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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1898
Page
9
Ayer's Cathartic Pills are described as a carefully prepared model purgative for bowels and liver. Their immediate popularity is noted and the pills earned a medal at the World's Fair 1893, marking lasting recognition for the remedy.
California allows girls over 15 to wed without parental consent. DC Florida Maryland Michigan Minnesota South Carolina and South Dakota permit marriage without parental consent for those over 16. Kentucky prohibits daughters from choosing without parental wishes until age 21. Also mentions One Minute Cough Cure for whooping cough and lung troubles. Quoted from Springfield Republican commenting on the South’s poetry and drama.
A period piece touts Swift's Specific as a remedy to cleanse a sluggish blood and impurities. It claims the tonic strengthens the system to prevent loss of appetite and a run-down feeling, building resilience for the hot summer season.
An asserted health claim promotes S. S. S. as a pure vegetable blood remedy that purifies blood renovates the system tones the stomach and renews the appetite. It claims to be safe with no arsenic sulphur mercury potash or minerals. The advertisement urges readers to take S. S. S. to stay well all summer.
An opinion piece urging Gordon Institute cadets to live up to the title Cadet as a noble American ideal. It calls for unity, discipline, patriotic service, and a model battalion, warning against undermining authority and stressing the duty to country. It links cadet virtue to national greatness and world respect.
A historic note on recruitment rules for British soldiers, detailing marital status restrictions, vaccination questions, and the oath of fidelity to the crown. The piece cites a 1808 doggerel and reflects attitudes toward enlistment, marriage, and obedience to authorities.
A humorous exchange evokes rural life and urban banter as a stranger questions how to survive while a rural resident dismisses such concerns as a bluff. The snippet captures the era's wry, colloquial newspaper tone.
A vintage advertising snippet urges readers to take Browns' Iron Bitters to restore strength and ease nerve distress. It claims the tonic makes blood richer and red, and suggests it is a better value than costly medical courses, with availability through all dealers.
The text lists Harvard University with 3 600 students and 473 000 volumes and cites 123 173 Sunday Schools 1 305 939 teachers and 9 718 432 scholars in the US. Worldwide totals include 224 562 Sunday Schools 2 239 728 teachers and 20 268 933 scholars. It notes the United States leads in schools teachers and scholars and records 5 764 Young Men's Christian Associations globally with 1 455 in the United States.
An 25 cent liniment Salvation Oil touted as a cure for rheumatism. A Cleveland proprietor reports twelve years of rheumatism ending after using it. Anxious mother and a reporter wife fragment reflect period humor from the Boston Traveller.
A Victorian endorsement praises three small agents the ant the bee and DeWitt's Little Early Risers as effective aids for digestion and liver issues. Dr. W A Wricur is cited as the authority.
A house member sought guidance from Speaker Reed on delivering a eulogy for a deceased colleague. Reed advised, with his characteristic drawl, to say anything except the truth.
The ad asserts health depends on proper digestion and liver function. It claims Tutt's Liver Pills cure sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach malaria constipation torpid liver piles jaundice bilious fever and related diseases, urging readers to try the product.
An advertorial note touts One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for coughs colds croup grippe and lung troubles. Dr. W A Wright endorses the treatment urging prompt use to avoid complications.
In northern Butts near Worthville a quarrel between a Black woman and Mrs. Washington escalated as Mrs. Washington’s 13 year old son defended his mother. The boy was shot and killed. The woman and her husband, charged as accessories, were jailed in Jackson.
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