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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1896
Page
4
A Kentucky business owner recovering from la grippe credits Dr Miles’ Nervine with restoring health and enabling a return to work. The account highlights a relieved employer and the product’s perceived efficacy during illness.
The civil service commission imposes new physical and medical standards for post office clerk and carrier applicants after February exams. Male candidates under 5 feet 4 inches or 125 pounds will be disqualified, with exam questions testing sight and stamina. boards may cancel applications failing these criteria.
Letter from M Bust of Savannah Georgia praising Tetterine for foot tetter and requesting two more boxes. Customer notes twelve years of affected nails improving after use and asks for mail order purchase at 50 cents.
In Fitzgerald new dwellings rise and storehouses proliferate as fifteen sawmills run day and night. Lumber for a depot is prepared for a union depot serving Georgia and Alabama lines including Titton, North eastern, and Brunswick and Western railroads. The Tifton and Northern work above 350 hands and aim to reach by March 1.
Advertisement promises free trial of Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills. Send name and address to H E Bucklen & Co in Chicago to receive a sample box and Guide to Health and Household Instructor at no cost. The offer guarantees benefit with no charge.
Farmers often think grain alone suffices for fowls. Crushed bones supply lime essential to bones and aid in egg production. Ground bone feeding increases both the number and the size of eggs, highlighting the need for extra calcium in a hen’s diet.
A humorous note claims a sluggish liver harms longevity and promotes correcting it with DeWitts Little Early Risers pills sold for indigestion and constipation relief. The quip uses period tone mentioning a famous patent medicine.
Meansville Baptist church members publish memorial resolutions praising Rev. W. A. Brooks who served as pastor and church member. They note his ministry, character, and family loss, vote to dedicate a memorial page, and send copies to his bereaved family and newspapers.
It is as hard to break certain habits as a malarial fever once set in. Mr. Uimrod of Liveaster Ubic says Simmons Liver Regulator cured a three year malarial fever in one bottle and he will use and recommend it in future medical needs.
The article notes a sharp rise in U S gold production from about 40 million to 53 million dollars in one year. It cites global production at 118 million five years earlier and predicts Australia’s Boolgardie fields will push 1896 output higher, with Alaska and Northwest Canada potential new discoveries.
J. W. Pierce of Republic Iowa reports he used One Minute Cough Cure in his family with thoroughly satisfactory results and says he will recommend it to others on every occasion. Da W A Waaiaar endorsed as the letter signer.
A New York Evening Sun excerpt describes Margery crying after a wasp stung her hand and sat there. She struggles with the sting and laments the insect’s firm grip as she recalls it walked over her hand.
An 19th century advertisement touts Orange Blossom as a direct external treatment for female troubles and a cure for dropsy of the womb irregular menses leucorrhoea ulcers tumors and constipation. The ad claims it can be mailed for one dollar from Dr J A McGill Co Chicago and sold locally by J H Blackburn.
An opinionated critique rejects the practice of souring swill for pigs, arguing there is no nutritional gain. The piece notes acids have limited use, highlights milk composition, and says souring removes water and unnecessary components without adding value.
For over fifty years this syrup has soothed teething children and eased pain by softening gums and curing wind colic and diarrhea. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle. Ask for Mrs. Winlow's Soothing Syrup and take no other.
A young wife explains to her husband that she will use a memoran dum list of groceries including eggs raisins lemon extract condensed milk cinnamon and sugar to make bread pudding from leftover baker's bread. She insists she never lets anything go to waste.
The Atlanta Exposition committee reports a company deficit of 29806.31 dollars. E R Moore former Cherokee Advance staffer Canton has gone to Cuba to join the insurgents. A Unadilla merchant bought 180 tons of guano and resold it before unloading. Conyers reports three first class warehouses full of business. Sparta Ishmaelite notes Elberta peach trees planted in Hancock county. A monument for Southern poet Richard Henry Wilde will rise at his Augusta home. Mrs Kk G Jones widow manages planta tions in Terrell county and recently killed 44 hogs weighing 17500 pounds.
Advertisement claims catarrh in the head is caused by impure blood and cannot be cured locally. It states Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured hundreds of cases by purifying the blood and removing the disease cause, while also building up the system to prevent pneumonia diphtheria and typhoid fever.
Hood's Pills gain favor as the preferred cathartic product with broad appeal among consumers who try them priced at 25 cents.
An Electrical Review excerpt notes seven trades in Cornell mechanical engineering, including blacksmithing. A former reluctant student, now a Colorado mine superintendent, recalls welding a broken shaft to keep a mine running, saying the skill boosted his standing and salary.
A Kansas mother testifies in 1893 about her 13 year old daughter Bertie Barbor recovering from a nervous ailment believed to threaten Vitus' dance. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health, noting rapid improvement after starting treatment and recommending them. The pills are made by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady and sold in boxes at 60 cents each or six for $2.50.
The article notes Mrs. Cleveland never wore a tiara though she could, discusses the un-American notion of coronets as imitation of titled ladies, and suggests foreigners laugh at such displays. It concludes the diamond trade would not suffer and a strong character would not abandon the symbol of old world splendor.
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