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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
3
The battalion reports widespread sickness from cold weather but welcomes Lieut Nash back from influenza. Bayonet and sword drill are emphasized with a medal for the best drilled man. Loss of Lieut John Holmes is noted and a pause on march practice is hoped. Christmas break of about 13 days is anticipated and emphasis on practice to win the medal.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething pain wind colic and diarrhoea. It claims immediate relief and urges purchase from druggists worldwide at 25 cents per bottle.
A reader ponders whether crows understand human language and notes a friend who claims to hear their vocabulary. Other quips include a dream about heaven and reporters, a West Africa voyage tale, and a parrot’s remark on thirst for learning, ending with a playful ad for Early Fiser pills.
A sermon extols the joy of Heaven as an endless hymn where even the humblest worshiper may boldly address Abba Father. It images a perfect home where mercy, charity, and contentment meet at God’s altar, signaling life as earnest and bright with divine sunlight.
Question and offer for free medical advice from Dr. J C Ayer on medical queries. Readers are invited to write to the J C Ayer Co to receive answers and guidance, with address in Lower Mass.
A six foot man in Michigan purports to have a merchantable war impersonation scheme. He works with brokers to enlist false substitutes, collecting retainers and dodging medicals before being rejected. His bold exploits include a Pittsburgh incident where a truckman is paid to aid the ruse.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat column argues nicotine is not the chief danger of smoking. The doctor claims little nicotine is absorbed, but cigarette inhalation stimulates the heart, causing mood dips and drinking to cope, especially with existing heart trouble.
A July 23 letter from Santiago de Cuba praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as an indirect saviour of the army during the Battle of Santiago. The writer says pack-train No. 8 kept troops supplied with ammunition and rations thanks to pre-bought medicine, which allegedly saved lives when roads were unusable.
A reflective tale recalls a kind mistress and a former servant distressed by financial strain as she questions her welfare. A dealer in antiquities reports a fat woman buying antiques to fill her house with ancestral shades, a sharp aside on social longing and material desire.
A nervous curate named Bruce earned rebuke from a senior colleague after he made awkward compliments at a gathering of clergy at the bishop's palace. The senior called him a donkey and urged silence, prompting loud laughter among the group.
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