The holidays are looming, and you may be either dr...  ...1896 issue of one Alabama newspaper offered some advice to men who were courting, and alongside tips like...  ...why you are not more liberal,” it gave some advice for dealing with prospective in-laws: “Alwa...  ...n’t give your prospect...

Some sage words of counsel from the advice books of yesteryear, courtesy of Uncle John&rsquo...

How about some diet tips from the early 20th centu...  ...nd don't eat so much. But then there's some weird advice from Helen Follett Jameson in her 1899 book The W...