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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
6
The piece warns against indulgence in parenting, listing six methods such as giving a son unrestricted money, allowing Sabbath roaming, free access to bad company, lax evenings, and no clear employment. It claims these lead to deliverance or, more likely, a ruined child and mourning.
A 19th century advertisement warns of girls’ irregularities affecting later happiness and promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female health. It claims targeted benefits for menstrual regularity and strength, notes it is not a universal cure, and offers Dr Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser as a free 1008 page work for a small postage fee. It cites Worlds Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York.
Daily brushing to the scalp and occasional use of Hall's Hair Renewer promise a luxuriant head of hair of natural hue. The guidance reflects period grooming advice and product promotion embedded in vintage text.
A historic notice notes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve being used for skin ailments including pits scelds and burns at Secor locations. The item highlights a traditional salve offered for minor injuries and skin conditions.
Poem asserts universal equality before God, denying racial and social hierarchies. Death levels all, gates of heaven open to the humblest peasant and the greatest king, with hellfire burning equally for rich and poor, black and white.
The quote elevates defeat as a forge of strength and virtue, arguing that hardship transforms individuals into heroes and advances liberty. It asserts courage amid setbacks and claims near-victory exists when a cause loses ground in a forested struggle.
An old advertisement praises DeWitts Little Early Risers for constipation biliousness and stomach and liver troubles. The passage notes the pills are purely vegetable and features a Dr W A Wricu signature.
A collection of humorous maxims on labor, marriage, social status, perception, and luck. It mocks idle wealth, whispered suspicions, and the quirks of human behavior with wry, aphoristic lines about fate, happiness, and everyday life.
Electric Bitters is pitched as a year round medicine to relieve languor and liver sluggishness. It claims to prevent bilious fevers and malaria when used promptly. The ad lists headache indigestion constipation and dizziness as conditions it eases and promotes sale at W. A. Wright's Drug Store for $1.00 per bottle.
Dr. Rainsford cites Ram's Horn asserting money corrupts legislatures and lobbies influence, degrades industry and press, and endangers free institutions. He warns of undue subordination of high and low to money and a looming social danger.
An old advertisement promises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by W A Wright.
A dinner anecdote recalls a bashful suitor who fears a rival will propose to his beloved. He passes a note via the waiter asking, Will you be my wife, and forgets the pencil. The woman at the table bids the servant deliver a confident reply: Yes.
A home remedy guide explains urine tests for kidney disease and promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for back pain, kidney and bladder issues, with sample bottles and pamphlets offered by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. The Gazette is referenced in the offer.
A 1897 bill asserts states may apply their laws to intoxicating liquors imported or stored within their borders and rejects federal exemption for original packaging. It notes March 16 Read twice and June 4 reported with amendments. The ad promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for skin issues.
To improve complexion mix two teaspoonfuls of flour of sulphur into half a pint of new milk. Let it stand briefly, then rub the face with the mixture a short time before washing.
A reader from Walshtown SD recounts a pea sized under eye cancer that a doctor recommended cutting out. He instead used S S S and observed irritation discharge then healing leaving only a scar as the knife was avoided.
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Heart Cure as a sure remedy for heart disease. It features a Milwaukee woman's testimonial about relief from neuralgia of the heart and spells out warnings that early symptoms grow worse without treatment. The ad promises guaranteed relief with the first bottle and offers a free book from Dr Miles Medical Co.
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