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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
7
The May Ladies Home Journal piece argues college fits life but may not suit every boy or community. It warns against overeducation in common tasks, notes agriculture as a nation’s base, and suggests many professions could favorably join farmers, with emphasis on practicality and avoiding the stigma of doing ordinary work.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles or no pay required and guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box sold by B B Burr Jr.
The article explains a famine era bread made from beech sawdust mixed with water flour yeast and dried into a dough. Once baked the result resembles ordinary brown bread in appearance and taste.
A Civil War era incident near the National Theatre ends with an officer killing a man in a street fight. Lincoln advises the officer, urging restraint and offering understanding, then tells him to use a club if violence is unavoidable in future. The tale, drawn from Lamar’s Recollections, highlights Lincoln's noted kindness.
Stephen N Noble files suit in United States court against the city of Macon seeking 125000 as the difference between his sewer project estimate and the city engineer's. The city has already paid about 150000 on a contract originally priced at 100000.
A Philadelphia Times piece recounts a dialogue where a professor and a student analyze a train sign that reads This Train Only Stops at New York. They debate emphasis placement to reveal intended meaning, showing how misplaced or emphasized words can alter interpretation and even how absurd consequences might arise.
The celebrated rider, on Fatigue, watched his horse fall at the last fence in a steeplechase. Archer, unhurt, comforted the dying animal and, at the horse’s urging, held the pistol to end Fatigue’s pain. He waited as the horse died, then bowed his head in sorrow.
For over fifty years Wistow's Spormima Syrup has been used by millions of mothers for teething children. It soothes the chill softens t uty allays pain and cures witd colt ic. Relieves diarrhoea and is sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winlow's Soothing Syrup.
Ex President Harrison discusses the ongoing rush for offices in states dep arts and foreign service. He notes many seekers lack funds and face uncertainty, citing a Garfield era anecdote where a hopeful said nothing focal yet, capturing the pervasive hope and frustration of office hunters.
The New York City Board of Health rejected a dealer’s bid to open markets in foreign quarters selling horse meat. A sanitary officer found the slaughter house slaughtering only horses in poor condition, prompting the ban despite claims of foreign demand and low prices.
John Gilmer Speed argues in May Ladies' Home Journal that railway engineers are steady, thoughtful professionals who face hazards with skill and fidelity. He refutes romantic images of omen seeking conductors and portrays engineers as pragmatic, dutiful and honorable artisans of American railroads.
St Louis Post Dispatch notes Indian women possess notable endurance during marches with infants on their backs. The article claims this strength comes from a weed they use, yielding a medicine sold by J. H. Blackburn under the name Indian Weed.
A Sonday Spectator Correspondence describes a blue Persian cat bonded to its owner and distressed by piano playing. The narrator recalls summer companionship, the cat’s claiming perch, and the solution of a chair beside the stool to treat the cat as a rational partner in music, ending the nuisance.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a remedy for loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervous exhaustion sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness. Promotes health and strength with guaranteed results and lists price of fifty cents and one dollar at 3 B Burr Jr's Drug Store.
The Philadelphia Record notes a migration trend turning toward Georgia with southern states enjoying influxes. For years Kansas, Nebraska, and other northern areas sent farmers south, and Texas benefited from dry-region migration. Now Mississippi and nearby states join Georgia as destinations in this ongoing population shift.
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