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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
6
To keep a canary healthy, maintain a clean cage with fresh gravel and water daily. In moulting, add iron to the drinking cup and keep the cage warm. a mild open window refreshes the bird. Provide a cage at least eight by twelve inches with varied-height porches and feed brown seeds, sweet apple, poppy seeds, and a little vemp seed.
An essay argues that true education begins after graduation and that colleges should produce thinkers who can keep learning. It laments a shortage of such minds and asserts gifted individuals are the world’s greatest force, blaming colleges when brainy graduates fail to emerge.
St Louis Post Dispatch reports that Indian women are exceptionally healthy and enduring, often marching with babies after confinement. They supposedly gain strength from a local weed processed into a medicine sold as Indian Weed by J. H. Blackburn, kept at a local druggist.
Two strangers aboard a Michigan avenue car clash over the cold weather. One forces a reply and recounts a 20 year old Chicago brawl that left him blind in one eye and with broken ribs. The other refuses to engage and requests the conversation stop. The Detroit Free Press notes the exchange ends with a flat, emphatic refusal to discuss the weather.
Beaversville Lilinois druggist G Caillouette credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving a man’s life after La Grippe left him near death. Three bottles restored health, leading to praise and a free trial offer at S B Burr Jr’s Drug store.
A Washington Star visit to a state penitentiary yields a rare talk with a seasoned burglar serving a manslaughter sentence. He recounts a chilling burglary in a city flat where a late night smothering of a sleeping man ends in panic when the victim is found dead, shocking the burglar and forcing a swift escape.
Ex-President Harrison argues in February Ladies' Home Journal that the public does not vote for President and Vice President on Election Day. Electors meet on the second Monday of January to cast ballots, with state totals sent to the Senate. He warns that failing electors could face severe backlash from the public.
The Georgia Fruit Growers Association met at the Chamber of Commerce in Macon with delegates from across the state and northern states. They signed agreements to secure low freight and refrigeration rates, best fruit packaging, favorable state legislation, and a unified distribution system with an executive committee appointing a shipping master and receiving agents. Each grower retains ownership and returns from fruit, with shipping costs shared pro rata.
France plans a new gold coinage with the republic in profile facing right, an olive tree above, village roofs on one side and a minaret on the other in the background. The French cock will crow in the foreground, according to Exchange.
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