agricultural Department in Washington notes June 1 consolidation shows winter wheat acreage at 9.46 and 8.96 percent of the fall sown area after abatements, based on township county and state returns, reflecting current growing conditions.
Mr Tillitt of the Charlotte Observer law department entertained the Dental Society in Charlotte with a playful welcome praising dentists surgeons and oculists for restoring faces and bodies. He quipped about artificial parts and shared a humorous rural tale leading to a startled boy’s cry for help as a man revealed his artificial features.
A Washington Watchman dialogue features a father answering a small boy’s questions about Populists like Allen of Nebraska and Reed called Czar, sock jokes, Revolutionary War pictures, tariffs, taxes on daily life, and McKinley hunting, with playful explanations of politics and capital city terms.
A log schoolhouse scene on the North Carolina side of the Cumberland Mountains gathers five or six local men who question a Salisbury youth applying for a teaching position. They present moral tests, asking what he would do if confronted by a bear or a boastful rival, and press for a direct answer as part of placing him.
A man named Mr. Cummings, applying to teach at a one-room schoolhouse, endures a rural examination with odd questions about coon tracks, b'ar dawg, and teeth. He admits no rifle experience or wrestling, and is told he is a dead failure, forcing him to depart as the committee disperses.
A man bursts into an office scene, calmly insisting on promptly remitting his owed money, while a typewriter girl watches. The text notes his self possession and a demand for repayment, typical of early 20th century Chicago journalism. Also, a side remark urges protecting hens from summer sun.
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