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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1885
Page
2
The text discusses public domain policy and repeal of land acts, urging emigration to South lands. It warns farmers against lottery frauds, cites a looming land shortage, and urges scientific farming and proper soil management to avert exhaustion. It ends with a note about Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as a remedy.
An 1885 correspondent recalls the Lost Cabin lode in the Big Mountains, forecasting a spring boom of thousands to Lost Cabin City. He recounts John Williston’s discovery, rich ore samples, and two tunnels, while detailing a tragic pursuit involving Thompson the mapmaker and asylum escape.
A traveler notes gold and silver in vast quantities at a promising site near Los Cabin. He urges bold prospectors to seize the chance and push hard to claim riches, saying fortunes depend on effort and timing in the upcoming rush.
Cause of failure often traced to lack of confidence in remedies. J W Hightower the Druggist offers a free bottle of Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to all suffering with coughs colds asthma consumption and throat and lung affections to prove its value.
The Blood Balm Company of Atlanta says it started a year ago with 162 dollars and now cannot be bought for 50 thousand. The firm touts its remedy as a unique permanent blood poison cure giving full satisfaction in all cases, with druggists already stocking it and readers urged to buy a bottle for blood diseases kidney trouble scrofula catarrh old ulcers and skin diseases.
A. J. Waite of Milner Georgia appeals to friends and customers to settle small debts owed since spring. He says he extended the accounts at the start of aeete month and none have paid to date, warning it is a calamity for a businessman to fail at maturity and asks all to call and pay immediately. Date October 15.
Ludden and Bates Southern Music House proclaims a $200,000 paid capital and rapid expansion with eleven branch offices and over 200 agents across the South. The firm emphasizes solid permanence and cooperative stock structure, led by W. Ludden as president J. A. Bates as treasurer and J D Murphy as secretary, assuring patrons of safety and reliability.
An advertisement from a Southern music dealer claims record wholesale purchases of Chickering pianos and Estey organs, with installment terms and one price to all. It lists affordable accordions harmonicas banjos violins guitars and strings, promotes a ten cent music catalog, and promises large stock, low prices, and customer satisfaction.
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