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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1885
Page
6
A vivid report from Arbayra dated June 25 describes Dr Munhall leading a grand revival in Atlanta with 5,000 chairs filled, a 100-voice choir, and an inquiry room for penitents. The piece notes cross-racial participation and praise for Munhall across denominations, ending with reflections on the train departure and a closing hymn.
In St Louis a new pavement of prepared gumwood is being tested on Chestnut street. After digging and rolling the bed a concrete layer is laid and glazed with coal tar. Five inch gumwood blocks are set upright with latches between rows. The gaps are filled with coal tar and sand and gravel, rammed tight. The pavement is firm elastic and comparatively quiet but costly.
New England mincemeat sold in five pound wooden buckets at 12 to 15 cents a pound marks a Thanksgiving luxury in New York. The note mentions other items and prices from the era including syrup from Georgia and local merchants.
A fragment from Ruth Hall depicts a playful wish for a future wife, then shifts to vivid notes on oil drilling methods, a Richmond occupation scene with Gen. Weitzel, and a tale of the Tichborne trial with the claimant showing calm amid verdict.
A new central Asian horse species discovered by Russian traveler Prejevalski has been named Equus Prejevalski. It remains in the wild, differing from Equus Caballus, and closely resembles ancient depictions found on antlers from La Madeleine and Creswell Crags, with a massive head and long tail hairs beginning mid-length.
A satirical piece advises cures for various fits from walking outdoors to visiting a work-house or church-yard. It notes Germany limits new marriage bliss to a short period called the Flitterwoche, meaning spangled week, praising Germans as far seeing and intelligent.
A philosophical remark contrasts youth with age. It states the wealth of youth is freedom from wealth and worry, while the wealth of old age is experience and the regret of lost youth. The line reflects on time, value, and lasting lessons.
Letter from Joans Lack Buen of Manchester Fing. recounts paralysis, locomotor ataxy, and long illness ending with dramatic recovery after using Hop Bitters. He describes initial failure of a nerve-stretching trial, then rapid improvement beginning after November 4, and eventual return to work. He notes his twenty nine year affiliation with the Royal Exchange and gratitude for the remedy. Two years after write up he is reported to be perfectly well.
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