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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
8
A memorial notice recalls Marianne Hunt of Gordon Institute who died from consumption after a year of illness. Her classmates and teachers remember her cheerful nature, childhood lyrics, and bright promise. Resolutions express deep sympathy and request a family notice.
The class mourns comrade Hunt's death after a brave battle with disease. They resolve to support the bereaved family and extend sympathy, honoring his calm, modest courage and the lesson his life provided.
A letter from Jan 28, 1896 describes a severe measles outbreak in Redbone with many homes affected, some families rationing tea, scarce ingredients, and several serious cases but no deaths. Elder John Sappington is praised for resilience as others recover.
By order of the Pike County Court of Ordinary the public sale will be held February 1 1896 at the Barnesville Georgia store house known as the Penny Racket occupied by Bessie G Holmes deceased. The auction includes stock of goods show case fixtures furniture iron safe and all household goods and personal property belonging to the estate of Bessie G Holmes decd late of the county. James G Holmes Adms.
The author questions intellectual progress and cites a hut seven miles south of Zebulon where a woman poses as a fortune teller. He notes that gullible people, including young women and older men near the tomb, visit her for revelations of the future and pay for her services.
Disjointed excerpt laments adult ignorance and religious superstition. The narrator doubts a man’s natural power, notes public access to information, and warns of moral danger in taught superstition and parental influence. The text hints at punitive social and doctrinal pressures.
The text notes Lincoln's birthday as a legal holiday in many states while Mississippi, Arkansas, and Iowa are exceptions. It adds Alabama and nearby regions observe Jefferson Davis's birthday as a holiday, reflecting Confederate-era commemorations.
A Darien, Connecticut article recounts George C. Thompson, once weak and pale with eighteenth years of illness, claiming Dr Williams Pink Pills rebuilt his health. He reports improved appetite, strength, and no headaches after three years of use, with corroboration from his parents.
Owing to heavy workload and printer bulletins, December issue is skipped. The decision follows the month’s poor suitability for releasing a press bulletin.
Bulletin 28 a 63 page manual covers propagating planting fertilizing training spraying varieties marketing and wine making. It is illustrated and mailed free to Georgia grape growers and others outside the state for 6 cents in stamps.
Bulletin 29 by H N Starnes reviews 1884 and 1895 tests of Irish potato varieties at the Georgia Experiment Station and nine practical cultivation conclusions. It covers preparation, fertilizer mix, seed-piece sizing, row spacing, planting depth, timing, cultivation, harvesting, mulching, second crops, and common diseases with treatment notes and safety cautions.
Bulletin No 30 reports on fertilizer proportions for corn and notes conclusions: do not rely on commercial fertilizers for corn, and corn benefits from liberal fertilization following a cotton crop. Fifteen corn varieties were tested on 216 acres. yields ranged from 1,466 to 2,014 pounds per acre, with the best two varieties producing about 4.455 bushels per acre.
The San Jose scale, a small pest recently spreading in parts of the country, threatens apples peaches pears and other fruit trees and some forest species. It resembles the oyster shell louse but is smaller and smoother, with a yellow oily exudate when crushed, and requires careful pruning washing and kerosene emulsion sprays for control.
A Georgia Experiment Station bulletin outlines potato pests such as the early blight and flea beetle with recommended controls using Bordeaux mixture and soap. It details preservation methods, storage temperatures, and methods to avoid sprouting, plus a list of preferred varieties for spring and second crops and notes on starch content.
Five varieties were thoroughly tested this year with two new Jones varieties not in the comparison. No marked differences in stalk size height ear size grain shape or maturity date. Shannon's Yellow is the sole yellow variety among the tested lines and farmers may choose based on yield tables.
The station cannot supply seeds of the tested corn varieties. Four rows per variety were planted, leading to mixed seed. It lists sources including Shaw's Improved, Mark W. Johnson Seed Co Atlanta Ga, N S Higgins Larkinsville Ala, Shannon's White I N Shannon Goodlettsville Tenn, Hoffmans White J E Abernathy Buford Tenn, Jones' Bread and Stock H P Jones Herndon Ga, Jones' Pearl Prolific H P Jones Goe D H Shelton Oreburg Shannon's Yellow I N Shannon See J L Manning Lovett, Large Southern White Mark W Johnson Atl Ga, Forsyth's Favorite D H Shelton Oreburg Ga, Mosby's Proific D H Shelton Oreburg Ga, Ledbetters White O P Ledbetter Lavonia Ga, Pride of Kentucky D H Shelton Dallas Prolific R McKinnon Pleasant Hill Ala.
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