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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
3
The text argues farming pays when efforts are well directed, crops rotated wisely, and products marketed properly. It stresses the farmer’s character and health, urging a balanced, practical mindset and up-to-date methods for twentieth century agriculture.
Coffee County reports farmer Sea born Lastinger who with one plow produced 100 bushels corn 300 bushels sweet potatoes 2 500 pounds pork 190 dollars syrup 800 dollars sea island cotton along with minor crops. Labor cost was ten dollars monthly plus board and 30 dollars fertilizer. He earned 159 dollars in leisure by cutting and shipping hard timber.
The article urges farmers to shift from cotton dependence to self sufficiency by building reserves, reducing acreage, and using home made manures. It promotes soil improvement, timely fertilization, and winter cabbage as a year round food source, sharing a method for planting late flat Dutch cabbage to yield heads January or February.
An ad promotes Kilmer Swamp Root as a treatment for kidney and bladder issues and related pains. It claims follow up benefits for rheumatism, liver, and urinary complaints, with instructions to test via home water sediment and offers free sample bottle and booklet by mail from Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton New York, noting the Barnesville Gazette reader reference.
The Georgia Teachers Association led by Prof. J. M. Pound schedules a June 26 to 28 Cumberland Island meeting with 28 proposed topics and numerous speakers from Columbus Griffin Athens Macon and Savannah. A late 1797 Ashburn ad for Dr Tichenor’s Septic is included.
A Chicago mail order house serving rural customers via catalogues finds a humorous counterpoint to progress. A West Virginia farmer who bought a wagon twenty years earlier writes again, now in longhand, while the merchant replies by typewriter. The exchange ends with the farmer boasting he can read the letters without printing.
Seasonal reminder touts One Minute Cough Cure as the infallible remedy for pneumonia lagrippe sore throat coughs colds catarrh bronchitis and lung troubles. Dr. W. A. Wright urges insistence on that remedy and rejection of alternatives offered.
A New York Press line notes that among people troubled by conscience, half fear exposure while the other half are already caught, implying guilt drives both worry over detection and admission of fault.
If you have a cough throat irritation weak lungs chest pain and difficult breathing croup or hoarseness let us suggest One Minute Cough Cure always reliable and safe Dr W A Wright
A playful musing on how a world would feel brighter if everything matched the charm of shop windows. The author imagines festive allure and inviting storefronts inspiring joy and lighthearted wonder.
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