Reading Notes and Local Happenings in Barnesville
M M Mauck of Atlanta sells wallpaper samples. Mr J S King of Upson visits. Gazrrre typework by three young ladies. Prof R B Brooks visits Atlanta. Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines offered cheap. J M McDowell circulates among friends. Mr Jeff Bellah now with J M High in Atlanta. Mrs W A Hemphill of Atlanta visits Harris family. Planing mill pillars erected. body of building underway. G L Summers leaves for Alexandria and Cleveland inauguration. Ex Mayor Hudson’s brother Ben Hudson dies in Griffin. C H White to open stock at Strouds Cross Roads Monroe. Presiding elder at Methodist church. Rev George W Yarbrough preaches at Griffin. J J Campbell secures Barnesville work. E W Elder to open The Little Word periodical. Barnesville Cornet Band gains new instruments. Cochran & Co move to new building. full line of goods. Young men’s prayer meeting resumes at Baptist church Friday at 7.30.
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J. S. King
Upson
A. O. Bennett
Macon
R. B. Brooks
Atlanta
Wheeler & Wison
John M. McDowell
Jeff Bellah
Barnesville
J. M. High
W. A. Hemphill
H. KR. Harris
Wheeler and Wilson
G. L. Summers
Alexandria
Cleveland
Ben. Hudson
Hudson
Griffin
C. H. White
Strouds Cross Roads
Monroe County
Methodist Church
George W. Yarbrough
Henry County Weekly
J.J. Campbell
E. W. Elder
H.gk. Chambers
Messrs
T. W. Cochran & Co
Bulding
Baptist Church
We Want a Lady of Intelligence to Take Sole Agency
An advertisement invites a capable woman to secure the permanent sole agency for goods in the area. Stock provided by the company with no investment required. References needed. J.B. Huiee Co. of Chicago, N. We urge readers to contact the gentleman's ad in a separate column, and to consult him when in Atlanta. Produce a concise summary of the main marketing pitch and call to action.
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J.B. Huiee Co
Chicago
Atlanta
Wonder Books and a Century Old Augusta Chronicle
The Lit erary Revolution offers a low price wonder book praised by The Christian at Work and promotes a 100 page descriptive catalogue and Books for examination before payment from John B. Alden at 393 Pearl Street New York. The Augusta Chronicle reaches its hundredth year and is described as ably edited and valuable among state dailies.
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Library of Standard History
New York
John B. Alden
Pearl Street
Confederate veteran Currin visits Barnesville old hospital site
Confederate Times records Mr L A Currin visiting Barnesville with Captain J T Blalock after being wounded in the Civil War. Currin served in the Missouri Regiment under General Price, was wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, stayed at a tent hospital, then went to Virginia before rejoining service and later became a prisoner at Vicksburg. He notes Barnesville’s changes over twenty years and could not locate the original hospital tents.
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Confederate Times
L. A. Currin
Currin
J. T. Blalock
New Orleans Exposition
W. P. Tylers
Missouri Regiment
General Price
Kennesaw Mountain
Barnesville
Virginia
Pemberton
Vickburg
Revenue on Liquor in Griffin Division Reveals Distillery Stats
Deputy Collector J. L. Adams outlines division coverage across seven counties Spalding Henry Butts Jasper Upson Monroe and Pike. He notes one grain distillery H C Cumming near the city and sixty four fruit distilleries with nine in the county including Orchard Hill Sunnyside Creswell Brooks Brushy and near the city. Annual government revenue is 25000 from distillers with 90 cent per gallon tax, no license, and no other taxes. H C Cumming pays 4090 monthly. Collection cost runs about 5 000 yearly, or two and a half percent of revenue, and nine years of flawless service.
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Griffin Sun
J. L. Adams
Spalding
Henry
Butts
Jasper
Upson Monroe
Pike
H. C. Cumming
Orchard Hill
Sunnyside
Creswell
Brooks
Brushy
H.C. Cumming
Shine Magazine subscription offer and public notices
An 1885 appeal promotes a prepaid subscription drive for Shine Magazine, offering free first-year access and discounted postage, plus gifts like books and silverware or skates to distributors. The piece also endorses proper legislation to boost Southern railroads, banking, and industry growth, urging state lawmakers to act.
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Ana
Mune
Tue Sun- Shine
Sunswinee Magazi.& Co
Fillmore, N. Y
B B B Blood Purifier Advertised Amid Claims of Cure
Public notices urge families to seek B B B as a blood purifier claiming it cures scrofula and consumption risk. The Monroe Advertiser reports its sale and editor Waterman’s purchase of the Griffin Sun, with new owners named McGinty and Cabannis.
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Waterman
Monroe Advertiser
The
Advertiser
J.T. McGinty
M. C. Cabaniss
Griffin Sun
Honest reader praises Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic
The letter from Pan Suscriber urges readers to avoid costly ineffective remedies and endorses Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic as a trustworthy medicine for liver kidney and blood issues, urging others to try it.
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Mr. Borror
Dr. Harter
PAN Old Supscriber
Political musings and local notices from the Gazette
The Gazette comments on a new Democratic administration and the wave of appointments and disappointments to come. It notes a Gypsy incident over a mule swap near Barnesville and Stewartville, questions taxation of dogs and Gypsies, and previews a Griffin court case over a wagon levy and forged note. March 2, 1885.
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Editor Gazette
Gazette
Joe Brown
Jake
Stewart
Tom Daniel
Alf Richardson
T. E. Whittle
L. C
Griffin
Tom
Als
Dr Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup Offer At Driggist Shop
J W Higtower the Druggist offers a free bottle of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to everyone afflicted with coughs colds asthma consumption or any lung affection as a sample incentive in an old newspaper notice.
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J. W. Higtower
Dr. Bosanko
Warning on Mercury and Potash in Treatments
A note warns against mercury arsenic antimony and todide of potassium used for blood and skin diseases describing toxic effects including rheumatism and organ damage. It promotes Swift's Specific as a vegetable tonic and offers free treatise. Also notes Prof M T Harper teaching in Mt Zion and endorsements of Electric Bitters for kidney liver and blood cleansing. Also reports a farmer selling sweet potatoes at 75 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
J. W. Hightower
Barnesville
the Swirl Co
Atlanta
T. W. Atkins
Girard, Kane
Walking Skeleton Healed by Dr King’s Discovery Trial
A Mechanicsburg man says lung fever and abscess left him a walking skeleton until a free trial bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption restored his health. After three bottles he gained 48 pounds. Call J W Hightowers Drug Store for a free trial. Large bottles cost 1.00. The Supreme Court reached Flint circuit last Saturday with six cases.
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E. Springer
Mechanicsburg
Dr. King
J. W. Hightowers Drug Store
Supreme Court
Flint
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Said to Cure Croup
A distressed parent recalls trying Dr Bull's Cough Syrup which allegedly cured a croupy cough preventing a burial. The mother and child’s relief follows from the remedy's claimed action against the harsh symptoms.
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Dr. Bull
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T. B. Lyon
S.F. Mann
Chapman & Crawley
Milner
Georgia
A.C. Ladd
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Hugh Conway
Augusta Chronicle
Col. B. M. Turner
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Price Baking Powder Co
Dr. Price
Ill
St. Louis, Moe
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Se Chicaco
Loulg
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T. J. Middlebrooks
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Mt Zion, Academy
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