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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
3
A young con man offers to advertise McUrsek u's Peerless Borax Hair Restorer by painting or posting on a bald official's head. He promises a guaranteed circulation of 2 500 friends 3 500 acquaintances 5 000 familiar and 20 000 strangers daily if paid. The official declines and the man departs.
Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys may find Electric Bitters the true remedy. The tonic alters the system without liquor, mildly aiding stomach and bowels while strengthening and toning the organs. It boosts appetite and digestion. Price 50c and 100c at S. B. Burr Jr.
Local scene shows a tramp begging at a dentist's door asking to be filled this morning. The dentist queries payment and offers options of silver or gold as payment while the tramp counters with a cold roast turkey as the price or trade.
A fragmentary item from the Somerville Journal comments on social quirks and everyday absurdities. The piece riffs on marriage incentives, labor savings, and youth behavior with playful misspellings and dated slang. It mentions a clerk, russet shoes, dental gold, mince pies, and high school girls in a humorous, cautionary tone.
St Louis Post Dispatch notes that Indian women are famed for health and stamina, often marching days with babies on their backs and attending confinement with their tribes. They purportedly gain strength from a local weed used to make a medicine sold as Indian Wheel for females by J. H. Blackburn.
The expression windfall stems from medieval forests when cutting timber without royal consent was a crime. Windfallen branches blown down by storms supplied winter firewood and peasants welcomed such windfalls as lucky salvages. A later wooden-wood decree restricted usable nuts and whole trees to summer months, but enforcement failed.
The bicycle sparks a social and economic revolution, turning idle habits into outdoor recreation, boosting bicycle clubs and manufacturing, and altering entertainment, work, and daily life across cities as it becomes a dominant industry and influence.
The message warns against substitutes and urges buyers to choose Simmons Liver Regulator only. It claims competitors offer inferior products at equal price, cautions to look for the Red Z on every package.
Monticello dated letter from Thomas Jefferson lauds primitive Christianity and condemns Athanasius Calvin and Platonic influences. He hopes private judgment fosters religious reform and asks for discretion to avoid controversy.
Prof Petrie spoke at University College about fresh excavations in Thebes. He reported a Twelfth dynasty tomb with funeral scene, seven temple sites, tablets with inscriptions, and more artifacts of value. A significant inscription notes an early link between Egypt and Israel.
A humorous 18th or 19th century verse from Philadelphia titled The Commandments from day to day. It lists duties for a husband including faithfulness, obedience, housekeeping, pleasing the wife’s mother, temperance, and caring for the baby, with playful social satire.
A health admonition warns against neglecting appetite sleep digestion and bowel habits describing symptoms of biliousness as disease warnings. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive remedy for chronic indigestion liver problems kidney trouble constipation nervousness rheumatism and malaria.
An inventor showcased a 12 by 4 by 6 foot drilling device powered by a 14 hp engine, claimed to cut 20 feet of a six by eight tunnel daily. The two 4 foot diameter wheels hold 60 drill points each, operating at 600 rpm, feeding 1/8 inch per revolution, with cool water and a crew of three.
A speaker, versed in natural history, shares that understanding animal thought alters his view of flesh. He says eating meat makes him feel he consumes a rational being and argues vegetarianism could spread if humans could converse with birds and mammals. He notes entering a new field of natural history knowledge.
Hon Fleming du Bignon opposes a June expression of opinion on the Georgia senatorial primary. He offers to join with Mr Crisp in a joint letter to all Georgia Democrats urging their October choice for United States Senator. He cites party gains and a personal reason to persuade loyal Democrats.
Antonio de Navarro husband of Mary Anderson curates a private collection of photographs. He has arranged them around his home in Tunbridge Wells to depict her in all the parts she has played, forming a continuous frieze.
Readers notice frequent metal type displacements in Blakely Observer ads and articles. Each column holds thousands of metal pieces and any shift causes errors. The public advises the editor to fix mistakes and improve accuracy.
A wry remark attributed to the Manayurk philosopher suggests that if women enter politics they will not throw mud and would miss if they did. The quotation reflects a tongue in cheek critique of gender and political battles.
The report lists total telephone miles by region, noting the United States leads with 503,900 miles, followed by Russia. Europe has 380,700 miles, Asia 66,500, Australia 47,500, Africa 51,500, with the Americas totaling 544,600 miles and global expanse totaling around 1,062,700 miles.
Itally proposes taking quinine sales from druggists and giving the government a monopoly. Druggists charged 50 to 100 dollars per pound while the government buys for the army at 5 dollars per pound. It will be issued in sealed tubes at one dram doses costing 3 to 4 cents.
London autographs fetch prices in shillings with Mark Twain leading at 12 6. Bret Harte commands 8 shillings, Andrew Lang 6, Rider Haggard 3. Mrs Humphrey Ward and Southey bring 6 and 1 5 respectively in the inscrutable market.
Mr Berner Edwards narrowly avoided death when his wagon hit by a train torn apart on the Southern railroad track near Juliette. Edwards and a black man leaped to safety while a black boy in the wagon was thrown free and seriously injured.
Governor Atkinson refuses to respite Sam Grant a colored man sentenced to be hanged in Sumter County on May 15 with execution likely to occur on the scheduled date.
The article explains that as water freezes a thin crust of ice forms on the surface, then thickens with cold. This causes internal pressure that bulges the center of the ice until it cracks or bursts if the vessel cannot contain the force. The result depends on vessel strength and full removal of contained water.
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