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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
4
The Barnesville Gazette from Barnesville Georgia dated Thursday August 10 1899 presents local notices and brief news items typical of a late 19th century rural newspaper. The issue likely includes community events, public notices, and short reports of regional interest.
The state mourns the death of Ex-Governor William Y. Atkinson at his Newnan home on Tuesday morning. He had been seriously ill for days and his passing ends a notable career in Georgia public life with two gubernatorial terms and numerous honors.
Yesterday afternoon at the bride’s father E W Rose residence on Thomaston street Miss Mittie Rose married Mr J M Reeves with Rev W S Stevens officiating. The couple, well known in the community, receive best wishes for a long and happy life from numerous friends.
Mr. E. H. Bloodworth establishes a convenient office in the Murphey store to buy cotton in the coming season. He is an experienced cotton buyer and will be present in Barnesville during fall and winter as a buyer.
A public meeting of the Library Association is set for Friday afternoon at 4:30 in the library rooms at Bate's store. Several hundred volumes have arrived and the library will soon be in full operation. All friends of the movement are invited to attend to support a useful community institution.
A group of Barnesville residents enjoyed a pleasant picnic yesterday at Lifsey's Springs. They traveled in the morning and spent the day with a fine picnic dinner. Attending were Mrs. J. L. Kennedy, Nellie Marshall, Della Hill, Lillian Mitchell, Eva Harris, Mae Seamans, Maybelle Veal, Mary Minchinnett, Meta Murphey, W. B. Veal, Paul Seamans, Erle Murphey, J. T. Middlebrooks, Asbury Lambdin, and Ben Turner.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay 100 dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, sworn December 6, 1886, claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces and is sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials available.
The Pike County Sunday School Association met at Bluff Springs with a large turnout from county schools. Hon. J. Q. Nolan of McDonough gave an admired address. Officers elected are Charles T. Tyler of Barnesville president H G Jordan of Molena vice president J B Head of Milner secretary Rev Lavender of Meansville chaplain. The group seeks wider county cooperation among Sunday School workers.
Col. E A Stephens, long established in McDonough as a lawyer, has moved his practice to Barnesville. He is a bright young man with many friends in the area and is expected to give faithful attention to all business entrusted to him.
A 1899 letter from Henry C Knubel of the American Cotton Compress Company proposes consolidating top southern compresses under one management to counter round base competition. It requests responses within two weeks and outlines confidential inquiries and a six month option period to allow time for asset reviews and potential sales of press properties.
Local personals recount visits and travel among residents and relatives in Barnesville Gainesville Forsyth Atlanta Newnan Blakely and Cedar Springs. Notables include Miss Ione Murphey Mrs J Reid Hunt and Captain John F Howard with various trips and visits plus a nearby advertisement for a No 7 cook stove.
Quotation captures a playful exchange about dreaming of sleeping under a palace roof then waking on the roof of a Pullman palace car. The humorous regional dialect underscores a civic newspaper snippet with light-colored humor.
City of Mexico policemen undertake English study to improve communication with the public and foreign visitors. Training aims to enhance safety, collaboration with agencies, and emergency response across language barriers.
The Augusta Chronicle invites Georgia or South Carolina youths to win a full University of Georgia scholarship by generating the most cash business for the paper’s University of Georgia Edition. The winner receives free board and tuition, guaranteed employment during vacations, and must raise at least $100 in business. Contest closes September 1. Write to The Chronicle to enter.
An advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a gentle laxative to treat constipation and aid kidney and liver activity. A War Department release reports Philippine receipts for 1899 five months: Manila $1,779,247 Cebu $99,397 Il0ilo $168,913 total $2,047,556. Customs at Cebu post April $21,005 May $56,445.
An Texas advertisement for Hall's Great Discovery claims a small bottle cures kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It offers mail delivery for 1 cent and notes E W Hart of St. Louis as sole manufacturer formerly in Waco and W right Barnesville as a seller.
A testimonial from Temple Texas dated April 16, 1899 extols Hall's Great Discovery for bladder and kidney trouble, stating the author would not trade the benefit from one bottle and noting Dr W. R. Tyrer, D. D. S., formerly of Barnesville, endorses it.
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