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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1900
Page
4
A poemize of autumn’s last light and a favored flower, personifying the Year and its fading fields. The speaker paints chrysanthemums as symbols of gentle courage and quiet beauty through October’s decline toward winter.
A detailed tour starting at the Cotton and Stock Exchanges explains their trading by oral consensus, seat values, and vast yearly volumes. The narrator climbs the Pulitzer building for city views, visits the Met, Eden Musée, Liberty Enlightening the World, and the Sub Treasury, then crosses to Brooklyn to inspect the Kentucky battleship before touring Washington and the Congressional Library.
The Progressive Farmer invites wide audience participation from ages sixteen to sixty plus in a department edited by Aunt Jennie. Submit letters on general topics with full name and post office address for print, or request a pen name. Allow two weeks between letters and send to Aunt Jennie care of The Progressive Farmer Raleigh North Carolina.
A Mrs. E. D. N. letter urges planning now for winter chores and Christmas projects to avoid rush and stress. It stresses attending chimneys roofs and home repairs, suggests making gifts at home, and promotes steady effort over last minute bustle. Prof. Keffer shares notes on chrysanthemums for flower lovers.
A farmer’s wife urges husbands to improve wives’ quarters, ensure comfort, and support music and literature at home. She cites Blue Ridge life with its rough terrain and distant markets, then promotes purchasing good instruments, reading, and core agricultural books, along with fresh subscriptions to The Progressive Farmer and premium Queen.
Virginia reader explains chrysanthemum disbudding to concentrate bloom development. Advice covers keeping terminal buds, when to prune, and how to manage flowering for decorative use. Also notes on feeding, soil, and timing for best color. Includes reader letters about motherhood independence and subscribing to farm publications.
A list of Stephen Allen's pocketbook maxims including speak truthfully keep engagements avoid debt and read rules weekly. The item closes with a Jefferson quote about equal rights and the nation’s spirit. Key points cover virtue character self restraint and prudent financial conduct.
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