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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1885
Page
6
A column lists candy making steps for Cream anpy Hickory-Nour Carpy Chocolate Canamels Honey Candy and Minnehaha Cake. It also describes rag rug making from small cloth pieces and a Maryland Biscuit recipe, ending with a reflective note on married life and future hopes.
A vintage recipe note describes making Silver Cake with butter sugar eggs milk flour and lemon extract, plus jelly layers. It also covers a Yellow and White Jelly Cake method and Doughnuts using yolks milk sugar lard and nutmeg, plus a sponge cake from eggs sugar water flour and baking powder.
An essay on marriage contrasts a settled life of old maids with the unpredictable, sometimes comic, routines of a married woman. It sketches domestic scenes, bills, social visits, dinner plans, and a husband’s moods, highlighting how marriage unsettles daily rhythms and expectations.
A Gazelle correspondent reports Fincher’s Academy in Pike county will reopen under Mrs. A R Smith and her husband Abner Smith. The school expects strong enrollment with over fifty pupils already, praising its rigorous study time and strong discipline. Mrs Smith teaches music as well as literature, while Mr Smith handles academic instruction. The community, described by M R Hagan as prosperous, offers affordable boarding with good families.
Excitement erupts as J. W. Hightowers Drug Store gives away Dr Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup samples. The popular remedy for coughs colds consumption and bronchitis is offered in regular 50 cent and one dollar sizes attracting large crowds and free distribution.
Miner notes Mildred Steed is teaching in Milner this year with Miss Eppie Elder in charge of music. Miss Mattie Tyus also teaches locally and has strong support. The piece urges combined schooling in one academy to serve all children and avoid leaving friends out.
A reader notes the new availability of paper bed spreads and recalls making warm bed coverings from paper bags and newspapers. The writer says homemade versions are comfortable on windy nights and mentions layering paper between quilts for warmth.
A set of craft how to's and health notes including making splashers with muslin and decorative tucks, a decorative pillow sham holder from a broomstick and lace, a piece on spring and fall illnesses, and a pitch for Parker's Tonic as a digestive and tonic remedy. It promotes noxious medical advice in a historical tone.
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