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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1898
Page
2
Practical tips for maintaining brooms with greenish brushes and fixing them to handles. Weekly boiling water treatment doubles life. Peppermint or camber essence removes furniture spots, olive oil and turpentine restore dark spots. Linoleum flooring suggested for kitchen and dining rooms, with price guidance and quality notes.
An evening picnic wagon carried a group of young people through the streets in absolute silence. Spectators say such quietness never occurred before and speculate a fight may have broken out within the party.
A brief notice reports a death linked to blood poisoning with limited personal details and no further context available.
A youth fond of an uptown girl schemes a fake burglary at her home. A dog thwarts him, and the family retaliates with a peppered pumpkin pie. The pie victim endures a dramatic display before fleeing, while plotting revenge. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the stunt and its comic consequences.
Advertisement touts a salve claimed to cure cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by W A Wright at 25 cents per box with guaranteed satisfaction or refund.
The passage explains General Grant and Butler's 1864 Bermuda Hundred operation. Butler led 30,000 federal troops toward Richmond and Petersburg, advancing to the turnpike before Confederate forces countered near Drewry's Bluff and Port Walthall Station. Butler was hemmed in on the narrow land between the James and Appomattox rivers until Confederate relief arrived from Virginia.
A Philadelphia resident praises Salvation Oil as a superior liniment for rheumatism stiff joints and bruises urging households to keep it on hand while warning against substitutes. A Milesburg Pa user commends DeWitt's Little Early Risers, claiming forty years of satisfactory results and satisfaction with the product.
A historical brief notes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Attic Pills reference in a domestic remedy context. The item appears as an advertised colonial era patent medicine line with brief labeling.
Review of Reviews notes the Philippines population and distribution with Luzon centering about 4 million. It praises the Tagals as industrious, disciplined, capable leaders, citing Aguinaldo's orderly governance among 40 000 to 60 000 followers and contrasting politeness with Japanese conduct.
The advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as a remedy for constipation stomach and liver troubles. Dr W A Wrieut is cited as the physician endorsing the pills.
The article recalls that strict medical exams may loosen for the 75 000 second call while citing a Mount Gretna Eighth Regiment sergeant who saw nearly all volunteers accepted. Two men were rejected for being underweight by two pounds and one inch too short, prompting the quip that timing and a beefy boost could affect measurements.
A Detroit Journal report describes a player who hurt his spine but recovered with Pone's Extract and Pond's Extract Strengthening Plasters. Doctors suggested his football days might be over yet he resumed his old position as full back and could still play half back or quarterback.
A young man asks to marry the old man's daughter and the father tests his resolve with a bluff. The old man coughs and questions whether the suitor can support her in the accustomed style, and the suitor replies that he would be ashamed if he could not. The bluff is called.
Americans in Madrid describe Queen Mercedes as picturesque yet modest a childlike figure who would regain sovereignty if needed. She rejects a state ball on her seventeenth birthday choosing a Red Cross presidency and hospital visit. Wilhelmina of Holland turns seventeen with a grand ball and views a suitable consort, saying she will marry only if she can love. Youth's Companion.
An old advertisement touts Browns' Iron Bitters as a universal remedy for diseases of the blood nerves and stomach claiming quick permanent cures. It notes the product has been known and used for nearly twenty five years and is sold by all dealers.
A childhood memory of punishment and reconciliation. A sister recalls a door punishment and a brother’s aid, then the father's forgiveness and a later spiritual awakening through Christ, ending with joy and gratitude in faith.
S E Parker of Sharon Wis says DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve stops itching piles in two minutes and is the greatest pile cure on the market. Dr W A Wiicur endorses the product.
A brief advertising claim asserts the product known as One Minute Cough Cure is designed to cure coughs, emphasizing its purpose and efficacy.
The Rev W A Dunnett, famed temperance evangelist and Royal Templars leader, describes years of heart pain tolling his mobility. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills, he reports full recovery, gains weight, and improved health while on evangelistic work in Fitchburg and prior tours from Ontario to the Atlantic.
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