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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1897
Page
5
Lines present a romantic poem in archaic diction praising eternal devotion. The speaker vows love through rose imagery and messengers, urging a beloved to hear every emotion and feel the fragrance of undying affection.
Household hints describe making peppermint cremes by boiling sugar with water, adding peppermint extract, dropping on paper, then coating with chocolate. Also details marrow bone preparation for invalids, including stuffing meat with bread and herbs, roasting shoulder mutton with stuffing, basting, and finishing gravy with stock and lemon garnish.
A reader criticizes a poem on The Three Ages of Man in the issue, noting the Seters understanding mentions seven ages while the editor says space forced a trim to three ages. The exchange reflects editorial constraints and audience reaction in the Chicago Tribune.
A fragment notes a couple's marriage and the changing terms of endearment. The husband calls her Darling and My Sweet, but upon her new name he stops, addressing her with plain terms rather than pet names. The piece hints at shifting language in marriage.
A Boston Globe notice profiles a woman running a small dog farm in her father’s yard. She rescues puppies, educates and docks them, then sells them to women for 25 dollars each, using capital of under 25 dollars and simple veterinary advice to teach manners and tricks. She breeds Yorkshire and Scotch terriers, dachshunds, pugs, poodles, and King Charles spaniels, focusing on practical, fashionable small dogs with easy care. She even tests Maltese kittens as mousers and companions, aiming to expand this profitable, low-cost venture.
An Harper's Bazaar editorial probes whether hypnotism can alter enduring character or merely show dominance of one will over another. It argues the topic holds deeper implications beyond simple suggestion and challenges the notion that minds are easily controlled by outside influence.
Current Literature recounts two young pupils who embody schoolroom diplomacy. A timid boy avoids answering questions until pressed with a simple count of feet. A three year old girl mispronounces Episcopal and deflects requests by offering to guide adults to church herself.
A Harpers’ Round Table note claims animals show deceitful behavior as in horses feigning lameness to avoid duty and a chimpanzee feigning coughs for treats. Bees hesitate after theft and a monkey steals while pretending to sleep, suggesting animals sense punishment and repent.
In a Western state murder trial a defense porter cried Thank the Lord upon the not guilty verdict. The judge fined him ten dollars for contempt of court. He later remarked that the country is funny for paying ten dollars for thanking the Lord.
A college bred young man tells an old cattleman he sees actinomycosis signs in a cow. The cowman retorts he never had such a critter, insisting the speaker name the animal, and amidst the exchange they clash over wording and recognition.
A collage of humor from period papers notes witty exchanges and sly jests. Lines reference school spankings, a blacksmith, a club storyteller, a polite car ride, a tired skater, Martini the rifle inventor, a politeness lesson, a contented brother, animal impressions, and a baffled English traveler seeking San Francisco, ending with a quip about a Spanish general and the blame for a failed “last victory.”
A narrator recalls two young sisters eight miles from town begging for food for a dying mother and three other children. They wear ragged shoes and oversized boots while the charitable group C L A 8 donated a 50 cent quilt. The piece ends with a self deprecating note and social critique.
A discussion on making home life harmonious through organized routines for women. Emphasizes mother child growth, breaking ruts, and adopting structured plans similar to a kindergarten to fit a child as it grows.
An advertisement contrasts the proper method using Pure White Lead and Linseed Oil with the wrong approach of untrained application. It promotes a free 22-page parcel with pictures of twelve house designs and directs readers to Lead Co. at 1 Broadway, New York.
The article urges sympathetic cooperation from husbands and mothers toward children, promoting mothers as ideal role models and teaching children about relationships. It then unexpectedly explains a crude method to make coal gas using a clay pipe and plaster, describing heating, lighting, and the simple byproduct of coke, noting that large cities generate gas similarly on a larger scale.
A reader from Chatham writes to the editor of The Progressive Farmer, noting the rainy season and grippe fatalities, apologizing for past column edits, and inviting more reader participation. He answers reader questions about Virginia Dare, Earthquakes, eyeliness, spectacles history, crown jewels, and other trivia, closing with well wishes to the editor.
A reader from Anson County in Lilesville writes to the editor inviting involvement, praising the paper's improving circle of correspondents, and answering two reader questions about Bible trivia. The note ends with a partial question.
A historical note claims Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was killed by his own men during the late war. The text also asks who invented steam navigation and the telegraph, and closes with best wishes to the ProgREss IVE FARMER from Froy May JEBMAN.
Letters from Mary Lou Pendergrass and Epcar L Shearon request space in the young folks column to pose and answer questions. They list trivia on Noahs dog hair, the first garment, telegraph inventor, Jackson monument location, gold discovery, lightning rod, Declaration authors, and steamboat invention, closing with best wishes for The Progressive Farmer.
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