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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
7
The American Cultivator argues peas grown in bearing orchards can improve soil fertility more than traditional methods. Turning pigs into the pea fields aids harvest and distributes nutritious feed, while mellowing surface soil for winter and next year’s crop.
Old people needing medicine for bowels and kidneys find a tonic and alterative in Electric Bitters. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adds strength and tone, aids digestion, and stimulates natural functions without stimulants. Price fifty cents and one dollar at W. H. Chambers Drug Store.
An advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a miracle quit tobacco remedy. It claims 400 000 cures and weight gain of ten pounds in ten days, promising strength and vigor. The copy encourages buying from a druggist with a guarantee and offers a free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
A compact 19th century recipe fragment outlines candied sweet potatoes baked with a light syrup, then describes gumbo with tender chicken, oysters, and hot pepper. It also covers cracklin bread and corn pone using cracklins for shortening and a lard enriched cornmeal dough from American Kitchen Magazine.
An old promotional notice touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a wonderful medical discovery. It claims gentle cleansing of kidneys liver and bowels and promises to dispel colds cure headaches fevers habitual constipation and biliousness. The ad urges buying a box priced at 10 25.50 cents and guarantees a cure through druggists.
Free copies of ALLIANCE, the society organ, offered to any person interested in humane matters. The issue includes reading material and a list of valuable premiums from the paper. Requestor should address THE NATIONAL HUMANE ALLIANCE, 416-411 United Charities Building, New York.
A historical ad touts Dr Miles Nerve Prastens for spinal weakness. The product is pitched as a cure all with a price of 25 cents and available at all druggists. The language uses period advertising tone and suggests broad claims.
A Detroit Free Press tale describes a professional shopper in a dress goods store who tests service for nearly an hour. The proprietor, wary of losing credit with the owner’s lunatic relative, questions the departing woman as she exits and she flees, leaving staff baffled about her behavior.
A satirical roundup notes Kansas and other states debating bizarre laws from enforcing English menus to taxing whiskers and fining flirtatious railway workers. The piece mocks the wave of unusual bills, calling the country the land of the freak.
In Hancock county no heir to the Babcock estate has been located. The estate totals between 16000 and 20000 dollars and will likely revert to the state.
The summary notes a recent letter from Mr. McKinley to Mayor Strong in which he states that poor money never made any country rich and sound money cannot make any one poor. The remark reflects fiscal beliefs attributed to McKinley.
A New York Journal item describes a nine story Paris residence near the Palais Royal with two graceful spiral stairways that alternate access by floor. Entrances sit at 85 Rue Radzivill and 18 Rue de Valois, causing optical confusion as guests ascend on opposite sides.
A Chautauqua report describes grape farming where foreign families manage large vineyards from spring to harvest. Concord grapes dominate. yearly shipments from Chautauqua County reach 8 560 carloads with 8 000 baskets per car. Baskets cost 2 to 2 ½ cents each, and growers aim for at least 1 cent per pound, while retail baskets of ten pounds can drip to 10 cents.
A Sunday school lesson prompts a playful exchange as teacher quizzes girls on the queen of Sheba’s travel method. A student suggests steam oars from a later verse, noting the line about a great train, prompting the class to recheck the text.
A visiting farmer mocks local traders at a Cincinnati event, joking that rumors of the host’s revival religion spread last night. The exchange captures small town bustle and curiosity about religious activities.
An advert claims Salvation Oil cures rheumatism and urges readers to try it after a testimonial from James H. Bryant of Debruils, North Carolina. The ad notes the oil sells for 25 cents and warns that some dealers push substitutes, urging customers to insist on Salvation Oil or shop elsewhere.
The ad touts Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment for tetter salt rheum eczema itching and chapped hands with many cures claimed. It notes 25 cents per box. Dr Cady's Condition Powders described as a tonic and vermifuge for horses, also priced at 25 cents per package.
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