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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
3
A bronze faced captain recalls a voyage story about a cook who chopped off his toe with a cleaver. The dog swallowed the severed toe and later the ship’s doctor performed a post mortem and stitched the toe back, leaving the cook ashore with his many toes intact.
Advertises a complimentary 64 page health booklet from the Atlanta based physicians Dr Hathaway and Co. Readers are urged to write today and mention the paper to receive the free publication. The notice emphasizes seeking truth about health and invites immediate contact.
A hand bath uses cold water and salt to invigorate the body and improve skin health. Regular cold salt baths tone the system, prevent colds in winter, and replace cosmetics, with sea salt favored for its claimed medical properties. Perform daily, including face and neck, with no soap.
An ad notes that DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel poisons regulate the stomach intestines and liver purify the blood drive away disease and restore health and vigor for daily routines. The notice cites Dr. W A Wright L H Holmes Barnesville Milner.
A reflective aphorism notes that both lack of affection and financial strain underlie many hardships, suggesting root causes in personal and social life. The saying emphasizes unmet emotional needs alongside economic pressures shaping behavior and outcomes.
Maria Parloa offers practical guidance from the Ladies' Home Journal on hanging and grouping pictures. She emphasizes measuring, proper wire types, secure hooks, and the visual trick of placing moulding below the ceiling to alter perceived room height.
An 19th century patent remedy advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as gentle on the system and permanently curing constipation and liver ailments. Claims list Dr. W A Wiccur, L H Homes, and Barnesville as connected names and places.
In medieval Europe the bubonic plague devastated populations with Venice taking early steps to halt its spread. Venice set up a lazaretto on a nearby island in 1408 and appointed three guardians in 1545 marking the first public health quarantine. The term quarantine derives from the forty day detention imposed on ships.
A religious tract listing thirty reasons against dancing, citing conscience, church condemnations, pagan references, moral concerns, worldly connections, and spiritual harm. Authored by Rev. J. E. Marvin, it argues dance conflicts with piety, virtue, and divine blessing.
A large framed athletic young woman declares her intent to clean out thin Which. She rolls up bee sleeves and immediately begins the task, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Ledger contrasts a boy’s refusal to part with his dog with the demand for money. The line highlights themes of loyalty and poverty in a humorous format.
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as quickly healing gunshot wounds cuts and sprains. It claims prevention of blood poisoning and warns against counterfeits while naming Dr W A Wincut and L H Holmes in Barnesville.
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