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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1896
Page
2
Corn is a vigorous feeder and responds well to liberal fertilization. On corn lands the yield increases and the soil improves if properly treated with fertilizers containing not under 7 percent actual nutrients.
An unlikely trove of dialogue details Sheriff Joe guiding Jim Sanders toward Golden City after a shooting. The tale blends humor and tension as Sanders agrees to return, citing pride and gentlemanly treatment. A later note promotes One Minute cough cure as a standard remedy.
A Galveston News report cites a Robertson county Texas hog raised by Mr. Briggs that weighs 1,430 pounds at four years old. The animal measures 8 feet 3 inches long and 4 feet 1 inch high with massive neck and body girths, and it eats 40 to 50 ears of corn per feeding. Officials say he could reach 2,000 pounds, making him possibly the largest hog ever seen.
An advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers as effective for obstinate constipation. It claims bad blood and premature aging result from constipation and attributes the remedy to Dr. W. A. Wright.
The Charleston News and Courier recounts Civil War anecdotes shared by a Pennsylvania colonel and General Meade’s staff. A Kershaw reconnaissance at Fredericksburg earns praise for gallantry while Confederate and Union troops honor each other with mutual respect after narrowly escaping danger.
A humorous exchange describes an Irish peasant replying to a joke about ears. Barney the car driver at a watering place favors a claytur mixed salt water, drinks more than wise, and ends with a quip about preferring to be sorry for taking it than not taking it.
In a Cleveland labor dispute a union denounces Mark Hanna as enemy of labor while Chief Arthur defends Hanna. Debs responds by urging workers to place Hanna in the pillory with railroad magnates, asserting he belongs there.
The New Orleans Picayune notes efforts in Texas and other cotton states to standardize bale sizes. Railroads favor uniform bales, but press owners faced costs for altering equipment. Since last season, missionary work has boosted prospects for more uniform bale sizes in the next season.
A mass collapse at a mine in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania overwhelmed a work crew of about 100 men and boys. Only four men escaped, presumed to be the sole survivors. The collapse occurred despite preventive efforts to avert a cave-in.
Blood purified disease cured and suffering prevented are claimed in a promotional note, noting forty eight candidates now in the field for solicitor general and that back counties have not yet sent in their returns.
Advice urges seizing each moment and completing tasks before moving on. A secret: tackle the first item at hand and others will follow like soldiers. He warns against procrastination and seconds the maxim never postpone what you can do today, while urging prudent choice of tasks.
Fitzgerald party proposes organizing a stock company to control 10,000 acres in Wilcox and Irwin counties Georgia. They aim to consolidate land near the Cy cloneta Farm and Tifton fruit orchards to create a single vast fruit farm growing peaches pears plums grapes and other native fruits.
A Tid Bits item notes a tramp climbing a wall to avoid a bull dog. The woman confronts him asking what he is doing there. He replies with dignity that he intended to seek food but now begs humane feeding for the dog.
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