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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1891
Page
5
The speaker, Ella Weeble Wilcox, reflects on striving for lofty goals and the fear of failure. She finds comfort in being worthy regardless of reaching the peak or gaining the favor of others, insisting that effort itself bears value even if results remain unseen. The piece seeks meaning in perseverance and inner worth over external success.
A collection of kitchen guidance detailing how to make egg chowder by frying pork and onions, simmering chicken tea, and serving with toast. Includes dried peaches for pies, creap raisin cake, chili sauce with spices in a bag, gingerbread with molasses glaze, oyster pie with crust, blancmange from milk and isinglass, election cake with sponge, cheese straws using parmesan and Gruyere, and baking steps for a biscuit-colored finish.
A San Francisco streetcar scene of 5:30 PM on a cold foggy Thursday shows a conductor, shoppers, and a purse dilemma. A young man helps a distraught mother settle her debt then receives a polite thanks card from Mrs Carman and her daughter. The narrator later visits them, guided by a coded note and a playful romance unfolds.
A sharp young man with stylish clothes disrupts streetcar riders by lighting a vile odor and hogging seats and meals. He later seeks a state job, but a plain farmer he met that day exposes his arrogance, noting the man took seats and meals and would threaten the administration if placed in power. The governor declines the appointment, warning against such behavior.
In a humorous tale from M. Quad in the New York World, Mr. Bowser returns home to find his wife weak and head-bound. He berates her for poor health habits while she endures his vaunted endurance, until a turnabout shows her quiet strength and his reckoning with his own complaints. The scene shifts to a daytime visit, illness fictionally dramatizing gender roles and spousal dynamics in a late 19th or early 20th century New York household.
A fashionable city wedding story recounts Jerome Vernon mistaking a vase his mother ordered as his gift to Miss Everett. He praises the vase to her and his mother, unaware she had already sent the same gift. Laughter follows as he realizes the mix up, leaving Miss Everett to interpret his compliment and intent.
A mother and baby aboard a crowded car provoke a sharp exchange with Josh who worries about drooling and diseases, then the baby’s splutter prompts him to yield his seat to a standing young woman. The scene plays out with humor and social faux pas in the Toledo Blade excerpt.
A Arizona Kicker reflective piece recalls rough town life and exposes a scam by The Great Arizona Home Provider Company promoting Blue Hill City lots at $20. The column warns locals about police threats, roving toughs, and a staged confrontation with a bully, while noting the paper’s motto to tell the truth without fear or favor.
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