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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1895
Page
7
A nameless narrator, buried alive, recalls a life of debauchery and vanity. He notes the haunting judgment as he lies in a moldy tomb, watching another grave lower beside him and discovering a young victim whose peaceful slumber torments his conscience.
A Popular Science News piece explains sea otters use five webbed digits with the center toe shortest, tails as rudders, and their agility in the water. It notes their gentle nature and care for young, contrasts with common otters, and warns about man’s greed.
A New York Weekly quip suggests walking in rain without an umbrella removes wrinkles. The response notes it won’t work if your umbrella has been stolen, humorously attributing the muddled logic to a friend.
Investigative report in the Texas Christian Advocate details H. E. Spaulding of Longview who suffered sciatic rheumatism for eight years and was bed-ridden for over a year. After trials with hot springs treatment and doctors, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring movement and saving his life, a claim supported by Dr C H Stansbury of Longview and by local testimony from Mr Allison.
Confederate veterans visiting Kenesaw Mountain were told of a battle bullet embedded in Milton's neck. He described the wound as entering the chest above the heart, traveling to the back of the neck, where the bullet remains. He vows to keep the relic for life.
A testimonial letter from Rev. J. Gunderman of Dimendale Michigan praises Dr King’s New Discovery for treating his wife’s pneumonia and La Grippe with remarkable relief. The letter notes severe coughing, the trial bottle offer at 8. B. Burr Jr’s Drug Store and regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
The article discusses stopping coughs by pressing nerves around the lips nose and mouth and notes habit and catarrh as nonessential causes. It cites Dr Brown Sequard and a French surgeon remarking on delaying or depriving food to curb coughing in wards.
A morality article warns new mothers about common errors in infant care. It critiques early purgatives, feeding cries as hunger, excessive warmth, suffocating environments, rough baths, improper soap, nurse reliance, and rocking to soothe. It urges attentive, sanitary bathing and careful dressing to reduce infant mortality.
An advertisement touts a tonic for tired-out womanhood claiming it strengthens the female system, improves digestion, enriches blood, and promotes sleep. It urges women to send for a free pamphlet from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, and cites Dr. Pierce’s Pills for constipation and related issues.
Mulhall declares 6 003 pieces in the modern high grade locomotive. It is noted that workers wading in silt water do not carry smallpox cholera scarlet fever or influenza. The French artificial pearl is made by boring an oyster shell and inserting four glass bits covered by nacre producing flat, lower value pearls.
An advertisement promotes Orange Blossom as a painless remedy for all diseases peculiar to women sold by J. H. Blackburn. It emphasizes universal efficacy without providing medical details or credentials. The claim targets female health issues with a single seller.
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