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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1893
Page
5
Household guidance offers steamed apples with cream and sugar, cream cakes from eggs and cream, boiled sweet potatoes sliced and baked, frying fish in hot fat with bread crumbs, and a milk bread method using a yeast cake and long rising. Also notes making small loaves in Royal Baking Powder boxes.
The article notes that in Ukraine the woman initiates courtship by informing the man of her feelings and only marries if he reciprocates. If refused, she remains to win him over while the man must avoid discourtesy and may abandon home to avoid marriage. On the Isthmus of Darien either sex courts, often leading to marriage, with similar dynamics among Zuni Indians where the woman also controls the process.
The passage notes that in several communities, including Nigres of Cabal and Nairs of Malabar, women inherit and bear children with rights. Among the Garo in Assam, a girl must speak first, with violations punished severely and summarily.
A collage of jokes and quips from early 20th century papers. Snippets cover misheard lines, social banter, and light vaudeville style humor about marriage, journalism, daily life, and polite society. Notable bits include a cardigan of wit on widowhood, magnetic husbands, and neighborly misunderstandings.
The text notes ease in disposing of items and mentions many specimens made for the queen and other dignitaries. It compares them to fine Persian work, citing the Koran binding bought by Emperor Aurangzeb and now kept in Windsor’s royal library as a notable example.
A Washington Star analysis shows mail volume to Congress from Western Northwestern and Southwestern states far exceeds that from New England and the South Atlantic, with midwestern representation moderate. The piece notes older Atlantic states rely on themselves and state governments, while newer states demand federal action, especially where industrial unrest exists. Southern residents, by contrast, largely bother Congress less with letters.
A Western editor laments the misfit of duties and roles in society noting Heaven born orators carry the hod and athletes preach the gospel. He argues some professionals belong in trades and some tradesmen belong in offices, illustrating a broad skepticism about social fit.
Oriental artisans in Alwar and Ulwar produce hand made bookbindings with brass block patterns and painted grounds. Karl Ahmed and sons lead the craft, with grandsons now continuing. a trade that risks decline as monopolies limit teaching. The bindings rival China factory work in finish and use of gold. Prices reflect the rarity and value of these works.
A North highway tale describes two drivers meeting at a mud hole with brick and hay loads. After hours of stubborn standoff they reveal they are trading goods and both realize their folly as a wheel is jostled and the hay spills.
An aging newspaper man John Harmon loses a polished manuscript to a curt city editor. He returns home to a bare room and a granddaughter Polly, whose curiosity uncovers the rejected Chronicle manuscript and hints at future submission and hunger. The tale blends workaday defeat with tender family moments.
A young girl named Polly fetches a forgotten manuscript from her grandfather and presents it to the Chronicle editor. The editor assigns it to run as local history with a recurring column, inspiring the old man and giving Polly a meaningful mission.
Grayson County Sheriff Lee McAfee faced a thousand angry Texans at Sherman’s Binkley House and refused to surrender a black man to mob violence. He pledged to protect the suspect and ensure a legal trial, risking his life and that of his deputies, and the crowd dissolved as the majesty of the law prevailed. The scene, as reported by the St. Louis Globe Democrat, marked a notable stand for due process.
A father questions a son about why tools are missing and where they were found. The son says he left them where found, pointing to the back yard where a box was fixed last week. The note ends with a reminder about paying debts to The Progressive Farmer.
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