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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1885
Page
6
A whimsical domestic scene contrasts the three little flies outside in the rain with three inside on the pane. The piece ends with a moral about patience and enduring chores, noting a dinner being prepared and urging readers to recall the lesson.
The essay reflects on the heavy domestic load borne by women and the neglect of practical comforts. It urges readers to share ideas for labor-saving aids such as enclosed tables and ironing tips, inviting suggestions from readers to ease tired workers and preserve health.
A reader seeks guidance from local women on managing a temperamental spouse and debt pressures. He urges mothers to teach children to wait upon themselves, recounting a tale of a mother who overburdened herself serving four boys and failed to teach them self-reliance.
An Ente terprising mother narrates how two grown sons and two younger men rely on their mother, neglect her, and resist affection. The piece urges mothers to teach self reliance and for children to wait upon themselves, citing a family from the past as a cautionary tale.
The Philadelphia Ties describes White Plains groups plotting a picnic while hoping a marriage epidemic visits their borough. It envisions both clubs dissolving their bachelor society as couples form and humor about maidens and men follows.
The piece mocks female rule but extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a strengthening tonic for debility. It claims the remedy enriches the blood and restores failing health and cites Miss Sallie L. Paules of Wrightsville, Pa, cured of back-ache kidney trouble and liver complaint.
The article urges strict cleanliness in dairy operations, noting that milk and butter absorb odors from unclean surroundings and vessels. It highlights the superior value of well treated cows and skilled hired help, arguing better care raises profits and product quality. It also promotes Electric Bitters as a universal cure for various ailments, claiming widespread success and urging purchase at 50 cents a bottle.
The New York World reports it has raised 102000 dollars to complete the Bartholdi Statue fund with 120000 contributors when the list closed. The notice extols Hop Bitters as a comprehensive remedy, claiming it surpasses many medicines in curing dyspepsia liver issues and nerve fatigue.
J W Motes of Dulile writes an 1881 testimonial praising Hop Bitters after years of liver and kidney trouble and swelling. He credits pain relief and renewed health to seven bottles, urges poor men to try the remedy, and mentions pastors and local merchants advertising related products.
Wilkes county residents total nearly 109 people with wealth over 10 000 Gen Toombs tops the list with 250 000 W W Simpson 150 000 James H Benson 90 000 and others follow in smaller sums The ad promotes Wild Cherry and Tar and Dr Bosanko s Cough and Lung Syrup for throat and lung ailments priced 50 cents and 100 dollars with sample free J W Hightower sells the syrup Oatmeal and T C Williams Pilot chewing tobacco are also advertised at J F Taylors
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