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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
3
A discussion on spring plowing warns against overworking cheap lands and promotes long term rotation. Experts argue one deep autumn plowing suffices and premiums arise from matching land to exceptional crops and diverse farming, with clover and grass rotating on a quarter of acreage. A court-room joke about a juryman ends the item.
The article urges humane treatment of horses to secure better work from colts brood mares and driving horses. It notes growing cities demand heavy teams for modern implements and stresses feeding grooming and clean limbs. It cites scripture and proverbs linking kindness to better labor from beasts.
Advice urges prudent farming through close buying and efficient management. It discusses dairying risks, tree planting value, soil and rainfall effects, and the role of livestock in farm profitability, noting calving routines and feeding to prevent milk fever. It cites large-scale sheep feeding and market quality for mutton.
In Chilhowie Virginia merchant R B Greeve testifies he suffered from consumption and a long cough before trying Dr King s New Discovery. He credits two bottles with his recovery and notes three years of resumed business. The ad pledges the remedy for coughs colds and consumption and offers free trial bottles at W H Chambers Drug Store. The Rome Courier notes a local remark on liquor and parenting.
An old advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a tobacco cure promising rapid health gains and weight increase. It claims over 400000 cures and offers a guarantee with a £1 price, with booklet and sample by mail from Sterling Kennedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
A 19th century style ad explains urine sediment as a sign of kidney disease and promotes Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy. It claims relief for back pain, frequent urination, scalding, and urinary discomfort, offering samples by mail from Kilmer Co. and guaranteeing genuineness of the offer.
An editorial contrast argues men receive forgiveness for downfall while women are shunned as fallen. It questions gender double standards, cites social judgment, and calls for equal sympathy for fallen women while condemning moral hypocrisy. The piece also promotes Shaker Digestive Cordial as a quick relief remedy and recommends LAXOL for children.
Indian legend recounts the crow chosen by the Great Spirit as messenger to the red men. A kernel of corn in the right ear and a bean in the left granted it life and a perpetual share of corn. The crow is revered yet hunted by the pale face, blamed for loitering for shelter.
A historical vignette recounts Indian lore on crows as opportunistic thieves and clever birds. It contrasts crow behavior with human punishment for plunder, telling a tale where a crow leads a flock to a deer carcass only to be blamed and killed for a lie.
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