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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
6
The advertisement touts Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a superior cough remedy curing coughs colds and lung diseases. It claims stronger results than common elixirs and notes it is a physician’s remedy sold in large household bottles. It mentions a medal won at the 1893 World’s Fair and its proven record.
A Detroit man, famed for his encyclopedic memory, dazzles family with swift explanations from art to science while his daughter asks about seascapes versus landscapes. The column blends humorous pride in erudition with a homely scene from a quiet evening.
Advertisement for a salve claimed to cure cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and is priced at 25 cents per box sold by W A Wright.
The Georgia Supreme Court holds that disturbing even a single member of a lawful congregation by any act forbidden by the penal code is a indictable offense. Public interest is noted, clarifying that a whisper or minor noise counts as disturbance.
A 14 year old boy James W Hulse from Meham Wisconsin walked two months to the West Point gate asking for quarters. He told a sergeant he had come to become a cadet and wanted admission. The sergeant explained the requirements as the boy cried then resolved to enlist in the drum corps and write to President McKinley.
Chilhowie Virginia merchant R B Greeve declares his consumption was cured after trying many remedies and using two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery. He claims it restored him to business for three years and praises the remedy for coughs colds and consumption. Free trial bottles offered at W A Wright’s Drug Store.
A guide on gathering fallen leaves for winter bedding and litter in farm and village homes. Leaves from maples provide absorbent bedding for horses and poultry, improve milk quality, and reduce waste. The piece suggests practical storage and transport methods and highlights benefits to livestock and hens.
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