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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
7
An early column recalls Mrs Henry Ward Beecher sewing shirts to support her husband and entertains delegates. The ad touts One Minute Cough Cure as a pure harmless remedy for colds croup and lung troubles favored by children and endorsed by Dr W A Wright.
A sharp remark targets a man who boasts of what he would give if he possessed another man's wealth. The line portrays distrust of the talkative spender and emphasizes contrast between speech and action.
A 1900s style medical ad warns against mercury and potash for blood diseases and promotes Swift’s Specific as a safe, plant based cure. It promises to cure Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatism, and Cancer, with a $1000 reward for contrary proof. The copy urges readers to avoid poisoning the body and to request free books from Swift Specific Go in Atlanta, Georgia.
In a frigid Jersey City scene a distressed Lady Jane Stanfield nearly falls to death from a ferry deck. A noble stranger, Henry Danvers, rescues her and quietly offers help, revealing an old flame and intentions to secure her a better life.
An old advertisement promises a salve that cures cuts, sores, ulcers, salt rheum fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box, sold by S. B. Burr.
A January Ladies Home Journal anecdote recounts a woman who could not pray due to stealing five bottles of wine from a former employer. After confessing to the employer's son and offering restitution, she found peace and became a transformed person with a clear conscience.
An old woman used One Minute Cough Cure to save a child at risk from croup, noting it had helped before. Ex-Speaker Reed criticized the idea of salary for doing nothing, referencing a $3,000 referee fee for Massachusetts insurance firms.
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