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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
6
A West Virginia bridge tale recalls a moonshiner arrest by Revenue Officer Paul Wilson and a church minister’s humorous testimony. Across Kansas and Georgia communities, anecdotes of drinking, revival rooms, stray rings found in watermelons, pocket book honesty, and a Fulton County vote-buying twist are shared.
A jumble of patent medicine claims for Orange Blossom marketed to women, followed by Q and A style vignettes about a traveling show ape, a detective recounting jewel recovery, a New Mexico trial by combat, and a kindly old lady helping a vagabond, all presented in a serialized newspaper voice.
For over fifty years Mrs Wixion’s Soothing Syrup has soothed teething children and eased wind colic and diarrhea. The ad promises immediate relief and credits millions of mothers. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle. insist on Mrs Winlow’s.
A nostalgic note extols evening readings as educational and comforting. It suggests a weekly plan with themes: a historical novel, travel writing, essays, and ballads, read aloud by the mother and sister to children, turning nightly sessions into unalloyed pleasure.
Dr C H Porter of Elliottsville Rowan County Kentucky recounts his 20 year battle with nervous collapse and pain. After trying medicines he recovered following use of Dr Williams Pink Pills and praises them. He cites S G Bailey of Morgan County cured of rheumatism and scrofula with pills. Pills sold by druggists or mail from Schenectady NY at 50 cents a box or six for 2 50.
The piece argues that Americans, even in slow business times, will protect the treasury beyond its needs and see no financial danger in current political debates. It asserts public willingness to fund obligations and views foreign fear as irrelevant to the stability of the government’s finances.
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