Photo: "The Wedding March," c. 1906. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Old Time Parenting & Family Advice

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on September 14, 2020

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find advice our ancestors gave and lived by. .. (Read More)

Illustration: the masthead to the advice column by "Beatrice Fairfax," 1898

Advice to the Lovelorn: The Wisdom of Beatrice Fairfax

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 5, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the very first newspaper advice column, by “Beatrice Fairfax,” begun in 1898... (Read More)

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