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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
4
The piece extols energy and enterprise as rewards for people and communities in Barnesville, Georgia. It lauds Barnesville as the best little city in the state while urging Georgia to keep state government under Democratic control. It mentions a sweet girl graduate and other young women amid warm weather and slow business.
The Brunswick candidate W G Brantley is named to succeed Henry Turner. McKinley’s GOP nomination pleases both sides, while Cleveland’s candidacy is dismissed by supporters. Watson spurns interviews as Georgia party conventions loom and debates over free silver intensify.
Georgia Bar Association plans a meeting at Warm Springs next Tuesday read by many acting lawyers. The event promises a pleasant occasion for the bar and reflects well on Georgia lawyers as eminent citizens influencing state welfare.
Hon Henry G Turner pulled out of the eleventh district congressional race before the convention met to nominate him unopposed citing opposition to the national platform's free silver stance. The speaker laments loss of such public servants as Turner while noting public opinion tilts against statesmanship.
The Gazette states Gordon Institute has never had a brighter outlook with high standards and ample equipment. It urges Barnesville citizens to support the school so enrollment and reputation will continue to grow, predicting the next term may set records. The piece emphasizes community duty to sustain the institution.
The St Louis Republican convention ratified William McKinley of Ohio for president and Garret Hobart of New Jersey for vice president. The ticket is seen as strong on tariff and sound money, with free silver posing a potential shift if the Democrats adopt free coinage. Analysts anticipate party realignments in the coming campaign.
The New York Ledger notes Japan's edge in antiseptics and cites wartime use of straw ashes as a perfect antiseptic dressing. It suggests this inexpensive method, aided by potassium carbonate, may revolutionize wound care if effective in English and American practice.
A Chicago Post exchange depicts a stranger remarking on progress in construction. The native explains evolving methods, joking about building down from a cloud as their era advances.
Papers in the Desk cases were sent from Pike Superior Court to the Supreme Court clerk in Atlanta. With the March docket finished, these cases move to October for hearing on October 3, a schedule critics say slows justice and fuels lynching.
Rev W M Hunter of North Carolina is chosen pastor of Barnesville Presbyterian Church and will begin work immediately. He will preach next Sunday and then every second Sunday each month. Hunter comes from the Seminary and will oversee Barnesville Thomaston Forsyth and McDonough churches. The public is invited to attend.
Mr William E Hamlin longtime Monroe county resident dies at his home near Strouds on Sunday evening. He was father to Reverends John and Robert Hamlin and Mrs J A Jordan. He belonged to the Methodist church at King’s Chapel and was laid to rest after a large funeral turnout. The sermon was delivered by Rev Thomas H Timmon. Undertaker Smith had charge of the interment.
An Aesop like vignette from the Indianapolis Journal describes a fox leaping for inaccessible grapes then preening as he realizes they are inedible and destined to become wine tables. The tone is ironic and moralized with a classic newspaper voice.
Advertisement claims deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It promises a cure by constitutional remedies and offers one hundred dollars for any case due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to send for circulars.
A bright group of young people chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Murphey will travel to Lifsey's Springs today for a week of leisure. The roster includes Misses Dollie Rogers May Lambdin Jule Harris Lucile Elder Margret Crawley and Messrs C A Hunt S C Bloodworth W H Rogers J A Blalock F M Stafford and C V Miller.
Advertisement pitches annual bowel protection for 100 dollars versus a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy. It claims quick cures and urges buying from Jnc H Blackburn, a local druggist, to avoid deadly outcomes.
The piece argues for merit based consul appointments free from partisan bias. It calls for a formal career path, merit rewards and penalties for incompetence. It stresses a diplomat should be a gentleman with education and fluency in the host country language.
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