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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1896
Page
6
A Washington Post excerpt humorously contrasts foreign and native Mexican courtship. It depicts foreign men gaining ease in visits while native youths face strict scrutiny, courting rituals, window calls, and the notion that a man becomes a “bear” if stalled by social barriers. The piece notes maternal pride in daughters and bears as social currency.
Irving resident Fred Miller suffered long kidney pains and bladder issues. He tried many cures without relief until using Electric Bitters, which gave immediate relief. The drug targets kidney and liver problems and is sold at S. B. Burr Jr's Drug Store for 50 cents to 1.00.
The piece argues that many feel a need to write like wealth or status, yet most lack practical aims beyond seeing their name in print. It contrasts writers with painters and suggests inspiration is overrated and waiting for it leads to poor results.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers claim many inventions and introduce the Shaker Digestive Cordial to cure dyspepsia by resting the stomach. The remedy supplies food in an easily digested form and aids overall digestion. A 10 cent bottle often provides relief. available from druggists. Laxol is promoted as the best medicine for children and favored by doctors over Castor Oil.
Excerpt argues soils require moisture management over mere plant food. Emphasizes sub soiling to prevent erosion, improve water retention, and modern plough advancement as key to future crop prosperity. Calls for innovation, investment, and practical farming reforms.
The article compiles eccentric wartime statistics including Bannockbun 185 battles with 38 000 dead or wounded, Europe’s 2310 warships and 88 309 guns, and captures between Union and Confederate forces. It notes Germany as the costliest army and France’s navy, plus weapon ranges and gun production figures.
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used to ease teething pain for millions of children. It soothes gums relieves wind colic and diarrhoea and promises immediate relief. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and take no other kind.
An advertising essay urges better ads via courage and faith to engage readers at home and abroad. It argues a perpetual motion ad, clearly presented, will wear into memory and boost profits. It targets advertisers and manufacturers as key agents of economic development.
St Louis Post Dispatch reports Indian women are noted for health and endurance, often marching long with babies on their backs. They attribute strength to a local weed used to make a medicine sold by J H Blackburn as Indian Weed or Female Medicine.
A defense of constant advertising urges merchants to keep promoting during lull periods and after holidays. It compares aggressive marketing to an engineer using full steam downhill and cutting back uphill, arguing enduring campaigns build conviction and pay off in higher profits.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and is offered for 25 cents per box by S. B. Burr Jr.
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