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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
2
A bored Interior Department clerks’ prank ends with Secretary Cox unknowingly signing a mocking note to Mr. Jones after a careless mail routine. Jones renews his correspondence, fearing for the nation as the cabinet officer’s letter raises cabinet-level concern.
The piece recalls how Lincoln's shooting and death in 1865 reached England via a tin can message cast from a departing steamer and picked up by yachts. It highlights the contrast with modern news supply and the evolution of global communication over 80 years.
A Boston Journal account describes Professor Saussier of Vevey observing fishes in a shallow inlet learning to play submerged strings. Fishes manipulate sticks and stones to pluck the strings, then listen with others, but the underwater harp fails to sound. They later uproot the harp in seeming disappointment, inspired perhaps by the professor's daughter Aimee Saussier who plays a bank harp.
A mendicant narrator pleads hardship to a passerby who walks on hungry and tired. The beggar declares no food or shelter, and the other man dismisses the plea as familiar and unoriginal, continuing to walk away.
The excerpt defines termagant as a quarrelsome person and notes manners limit its use to current sense. It contrasts laughter and sobriety with a twilight smile described as more beguiling than either mood.
A Scottish collie fetches items for his master then becomes trapped when a bedroom door blows shut. Later the dog uses a doormat to prop the door open and resumes his task, even guiding the narrator to a gate bell during a walk.
A collection of aphoristic observations on patriotism, stage manners, Christmas gifts, newspaper vanity, smoking costs, milk pricing, and stubbornness. The musings contrast public values with everyday quirks and human foibles through short, pointed maxims.
A recipe outlines simmering two dressed chickens in water for two hours then making a rich sauce with milk flour butter and egg yolks. Combine with chopped chicken in a deep dish, cover with pastry, vent steam, brush with egg white and bake until crust is golden.
Tobacco farms in Decanter and surrounding counties resume the prewar scale. Cuban leaf tobacco is being raised with success and some plantation owners refuse offers as high as sixty thousand dollars net for this year’s yield on a single term. Marshal Harrell notes tobacco planters are buying mules in larger numbers than ever before.
An ornate 19th century advertisement touts Orange Blossom as a direct topical remedy for female ailments. It claims to draw out fever and pain, ease irregular menses, leucorrhea, ulcers, tumors and general weakness, and pitches self treatment with a paste sold by mail for $1 from Chicago and local dealer J H Blackburn.
The article urges shoppers to buy in January and February to save on wool and silk fabrics at large dry goods stores. It notes that women can prepare for spring and summer by purchasing now, with advice on narrower skirts and sleeves. It highlights durable serges mohair and neutral tones for practical, dust repelling dresses.
The Christain Index was sold at public outcry in Atlanta last Wednesday. Rev. Dr. K. P. Bell, corresponding secretary of the Sunday school board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, purchased the paper for $11,000 cash and will announce future plans shortly.
An advertisement notes Orange Blossom removes obstructions and promotes healthy natural flow of all secretions. Sold by J H Bisekburn.
A vivid aside declares a man with a plain homely face cannot fear danger. The remark hinges on appearances proving courage in the speaker's view and frames a rough, blunt sentiment about bravery.
A quotation stresses that only through labor can thought stay healthy and only through thought can labor prosper. It warns that separating the two brings risk and harm.
A long standing baby remedy claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed teething pain calmed gums cured wind colic and provided diarrhea relief for fifty years. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle.
A Victorian style poem depicts a skylark poised to sing and a woman praised as Queen of Hearts. It contrasts gentle beauty with harsher lives in crowded spaces, noting men and women serve her while others suffer in misery. The piece emphasizes charm, tenderness, and social division.
An old hunter recalls a tale from the West about Jim swapping a pint of whisky for a wolf dog. The dog chases a wolf, but Jim loses track when the wolf pulls ahead, revealing the dog’s lack of progress and leaving Jim humbly humbled. The reminiscence comes from the Washington Star.
A quotation from Sterne condemns habitual selfishness that blinds people to others fortunes, treating fellow humans as if they share no natural bond or common fate. It warns that such insensitivity harms the entire species.
In Wrentham Massachusetts Mary S Fuller an eight year old girl once crippled for four years by rheumatic fever has regained mobility and energy. Doctors now use nerve therapies and Williams Pink Pills for Pale People to aid recovery. The mother credits the medicine and urges readers to seek verification if skeptical. The article notes the town’s relief and renewed faith in modern remedies.
An 19th century advertisement touts Orange Blossom as a universal remedy for all diseases. Sold by J. H. Blaciurn, it claims painless relief and broad health benefits to buyers seeking a single cure.
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