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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
3
Questioning urine sediment pain and frequent urination, the ad touts Dr. Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy as a direct cure. It claims to target kidneys bladder blood and related diseases and promises immediate action without delay.
A well dressed man helps a woman remove a speck from her eye using a magnifying glass and silk handkerchief. He explains he targets a local optician who cheated him, boasting he has already diverted customers and plans to stop four more before stopping.
A collection of quirks from 19th century press writings contrasts Gypsy minstrel life in Budapest with Samoa’s chief justice running laundries. It also offers quick jokes on hospitality and family differences, reflecting scattered, humorous vignettes of cultural quirks and social manners.
Sweet young girls often become worn, listless women when mothers neglect teaching physical development. No woman is exempt from weakness and pain, and budding young women should be guided physically and morally. If a sick young lady seeks motherly advice, write Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts with full details of symptoms and surroundings. her confidential report will assist another woman.
Heirs of Joseph Jencks reveal facts suggesting he was the first American inventor with a patent. Jencks of Lynn Massachusetts received a patent for water power to mills years before a scythe patent. The grass scythe design, with a longer thinner blade and reinforced back, remains largely unchanged today.
A farmer near Webster City Iowa stories a seven year gag with a pocket watch lost to a milk cow when butchered. The watch was found wedged between the lungs and remained wound due to respiration, losing only four minutes in seven years.
A sentimental girl and practical aunt settle on a green hillside where the niece extols landscape beauty and the brook’s music. The aunt quips that she prefers the brook as a solo to a duet, ending with a quiet pause on the hill.
A collection of humorous anecdotes and travel notes recounts a boastful man who claims never to have sinned and a comedic exchange with Moody. Also includes a humorous waiter's egg mishap and a royal audience with a dignified king and cautious queen mother during an Ashanti visit.
A doctor reassures a patient’s guardian that he will pull the patient through, citing insurance of a hundred thousand. The exchange reveals the reliance on the insurer and the implied burden of medical costs.
An assay shop proprietor compares gold and platinum to rarer metals listing prices per pound or ounce for barium, calcium, chromium, gallium, indium, osmium, palladium, rhodium and more. He notes barium and gallium far exceed gold in value, while many metals cost far less. Aluminium is now produced cheaply like iron and copper.
In a comic quip, Aunt asks which parent the newborn Emma-Beth resembles while noting she has no teeth and is hairless like pepper. A separate observation notes Papuans of the Malay coast of New Guinea live primitively, using stone bone and wood weapons as metals remain unknown.
A reflective meditation on human flaw that argues perfection fosters gentleness toward others' defects. The author frames imperfection as a universal condition that tempers judgment and invites patience and quietude.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pomed and a favorite remedy for digestive and liver troubles while urging prompt debts payment before Christmas. It also claims Manila is filled with lepers yet supports Philippines US ownership and promotes De Witts Witch Hazel Salve as a sure healer for sores burns and piles.
A historical reflection on anger as a sign of weakness. It argues that yielding to passion undermines confidence and judgment, while true strength remains calm, faces disappointment, and overcomes obstacles. The piece condemns furious outbursts as unproductive and marks anger as a guide to folly.
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