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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
3
A Rural New Yorker item suggests brides gift a parchment wrapped recipe book titled Things That His Mother Made to comfort new husbands with familiar dishes. The sturdy book should hold heavy unruled linen paper and can be decorated in watercolor sepia or ink. It offers practical help as household duties begin.
The article discusses whether money will govern New Orleans society at the start of the twentieth century. It notes money helps but cannot guarantee acceptance, while blood remains decisive, and refinement helps only with money or blood. The social atmosphere mixes Parisian manners with American loyalty and Creole charm, vivid in its bells, guitars, and French voices.
A health advice note recommends a morning routine of a warm dressing gown and slippers, standing by an open window, and deep breathing. Count while inhaling to 70, hold to 20, and exhale to 20 for a long breath. Six breaths are advised daily to improve throat and chest fullness, blood flow, and eye brightness.
A home cook instructions on shredding cold roast or boiled chicken, simmering with butter and cream, then combining to a moist hash. The dish is served on dry toast slices arranged on a plate as a simple, informal meal.
A Chicago Daily News commentary argues for giving girls regular allowances to teach money handling. It frames allowance as a right and a duty of fathers, linking financial literacy to future marriage and fiscal responsibility. It suggests funds cover dress and personal needs and promotes self reliance through managing their own spending.
An item notes that Klondike miners seek American women to join them with promises of earnings around $15 daily. It highlights the need for domestic labor and even humorously imagines a patent washboard as a man would forget such an item without a woman to remind him.
A recipe from the Boston Globe explains making mutton fritters with thinly sliced cold mutton spread with chutney rolled and fried in batter. The batter mixes flour salt tepid water oil or dripping eggs whites and is folded gently into the mixture for light frying. Serve on lace paper with brown or tomato sauce.
Helen Watterson Moody argues in the Ladies' Home Journal that a husband who can be managed is not worth managing. She asserts couples should avoid “the square thing” and instead expect mutual adjustment in their new relationship.
Advice favors exercise and dieting over medicine. Avoid starchy and fatty foods. A prominent actress cites riding six miles at racing speed on a bicycle, taking a cold bath, and resting two hours between blankets to maintain her figure.
A man allegedly swallowed his false teeth and went mad. advertisers tout Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion constipation kidney and liver troubles malaria and ague plus nervous affections. Drugstores stock it.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F Cheney & Co Toledo claiming to treat catarrh as a constitutional disease. It promises internal dosing and offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure, urging readers to obtain circulars and medicines through local druggists.
Dialog from the Indianapolis Journal recalls a couple's past engagement ten years ago. The man jokes his arm never grew longer while the woman asks him to place his arm around her waist again, illustrating a sentimental recollection.
Summer resorts spread along Wisconsin Minnesota Northern Michigan Iowa and the Dakotas lure travelers. From Ivan and Waukesha to Lakes Okoboji Clear Lake and Manetonka the line promotes fishing and hunting in north woods forests and remote stretches. Pamphlets titled Summer Tours and Fishing and Hunting available from GEO. H. Heafford General Agent 555 Old Colony Building Chicago with two cent stamp.
A grocer recalls a revival preacher named Brother Jarvis who moved the entire community to settle debts. The Indianapolis Journal quotes the line as a memorable moment from the past.
Guidance on housework stresses planning and frugal routines. Choose pleasant weather and start early May. Gather basic supplies like brushes and strings before cleaning bathrooms, windows, and walls. Use dry methods with soap and borax to finish surfaces without excess water.
The fragment presents a dialogue between a friend and a drummer about plausibility and selling goods. It hints at performance or sales pressure but provides no concrete event, names, places, or dates.
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to take into your shoes. It rests the feet and helps corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching and sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Sold by drag and shoe stores sample mailed F. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A witty quip explains why a young man offers his fiancée a diamond ring. Mr Fox replies the ring is the forfeit he puts up to insure a fight, a playful jab from Jewelers' Weekly on romance and wagers.
Advertises Geore's tasteless chill tonic with iron and quinine claiming fever chills relief. Sells for 50 cents under a no cure no pay offer.
A New York Journal note comments on Wheeler-Bevelgear and Scorcher, mentioning their bellless bicycles and striking stockings as a quirky detail in a lighthearted item.
An advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes a 25 cent price and a refund policy if it fails. The piece includes humorous quotes from Chicago Daily News and Golden Days about aging and time.
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