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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
6
An advertisement warns early signs of kidney trouble including urinary disorders and Bright's disease. It promotes Ukatine by W. C. Jonpan & Bro. as a remedy claimed to improve kidney function.
A wartime era advertisement touts a cough remedy offered by W. A. Wright and W. C. Jonvan & Bro, claiming quick relief from throat irritation chest pain and hoarseness while comparing it to Dr. Lawld Cherry and Tar as a superior cure for bronchitis cold or consumption.
Cincinnati Enquirer notes Kentucky town names such as Ink Tipsey Creek Rat's Nest Mud Possum Trot Rabbit Hash Crickmorecrack Goose Bone Limber-neck Tadpole Bank Beetburg Buncomb Bog Tipple Tub Caesars Ghost Batchtown Lonelyville U no Ubet U are cited to amuse readers and mock the state’s toponymy.
Mr James Jones of Jones Son Cowden NL recounts his wife nearly died from La Grippe and Hasty Consumption. After using Dr Kings New Discovery she improved from the first dose and was cured after six bottles. Free trials at W A Wrights Drug Store.
A sprightly column notes gendered anxieties about marriage and fidelity with pointed contrasts between bachelors and married men. It argues women seek appreciation through Sunday duties and highlights the tension between idealized and real partners.
Thomas Whitfield & Co. promote Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for lagrippe noting prompt relief and prevention of pneumonia. For sale by J. H. Blackburn.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph excerpt notes Aguinaldo and pro proclamations while Pitt's Carminative is praised for teething relief. E H Dorsey of Athens Ga reports it as the best medicine the family has used and confirms its claimed benefits.
The Great Chemist T A Slocum of New York offers three free bottles of his claimed cure for consumption and lung ailments to any afflicted reader of the Gazette. He cites vast testimonials and a “new scientific system of medicine” and asks readers to send their address to 98 Pine Street, New York, noting the offer in the Gazette.
A Washington Star piece quotes a famed minstrel traveler who claims he has stayed in over seven hundred hotels across the country. He argues many complaints about hotel life come from less experienced travelers and that professional guests are generally well fed in even second grade taverns, with clean beds being the main concern.
The article argues wild animals fear humans only when hunted or armed. It cites pumas under a hammock in Guiana, deer in Long Island barns, and Yellowstone wildlife that approach humans when undisturbed. It notes polar bears killing sailors on voyage and asserts that in regions with firearms, big cats and bears rarely attack unless cornered.
Twenty years proof argues Tutt's Liver Pills restore natural bowel motion and cleanse impurities. A Virginia user claims full cure from long standing liver disease and endorses the product as essential.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that quiet in the Philippines masks daily casualties and calls for reinforcements, while a health ad recommends One Minute Cough Cure for croup hoarseness and throat tickle from Dr. W A Wright.
A disturbing trend in London uses purses card cases belts and similar items crafted from tanned human skin. The material comes from unclaimed indigent bodies given to science for dissection prompting shock at the macabre fashion.
The ad proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles with a money back guarantee and promises perfect satisfaction. Price is 25 cents per box sold by W A Wright.
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