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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
3
An advertisement urges readers to hold temper and avoid temptation while promoting One Minute Cough Cure for coughs hoarseness croup and throat irritation. It claims safety for children and advises use for chest pain and breathing difficulty.
A moral admonition stressing the value of integrity over wealth status and appearance, urging personal honor as the enduring measure of worth.
A Hull story recounts a millionaire's daughter buying a turquoise and diamond ring for £50. She signs a check, the assistant detects a mistake, and the signer realizes her check bore a different name than the intended recipient, revealing she had signed as "Your own sweetheart, Jessie."
E. H. Dorsey of Athens Georgia reports Pitts Carminative as the best remedy his family has used. He says it tastes pleasant and acts quickly, easing teething pain and comforting anxious mothers and fussy infants with just a few doses.
Agricultural Experiment Station Mo reports tests comparing broad and narrow tires on macadam gravel dirt and clay roads. Broad tires hauled roughly 25 to 60 percent more load for the same draft and improved road surface, comfort, and efficiency. The piece argues for adopting wide tires and funding road work, noting corrections to a prior figure.
A warning on widespread kidney disease notes its deceptive progression and links to sudden deaths from heart and lung issues. It describes detectable signs by urine analysis and a 24 hour test, then promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy with mail samples and pharmacy sizes.
Testimony from Mus. W. Ler of Montgomery Alabama describes severe blood poison suffering, ineffective medical care, and a reported cure after using Swift's Specific. The letter touts 8 8 8 as the only remedy able to reach deep seated cases and promises permanent results.
An advertisement promises Electric Bitters can cure back and kidney weakness malaria and nervous ills. It claims to tone the system purify blood and restore vigor and lists cures for constipation headaches fainting sleeplessness and melancholy. Sold 56 cents a bottle at W A Wrights Drug Store.
Report notes ten freight steam ships lost in recent Atlantic storms with over 300 lives sacrificed and capital valued at 2,500,000 dollars. Authorities caution the toll may rise as salvage and rescue efforts continue.
An ad claims Dr Sawyer’s Wild Cherry and Tar cures throat and lung irritation by being nude to cure. It asserts relief and a trial will prove it and lists W. Jordan & Bro as sellers.
The Nashville Banner notes Sam Jones as an old time preacher who claimed to save souls with a costly method. Chattanooga residents paid him 963 dollars and 49 cents for seventeen days’ labor teaching salvation.
A 1899 Atlanta journal piece urges creating an original social circle on farms. It praises farmers with active, energetic wives and emphasizes economy, perseverance, and lifelong study to improve country life. It notes farmers wives offer support and consolation to industrious farmers.
Advertises a gentle cleansing remedy for spring using Syrup of Figs. Promotes the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by all druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
The editor and his wife quip about Goldbrick's spring hats in a sly exchange. The husband notes the store is a liberal advertiser and jokes about giving them some kind of notice.
George W. Waltz of South Gardiner Maine reports a severe cough cold chills and grip. He praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the only product that helped after trying useless medicines. He used one 50 cent bottle and recovered. For sale by J H Blackburn.
In Brooklyn Life Aunt Harriet writes letters to Gen. Eagan and Congressman Roberts asking them to join her Don t Worry Club. She questions the purpose behind such appeals in a tone of playful civic zest.
In season when pneumonia lagrippe and bronchial troubles rise this remedy is praised as the infallible cure for lung throat or bronchial issues. Dr W A Wright urges choosing it over substitutes and insists on its efficacy.
An advertisement extols Saw yer's Wild Cherry and Tar as a superior medicine for chronic bronchitis consumption and coughs and colds, claiming no rival has virtues to compare. W. C. Jonpan & Bro.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a woman in Oklahoma with twenty two children and jokes that census job applicants would struggle to count that many. The exchange highlights counting challenges in population surveys.
An old advertisement claims Browns' Iron Bitters cures diseases of blood nerves and stomach including neuralgia. It markets Beene Iron Bitters as quickly and permanently relieving nerve pain and other chronic conditions, noting decades of use and wide dealer distribution.
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