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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1895
Page
5
Poem pleads for May to thaw January's chill, promising renewed life and love. The speaker, aging, seeks May's season to revive vigor, with vivid weather imagery and hopeful lines. Signed by U. B. Gwynn.
The article shares archaic kitchen guidance for calf brains with bay leaf and thyme, chicken served with corn bread and cream gravy, and potato soup made from mashed potatoes and onions. It also includes Maryland corn bread method with overnight batter preparation and a note on Tweed County Bank in Missouri closing with limited funds to cover deposits.
The fichu returns in various materials and styles as part of fall bodices, with morning wear favors in sheer India lawn and a three cornered white d esprit option for youth. Collars cuffs and plastrons brighten worn frocks while lace and tucked muslin vests appear in the overhanging blouse style. Plaid ties and revised collars accompany the season with choker ribbons shifting to labored finishes.
Correspondence from the Progressive farmer mockingly discusses bloomers as impractical and unfashionable for women. It argues women should wear regulation dress, insists a man in women’s clothes looks odd, and predicts bloomers will vanish.
A young clergyman and his wife attend a wealthy parishioner’s party. Ten years later they reunite at the same house where her once elegant dress is worn and worn, reflecting toil and motherhood. He recalls her patient faithfulness as she sits weary yet devoted.
A tearful confession between a husband and wife deepens their bond as she tends him with quiet support. A series of rural observations closes with a playful quip from Freddie about ripe apples and a boy's mischief with curtains.
A light exchange ends in a witty exchange about coal mines. The Rival Belle notes her past mine trip left no visible change, while the Dear Girl frets about darkening makeup typical of a brunette. The brief quip captures period humor and salon banter from the N Y Weekly.
An account from Woman at Home recalls Empress Augusta of Germany receiving guests in a cloak and bonnet, sometimes bright with flowers or diamonds, while her dress and demeanor conveyed intellect and amiability. Isabel Stewart and Mme Alban Gye are noted in anecdotes, as the empress expresses admiration for England and its institutions, ending visits with violets or roses.
Practical advice from the New York Times on mending shoes and stockings, darning habits, and prolonging fabric life. Suggests using stout linen thread, three stitches per button, and extra stitch in lining. teach family to mend early, reinforce worn areas with muslin patches, and repurpose torn sheets by sewing edges and hems.
A Virginia newspaper feature shows letters from Nellie Gilbert and Rosy Kina among other youngsters. The pieces mention Petersburg and Pamlico Sound, school life, Thanksgiving plans, and a request to publish first letters.
A Boston girl writes a humorous composition contrasting boys and girls. It notes boys loud, animal-like hollering and shallow wading, while girls wait to be spoken to and stay home after marriage, ending with a quip on widows keeping house.
A Mecklenburg County schoolboy writes from Charlotte praising a youth column, lamenting local political intolerance during historical debates. He recalls Senator Butler and Walter Henry facing insult when speaking in Charlotte, urging young readers to defend freedom of speech and civility.
Earl E. and Horace H. Snow of Decatur Indiana are touted as the youngest journalists in the United States. Ages 13 and 9, they publish Star News since July 14, 1894, mostly by themselves with no outside help. Earl writes and typesets while Horace handles distribution and press work, with local merchants supporting their venture. Their afternoons are for school, mornings and evenings for printing and ad sales.
The text outlines populist reforms on currency and finance, silver and gold coinage, per capita money supply targets, a graduated income tax, and government loans. It calls for postal savings banks, land reform reclaiming alien and railroad lands, and government ownership of key transportation and communications networks including railroads telegraph and telephone.
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