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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
7
A dog in a household bought meat at the market and hid it in the cellar. The cat kept stealing the meat, so the dog buried his purchases. When the meat vanished, the dog searched the cellar, found nothing, then chased the cat after discovering her.
Ole Bull jokes about gender and piano prowess then praises fiddles. A young pianist retorts her strength, stating she breaks pianos as fast as a man. The Norwegian notes locals beat pianos but cherish fiddles with affection.
In St Nicholas, Dixon recounts a baby elephant named Sidney captured in Ceylon after its mother died. She initially struggles with milk, dipping her trunk into the bowl. After being fed through a bottle, she learns to drink, and the change of diet causes no ill effects despite worry she might resist the new nourishment.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menstrual pain and uterine trouble. It features a testimonial from Mrs. F. M. Knapp of Milwaukee praising relief from ovarian congestion and womb inflammation.
The Philadelphia Times describes the slate pencil production process where boys perform most labor. Slate pieces are crushed, mixed with flour and moisture, kneaded into a dough, rolled into cylinders, pressed under high pressure, cut into lengths, dried, baked, pointed, and packed in pasteboard and wooden boxes for shipment.
An old advertisement promotes Browns Iron Bitters as a remedy for weakness and wasting tissues. It claims to restore strength and soothe nerves by improving blood quality and offers the product as a cheaper alternative to expensive medicines.
The Advocate of India reports a Siamese decree of expulsion against Chow Pligh Rax, a high official. It orders public stripping of honors, a head shave for health, and seven days later lifelong labor cutting grass for the royal elephants.
A street doctor boasting a horse and trap discusses earnings from summer seasons and fairs, claiming £6 weekly on average and up to £48 a day in Oldham. He notes wet weather cuts business, praises his penny cough remedies, and cites a sensational weekly peak of £106, as he endorses One Minute Cough Cure.
A reporter asks the architect about the purpose of a towering smokestack while workers roar around the site. The architect answers with a cold remark about seeking to go beyond higher criticism as Chicago builds the structure.
A fragmented scribble of names and quotes mixed with advertising lines. It includes brief remarks on sports, marriage, social class, and a medical remedy. The text references De Witt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for constipation and mentions Bornholm Island in the Baltic with magnetite.
A visitor touring the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh remarked on the dock and duties, and an official responded that the visitor might be hanged there. The case echoes two years later when Dr. Pritchard faced death for poisoning his wife and mother-in-law.
The trance medium prophesies a traveler’s future as an actor after declaring the seeker will journey across a vast unsettled land. The exchange appears in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a dramatic spoof or psychic reading.
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