exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
evil or corrupt or abusive practice
common evil; common fault
evil influence; ill effect
corrupt practices; bad habit
worn-out clothes; shabby clothes
misgovernment; maladministration
shabby clothes and an old hat
(our) magazine; periodical; journal
breaking down antiquated notions; abandoning old-time ways; correcting long-standing abuses
unkempt hair and shabby clothes
poor village; our own (little or poor) village
longstanding abuse; deep-rooted evil