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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1896
Page
7
A humorous sketch recounts several misadventures and moral lessons. A man who eyed a churchgoer faces consequences. a cautious man converts to cash principles. a quarrel escalates to a stretcher scene. adversity-stricken knees wear thin. a hasty impulse ends in regret. a tearful girl is mended. another moved to tears laments damp premises and wishes to leave.
Promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a painless burn cure and remedy for skin diseases and chapped hands and lips. Claims it never fails to cure piles and cites Dr. W. A. Wright as authority.
A group in Macon organizes a drive to raise 10000 dollars for a permanent auditorium to host the State Democratic convention on June 25. Two thousand dollars has already been subscribed, and the facility would be centrally located.
This fragment contrasts luck with labor noting luck as a dream while work builds, earns, and prevents poverty. It includes a sales pitch for One Minute Cough Cure by Dr. W. A. Warieat, urging purchases as a remedy for coughs and colds.
In Kansas, Mrs. Tucker, famed for singing Goodby Old Party on the stump, is noted for tying her husband to a bed post and dressing him down with a cow hide. Senator Peffer was once praised for highlighting her.
An advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as the spring medicine trusted by seniors. It emphasizes the red Z package mark and claims superiority over all other products with the phrase Regulator Simmons Liver Regulator better than anything else and sure to do you good.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune recounts Hannibal declaring he would split rocks blocking the Alpine pass by beating them and pouring vinegar, with a skeptical engineer asking for quantities. The general replies that future historians will explain the method. Also notes One Minute Cough Cure touted as a universal cough remedy.
About 2 000 Chinese residents in San Francisco approach voting age. In five years 3 000 to 4 000 native-born Chinese males will reach 21 and gain suffrage under the 14th amendment. Naturalization limits remain for fathers due to China trade treaty. Chinese voters, population around 35 000, are expected to influence California politics as suffragists rise in 1896.
Readers note scattered punctuation in local copy as reporters choose cleaner phrasing. The Calhoun Times urges using simple language and avoiding uncertain punctuation unless clearly needed.
Mr. Fred Miler of Irving Texas reports years of severe kidney pain and bladder issues. After trying various cures he began using Electric Bitters about a year ago and found immediate relief. The advertisement claims instant relief and lists price 50 cents and 100 dollars at S. B. Barrers drug store.
Governor Atkinson praises Georgia for vast resources and favorable climate. He claims the state possesses unparalleled raw materials, wealth, and unlimited potential, contrasting it with other regions.
A notice notes the Ohio House passed a bill banning women from wearing hats at theaters. The measure aims to ease financial strain from millinery purchases. The Senate is expected to confirm, signaling a shift from comedic framing to a serious policy.
Early date set for Harry Stillwell Edwards to read for the Georgia room in the Confederate memorial museum in Richmond. He will present extracts from advance chapters of his prize story Sons and Fathers, a $10,000 award winner.
A vintage promotional text traces Castoria as a remedy from infancy to motherhood. It narrates a mother’s repeated use of Castoria for a sick baby a crying child and a nursing mother with children. The phrasing emphasizes lifelong trust in the product.
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