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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1885
Page
7
A reflective piece contrasts fashion with true womanhood, urging women to lead in virtue while men defer religious views. It includes domestic guidance and a dessert recipe card for puff pastries and a lemon jelly mold, reflecting domestic culture and moral exhortation.
This excerpt discusses eating fresh fruits in season and offers several old time recipe tips. It includes a bread and fruit pudding method with soaking bread crumbs, milk, butter, sugar, spice, eggs, and mixed fruit, then steaming. It also describes making an apple pie with apples, butter, sugar, spices, lemon zest, and a flaky crust.
A reader laments false pride, contrasting boastful, idle elites with genuine humility. The author condemns self exaltation, riches, and scorn for the poor, urging reflection on life’s meaning and the Christian path. The piece closes with a moral appeal attributed to Wesley.
Practical homemaking notes advise thinning muslin over jars to keep insects out while allowing air. Test bread readiness by finger dent, bake accordingly. Vinegar in water speeds old fowl cooking. Add one dumpling at a time to soup to prevent sticking. Do not boil oysters in milk. cook in water then finish with hot milk. Cayenne pepper in ant cracks drives them off and may deter mice. Offer hens ripe tomatoes for a treat. Readers urged to plant more and care for them to improve supplies.
A discussion on reciprocal duties within the family cites biblical verses to urge obedience by children and restrained authority by parents. It argues parents deserve gratitude and guidance, warns against harsh discipline, and stresses both sides must avoid crime or cruelty while caring for elderly parents.
Mr Geo W Willing of Manchester Michigan writes his wife was helpless for five years yet after using two bottles of Electric Bitters she can now do her own work. The advertisement claims many testimonials and states price fifty cents a bottle at 4 W Hightower's.
A mix of kitchen tips on boiling meat fish and fruit and a civic essay urging parents to support teachers. It emphasizes cleanliness, proper food handling, and discipline while urging respect for educators and the district’s duty to sustain worthy teachers.
Miss Maud St Pierre of Tennessee owns about 300000 acres across Tennessee Alabama and Kentucky rich in coal and minerals. She works the coal mines herself and lives in a mountain cabin while roaming her domains on her race mare Mollie. She holds no partners and began with 22000 acres purchased from land poor planters who lost their slaves.
A property holder near Chattanooga 49 miles from the city and 102 miles from Nashville describes recent acquisitions including Lookout Fountain. She found a spring 225 feet above Chattanooga yielding over thirty barrels per minute and offers to build waterworks for Chattanooga at low cost using the spring pass. A moral reflection on the power of words and cheerful greetings follows, praising “Good morning” and “Good-night” for uplifting households and easing daily life.
A letter from Manchester, England, recounts a patient who suffered locomotor ataxy for years and paralysis. After trying various remedies, he credits Hop Bitters for a dramatic recovery begun in November, leading to walking unaided and plans to resume work. The note urges avoiding medicines with hops added in name.
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