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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
2
FE O McComick, Passenger Traffic Manager of the Big Four Route in Cincinnati Ohio, announces a fifty cent sheet music at an exceptionally low rate to test the advertising value of papers as media. The envelope should be marked Two Step.
A Boston teacher recalls a student who wrote of gratitude for simply living through winter. The family has been unemployed since spring. the father, unemployed, supports a wife and three children, while the frail mother earned their livelihood. The boy is bright, but wears clean, thin clothes.
The text claims married people live longer than unmarried, temperate and industrious individuals outlive gluttonous and idle people, civilized nations outlast uncivilized ones, and tall people outlive shorter individuals.
Doctor endorses Pond's Extract as a reliable remedy for inflammation. In a subcutaneous morphine treatment, Pond's Extract is used topically and noted for its sedative and astringent effects in reducing inflammatory processes.
Grace the office cat at a downtown preserving establishment in Philadelphia drew attention for intelligence. Adopted as a kitten by Miss Grac Kelly, she became mother to three kittens and was observed guiding and feeding them, with curiosity aroused by a jar bottling setup where a kitten reportedly fell in and could not escape.
A Detroit Free Press man recalls a small town sheriff Jim in whose jail a colored man named Bob is jailed for drunkenness with a $9 fine. A visiting lady demands Bob's release to milk her cow, offering to go before Judge Simpkins, while the sheriff refuses without payment. The tale ends with a humorous aside and an advertisement for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers.
A Washington Post note recalls Senator White’s wife avoiding Washington storms, while Homer Davenport the California cartoonist tells of a fearsome thunderstorm. Mrs Davenport hides in a closet, fearing both lightning and a mouse, prompting a frightened appeal from her aboard husband.
A reflection on how rumors travel through the neighborhood before truth rises, noting the danger of lies that can ruin a good man or woman's reputation. The speaker laments human nature and its tendency to twist truth.
A Washington special to the New York World forecasts the year ends with a deficit of 85 million dollars. It notes the Wilson bill revenue in its final months covered government expenses.
A terse reflection notes that trouble follows a careless remark. It warns a single comment can incite more conflict than months of cleanup. The piece emphasizes words carry immediate impact and lasting consequence.
A Philadelphia Times summary explains the clove tree native to the Moluccas, its evergreen form, ovate leaves, purplish flowers, and corymbs. It discusses bud formation at rains start, the origin of the name clavo, dried mother cloves, aroma, drying methods, and the flower and calyx structure. The entire plant is highly aromatic with pungent root stalks similar to the calyx.
Advertises Shaker Digestive Cordial as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming it helps digestion and halts weight loss. Describes herbal composition from Mount Lebanon Shakers and notes it has cured many who were misidentified as consumptives. Trial bottle ten cents.
Buckingham's Dye colors a beautiful brown or black for whiskers mustache and eyebrows.
A testimonial from Gustav Thurmaster of Cleveland Ohio asserts rapid recovery from a chest cough after using Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. He reports curing after two bottles and emphasizes the product's low price of 25 cents.
During a late presidential campaign visit in Michigan a three to four year old girl named Hattie mishears prayers as she asks who is "pway" and exclaims she saw Uncle William is a demokrat, startling her mother and hosts.
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