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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
7
An advertisement touts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as soothing healing cleansing medicine. It claims to cure sores wounds and piles and to stop itching burning and chapped lips or cold sores within hours. It is attributed to Dr. W A Wriaurt.
Instruction from Mrs. Snyder explains setting six sturdy posts, planting long tomato slips after frost, and guiding vines with leather tacks to form a single twelve foot stem. Runners are trained upward, clipped when fruiting, and rotated to avoid rot, promising better yields than traditional methods.
An advertisement asserts indigestion causes many illnesses and that Shaker Digestive Cordial, made from tonic roots and herbs, provides a gentle natural cure. It claims it relieves the system, offers fresh life, and is available at druggists with a trial bottle for 10 cents.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Ill was told she had Consumption but two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her and saved her life. Mr Thos Eggers of 189 Florida St San Francisco recovered from a dreadful approaching consumption after one bottle, in two weeks. Free trial bottles at S B Burr Jr’s Drug Store regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
A Harsh note from Augusta Herald and Marietta Journal warns that sharp fault finding and factionalism harm families and towns. It calls for patience, forbearance, and unity to achieve the town's welfare and lasting peace.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the true blood purifier and a guarantee of lasting health. It asserts the medicine keeps the blood pure and promotes overall wellness.
A Tennessee Farmer urges careful inspection of colts for lice in cold weather. Pests cluster on the neck, mane roots, and withers, and can be mistaken for dandruff. Powder rubbed in is cheap and safe, quassia baths kill vermin but can injure Colts without heat. Tobacco smoke applied via a hand bellows is most effective in expert hands.
Fragmentary note praises Hopkins Steamed Hewing corn product as delicious and intriguing. The line hints at taste appeal and the product name in parentheses, but details are sparse and unclear due to OCR damage.
The text argues that lack of occupation harms society as much as solitude. Idle time narrows the mind and fosters trifling stories, mischief, and lies, while being occupied forces meaningful speech. inactivity leads to constant, annoying chatter and danger.
An advertised remedy titled Orange Blossom claims to cure various female ailments with a painless formula. The sale listing credits seller Joe H. Blackburn as the vendor.
A nostalgic, humorous poem fragment from the Dalton Citizen laments modern food and labor fatigue. The speaker longs for old fashioned meals and simpler times, invoking grandmother's jam, well churned milk, and a traditional pie as comfort against weariness.
The article warns that the San Jose scale is spreading in parts of the country and could reach Georgia. It describes the pest Aspidiotus perniciosus, its hosts including apples pears plums and cherries, and its appearance. Remedies include pruning, washing twigs with caustic soda or potassium, and a kerosene emulsion spray after initial treatment, with further spraying directions promised in a future bulletin.
Bulletin No 31 summarizes five years of cotton and crop trials at the station farm in 1895, recommending home mixing of fertilizers using acid phosphate muriate of potash cotton meal and related materials. Formulas target corn cotton and root crops with notes on substitutions, manure incorporation, mixing methods, and costs per ton. It lists prices for sourcing materials in Griffin and advises nitrate of soda as a quick starter alongside plant seed guidance.
Published from bulletin 28 this repeat lists grape varieties suited to Georgia for commercial vineyards. It covers Moore's Early, Delaware, Ives, Niagara, Concord, Carman and others with notes on bunch size, berry color, flavor, yield, rot resistance and vigor, noting limits by region and climate while recommending a core shipping list and early varieties.
The article lists grape varieties including 88 M1008 and Frontignan type at f and notes their flavor, late ripening, and suitability for fortified wines. It discusses Moore's Diamond, Duchess, Mills, and several named wines and tables for planting, with recommendations on where to obtain stock and which vintages age best, highlighting Goethe and Norton’s Virginia as top white and red beers respectively.
A historical note lists several spray formulas with precise measurements for copper sulphate, lime, carbonate soda, and ammonia. It explains dilution, mixing steps, and emulsification, notes cost effectiveness, and hints at future guidance in a forthcoming Press Bulletin by H. N.
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