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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
6
A period piece argues that breathing through the nose in cold weather protects the throat and lungs. It contrasts gloved, warmly dressed shoppers with cold aired mouths and praises nasal warmth, diaphragm strengthening, and dust defense. An exemplar warns children to breathe through the nose to stay healthy.
Readers are invited to try Dr King’s New Discovery for free with a trial bottle from local druggist. Send name and address to H E Becklen & Co Chicago for a sample box of Dr King’s New Life Pills and a Guide to Health and Household Instructor at no cost. S. B Burr Jr’s Drugstore handles the promotion.
A fragmentary verse in a Marietta Journal style recounts a dreary night visit by a writer seeking credit and payment. The tale blends gothic mood with playful self reference as the speaker recalls nearly capturing the visitor before he escapes, leaving a odd imprint on the paper.
An 19th century advertises Orange Blossom as a common sense female remedy that draws out pain and soreness. The product is sold by J. H. Blackburn.
Sam Jones argues that focusing on others' hardships can ease worry during hard times. A traveling man’s tale shows how keeping a record of cases worse off than oneself calmed his anxiety and improved his outlook as shortages linger.
Advertises Tetter cure from J. T. Shuptrive of Savannah Georgia claiming long standing cases cured and total satisfaction. Promotes mail order sale by Warren & Pouncy for 50 cents.
A list of unusual foods from historical and global markets includes hyena flesh in ancient Egypt sharks fins valued at 60 dollars per pound asses meat in Spanish sausages sheep tail fat in French sausages oleomargarine common in Holland dried oysters eaten with earthworms in China kids fattened on grape leaves and crocodile flesh praised as rich and delicate.
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes that Indian women are proverbially healthy and strong. They march days with babies on their backs and travel with their tribes around confinement. They gain endurance from a local weed used to make a medicine sold as Indian Weed by J H Blackburn.
Ex-President Harrison earns a larger sum for his This Country of Ours articles in The Ladies' Home Journal than any public man in America for similar work. His first Christmas number piece sold over 100000 extra copies, with 725000 copies printed as the first edition.
An advertisement claims catarrh in the head is caused by impure blood and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured hundreds by purifying the blood, strengthening the body, and preventing pneumonia diphtheria and typhoid fever.
A column notes Hood's Pills becoming the favorite cathartic of readers who try them, highlighting broad approval and repeat use among the public. The brief cites widespread positive reception and lingering interest in the product.
Cleveland sent a firm state paper to Congress Tuesday on the England and Venezuela dispute. It asserts the Monroe doctrine and signals possible war but remains unlikely. The administration expects strong endorsement from the American people.
A narrative recalls two travelers sharing a sleeping car lower berths. An old dignified couple refuses an upper berth, a prank exchange occurs, and the husband’s awakening knocks lead to shrieks and startled confrontation before the porter calms the scene.
A Detroit Free Press tale describes a young man at the New York and New Haven depot who reveals he and a newlywed wife quarrelled over a diamond ring. He has twenty acres, twenty five dollars, and fears six months of beans as he faces the hotel bill and a possible continued separation. The couple must decide who holds the reins as their tour unfolds.
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