Mrs. M. C. Goodlett and the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mrs. M C Goodlett of Nashville Tennessee founded the United Daughters of the Confederacy and served as its first president. Her four year effort united scattered Confederate workers into a national body formed on September 10 1890 in Nashville. The organization aims to aid needy survivors protect Confederate historic sites record Southern women's roles and honor fallen soldiers.
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Southland
M. C. Goodlett
Nashville
South
Confederate States
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the Confederacy
Tennessee Daughters
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
National Prisoners’ Association
National Efumane Association
Ier
Society of the United Daughters of the Con- Teleracy
Washington Post
The Value of Time and Patience in Losses
A reflective meditation on wasting materials and time. It argues that what is spent can still remain as virtue and patience grows through honest labor, urging profitable use of the next hour despite past setbacks.
Croup Care Advice For Mothers And Babies
An urgent guide warns inexperienced mothers to seek a doctor for a baby with croup. While awaiting help, wrap the child in hot towels and place on the throat, keep towels hot, and use steaming inhalation from boiling water to ease breathing. A kitchen kettle may be used for steam exposure if safe.
Quick Grooming Standards Highlight Untidy Women
The piece contrasts tidy and untidy habits with the motto Fasten the Ends. It notes men overlook minor grooming flaws while women harshly judge other women for untidiness.
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Teeven
Brains and Dress The Theory That Good Clothes Aid Success
A London Express opinion piece reports a society leader at a women’s club arguing that well dressed women show brains and judgment. It claims attire reflects age work and status, and that confidence grows from good clothes, while dowdy women are discounted despite ability.
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London Express
Dainty Pin Tray Craft Ideas for Summer Gifts
A contributor to Good Housekeeping describes making dainty pin trays from cardboard or heavy paper by shaping a circle over a tumbler to form a scalloped edge. Edges can be tinted with watercolors or gilt, with forgotten or star motifs inside. Similar methods yield a comb and brush tray and a puff box from pasteboard rolls.
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Good Housekeeping
Toilet Tips From a Historic Wash Routine
Advice on drying hands with a soft towel or silk handkerchief after washing. Suggestions include scalp washing without soap, using rosewater preservative, and powders to prevent perspiration. Also notes on using almond oil to prevent shiny skin and powder settling.
A Woman’s Work and Duty Within and Without Gates
John Ruskin asserts that a woman's role extends from managing her home to contributing to the larger commonwealth. She should bring order, comfort, and beauty inside her gates and apply the same aims beyond them where disorder, distress, and scarcity prevail.
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Commonwealth
John Ruskin
Care of Sitting Hens During Molting Period
Advice from Commercial Dowtry stresses careful attention to hens during incubation and molting. Keep them vermin free, provide heat sustaining foods with corn as a main but not exclusive diet, ensure ample fresh water, and maintain overall health and comfort.
AboMan the Monere The Wessrey Fowl Show
AboMan argues the fowl breed is costly to feed and care for with limited profits on farm or city operations. The text notes no real advantage over maintaining a uniform flock and suggests the pleasure of orderly poultry is a key factor.
Edna Carpenter Sinks Deeper as Nearby Kin Visit
Riadison Township notes sicknesses and family visits. Miss Edna Carpenter worsens and fears rise to fatal. Anna Kitchen of Indianapolis visits her brother John Kitchen while in poor health. Local church events, gatherings, and a rainstorm with shattered glass are recorded along with reflections on aging and early breakfasts.
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Edna Carpenter
John Kitchen
Anna
Indianapolis
Good Nursery Seeks Live Agent in Rochester NY
The Perry Nursery Company of Rochester New York seeks a capable live agent to solicit orders for their products. No experience required. They offer good weekly pay and furnish canvassing materials. Interested individuals should write for particulars immediately.
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Perry Nursery Company
Rochester
New York
U. Ks
Tired out woman seeks sleep and strength cure
Worn out woman cannot sleep eat or work. product Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promises to restore energy and blood with strong se and rich blood. Advertises tea or tablets at 85 cents by Hornady Bros.
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Hollister
Hornady Bros
Bethel Items from Martinsville Area
Mayrs Grant Kiser of near Martinsville has been a guest of relatives here. Eli White and daughter visited at Brooklyn Sunday afternoon. Clarence Mills of Bridgeport visited John Kizer and family Sunday. Children’s exercises were attended at Bethesda last Sunday. A large turnout at county Commencement at Bethesda Park last Thursday. Grace Harvey Alinnie Crouth William Casey and Walton Keys spent Sunday at Blue Bluffs near Martinsville. Children’s Day observance featured an excellent program with a large crowd.
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Mayrs
Grant Kiser
Martingville
Abs
Eli White
Brooklyn
Clarence Mills
Bridgeport
John Kizer
Bethesda
Betheny Park
Grace Harvey
Alinnieé C.4uth
Messrs
William Casey
Walton Keys
Blue Bluffs
Martinsvill
Hyomei Meet Catarrh with Pure Vegetable Inhaler
An advertisement promotes Hyomei as a plant based cough remedy to treat catarrh by breathing from a pocket inhaler. It claims faster relief when used in May or June and describes the complete outfit for one dollar with refills available for fifty cents. The seller A R Cooper & Son guarantees satisfaction or refund.
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A.R. Cooper & Son
Indianapolis Martinsville Radio Transit Schedule
Leave Indianapolis at 3 30 a m and every hour on the half hour until 8 30 p m last car. Martinsville departures start 5 30 a m and run hourly on the half hour to 8 30 p m. Mooresville northbound first car 5 30 a m and 6 03 a m then every hour at 2 minutes before the hour until 6 53 p m then 5 58 and 10 54 p m. Mooresville southbound first car 5 40 a m second car 6 20 a m then hourly at 20 minutes after the hour to 7 20 p m then 9 20 and 12 20 p m. 7 30 p m cars Indianapolis to Martinsville run to Mooresville only.
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Indianapolis
Lisse
Martinsville
Mooresville
North Bound
South Bound
Indiana Street
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M. C. ‘Goodlett
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
A. C. Goodlett
Ayer
Riadison Township
John Ixilchen
Young Ladies’ Bible
Mt. Gilead
Alrs
P. Macwrath
Kattienapate
Williams
Cuba
Owen cGunty
A. B. Carter
Lider Brown
Greencastle
Hattie Carter
Alice Carter
Margaret Brace
Tom Barlow
Dencis Lynas
Urban Bilster
Sherman Francis
Doc Park
Caswell Barlow
Henry Carter
the Public Service Company
Catarzii
Hallam
Office East Main Street
Honrovia
N. Tadiane St
Comer
Gentry
Mooresville, Lnd
Indianapolis & Martinsville Radio Transit
Gook & Marine
General Cement
W. North St
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