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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
2
A Cleveland Plain Dealer sourced tale describes a Standard Oil superintendent at Whiting who unleashes a tirade on an Irish pipe layer. The worker remains silent and asks calmly if he is indeed “taking it like a little man” while the irate supervisor vents with harsh language.
A patient describes years of infertility and back pain before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After a prompt letter of advice, she reports relief and pregnancy and praises the remedy. She notes prior ineffective treatments and ongoing use as pregnancy advances.
Woman describes seven years of illness since marriage with four births two miscarriages and ongoing pains. She suffers womb descent leucorrhea back and leg pain dyspepsia and nervous stomach tremor. After treatment she reports relief and renewed life.
An officer recounts a tale from Cuba during Wood’s administration. A captain strict about boiling all drinks ordered his Cuban cook to boil water and wine. The cook served a muddy yellow liquid at dinner labeled wine, provoking laughter and a near fistfight that lingered with the captain.
An article promotes Electric Bitters as the cure for female nervous troubles and health worn women from home makers to club goers. It claims benefits for loss of appetite headaches sleeplessness fainting and weak kidneys with a sales push noting a price per bottle and local seller W A Wright.
A terse thought notes that ideal satisfactions can be delayed for a long time without causing trouble. It implies patience and choice over immediate gratification.
Dr Sawyer creates a fictional tale of a medical pill. The piece then shifts to W C Jordan and Bro automobile inventors facing Paris ministerial regulations. It outlines safety requirements for vehicles including explosion restraint, odor control, horse safety, unobstructed view, lighting, dual braking systems, and automatic motive control.
In a local legend William Black the novelist swam unseen at a rocky shore. A woman reading The Princess of Thule sat near his clothes while he swam. A passing sportsman mistook his head for a seal and prepared to fire until Black surfaced and cried for mercy.
A promotional note extols Dr Tichenors Antiseptic as essential for healing cuts burns gunshot wounds and even colic, claiming rapid results within about ten minutes. It urges readers to seek information from anyone who has tried it.
Water hemlock, a deadly plant common in rural areas, poisons humans and cattle when misidentified as edible roots. It grows two to seven feet high with white flower clusters, parsleylike leaves, and hollow stalks sometimes used to make whistles, leading to accidental poisonings.
Hon C B Parker of McRae Georgia contributes ten thousand dollars to Mercer University. He did not attend college and wishes to aid ambitious young men by letting trustees use the funds as they see fit.
A Boston Herald tale recounts a suburbanite riding an electric car with $2.63. The purse vanishes after a lean man bumps her, but a diamond ring later surfaces, worth $800, implying the thief dropped it when fleeing. The story asks how the thief gained the gem for so little.
Adults with cold breast bronchitis throat or lung troubles may obtain a free sample bottle at John XO Blackburns. One bottle per person and none to children without parental order. The ad claims wide physician endorsement and a 75 cent bottle price with worldwide sales history.
The excerpt laments the fading London of Pepsys as captured in his diary. It notes the diary records only 11 years of Pepsys life and was closed 34 years before his death. The Pall Mall Magazine praises its historical value and involuntary humor.
A Erie Pennsylvania resident recalls spraining a hip while lifting heavy boxes. After doctors failed to improve the condition, he tried Chamberlain’s Pain Balm on a druggist’s advice. He reports complete relief from a half bottle and endorses it to friends. Sold by J H Blackburn, druggist.
The Savannah News cites a New York Herald report from Tarrytown in which a mob attempts to lynch a negro for a crime common in Southern lynchings. The suspects are spirited away to White Plains jail as strong anti negro sentiment is described.
A collection of humorous lines and anecdotes features an exaggerated portrayal of men by an old maid and a witty exchange about asparagus prices during Mr Gladstone's era. The piece ends with a note on a cough remedy claiming it cures.
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