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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
2
The Delineator highlights basque waist ensembles with silk and velvet boleros, lace overlays, and the Butterick No. 9139 pattern. It describes tea jackets paired with cream white petticoat skirts, dahlia satin jacket details, and various trims, plus tips on gloves, veils, collars, and accessories for the season.
A Jackson Times note reproduces a long on page street letter to Jim from Pinkey describing love letters, blackberry picking at Town Branch, weddings and a past quarrel, with affectionate phrases and homey details. The missive blends earnest sentiment with teasing recollection and rural imagery.
Aug J Bogel of Shreveport LA and J F Campbell of Safford AZ hail Dr King’s New Discovery as the top cough remedy and a sure cure for consumption, coughs and colds. The medicine has a 25 year track record and is offered with free trials at W A Wright’s Drug Store.
The article argues for preemptive bodily fortification against disease during sickly seasons. It promotes cleansing and strengthening the kidneys liver stomach and bowels to resist illness, citing DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a remedy praised by The Bowers of Cracker Texas Enterprise.
A compact meditation on hidden heroism in daily life. The quote asserts that uncommon valor appears in small private battles against want and degradation, with no public praise or recognition. It frames life’s hardships as quiet battlefields where resilience quietly prevails.
Gen. John B. Gordon announces in a formal letter to the Confederate Veterans that a new commander must be elected at the Nashville reunion. He reviews the progress of the organization and states his retirement, noting the successor is not yet known and will come from among the state commanders.
Latham Alexander & Co of New York reports 969000 additional acres sown nationwide, a 4 10 percent rise from 1896. Planting is about three weeks later, with crop conditions generally poor due to cool weather, cutworms and stands. Only Texas shows normal conditions. Mississippi valley prospects look bleak.
W B Johnson of Newark says the remedy saved his child from croup and has helped thousands with croup pneumonia bronchitis and other throat and lung troubles. Dr W A Wright endorses the cure.
At San Meto Florida a team of mules became entangled in a grape vine and disturbed a hornet nest. The hornets stung the mules to death before they could be extricated, all within five minutes.
August 19 1896 readers report Dr Tichenors Antiseptic gives relief and brings customers back Allen & Allen promote its benefits A DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve claim for scarless healing is made A Texas wildcat fight ends with a negro wounded and the animal declared winner.
Claiming weakness stems from undigested food the ad urges using Shaker Digestive Cordial at meals to aid digestion. It asserts relief from nausea headache eructations stomach pain giddiness and loss of appetite and promises better nourishment and health. Trial bottle costs 10 cents.
A Philadelphia mother extols Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a certain cure for croup and mem braneous croup after nine years on her bureau. The ad claims the remedy cures coughs and colds and costs 25 cents, warning against substitutes.
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