Barnesville Notes Highlight Local Life And People
The Literary Club plans a Friday meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Murphey's home weather permitting with a charity minstrel for the library. Citizens like Edgar L. Rogers and Mayor Hunt support the poor. Local church services were cancelled by bad weather. Dr. G M Rockwell sick again. hopes for quick recovery. Red Bone farmers haul forty tons of Acid to Barnesville to save money. The Gordon Institute music department is advancing to become a premier Georgia program. A Barnesville girl received a Washington D C reception from Mrs. Senator Bate. The February Virginia Medical monthly features Dr M A Clark on Trional as a hypnotic.
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Red Bone
Monroe County
Barnesville
Tiia
Georgia
Ebbitt Hotel
Washington D. C
Senator Bate
Nashville, Tenn
Pike and Monroe
Gen. Bate
Virginia Medical Monthly
M. A. Clark
Snow Flakes and Sleighing Delights in the South
The piece recalls a rare heavy snowfall in Barnesville, noting residents enjoyed sleighing and skating on frozen ponds for several days. It recounts playful snowball incidents, including Captain Veal dodging a pursuing officer and a staged arrest tale, plus a playful mischief on Thomaston street involving forty schoolgirls.
Death of William Coggin Follows Holenville Burial
William Coggin son of J. L. Coggin of Holenville died Saturday night and was buried near the family home on Sunday.
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William Coggin
J. L. Coggin
Holenville
From Head to Foot Promises of J Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
An advertisement extols J Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as purifying blood and restoring health. It claims to aid recovery from La Grippe and convalescence from pneumonia fever and wasting diseases by building flesh and strength. It asserts benefits for liver induced disorders and skin or scrofulous affections with a money back guarantee if no cure.
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J. Pierce
Sage’s Catarrh Cure Claim
Advertisement asserts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Cure is perfect and permanent and offers 500 dollars for a case they cannot cure. The note emphasizes a cash reward for proving failure to cure catarrh.
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Gatarrh
Officer's harsh remark sparks school boys outrage
A man claimed to be an authority figure used loaded language saying he would apologize if the students disliked his remark. The statement prompted anger among the schoolboys and sparked questions about conduct and accountability.
Barnesville Charities Aid Needy During Cold Spell
The people of Barnesville organized a relief effort after a week of cold weather. A mayoral meeting produced a committee and subscriptions totaling about fifty dollars, distributed as wood meat flour and other essentials to the afflicted. The piece notes the severe wood and coal shortage and contrasts with milder South winters.
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Barnesville
Hunt
New Labor Influx To Barnesville Mills Attracts Workers
Several families have moved to Barnesville to work at the Underwear Mills and the Roitting Mill. Workers arrive from Macon and nearby country, with about one hundred expected to join the mills soon. The development signals economic activity for the town.
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Macon
Barnesville
Memorial Association Meeting Notice
The Ladies Memorial Association will meet at the Blalock house Friday afternoon at 2 30 o clock. Full attendance is necessary to attend to business. Mrs A J Bratox presides.
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Ladies’ Memorial Association
Blalock House
Siuch
Mas
A. J. Bratoox
It Is Over The Cot Spell Ends With Warm Week
The text notes a week of persistent snow followed by a thaw. On a Sunday snow fell again and then began to melt, with freezing temperatures near zero before a Saturday brought fair warm weather. The recent cold spell was described as the most severe in years across the South.
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Messrs
Turner & Prout
Veal
Shemaston Street
Captain Veal
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Edgar L. Rogers
Yours
Turner & Progt
SS Cei
Schofield
Hancock Inspira
J. S. Schofield’s Sons & Co
Mrs
A. O. Murphey
Charley Tyler
Emmet Elder
Jim Cochrane
R. L. Swatts
Dr. Tyler
Mayor Hunt
G. M. Rockwell
Manufacturers’ Record
T. W. Cochran
Cochran
J. F. Redding
Atlanta
East Point
Gordon Institute
Gorgia
Barnesvillians
Charlie Tyler
Thomaston Street
Dr. Sage
Dr. Price
Make
Galatia
Ills
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
GROVE
Blackburn
John H. Blackburn
Cheney
Webster, N.C
Cumney
Walter E. Moore
John B. Daniel
Atlanta, GA
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