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Evening Star, Washington DC, December 16, 1852
It is revolting often to see grown men fingering around one’s wife’s, daughter’s, or sister’s ankles, fitting on boots and shoes, and discoursing about the “excellence of the foot,” or “beauty of the shape,” &c.
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Evening Star, Washington DC, December 16, 1852
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Evening Star, Washington DC, December 16, 1852
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Evening Star, Washington DC, December 16, 1852
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Miss Leslie’s Lady’s House-book; a Manual of Domestic Economy, 1850
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Frost’s Laws and By-Laws of American Society, 1869
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Miss Leslie’s Lady’s House-book; a Manual of Domestic Economy, 1850
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The American Ladies and Gentleman’s Manual of Elegance, Fashion, and True Politeness, 1852
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Miss Leslie’s Lady’s House-book; a Manual of Domestic Economy, 1850
These bags should be kept constantly in the sleeping-rooms, and in case of fire, a child may be put into each…
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Miss Leslie’s Lady’s House-book; a Manual of Domestic Economy, 1850
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The American Ladies and Gentleman’s Manual of Elegance, Fashion, and True Politeness, 1852
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Facts For the People: or, Things Worth Knowing, 1850
Miss Leslie’s Lady’s House-book; a Manual of Domestic Economy, 1850
You should have a long round hickory stick, somewhat flattened at one end, to stir the clothes while boiling - and a long stout hickory fork, with which to life them out of the hot water without scalding your hands.
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Facts For the People: or, Things Worth Knowing, 1850
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Facts For the People: or, Things Worth Knowing, 1850
An accident not uncommon with children, who are in the habit of drinking from the spout of a tea-kettle…
…Treatment - Leeches
