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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1885
Page
4
The Barnesville Gazette published by J. McMichael announces its mailing status as a second class rattler and records its entry at the Barneville post office.
The Georgia General Assembly met in Atlanta and slated a busy agenda. Measures include establishing a state reformatory prison and house of correction, a general local option law, a state technology school, and numerous reforms to taxes, education, militia, and railroad regulation.
The article compares wealth growth from agricultural output to stock markets, endorses Florida’s push for public schools and outlines proposed funding: a state tax of one mill, county taxes three to five mills, and district taxes up to four mills. It notes a prison labor bid issue in Washington and briefly mentions reforms and local notices including the Ogeechee Circuit formation.
A drug advert urges frugal households to stock Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to stop coughs relieve chest pain and combat consumption overnight. It notes price 50 cents and one dollar and offers free samples sold by J W Hightower. The Savannah Morning News supports state geological survey funding and the upcoming agricultural convention may back an appropriation.
A collage of 19th century health ads and notices. Brown's Iron Bitters and Dr Mozley's Lemon Elixir are promoted for rheumatic and digestive ailments. J. W. Hightower sells Electric Bitters, Dr King's New Discovery, and related tonics. Prohibition party report, a court acquittal, and notes on Messrs. Emmerson and Dudley appear amid miscellaneous civic notices.
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