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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1885
Page
1
The writer notes nationwide crop strength and an unusually favorable cotton outlook. If August matches recent trends, the fall could yield the largest U S cotton crop yet, with hopes of handling ten thousand to fifty thousand bales and immediate on the spot payment. The firm offers to buy, advance cash, or store cotton for ship or sale.
An urban column highlights Mr Ambrose Murphey’s intensive farming on land partly within town limits, detailing multi stage fertilization and deep plowing for corn and cotton. It praises prolific yields and argues early guano can be leached away. It also advises sowing a turnip patch with thorough soil prep and heavy manuring.
An advertisement extols B. B. B. as superior to other preparations, arguing that opposition to new innovations is natural. It asserts the field is large enough for all remedies and that one bottle may prove more valuable than several others. The copy defends using varied cures for blood poison.
The Hollonville Lodge No 70 BF mourns the death of Brother Cadesman Pope who passed April 22 1885 in Lithonia Georgia. The lodge resolves to honor his memory inscribes a blank page in minutes wears mourning badge for 30 days and sends notices to his wife and local papers. An unrelated classified note promotes Electric Bitters claiming cure for kidney liver and urinary ailments.
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