Bargain Hats and Sailors Listed in Sale Ad
An old advertisement outlines sale prices for ladies hats and sailors from 10 cents to 1.25 dollars and trimmed hats from 1.25 to 5.75 dollars with a 0.55 dollar item included.
10 Aug 1899
Page 1
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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
1
An old advertisement outlines sale prices for ladies hats and sailors from 10 cents to 1.25 dollars and trimmed hats from 1.25 to 5.75 dollars with a 0.55 dollar item included.
Consolidated tax returns for Pike county reveal an increase of 133 090 over last year. Taxable property rises from 2 310 458 to 2 443 448. Tax receiver Mr. Matthews reports satisfaction with the growth and cites a letter from Comptroller General Wright commending his accurate, prompt work.
The well known cotton buyer and commission man T. B. Lyon leaves Monday to engage with Quitman Cotton Co in Quitman. He will base his operations there and buy across the surrounding region. Many hope he may later be sent to represent his company locally.
John Lee the laundryman relocates his establishment to the small house on Zebulon Street opposite Smith's coffin house. Customers are urged to carry their laundry to the new location for quality service.
Over fifty years Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been used by millions of mothers for teething. It soothes the child softens gums relieves pain cures wind colic and is best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle. Ask for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup.
Mr. Frank M. Stafford has been ill at Porter Springs for two weeks but is reported much better this week. His mother visited last week and friends were uneasy for a few days. The Gazette hopes for his early full recovery.
Col Wallace W Lambdin will move his family to Barnesville to practice law. He has been with the Atlanta firm Hillyer Alexander Lambdin, state attorneys for Singer Sewing Machine Co, and Georgia Railroad counsel. The community welcomes him as a respected, capable lawyer returning to his old home.
A refined reception Thursday at Yonah hall honored Mrs. J D Williamson of Waco Texas and Miss Ione Murphey of Barnesville Ga. The receiving party included Mrs. Annie Sanford Cochrane of Gainesville and Mr. Hub Logan. Attire featured Mrs Cochrane in black net over yellow silk, Mrs Williamson in pink taffeta with sweet peas, Murphey in light blue silk with cerise trim.
Mr D A Reid and family move from Atlanta to Barnesville occupying the Stafford house above Magnolia Inn. They plan to place several students in Gordon Institute at the fall term opening. Reid, a traveling man for Atlanta Supply Co, is welcomed to Barnesville for a pleasant and profitable stay.
Hon J B Hunnicutt will speak at Lifsey’s Springs on Saturday August 12 at 11 o’clock a m. Everyone is invited to attend. He is described as a practical entertaining Georgia speaker and his address is expected to be productive.
An Atlanta Journal notice reads of the upcoming marriage of Dr. John Alexander Corry and Miss Allene Pitts. The ceremony will be August 14 at the Pitts family home in Newborn, Georgia, performed by Rev. E Giddings Smith. Pitts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pitts, is Wesleyan educated. Corry, formerly of Greensboro, recently began practicing in Barnesville. The couple will honeymoon in North Georgia and reside with Mr. John L. Pives upon return.
Milner Georgia announces a week long gathering starting next Saturday. Services begin at 10 30 a m and 7330 p m each day. All invited to attend and pray as they await the Lord do something. Milner Ga Aug 7 1899.
The evening at Mr. Edgar L. Rogers house featured Miss May Agnes Kelley performing Enoch Arden and several musical numbers. Proceeds from the event benefited the local library fund.
All persons indebted to the estate of E F Martin lately deceased are requested to make payment at once and all persons having claims against said estate are requested to present them for settlement. E D Martin Executor Milner Georgia August 9 1899.
Monday afternoon Miss Belle Murphey was tripped as she exited a buggy at the Matthews Hotel. She fainted but quickly recovered with only a minor left arm injury reported, though initial fears of serious harm followed the fall.
Two boot blacks argued one evening. barber P. M. Edwards intervened to separate them. A participant struck Edwards in the head with a rock, fracturing his skull and laying him up. He has shown some improvement and may recover.
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