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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1892
Page
6
Long discussion on child discipline changes, wives of professionals roles, library salaries and women’s careers. Includes salary figures for librarians and notes on Maud Muller and marital careers, plus homemaking tips for old blankets deodorizing coffee and boiling eggs.
The article emphasizes airing bedchambers after rising, avoiding tight bedclothes, and letting in sun and fresh air. It warns against sleeping in stifling rooms and links poor ventilation to colds and throat problems. It urges homeowners to understand plumbing and trap water seals to block sewer gases.
Mrs Gladstone counsels mothers to study the laws governing the human body to guard health and nurture children. She emphasizes vigilance and natural law as guides, noting study may require sacrifice but yields lasting benefits. A Dresden dinner custom is briefly described as a charming note.
The passage describes a Dresden custom where women write favorite favors for children from weddings or dinners. Women bring home candy or cake pieces for the kids, a practice praised as sweet and maternal. The piece urges American mothers to adopt the custom, noting its gentle sharing.
A historical recipe describes making Italian cream caramels by boiling sugar and glucose to 283 degrees, adding melted chocolate and vanilla, mixing with butter, and cooling on marble. The process yields chocolate cream squares, with instruction to adjust hardness and cooking temperature, noting versions called Genesees sold in New York and Philadelphia at eighty cents per pound.
A forty year old mother of three, who attends an uptown school teacher’s parlor, says she struggles to assist her children in public schools. She notes modern methods differ from her own schooling and expresses a need to be taught their way to stay competitive.
The piece notes the bang haircut originated in a Blackwell's Island girls reformatory as a method to identify escapees and became a fashion fad. It also highlights Harvard Observatory employing women as computers for twenty years, with Nina Fleming leading eight female assistants under the Draper memorial program.
An old advertisement contrasts a mother’s care with a daughter’s, highlighting Castoria as a trusted remedy through stages of life from infancy to motherhood. The cadence emphasizes recurring use and brand loyalty across family milestones.
A cornet from Babyhood urges mothers to supervise young children’s friendships. It cautions that little ones imitate older peers and may learn things parents dislike. The piece suggests mothers observe unseen for a time to judge suitable playmates.
A London Illustrated News description notes a woman famed for bright eyes and diamond earrings. During rides between receptions her eyelids droop and the glittering look fades, leaving her eyes at ease and less striking.
A fragment mentions Kemp's Balsam and The Sunshine of Home as a cough remedy. It urges keeping up the home, warning against letting mirth fade from houses and cobwebbed rooms, and cautions about sons missing social joy.
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