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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
7
A Louisa County Virginia tobacco grower explains his success by careful land management and self produced manure. He claims four fertile acres outperform larger plots and consistently fetches top prices from buyers, while underscoring his pride in sun cured terbacker and lack of regret over prices.
The article notes the King of Portugal’s crown as one of the costliest, valued at 8.5 million dollars. Queen Victoria’s crown is placed at 1.86 million, while the Sultan of Johore in full regalia wears diamonds totaling 12 million dollars.
At the Air Line junction a frantic father hails a Southern Express crowd to warn them his son Bill, a fierce fighter, is coming to fight. The scene ends with Bill knocked down by a stinging jab and carried off toward home by his relieved father.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kings New Discovery a universal cure for coughs colds and consumption with guaranteed results. It promotes pairing with Dr Kings New Life Pills to regulate digestion and claims free trials at W A Wrights Drug Store.
The writer muses on seasonal flies, vanity in speech, the odd use of late for the dead, discomfort with ingratitude, and the humor in how modest failures draw attention, noting how daily life already brings troubles without ongoing tales.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, a famous small patent medicine, are described as a popular remedy in historic advertisements. The column notes that the pills were marketed for quick relief of common ailments and used widely by shoppers and families.
A compilation of brief items from The Savannah News and others touching temperance progress in Macon, figures on Cuban boundary politics, a warning about appendicitis, inquiries into belligerency and beer tax, royal gifts to Victoria, a major raid on stills near Windsor, Sinai revelation, Schlatter’s death, Tillman on the sugar trust, global agriculture and the Dingley bill, Burke county cyclone, Confederate Veterans rotation, tariff talk, and a health advertorial praising Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for blood and digestion.
Three women approach the gate of death seeking happiness. The first laments marriage for social position and envy of wealth. The second laments marriage for money and loss of social standing. The third, who loved fully despite pain, mourns losing love yet earns entry, while happiness remains elusive beyond the gate.
An old horse medicine product description advertises Dr Cady's Condition Powders as tonic blood purifier and vermifuge not food but medicine. The text notes the powder helps a horse in prime condition and lists price per package in cents.
Advertises Tutt's Pills as a total cure for liver ills and related ailments. Claims quick relief from sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach malaria constipation jaundice and bilious troubles. Includes testimonial from J Fairleigh of Platte Cannon Colorado.
Mr Labouchere takes satisfaction in proving the Twickenham house once linked to Pope really stood on a confirmed site. A recently found stone bears the inscription that until 1809 Alexander Pope’s house stood there and that the grotto forming the basement still remains, dated 1848.
A light quip in the Detroit News jokes about Mrs Elderly and her son, noting the son’s lack of wrapping skill. The playful exchange centers on a mother and her child, reflecting local humor and social banter of the era.
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