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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
7
A columnist argues a male claim that women lack perfect honor. He contrasts a self aware woman who defers paying bills with a diligent seamstress and shopkeepers who fear delayed payments. The piece suggests a rule of prompt payment strengthens household trust and finances.
A period focused note warns women no woman can be too careful of her condition before birth. It stresses that neglect or improper care endangers both mother and child and urges choosing safe, cautious action over risky or ill advised choices. The piece emphasizes personal responsibility for a safer pregnancy.
A Shreveport woman credits Mother's Friend liniment with easing pregnancy and labor, noting it relaxes muscles, relieves morning sickness, reduces nervousness and headaches, prevents certain breast changes, shortens labor, and aids recovery. Druggists sell it for $1. The Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta promotes a free illustrated book.
The clipping promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers with claims of gentle aid to nature curing constipation and liver ailments. It includes medical names Dr W A Wincut L H Homes and Barnesville Milner, and features moral quotes from Johnson Confucius Byron Greville and L'Es trange.
A miscellany of quotes on morals frugality and character precedes an advertisement for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The copy lists wound types it treats and claims it prevents blood poisoning with endorsements from Dr. W. A. Wincut and L. H. Holmes in Barnesville Milner.
The Pontotoc County Commissioners met August 1 1899 with Jenkins Coggin presiding. They approved numerous bills for jailers bridges lumber and medicines and fixed the county tax rate at five dollars per thousand. They also appointed three commissioners to review Angeline Collier's pauper status and planned a report next meeting.
This notice advertises DeWitts Little Early Risers as a remedy that cleanses the system of poisons, regulates the stomach and bowels, purifies the blood, drives away disease, dispels melancholy, and restores health for daily routines. It includes testimonial style attribution to I H Holmes of Barnesville and quotes moral reflections from Beaumont and Bryant.
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