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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1892
Page
6
An analysis arguing that American women overextend themselves for vanity and social display. It contrasts American youth and aging with European elegance, condemns petty economies, and urges systematic rest and measured work to avoid nervous breakdowns. The piece cites a New York Tribune report and stresses discipline for workers and housewives.
A Chicago Tribune critique notes girls fear of being seen as servants, highlighting class stigma around domestic service. It argues for equal training in household management, health, and efficient labor, warning that undervaluing domestic skills harms homes and family happiness.
Southern advice advocates rest over sprinting fatigue and illness. Repose means prone on a sofa with corset and boots off, room darkened, and mind on pleasant thoughts. Like lower animals, humans should seek warmth and inactivity to recover, not stimulants, to stay lovely.
Foster Coates notes surprising number of colored women employed in journalism. Names Mary V. Cook Grace Ermine Lucy Wilmot Smith Lillian A. Lewis Georgia Mabel de Baptiste Kate D. Chapman Lucretia N. Coleman and many others demonstrate profitability and local fame in a demanding field. The column praises their achievement and suggests race does not bar skill or success.
The notorious children worm medicine Mother Grays Sweet Worm Powders is advertised as the charity remedy used by Mother Gray, a longtime nurse at the New York Children’s Home. Sold at all bug stores, it claims to banish worms and rejuvenate fretful, sickly children for 25 cents.
Feeble infants lose vitality if chilled. avoid daily winter baths. Use tepid soapy water with salt and alcohol, rub with warm hands to produce a glow, then apply oil or vaseline to soften skin. Dry salt towel rubbing may help. in bad cases warm the towel before use.
Gumshoe era catalog note claims a salve cures ulcers sores and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Sold for 25 cents per box by Belt & Barr Bruggiels Batavia and J B Walker Williamsport.
A mother argues against corporal punishment, noting that many children are whipped for minor breakfast table accidents. The piece contrasts paternal reliance on Scriptural guidance with maternal emphasis on loving restraint, urging punishment only for deliberate misdeeds.
Excerpted reflections urge moral suasion over physical punishment for children. It argues a mother can influence behavior through words, warns against overuse of the rod, and notes a well-ordered home trains manners and heart. The essay extols thoughtful family conduct as a model for civic harmony.
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Pills as a cure for biliousness liver and bowels via nerve regulation. It promises relief for men women and children with a small dose count and free samples at Dr J Bunn's. The piece also includes a moralizing Missive about mothers shielding daughters from family troubles, citing New York Ledger.
A fragmentary New England era column blends beauty standards with household tips. It cites the Boston Gazette on beauty, warns about oleander dangers from a St Louis Globe-Democrat interview, then offers plant care guidance for indoor comfort, perfume notes, bridal veil origins, laundry and cooking tips, and practical kitchen and cleaning advice.
Belding of Myrtle Avenue Albany writes that after twelve years of itching and bleeding piles he found relief with Allen's Discovery for Piles. He claims it cured a severe case and urges others to use it sooner, noting it is sold by all druggists for 50 cents.
Elaine Goodale Eastman states that American Indian wives hold strong property rights. Husbands must obtain consent before selling wives belongings or making major life decisions. If a wife earns money, such as from moccasin sales, she owns and controls it. Women’s Journal notes Indians could teach lessons to others.
An 19th century advertisement review extols Swayne's Ointment stopping itching and bleeding and reducing ulcers to remove tumors, priced at 50 cents via druggist or mail. It also argues linen bedding is unsuitable due to cold, slippery feel, wrinkling, and nonabsorbent fibers that chill the body.
An old physician offers a free German French or English copy of a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous ailments. He says he tested it in thousands of cases and will mail full directions on request with stamp to W A Noyes Rochester. Odds and ends note Barrels from paper in England and other curiosities are listed with a series of quick health and science tidbits.
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