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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
7
Major Dale opens a private bank in Pine Tree City and educates Jim Haynes on deposits and receipts. The wary customer, fond of cattle and mines, fears the new system and insists on avoiding saloon-style chaos as he asks questions about signing, tracking funds, and the nature of banking.
An advertisement offers to create 100 crayon portraits or water colors at 85 cents each for quick local orders. First come, first served. free sitting if no small picture is available. promotional note signed by W Grice Gero.
A Nebraska tale notes a woman known as Mrs Haughty being exposed at a neighbor’s supper. She claimed disdain for mush and milk yet secretly dipped her spoon in milk first, revealing her pretended refinement. The piece mocks pretentious airs in a small community.
J A Perkin of Antiquity Ohio suffered thirty years of doctors treating eczema before finding relief with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, a renowned remedy for piles and skin conditions. Dr W A Wricurt notes the cure.
An 1890s style advertisement claims urine sediment indicates kidney disease and promotes Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal remedy for back pain kidney bladder and liver issues. It promises relief from frequent urination scalding pain and liquor aftereffects with samples and pamphlets mailed free from Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY.
An East End man ignored doctor advice against coffee, clung to real brew while his wife suggested imitation coffee. After years of bilious symptoms he improved while drinking substitutes, leading to a grocer’s wink that he hadn’t bought genuine coffee in months. The tale promotes Dr Pierces Pleasant Pellets as a cure for digestive trouble and constipation.
A playful classroom exchange between Ellen and a teacher jokes about currency. Ellen recites that ten mills equal one cent ten cents equal one dime and ten dimes equal one dollar. The teacher prompts to continue and a punchline about a bargain follows.
Henry Ward Beecher recalls a strict math teacher who demanded sole responsibility for learning. The teacher rejected excuses and insisted on proving knowledge with no room for hesitation or partial effort, shaping Beecher into independent, confident reciter who answers with Yes and proves it.
H. T. McEwen pastor of Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Church in New York proclaims Pond's Extract a familiar constant friend and household necessity in a note dated October 23, 1894.
Miss Aliie Hughes of Norfolk Virginia was badly burned on the face and neck. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve gave immediate pain relief and healed the injury without scarring. Dr W A Wricut endorses this famous pile remedy.
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