âNever go to bed with cold or damp feet.â
âSalt fish are quickly freshened by soaking in sour milk.â
âDo not lean with the back upon anything that is cold.â
âNever begin a journey until the breakfast has been eaten.â
âWash all marble daily with ammonia and water in place of soap-suds.â
âTo disinfect sheets, etc., soak in chloride of lime solution, wring out and boil.â
âCesspools, etc., should be well covered on top with a mixture of chloride of lime with ten parts of dry sand.â
âTo test nutmegs, prick them with a pin, and if they are good the oil will instantly spread around the puncture.â
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Feb. 7, 1889: âJoe P. Summers and M.I. Gump went to Washington to the inauguration,â according to The Comet.
Feb. 7, 1901: The Comet carried a note of thanks for recent expressions of bereavement. âMr. and Mrs. W.H. Hampton desire to thank their friends for their kindness in assisting and comforting them in their bereavement caused by the loss of their son, Harold. They wish to especially thank those who sent flowers, those who helped them at their home, the pastor and choir of the Watauga Avenue Presbyterian church, and those who so kindly prepared the church so beautifully for the service.â