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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
7
A discussion on how politeness boosts trade. Courteous, affable staff attract customers, while rude behavior repels them. Managers should train employees in good manners, as soft words and smiling faces can bring back customers equal to low prices and ads.
A nostalgic note extols the joy of a newborn and praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a thirty year refined remedy for feminine health. It claims to strengthen and purify the organs, ease childbirth, cure weaknesses, stop pain, and support healthy children.
An advertisement promotes Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal kidney, liver and urinary remedy. It asserts urine tests diagnose kidney disease and promises fast relief from back pain, frequent urination and bladder issues. The ad offers samples and a pamphlet by mail from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
A collage of pithy, humorous sayings on fate, love, patents, and social habits followed by a short local notice. Miss Allie Hughes of Norfolk, Virginia was severely burned. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve relieved pain and aided healing without scarring.
A freckled girl at the post office asks for any mail for various Murpheys. The postmaster and girl search and find nothing for Clarence Murphey, ending the inquiry with no letters for the Murphey family.
Mrs Stark of Pleasant Ridge says after two failed attempts she saved her boy from croup using One Minute Cough Cure. The advertisement claims it is the quickest remedy for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. Dr Miles passes claim of headache relief at one cent a dose.
A Chicago publisher advertises a costly art book with nearly 200 full page engravings of Jesus. It claims high first week earnings and urges church figures to become managers, offering territory positions and agent recruitment. Address A. P. T. Exper, Publisher, 278 Michigan Avenue, Chicago.
At the Columbia theater a man presents two coupons to the usher and learns they are old for a different show. Manager Davis assists as patrons are reseated and the man apologizes claiming he mislaid the new tickets. The incident ends with the man offering to pay.
Health advice explains good looks come from a healthy body with active organs. Electric Bitters is touted as a tonic that purifies blood and improves complexion by acting on the stomach liver and kidneys. Sold by W A Wright at 50 cents per bottle with a money back guarantee.
A string of aphorisms cautions boys about joining clubs deceiving with promises and moral lapses. It warns that clubs can lead to harm, notes gas mysteries will be revealed, mocks beekeepers and paper that resists fire, and ends with a reminder to be mindful of influences on peers.
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