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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1903
Page
7
Mr E C Getchell of this place recounts a strong cure for backache and kidney troubles after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He suffered lameness and soreness through winter until the pills provided relief, with near term improvements noted by neighbors. The account illustrates popular local faith in the remedy and its claimed effects on mobility and general health.
Early guidance urges starting infant immersion at six weeks with gentle handling. Use Ivory Soap to protect the infant skin, avoiding highly colored or perfumed soaps. Eleanor R. Parker cites a quote about genius and persuasion.
A New York Weekly piece extols systematic housekeeping as essential for harmony at home. It argues practical pride in routine tasks elevates the homemaker to an artist, linking orderly kitchens and punctual duties to lasting gratitude and social esteem. It urges mothers to teach daughters duties of the household from girlhood, comparing domestic skill to artistic mastery and stressing patience and exact rule.
Gauge Judd Farmer describes a novelty scratcher shaped like a shoe sole. Whitewood and brown decorations mark the base with cardboard backing. A sandpaper sole features sepia nail heads and black gilt lettering while odds and ends simulate real matches sewn onto the card. A hanging ribbon or brass rings attach at the top corners.
The article notes that many women look smart briefly but soon degenerate into dowdiness due to poor clothing care. It cites time, money, and habits as factors, and says busy businesswomen must maintain appearances for house rules and financial advantage in employment.
A Philadelphia piece describes six Carmelite sisters who have taken vows and entered a new convent on Poplar Street. The article paints their life as medieval and austere with strict silence, minimal meals, and formal religious ritual, including daily prayer and a skull on the dining table to remind of death.
A 114 year old Texas resident Isaac Brock praises Peruna as a life long remedy for catarrh and related ailments. Letters from Major Frank O Mahoney Rev J N Parker Mrs P E Little and Mrs F E Little recount renewed health and improved hearing after using Peruna. Dr Hartman invites readers to seek free advice if results are not prompt.
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