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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1896
Page
5
A poem style piece praises a balanced, modest, refined girl with independent mind. It contrasts modest grace with sharp eyes, scorn for insolence, and a firm, self respecting stance. It favors traditional femininity yet values dreams and free expression within respectable bounds.
A kitchen feature lists Ginger Snaps with molasses sugar and ginger, Creamed Shrimps with eggs and anchovy sauce over toast, Parsnip Fritters using boiled parsnips and eggs, Chocolate Icing for a melted chocolate glaze, Potato Omelet with mashed potatoes and eggs, and a sweet Cup Cake method. The piece includes stray jokes and quotes from Detroit Free Press, Philadelphia Record, and Indianapolis Journal noting humorous remarks about domestic life.
In Guilford county Aunt Ora writes of a husband away with Greensboro nurseries, longing for his return and singing to keep blues away. She critiques Democracy, warns against goldbugs, recalls meeting Grover Cleveland, and urges voters to act with conscience, resisting bribes and preferring noble motives.
The Philadelphia Penny Magazine presents a fanciful love story where a jealous locomotive engine falls for a heroine whose beauty provokes the rival, with rich, ornate prose and comic railway romance. The piece blends whimsy with a wink at gadgetry and gender, concluding with satirical commentary.
A tense household scene unfolds as Ned demands his coat and exits. He confronts a busy mother tending a fretful baby and questions why Bridget cannot help. The exchange reveals strain over shared childcare on a busy Monday.
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and urges readers to request testimonials, listing F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as the makers and 75-cent pricing from druggists.
An overflowing batch of young readers letters requests consideration for the magazine’s young folks column. Eleven and thirteen year old girls from North Carolina ask to contribute and pose questions about historical figures and classical names while another child shares family notes and weather.
From Pitt County Ayden North Carolina a 12 year old writes to the paper. He says he reads the paper and studies spelling reading grammar geography and arithmetic. He promises to answer a reader's question about Romans Epistle chapters and asks who governed North Carolina during the late war.
Beverly writes from Hertford County to Union N C about her school life and family, praising the paper and asking when the United States declared independence. She mentions Ida Newsome as a splendid friend, asks about Anton, and notes her farmer father raises corn cotton and more.
A twelve year old girl from Helena asks editors to answer reader questions. She notes her school is out, praises the paper especially the young folks column, and includes several questions about Biblical sun and moon events and colonial settlement. She signs Tryniz A. Morris.
A nine year old writer from Randolph Brunswick North Carolina describes his farmer father, helping plant corn, and his pet squirrel. He notes reading the paper with relatives and shares a playful exchange about asking and answering questions.
A letter asks who offered the first prayer in Congress, with well wishes for The Progress from Carey C. Branson of Durham County. Annie Patline Sprep answers questions about Bible word counts, and a feature discusses tricks in horse dealing, including eye alterations and injections, with quotes from Dave B. Herrington via the New York Journal.
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