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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
7
Edward Bok argues in Ladies Home Journal that the Sunday school decay stems from incompetent male superintendents and that women, especially married to rest on Sundays, should teach the young. He urges higher intelligence in teachers and early use of experienced young women and trained aides to apply spiritual lessons effectively.
The article sketches a design for a Mother Hubbard dress in washable challie for a young girl, with a double-pox plaited skirt and a white lawn yoke. It also reports a French study on flavor enhancement by adding fruit tree leaves to sugar solutions during fermentation, noting improved bouquet and distilled aroma, especially from leaves of maturating trees.
A quirky fashion note touts silk that should not rustle as the new standard for petticoats. The claim frames silent fabric as the correct style, suggesting a refined, rustle-free silhouette for upcoming garments.
A Leisure Hours piece exhorts readers to seek happiness amid troubles. It argues difficulties build sinew and courage, urges looking on the bright side, and says the day will break after night. It praises sunbeams over gloom and warm, genial conduct.
A white embroidered yoke enhances a dark dress with neat, hypnotic appeal. Detachable yokes in embroidered muslin, pique, or white lawn pair with a matching tie under the chin. Yokes may resemble lapels turning back from a tucked center for easy removal. These white yokes preview the wool dress look for spring.
The piece ridicules fashionable women who mismanage money and household duties, then shifts to a home craft tip for making gum arabic starch for laces and fabrics. It concludes with a New York merchant’s miscalculated customs duties on 400 packs of Chinese playing cards, highlighting tax and revenue stamp costs.
A columnist favors dim lighting with rose shades as more attractive and cheaper than bright electric light. The piece also notes a revival of old-time door knockers in new private residences in New York, as decorative admission signals.
A Detroit woman recounts years of ovarian distress, headaches, and nerves until she found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She reports improved health, regained weight, energy, and happiness after treatment and credits the pills with restoring vitality and harmony to her nervous system.
A little girl miles from home and mother at a hotel table reveals homesickness. Her aunt asks if she is hungry or in pain, and the child answers with a quivering lip that she is seasick for home. The note contrasts with a Samuel Smiles reflection on manhood and discipline.
A Sunday school talk condemns disrespect toward fathers as a boy struggles with peer remarks and adult expectations. The conversation shifts to shopping plans and family errands including Aunt Lucy, Mandy, and Uncle Bill preparing new dresses. William Simpson & Sons goods are praised for durability and style.
A clipped excerpt depicts a Kansas druggist refusing whiskey without a prescription until a visitor from Kentucky forces him to admit a prescription was once tattooed on his arm. The odd exchange hints at frontier humor and local color in a dusty landscape.
A vintage ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and asserts F J Cheney is honorable in business while promoting testimonials and a 75 cent per bottle price for Hall's Family Pills as the best remedy.
Professor challenges Johnnie to name examples of extremes of softness and hardness. Je Bright responds with a cryptic line about the dude and his dia d stud, as published in Jeweler's Weekly.
Allen s Foot-Ease powder promises quick relief for painful swollen feet nerves and bunions. It softens tight new shoes stops sweating and callouses while cooling and comforting tired feet. Sold by druggists at 25 cents with a free trial package from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A brief quote contrasts the bicycle’s value with a cautious note about preferring not to be touched exclusively at the top, suggesting a dialogue on experience and personal boundaries.
A fragment notes a promise of a one day cure with native Bromo Quinine tablets and a refund if ineffective. The text also briefly mentions a woman sharing a small saving, suggesting consumer promotional phrasing from an older advertisement.
A period advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health safeguard for women, linking early symptoms like painful menses to backache and nervous spells. It includes testimonial praise from Mrs. Mase of Jersey City Heights and claims free expert advice from Lynn Mass, urging readers to seek guidance and use the product.
A lengthy promotional piece extols J C Ayer s Cherry Pectoral as a radical remedy for asthma and related throat lung ailments. It cites multiple testimonial cures and notes the medicine is offered in half size bottles at half price with free curebook and Donna sent on request.
A witty quip notes how Slicksmith charms women by misnaming them. The exchange has Teller quipping that he calls married women “miss” and single women “Mrs.” in an instant hit with every lady.
In a humorous exchange Mamie explains her father scolded her for reading a novel but did not burn it. He instead placed the book in the ice chest to curb further curiosity.
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