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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1885
Page
8
Local items include Mr. R G Matthews receiving two thousand dollar hearse horses. Miss Orrie Colbert returns from New York with millinery plans. Churches and lectures noted with Rev J M White and Rev R J Willingham. Court calendar lists cases for April 7 and 8. Public notices cover Sunday school union work and local marriages and engagements.
An advertisement touts Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup as a sure cure for coughs colds and chest pains. It invites readers to ask users or obtain a free sample bottle from J W Hightower the Druggist. Also promotes Webster’s Dictionary new illustrated edition as essential for homes reading rooms libraries and business.
An advertisement warns families about scrofula and its gland swellings urging use of B B B as a perfect blood purifier. It touts public opinion backing and invites readers to consult neighbors druggists or writers with certificates to verify the cure claims.
The document reports George Russell deceased represented as unrepresented. A petition asks Thomas J Blessingeme be appointed administrator. A show cause order is issued to appoint an administrator on the first Monday in May 1855. Signature by Harry Wells Ordinary. Also John W Crawley appointed for execution of personalty and setting apart homestead. A hearing is set for April 18 at 9 oclock in the morning at the Ordinary’s office.
Promises details on a vast mining district with rich placers and quartz. Offers full discovery history location access times and procedures to claim mining rights plus laws of mining in Western Territories with authentic data in Wyoming. Contact Reid and Jones Rawlins Wyoming for information and a $1 receipt.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Wells Health Renewer Rough on Coughs and Rough on Itch products. It claims to treat rats mice roaches bed bugs skunks and other pests, and promises relief for thin people and various ailments. It also promotes Rough on Coughs Troches and Balsam, plus Rough on Pain Plaster for back and chest pain.
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