The Business Men's Society for Moderation Debuts
From New York on January 31 1879 a new temperance movement forms The Business Men's Society for the Encouragement of Moderation aims to promote moderate alcohol use publish science on manufacture and sales and offer pledges including abstinence moderation and a no drink at others expense pledge The group seeks cheaper recreation without intoxicants and a 20 year life span Bro Talmage faces scrutiny over debts lawsuits and rumors while Broadway streetcar reform prompts fare cuts and more stage traffic in the city
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The Dangers of Tight Lacing on Health and Figure
A discussion notes many women suffer from tight lacing with a possibly large asylum need if all were insane on the subject. It cites liver and stomach disorders, skin eruptions, and red nose as harms, arguing a small waist is deforming and that compression cannot improve nature.
Dinner Etiquette Lessons From Lady Tucker and Odd Corners of News
A column of brief anecdotes and proverbs unfolds social wit and etiquette. Mrs. Tucker of Williamsburg balances a court day dinner by inviting guests to dine again, proving the moral Never worry a guest with apologies. Other bits note a blank eulogy, a large poultry shipment, wheat in elevators, snow-melt scarce water in Atchison, and a riddle about the first girl in the Bible.
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New Harmony Corrections Weekly Market and Notices
A fragment from New Harmony weekly includes miscellaneous items such as a Montreal engagement dispute about a bank deposit, a Denver grocery clerk’s crime and suicide, notes on piano pedagogy, and a retail market list with prices for flour wheat corn and assorted goods dated February 7, 1879. The mix shows social anecdotes, crime, and commodity prices in a single era issue.
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Denver
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