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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1885
Page
2
Agricultural Department advertises celebrated Georgia melon seed, praised for unsurpassed flavor and guaranteed purity. Sold by G. M. Warkren at No 5 Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. For gardeners a rag.
A letter arguing that labor must be central to national policy is published with caution about rising anarchic ideas and the dangers of education and policy that degrade labor. It attacks racial and class hierarchies, calls for reforms in Georgia and the South, and discusses farm labor and technology.
Consul General Mattson discusses American garden plows suited to India's market while Japan and China rely on hand labor and primitive implements. Florida is praised as a fruit region with crops like oranges and grapes, and a personal reminiscence recalls Mr Shehee a long time Pike County farmer and respected citizen.
Farmer ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin ailments with a guaranteed refund. Sale by J W Hightower in Mapison Ga. Also a Michigan farmer claims burnt corn cures hog cholera by scorched corn given to sick hogs.
A Spring Place reader reports relief from indigestion and nervous prostration after using Dr Morley s Lemon Elixir. A Jones county farmer credits five bottles with restored strength and farm energy. Also noted are silk worm shipping cautions, Parker s Hair Balsam praise, and Taylor s new picnic pickles.
A. G. Harris as administrator with the will annexed of Martha A. Wagner seeks dismission. the Ordinary will pass on July first. Aaron J. Harper as administrator of John Harper seeks dismission. the Ordinary will pass on August first. E Murphey as administrator of Samuel Gardner seeks dismission. the Ordinary will pass on July first. All dates in 1885.
Martin Sheriff W. P. Bussby reports levies on several properties in Pike County to satisfy law and equity writs. Included are 100 acres at B G Rivers block, 40 acres on lot 166 in district 2, and a four acre Barnesville lot. Courts list Owens, Patapsco, and Sallie F. Stanford as plaintiffs with Ferguson, Smith, and Murphey named in notices. Dated June 3, 1884.
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