Barnesville Echoes on Jobs and Local Alberta Tales
A Gazette reader reflects on unemployment and luck, while residents debate work and decency near a Greenwood Street cabin. Miss Lena Whitford of Cincinnati plans to practice medicine in Barnesville, and a social gathering at the Mitchell home features music and games. The piece notes locals who have never ridden trains or visited nearby cities, and concludes with Barnesville’s boastful school spirit surrounding Gordon Institute.
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The
GazeTte
Greenwood Street
Milner
the Gazette
Lena Whitford
Cincinnati
Barnesville
J. Dan Woodall
Miss Whitfield
John Chambers
Robert Mitchell
Matthews Hotel
Thomaston
Forsyth
Griffin
Atlanta
Gogginsville Growth and Barnesville Cotton Market Growth
The Gazette reports growth in Gogginsville with a new brick store and dwellings. Barnesville is forecast to have the strongest cotton market in years with buyers T B Lyon J W Stafford & Sons and J C Collier Co. driving trade. Gordon Institute attracts foreign pupils. the community urges every schoolchild’s attendance. Music at the Baptist church gains two new flutes. Turner Prout's mill receives the first corn ground into meal carried by Mrs William Harris of Red Bone.
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Barnesville
Pound
St. Louis
Gordon Institute
Baptist Church
Charley Brittain
Jean Mitchell
The
Gazette
Turner & Prout
William Harris
Red Bone
Monroe County
Cod liver Oil with Hypophosphites for Summer Use
A palatable cod liver oil with hypophosphites aids digestion and tones the system, suitable for sickly and lung-affected children in summer. Dose may be reduced. small bottle recommended for children. Keep in a cool place after opening. Sold by druggists for 50 cents and 1.00 dollar.
Favorite Prescription Promised to Guard Wives and Mothers
An opinionated advertisement asserts death hides in happiness and claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription protects feminine health for wifehood and motherhood. It includes testimonial praise from Mrs. Seagle and notes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as effective gentle laxatives for constipation and liver on the stomach.
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Dr. Pierce
Simmons Honored Chief Justice Visits Atlanta
Hon Thomas J Simmons Georgia Supreme Court chief justice traveled to Atlanta after a brief stay. His daughter Mrs A O Murphey cited rheumatism from an old New York fall affecting his mobility. Meanwhile Walter B Smith returned from Cincinnati with plans to install high quality machinery for Jackson G Smith's buggy factory.
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Thomas J. Simmons
Supreme Court of Georgia
Atlanta
A. O. Murphey
Judge Simmons
New York City
Walter B. Smith
Cincinnati
Jackson G. Smith
Gazette
Local Couple Repeats Wedding Amid Tragedy in Meansville
The report notes a couple became husband and wife for a second time, wishing them happiness. The following Sunday in Meansville, Joseph Connell died suddenly from rheumatism believed to have affected his heart. Burial followed on Monday with Undertaker Smith in charge.
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Meansville
Joseph Connell
Undertaker Smith
Facts are Stubborn Things Grocery Tale in a Local Ad
A local grocer touts his thriving business and low prices amid a summer cash boom. He raves over cheese from Swiss mountains, red ham gravy, rice and pearl grits, and insists McKinley era tariffs don’t hurt sugar sales while praising his own prosperity. He ends by joking about not traveling for fear of being mistaken for a notable figure.
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Globe
Canada
New Foundland
California
West
Cincinnatti
Switzerland
McKinley
Georgia
Remarkable Cure of Chronic Diarrhoea Details
Henry Steinberger of Allentown Pa describes chronic diarrhoea since 1862 and credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with his complete cure after trying many medicines. He praises the remedy and urges other veterans to use it. The Atlanta Methodist and Baptist ministers’ conferences condemn lynching and hint at a shift against mob violence.
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Pennsylvania
Chamberlain
Henry Steinberger
Allentown
J. H. Blackburn
Methodist and Baptist Ministers of
Atlanta
Barnesville August election for mayor and three aldermen
Notice of election in Barnesville Georgia set for the fourth Tuesday in August the 24th to elect a mayor and three aldermen. By order of Council G. E. Hucney Mayor.
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Barnesville
G. E. Hucney
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Gogginsville
Boat Goodwyn
Mitchell
William Ross
Upson County
Yatesville
Tetterine
A. M. Haywood
Evelyn, Ga
Atari Drug Stores
J. T- Shoptrine
Savannah
W. A. Wright
Joe W. Reeves
P. S
T. W. CocurRan Clerk & Treas
Yasus
U.S
William H. Champers
Hawkes
Morris. Jacobs
Barnesville, GA
Rouss Ragket Store
JR. Deavours
C. B. Rouss
N. Y
J W. Hightower
J. W. Hightower
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