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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1898
Page
2
A friend suggests blood needs a sarsaparilla treatment and the text explains that A stands for AVER'S. It frames the first letter as the origin and favored choice in the family’s history for nearly half a century.
An advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a cure for blood ailments including scrofula eczema tetter rheumatism erysipelas and blood poisoning. A free book Ayer's Curebook tells cures from those cured and is sent by Dr. J C Ayer Lowell Mass. The booklet invites readers to learn from neighbors' testimonies and asks why it may not cure them.
A reflective set of maxims on work and play, desire for power, and gratitude. It contrasts neglect and worry, notes that many budding geniuses fail, and ends with a Ramsey Horn quotation about living to one’s light and setting standards for others.
A brisk a dialogue unfolds as a handsome caller claims plans while Miss Elderly resists and retreats in embarrassment. The scene ends with her tearing her hair and striking a partition wall, exposing a clash of manners and pride.
A humorous exchange shows a new servant demanding a dollar more per week after learning there are four in the household. The mistress confirms the four including the mistress, husband, and daughter, prompting the request. The moment captures light domestic tension over wages.
Contagious blood poison is beyond doctors skill and will not be cured by mercurial or potash remedies. The disease progresses despite years of treatment and directly harms the patient.
An old man and a child crowd await a circus they are told is the great millennium while mistakenly expecting elephants and lions. A bystander explains it is not a circus but the world’s end, sparking jokes about wasteful waiting. A draggist then gives a child a bottle of DeWitt's Little Early Risers for common ailments.
A compilation of observational maxims and wry notes on money, effort, love, and society. The collection riffs on ambition, luck, criticism, gender dynamics, real estate, and public life with a Chicago News tone.
The piece compares modest daily acts to Niagara’s power and notes a man named Adolph Fishery of Zanesville Ohio who suffered from piles for fifty five years and was cured after using three boxes of De Witts Hazel Salve as endorsed by Dr. W A Wright.
An advertorial piece promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming to strengthen the female reproductive system and ease childbirth. It touts the doctor's 30 years as chief physician in Buffalo and notes a free copy of his Common Sense Medical Adviser with testimonials and mailing details for a paper copy.
A descriptive outline explains army organization from corps to company and their typical strengths. It assigns command roles to major generals at corps and divisions, brigadier generals at brigades, and colonels at regiments, with ranks for adjutants, surgeons, chaplains, and other staff.
Acrostic sales pitch touts Pond’s Extract as a universal, economical and pure remedy available only in bottles. Druggists praise its popularity and demand insistence on the exact brand name to avoid substitutes.
A new discovery claims to cure all forms of dyspepsia, regulate the stomach, and restore appetite. For sale by Joan H Blackburn.
The text urges leaving uncontrollable worries to God and doing the best each day. It frames prayer as a remedy for anxious care about health weather family and world wickedness, guiding believers to act now and trust outcomes to divine will.
A sermon warns that major sins are not the only threat. Small chronic faults erode character like a crack in an embankment, gradually weakening resolve until a sudden flood of ruin follows.
The Central Railroad of Georgia posts a one fare round trip May 6 and 16 to Macon for the May Musical Festival. A rare opportunity for Barnesville music lovers. For information and reserved seats contact Cas A. Hunt.
A woman traveling to the depot asks a fellow passenger for news of home. The man reassures her with cheerful, fictional newspaper items about Snyder's Corners, her husband John J. Walters, sister Sary Shorter, and local farm safety. She departs believing the stranger a good man.
A health notice urges readers to beware morning coughs that hint at consumption and touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a cure. A testimonial from Simon Smasal of Chicago claims complete relief after using Bull's Syrup, offered at 25 cents.
A reflective meditation on death's approach and the change it brings to a home and heart. The passage envisions a soft external life turning suddenly desolate, and faith offering comfort as one faces the final journey with Jesus. An attributed Ian Maclaren reflection on mortality and meaning.
M L Yocum of Cameron Pennsylvania testifies after ten years of suffering from piles he tried many remedies without relief. He reports that DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve was used once and effected a permanent cure praising its effectiveness and declaring it unequaled for piles.
The text advises warming the back by the fire and not exposing it to heat after it is comfortable. It cautions that continuing exposure is debilitating. It also recommends keeping the mouth closed when moving from warm to cool air to let air warm in the nose before reaching the lungs.
Miss Hattie King of Ithaca New York near collapse due to a complex illness recovered to full health after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Her stepfather Charles Burnett testifies that nine boxes restored strength and eased dizziness cough and weight loss. The account was sworn before Notary C R Welcott.
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