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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1896
Page
3
The Barnesville Gazette published in Springfield Ohio promotes itself as a practical farm paper for farmers. It emphasizes up to date farming advances by progressive agriculturists and offers free sample copies.
A collection of aphorisms on forward thinking, appearances, honesty, and character. The piece muses on striving, hypocrisy, contentment, ambition, and the value of prudent conduct, with playful notes on prudence, kindness, and personal integrity.
An old advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best treatment for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and prices a box at 25 cents through S. B. Burr sales.
The article lists diverse cradle customs from Wales England Vosges Brittany Greece Turkey and Spain. Practices include tongs or knives for protection washing cracking joints oiling the head and brandy to seal a skull amulets mud charms and pine boughs.
An old warning article explains stomach trouble can lead to disease and promotes Shaker Digestive cordial as a strengthening remedy. It claims the cordial nourishes the stomach, aids digestion, and can cure genuine indigestion. Sold by druggists for 10 cents to 1 dollar per bottle.
The article describes early automata by Houdin including a perfect singing nightingale that mimicked song and moved like a real bird. It notes a 1846 nightingale automaton made for a St Petersburg merchant and cites Houdin’s fame from a 1844 automatic boy capable of drawing maps and talking.
Try Electric Bitters for loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervousness insomnia and dizziness. The medicine is claimed to give strength and tone to the organs with health guaranteed. Available for fifty cents or one dollar at S. B. Burr Jr's Drug Store.
An elderly woman trusted in a remedy for croup and used One Minute Cough Cure to save a child’s life before a doctor arrived. Dr. W. A. Wricut notes the prior success with the same treatment.
Readers urged to boost profits by investing in Poland China pigs. The ad claims heavy future returns with twelve month stocks weighing 300 to 500 pounds net, produced from top breeding stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. orders welcomed from LaFayette Alabama.
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