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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
2
A Baltimore businessman visiting New York had his glass eye hidden as a joke by a friend. The friend pawned his own overcoat for ten dollars to fund the prank. After a telegram and a brief scare, the eye was found in the overcoat pocket and the coat redeemed.
A letter from Ackley Iowa describes a woman with kidney inflammation and womb issues who improved rapidly after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She credits the remedy for recovery after failing doctors treatment and long illness.
A narrator recalls a summers romance between a man and a girl Agnes, later meeting again with her after years apart. The man respected and pursued other loves while Agnes waited, then a new partner appeared. The piece weighs regret, pride, and the idea that lasting bonds may drift apart despite lasting affection. Margaret Hannis.
An advertisement from German Kali Works at 02 Nassau St New York urges applying potash with phosphoric acid and nitrogen to improve all soils and crop quality. It offers free pamphlets explaining economical purchase and use for maximum profit.
Professor Houton praises Green's August Flower after ten years of world travel, saying it helps dyspepsia liver and stomach disorders and constipation. Tourists and office workers report headaches from irregular habits improving with the remedy. Sample bottles are free at John H Blackburn's and sold by dealers worldwide.
The Billville reader questions why the editor uses we instead of I. The managing editor explains it is an old custom dating to when the first newspaper editor got married.
Mrs. Hendricks questions Dinah about returning only three of four washed flannel undershirts. Dinah suspects shrinkage as the cause saying flannel shrinks badly.
An ad touts Dr Tichenors Antiseptic as peppermint scented and effective for injuries and colic. It claims availability from all druggists and urges readers to try it next time they are hurt or suffer colic.
A Pittsburg News item notes a man who received help and later returned soaked, humorously framed as a broadcast upon the waters. The exchange underscores generosity and a light headline tone.
An advertisement touts Browns' Iron Bitters as especially valuable to women and useful for backache headaches and weakness. It claims the remedy restores strength, health glow, and is suitable for sickly children and overworked men. Sold by all dealers.
Healthfulness of bicycle riding for women is debated by physicians and reformers. A case of Bertha Reed shows excessive riding harmed her health, but Dr Williams' Pink Pills allegedly restored her. The letter endorses the pills as a blood restorer and nerve tonic with medical claims and pricing.
An artist tells an attendant at the museum that their picture is hanging upside down. The attendant cites the hanging committee's decision, and the artist replies they prefer it that way, a returned line from Fliegende Blaetter.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer exchange mockingly notes how grandchildren in the future may doubt old tales of a frigid February. The speakers joke that opinion forms well before any weather anecdote is told.
The ancient Penates are praised as household gods while Dr King's New Discovery is promoted as today's family deity. It claims to cure consumption coughs colds throat chest and lung ailments with a quarter century track record and money back guarantee. Free trials at W A Wright's Drug Store. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
A quip from the Chicago Record on storytelling and listening. It suggests that when a man smiles with a gleam in his eye while hearing a tale he is not truly listening but crafting a story to reply.
A quip from Brooklyn Life shows Mr Hornbill praising Mrs Hornbill's distinctive style while she laments wearing the same dress for two years, highlighting light social humor about fashion and identity.
The Roxbury Gazette reports Higgie asks which actors impressed most in the play Blooming Winderly. The note reveals Bloozing Winderly gifted two tickets for the show, prompting the query.
Thomas Whitfield & Co. of 240 Wabash at Jackson endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe for prompt relief and to counteract pneumonia risk. For sale by J. H. Blackburn.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer paraphrase notes anti-trust speechmaker predicting New York men will secure an option on Paradise and form a stock company to operate it, with curiosity about the size of stock Croker might receive.
A historic remedy claim describes Pitts Carminative as aiding digestion, regulating bowels, curing cholera infantum and morbus, dysentery, pains, griping, flatulent colic, and abnormal bowels in teething children, claimed to be safe and chemical free for summer complaints.
In four years of camel training the author debunks sea sickness and the myth of multiple stomachs. He notes camels drink regularly, argue fasting arises from training, and corn-fed camels outperform grass-fed ones in endurance. Arabs travel slower without water, yet moisture in forage aids camels.
A brief note promotes Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Co as a gentle remedy for nature’s needs and recommends prompt use only when necessary.
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