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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
6
An old mountaineer laments government seizures that destroyed his seven moonshine-earning sons, ending with one jailed and the family’s decline, as he admits to continuing illicit production while expressing bitter views on imperial actions in the Philippines.
During the civil war and the war with Spain diarrhoea plagued the army and some veterans still suffer. David Taylor of Wind Ridge Green County Pennsylvania credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with quick relief and notes its availability from J H Blackburn druggist.
The Chambre de la Tournaile calendar, now in Paris Bibliotheque Nationale, uncovers fifteenth century criminal cases including official notes on the arrest and execution of Joan of Arc.
An 1898 statistical report notes changing patterns in marriage ages for bachelors and brides. It cites earlier ages for grooms and later ages for brides, with minors still forming a notable share of marriages. widows and widowers show declining rates, and patterns of mate choice reveal age gaps in selections.
An advertisement claims a diseased stomach harms health and that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure quickly cures all dyspeptic troubles. It asserts thousands cured and ongoing success, naming Dr. W. A. Wright and L. H. Homers Barnesville Milner as endorsers.
The candidates trade Civil War jabs on the stump. One sheriff hopeful proclaims his leg was shot off and bones bleaching in Virginia. The rival retorts that three of his stand-ins lost legs, bleaching on the plains of Tennessee.
Letter from Mrs Mary Hayes of HapponsPure Ky praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for years of illness after childbirth and miscarriage. She credits the remedies with relief from whites back and hip pain and groin pains, and says she nearly died before seeking advice.
John D. Rockefeller, famed as a tycoon of substantial wealth, began in humble fashion by working on a New York farm for twelve hours a day at 25 cents. He credits his wealth to maxims on debt, frugality, and disciplined saving, urging living within means and meticulous record keeping to weather future downturns.
A quotation attributed to Johnson on judging others for freedom from law and the rationale for penal codes. It asserts that nations enact penalties to convert individual danger into collective safety, restraining all for the benefit of all.
The Tiskilwa editor praises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as the sure remedy. He notes no other medicine compares and guarantees cure with bottles free at W A Wright’s Drug Store.
A Bulwer Lytton quote on friendship and honesty asserts that every person can find a genuine adviser who will speak hard truths even when unwelcome.
Advertising copy promotes No-To-Bac as a cure that makes weak men strong and helps quit tobacco easily. It claims 50c or $1 pricing, a guaranteed cure, and offers a free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
The passage extols a simple method to craft an effective speaker brief and applauded. It urges using common sense, sufficiency, practical House of Commons rules, clear reasoning, and elegant style while noting most people stay at the surface without deeper analysis.
Darius O Mills, a financier and philanthropist valued at 25000000, credits his fortune to six rules. Work builds virtue and success while idleness harms. Sleep eight hours, work twelve, save one fifth, and choose recreation with outcome in mind. Be humble, but not servile, and avoid poor management. Success is judged by good deeds, not by wealth.
A Rhode Island mother recalls her eight children and describes how Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved her daughter's life during a severe bout of dysentery last summer. She urges other mothers to use the medicine and notes it is sold by J H Blackburn in Liberty.
Abbeville Chronicle lauds 88 year old Henry Mann of Abbeville County for his disciplined life and farming vigor noting he plowed 75 crops. The piece also reports Japan plans to spend 12.8 million dollars over seven years to upgrade its government telephone system with Japanese engineers leading the work.
Thomas Rhoads of Centerfield writes he suffered seven or eight years with piles and found permanent relief after using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. He notes the product is soothing and harmless, warns against counterfeits, and lists Dr. W. A. Wright L. H. Homes in Barnesville.
A reflective adage from Sydney Smith extols friendship as central to happiness, emphasizing loving and being loved as life’s greatest joy.
The New York Journal reports that federal agents have been sent to several points in Texas to secure horses for service in Cuba. Bessie mentions a new baby at their house while Dolly dismisses the idea, and they are near a piano.
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