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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
2
Warren for The Gazette muses on memory as a law of association linking life moments. He describes how events scents faces and melodies trigger vast chains of past experience, turning memory into a panorama of linked life chapters and emotional harvests.
A moral exhortation declares liquor harms women and families, urging young women to reject intoxicants and guard their happiness. It describes heartbreak, ruined marriages, and the toll of drunkenness on children, urging total abstinence and community action to defend virtue.
John Oliver recalls a dire illness with yellow skin sunken eyes and pain. After three physicians gave him up a friend urged Electric Bitters which improved after one bottle and he credits them with saving his life. Available 50 cents at W A Wiicur Drug Store.
News from Barnesville reports the death of Mrs Bruce Lee after attempting to extinguish a fire near Meansville. Her clothing caught fire as she saved her children from the burning home and she died shortly after. Funeral services were held at Midway church near Barnesville.
An advertisement claims instant relief for burns scalds eczema and other skin diseases with DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve described as the great pile remedy by Dr W A Wrich. The copy promotes quick soothing benefits and medical endorsement.
Inclement weather forced last Friday's musicale at the home of Mr and Mrs J M Cochranes to be postponed. The event will be held tomorrow Friday evening with the same program as announced earlier. attendees are assured of an enjoyable evening.
Cabinet size only two dollars and fifty cents per dozen for three days. Come at once as time expires. Geo W Grice Barnesville Georgia.
Rev W S Stevens and Dr J M Brittain exchanged pulpits last Sunday for the evening service with Dr Brittain at the Methodist church and Brother Stevens at the Baptist church. The ministers and congregations of Barnesville are working harmoniously with a most pleasant relationship.
Classified notice announcing a seven room house with a two acre lot on Thomaston street for rent. Applications directed to Chas. A. Hunt at Murphey's Insurance office, with D. A. Stroub noted.
In a regular conference, Barnesville Baptist Church elected Judge W. A. Prout and Mr. John T. Middlebrooks to the deaconate. Both men are described as worthy. Ordination is set for the fourth Sunday in March.
A property owner in Barnesville expresses appreciation to a fire insurance agent for prompt settlement of damage to a tenant house. The fire occurred August 18 and payment followed on August 22, four days after the fire. The letter is signed Warren Busu.
A reader thanks Edward Fider for a $500 fire loss settlement covering the barn and contents from the Aug 7 fire. The sender praises the agency for prompt payment within 16 days and recommends it as reliable fire insurance.
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